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| Event | 1961–62 European Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 2 May 1962 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam | ||||||
| Referee | Leo Horn (Netherlands) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,257[1] | ||||||
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.
- ^ "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 129. Retrieved 22 September 2013.