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

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 the defending champions, Atlético Madrid of Spain and Tottenham Hotspur of England, 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 UEFA trophy.

Tottenham's next major trophy came four years later when they won the FA Cup in 1967, but 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, however, was killed by lightning on a golf course the following year.

Route to the final

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

Match

Tottenham's starting line-up

Details

Atlético Madrid Spain1–5England Tottenham Hotspur
Collar 47' (pen.) Report Greaves 16', 80'
White 35'
Dyson 67', 85'
Attendance: 49,143
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Atlético Madrid
Tottenham Hotspur
GK1Argentina Edgardo Madinabeytia
DF2Spain Feliciano Rivilla
DF3Spain José Antonio Rodríguez López
DF4Brazil Ramiro
DF5Argentina Jorge Griffa
MF6Spain Jesús Glaría
MF7Spain Miguel Jones
FW8Spain Adelardo Rodríguez
FW9Spain Chuzo
FW10Portugal Mendonça
FW11Spain Enrique Collar (c)
Manager:
Spain Sabino Barinaga
GK1Scotland Bill Brown
RB2England Peter Baker
CB5England Maurice Norman
LB3England Ron Henry
CM4Northern Ireland Danny Blanchflower (c)
CM6England Tony Marchi
AM8Scotland John White
RW7Wales Cliff Jones
CF10England Jimmy Greaves
CF9England Bobby Smith
LW11England Terry Dyson
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson

See also

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