1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Event	1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	12 June 1963
Venue	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Referee	Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
Attendance	40,000
Second leg
Date	26 June 1963
Venue	Estadio Luís Casanova, Valencia
Referee	Kevin Howley (England)
Attendance	55,000
	← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the fifth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It was played on 12 June and 26 June 1963 between Dinamo Zagreb of Yugoslavia and Valencia CF of Spain.

Valencia claimed their second major European trophy as they successfully defended their title by winning the tie 4–1 on aggregate. It was the first time in the competition that a team won both legs of the final.^{[citation needed]}

Route to the final

Both finalists' second-round ties went to a play-off match. After drawing 2–2 on aggregate against Belgian side Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Dinamo won the decisive replay 3–2. The replay was held at a neutral venue, the Gugl-Stadion in Linz, Austria.^[1] Meanwhile, holders Valencia blew a four-goal lead in the second leg away to Dunfermline Athletic–– a side managed by future Celtic boss Jock Stein–– which left the tie deadlocked at 6–6. Los Che won 1–0 in their replay, which was played at the neutral Estádio do Restelo in Lisbon.^[2] (This was before the institution of the away goals rule in UEFA competitions.)

Perhaps a bit unusually, the first three opponents that Valencia faced in the competition were all clubs from Scotland.

Dinamo Zagreb					Round	Valencia
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay (if necessary)		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay (if necessary)
Porto	2–1	2–1 (A)	0–0 (H)		First round	Celtic	6–4	4–2 (H)	2–2 (A)
Union Saint-Gilloise	2–2	2–1 (H)	0–1 (A)	3–2 (N)	Second round	Dunfermline Athletic	6–6	4–0 (H)	2–6 (A)	1–0 (N)
Bayern München	4–1	4–1 (A)	0–0 (H)		Quarter-finals	Hibernian	6–2	5–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Ferencváros	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)		Semi-finals	Roma	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)

Match details

First leg

12 June 1963

Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	Valencia
Zambata 13'		Waldo 64' Urtiaga 67'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Dinamo Zagreb

Valencia


GK	1	Zlatko Škorić
		Rudolf Belin
		Mirko Braun
		Marijan Bišćan
		Vlatko Marković
		Željko Perušić
		Zdenko Kobeščak
		Slaven Zambata
		Tomislav Knez
		Željko Matuš
		Stjepan Lamza
Manager:
Milan Antolković


GK	1	Ricardo Zamora de Grassa
		Vicente Piquer
		Chicão
		Paquito
		Quincoces
		José Sastre
		Daniel Mañó
		José María Sánchez Lage
		Waldo
		Enric Ribelles
		José Antonio Urtiaga
Manager:
Alejandro Scopelli

Second leg

26 June 1963

Valencia	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Mañó 68' Nuñez 78'

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)