The 1963–64 season of the

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tournament saw Internazionale win the title with a 3–1 victory over

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. It was the second consecutive season that an Italian team had won the competition.

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, the defending champions, were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. Cyprus entered its champion for the first time this season.

Preliminary round

Notes: For the first time in tournament history, only the title holder,

, received a bye.

First leg

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Second leg

''Internazionale won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Monaco won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Jeunesse Esch won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Partizan won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Górnik Zabrze 1–1 Austria Wien on aggregate.'' ''Górnik Zabrze won 2–1 in play-off match.'' ---- ''Dukla Prague won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Dortmund won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zürich won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Plovdiv won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindoven won 11–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Norrköping won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.''

Bracket

First round

¹ Zürich advanced to the second round over Galatasaray by winning a coin toss, after their play-off match ended 2–2.

First leg

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Second leg

''Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Dortmund won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Partizan won 7–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray on aggregate.'' ''Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray in play-off match. Zürich qualified on a coin toss.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 8–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 6–3 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Borussia Dortmund won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

7 goals * Vladica Kovačević ( Partizan) * Sandro Mazzola ( Internazionale) *

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External links

1963–64 All matches – season at UEFA website
*All scorers 1963-63 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
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- results and line-ups (archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:1963-64 European Cup

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