| Tourney Name: | European Cup |
| Year: | 1961–62 |
| Size: | 300px |
| Dates: | 23 August 1961 – 2 May 1962 |
| Num Teams: | 29 |
| Champion Other: | Benfica |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: |  Real Madrid |
| Matches: | 55 |
| Goals: | 222 |
| Attendance: | 2009001 |
| Top Scorer: | Heinz Strehl (Nürnberg) 8 goals |
| Prevseason: | 1960–61 |
| Nextseason: | 1962–63 |
The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid 5–3 in the final at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.
Malta entered its champion for the first time this season.
The draw for the preliminary round took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4 July 1961.[1] As title holders, Benfica received a bye, and the remaining 28 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first team drawn in each pot also received a bye, while the remaining clubs would play the first round in September.
| Pot 1 Northern Europe | Pot 2 Southern Europe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Drawn | Northern Ireland England West Germany East Germany Poland Norway Sweden Denmark Netherlands France Republic of Ireland Belgium Luxembourg Scotland | Spain Portugal Switzerland Austria Romania Bulgaria Greece Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia Italy Malta | |
| Byes |  Haka |  Fenerbahçe |
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1 The second leg was scratched and Vorwärts Berlin were advanced to the first round as Linfield were unable to arrange an alternate venue after UK immigration officials refused to issue the Vorwärts team visas to enter the country.
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Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.----Nürnberg won 9–1 on aggregate.----Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.----
Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.----
Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.----Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.----Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.----Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.----Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.----Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.----2nd leg cancelled. ASK Vorwärts Berlin won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.----Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.----Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.----Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.----Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.----Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.----Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.----Nürnberg won 3–1 on aggregate.
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1 Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.
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Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.----Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.Real Madrid won 3-1 in play-off.----Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.----Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.
See main article: 1962 European Cup Final.
The top scorers from the 1961–62 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
