The 1963âÂÂ64 European Cup was the ninth season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Inter Milan, who beat Real Madrid 3âÂÂ1 in the final at Praterstadion, Vienna, on 27 May 1964. Inter's triumph ensured that Italy became the first country and Milan became the first city with two competition winners.
AC Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Cyprus entered its champion for the first time this season.
A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.
Italy were represented by two clubs, with Milan qualifying as title holders and Inter Milan as Italian champions. CSKA Red Flag wasn't participating after spell of seven editions, with only ever-present Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.
Spartak Plovdiv, Anorthosis Famagusta, Motor Jena, Everton, AEK Athens, Ferencváros, Inter Milan, Valletta, Distillery, Lyn, Dundalk and Zürich made their debut in the competition.
PSV Eindhoven returned to the tournament for the first time since inaugural edition, while Borussia Dortmund and Jeunesse Esch returned to the competition after six and three years, respectively.
All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Milan and Lyn. The latter was leading 1. divisjon at the summer break on 1 July 1963, after 9 of 18 matches had been played, but finished second when the league ended in October.
For the first time only title holders Milan received a bye to the first round, due to the number of participating teams. The remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September and October.
Dinamo BucureÃÂti won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Zürich won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Monaco won 8âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze 1âÂÂ1 Austria Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.
Borussia Dortmund won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Spartak Plovdiv won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 8âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
IFK Norrköping won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Jeunesse Esch won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
PSV Eindoven won 11âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won play-off 2âÂÂ1.
Dukla Prague won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Zürich 2âÂÂ2 Galatasaray on aggregate; play-off needed.
PSV Eindhoven won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 7âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Milan won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 8âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Zürich 2âÂÂ2 Galatasaray in play-off match. Zürich qualified on a coin toss.
Real Madrid won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Zürich won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
The top scorers from the 1963âÂÂ64 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows: