1962 European Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1961–62 European Cup
Benfica Real Madrid 5 3
Date	2 May 1962
Venue	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Referee	Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance	61,257[1]
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The 1962 European Cup final was a football match held at the Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, on 2 May 1962, that saw Benfica play against Real Madrid. Benfica defeated their opponents 5–3, to win the European Cup for the second successive season.

Ferenc Puskás became the first player to score a hat-trick in multiple European Cup finals, having also becoming the only one to ever score four goals in a European Cup final in 1960, and the first to score a hat-trick in the European Cup final but ended up on the losing side.

Route to the final

Benfica				Round	Real Madrid
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Prelim. round	Vasas SC	5–1	2–0 (A)	3–1 (H)
Austria Wien	6–2	1–1 (A)	5–1 (H)	First round	Boldklubben 1913	12–0	3–0 (A)	9–0 (H)
1. FC Nürnberg	7–3	1–3 (A)	6–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Juventus	1–1 (Replay: 3–1)	1–0 (A)	0–1 (H)
Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	3–1 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Standard Liège	6–0	4–0 (H)	2–0 (A)

Match

Details

2 May 1962

19:30 CEST

Benfica	5–3	Real Madrid
Águas 25' Cavém 33' Coluna 50' Eusébio 64' (pen.), 69'	Report	Puskás 18', 23', 39'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 61,257^[1]

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Benfica

Real Madrid

GK 1 Costa Pereira RB 2 Mário João CB 3 Germano LB 4 Ângelo Martins RH 5 Domiciano Cavém LH 6 Fernando Cruz OR 7 José Augusto IR 8 Eusébio CF 9 José Águas (c) IL 10 Mário Coluna OL 11 António Simões Manager:  Béla Guttmann

GK 1 José Araquistáin RB 2 Pedro Casado CB 5 [a] José Santamaría LB 3 Vicente Miera RH 4 Felo LH 6 Pachín OR 7 Justo Tejada IR 8 Luis del Sol CF 9 [b] Alfredo Di Stéfano IL 10 [c] Ferenc Puskás OL 11 Paco Gento (c) Manager:  Miguel Muñoz