1963 European Cup Winners' Cup final

1963 European Cup Winners' Cup final
Match programme cover
Event1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup
Date15 May 1963
VenueFeijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
RefereeAndries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Attendance49,143
1962
1964

The 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was the final football match of the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup and was the third European Cup Winners' Cup final. It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur of England and the defending champions, Atlético Madrid of Spain, and was held at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Tottenham won the match 5–1 thanks to goals by Jimmy Greaves (2), John White and Terry Dyson (2). Tottenham's victory made them the first English team to win a major European trophy, and the second British team after Glentoran who won the Vienna Cup in 1914.[1]

Tottenham's next major trophy came four years later when they won the FA Cup in 1967, but Jimmy Greaves was the only player from this team to feature in the next Tottenham side to win a major trophy due to the bulk of the team having retired or been transferred over the next four years. John White was killed by lightning on a golf course the following year.

Route to the final

England Tottenham Hotspur Spain Atlético Madrid
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland Rangers 8–4 5–2 (H) 3–2 (A) First round Malta Hibernians 5–0 4–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 6–2 0–2 (A) 6–0 (H) Quarter-finals Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 5–1 1–1 (A) 4–0 (H)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd 5–2 2–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Semi-finals West Germany Nürnberg 3–2 1–2 (A) 2–0 (H)

Match

Tottenham's starting line-up

Details

Tottenham Hotspur England5–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Greaves 16', 80'
White 35'
Dyson 67', 85'
Report Collar 47' (pen.)
Tottenham Hotspur
Atlético Madrid
GK 1 Scotland Bill Brown
RB 2 England Peter Baker
CB 5 England Maurice Norman
LB 3 England Ron Henry
CM 4 Northern Ireland Danny Blanchflower (c)
CM 6 England Tony Marchi
AM 8 Scotland John White
RW 7 Wales Cliff Jones
CF 10 England Jimmy Greaves
CF 9 England Bobby Smith
LW 11 England Terry Dyson
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson
GK 1 Argentina Edgardo Madinabeytia
DF 2 Spain Feliciano Rivilla
DF 3 Spain José Antonio Rodríguez López
DF 4 Brazil Ramiro
DF 5 Argentina Jorge Griffa
MF 6 Spain Jesús Glaría
MF 7 Spain Miguel Jones
FW 8 Spain Adelardo Rodríguez
FW 9 Spain Chuzo
FW 10 Portugal Mendonça
FW 11 Spain Enrique Collar (c)
Manager:
Spain Sabino Barinaga

See also

References

  1. ^ "How Glentoran clinched European glory on the eve of war". Retrieved 11 February 2024 – via www.bbc.co.uk.