1964 European Cup Winners' Cup final explained

The 1964 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Sporting CP of Portugal and MTK Budapest of Hungary. The fourth European Cup Winners' Cup final, the match was played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, ending in a 3–3 tie after extra time,^[1] and the therefore necessary replay two days later in Bosuil Stadium, Antwerp. Sporting won the replay 1–0, with a famous direct corner kick goal by João Morais.^[2]

Route to the final

Sporting CP						MTK Budapest
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
Atalanta	3–3 (r)	0–2 (A)	3–1 (aet) (H)	3–1 (aet)	First round	Slavia Sofia	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
APOEL	18–1	16–1 (H)	2–0 (A)		Second round	Motor Zwickau	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Manchester United	6–4	1–4 (A)	5–0 (H)		Quarter-finals	Fenerbahçe	3–3 (r)	2–0 (H)	1–3 (aet) (A)	1–0
Lyon	1–1 (r)	0–0 (A)	1–1 (aet) (H)	1–0	Semi-finals	Celtic	4–3	0–3 (A)	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Joaquim Carvalho DF 2 Pedro Gomes DF 3 João Morais DF 4 José Carlos DF 5 Alexandre Baptista MF 6 Fernando Mendes (c) MF 7 Géo Carvalho MF 8 Mascarenhas FW 9 Bé Bocareli FW 10 Ernesto Figueiredo MF 11 Osvaldo da Silva Manager: Anselmo Fernández

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Ferenc Kovalik DF 2 György Keszei DF 3 István Nagy DF 4 József Danszky DF 5 István Jenei MF 6 Ferenc Kovács MF 7 Károly Sándor MF 8 Mihály Vasas FW 9 István Kuti FW 10 István Halápi MF 11 László Bödör Manager: Béla Volentik

Replay

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Joaquim Carvalho DF 2 Pedro Gomes DF 3 João Morais DF 4 José Carlos DF 5 Alexandre Baptista MF 6 Fernando Mendes (c) MF 7 Géo Carvalho MF 8 Mascarenhas FW 9 José Pérides FW 10 Ernesto Figueiredo MF 11 Osvaldo da Silva Manager: Anselmo Fernández

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Ferenc Kovalik DF 2 György Keszei DF 3 István Nagy DF 4 József Danszky DF 5 István Jenei MF 6 Ferenc Kovács MF 7 Károly Sándor MF 8 Mihály Vasas FW 9 István Kuti FW 10 István Halápi MF 11 László Bödör Manager: Béla Volentik

See also

• MTK Budapest FC in European football
• Sporting CP in European football

External links

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• 1964 European Cup Winners' Cup Final at UEFA.com
• Match report
• cantinho do morais, (video of match winning goal of José Morais), YouTube, 2006.

Notes and References

1. May 1964 . 27 . European Cup Winners' Cup 1963/64 . Bulletin officiel de l'UEFA . . 9.
2. Web site: Rádio e Televisão de Portugal . O CANTINHO DO MORAIS por Rui Alves - Replay, RTP Memoria - Canais TV - RTP . 2023-11-02 . www.rtp.pt . pt.