The 1965–66 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid, winners of the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960, for the sixth time in a close final against Partizan. Real Madrid eliminated title-holders Internazionale in the semi-finals.
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966 |
Teams | 31 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 58 |
Goals scored | 224 (3.86 per match) |
Attendance | 1,599,799 (27,583 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Florián Albert (Ferencváros) Eusébio (Benfica) 7 goals each |
Teams
edit17 Nëntori (1st) | LASK Linz (1st) | Anderlecht (1st) | Levski Sofia (1st) |
APOEL (1st) | Sparta Prague (1st) | Boldklubben 1909 (1st) | Manchester United (1st) |
HJK (1st) | Nantes (1st) | Vorwärts Berlin (1st) | Werder Bremen (1st) |
Panathinaikos (1st) | Ferencváros (1st) | Keflavík (1st) | Drumcondra (1st) |
Internazionale (1st)TH | Stade Dudelange (1st) | Sliema Wanderers (1st) | Feyenoord (1st) |
Derry City (1st) | Lyn (1st) | Górnik Zabrze (1st) | Benfica (1st) |
Dinamo București (1st) | Kilmarnock (1st) | Real Madrid (1st) | Djurgården (1st) |
Lausanne Sports (1st) | Fenerbahçe (1st) | Partizan (1st) |
Bracket
editPreliminary round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Feyenoord | 2–6 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | 0–5 |
17 Nëntori | 0–1 | Kilmarnock | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Fenerbahçe | 1–5 | Anderlecht | 0–0 | 1–5 |
Lyn | 6–8 | Derry City | 5–3 | 1–5 |
Panathinaikos | 4–2 | Sliema Wanderers | 4–1 | 0–1 |
Keflavík | 2–13 | Ferencváros | 1–4 | 1–9 |
Dinamo București | 7–2 | Boldklubben 1909 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
HJK | 2–9 | Manchester United | 2–3 | 0–6 |
Drumcondra | 1–3 | Vorwärts Berlin | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Stade Dudelange | 0–18 | Benfica | 0–8 | 0–10 |
Djurgården | 2–7 | Levski Sofia | 2–1 | 0–6 |
Lausanne Sports | 0–4 | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 0–4 |
LASK Linz | 2–5 | Górnik Zabrze | 1–3 | 1–2 |
APOEL | 0–10 | Werder Bremen | 0–5 | 0–5 |
Partizan | 4–2 | Nantes | 2–0 | 2–2 |
Note: Starting in the 1963–64 tournament, only the title holder, Internazionale, joined directly in the first round. They were the only Italian team to enter, while Cyprus re-entered its champion thus keeping the number of participants at 31.
First leg
editLyn | 5–3 | Derry City |
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Berg 4', 32' Dybwad-Olsen 19', 50' Stavrum 62' |
Report | R. Wood 10' Gilbert 24', 34' |
Panathinaikos | 4–1 | Sliema Wanderers |
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Sakelaridis 5' Loukanidis 18' Domazos 32' Kamaras 61' |
Report | Cini 36' |
Dinamo București | 4–0 | Boldklubben 1909 |
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Ene 50' Gergely 75' Frăţilă 85', 88' |
Report |
HJK | 2–3 | Manchester United |
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Pahlman 30' Peltoniemi 71' |
Report | Herd 1' Connelly 15' Law 36' |
Drumcondra | 1–0 | Vorwärts Berlin |
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Morrissey 65' | Report |
Stade Dudelange | 0–8 | Benfica |
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Report | Pedras 15', 21', 78' Pereira 29' Brenner 46' (o.g.) Yaúca 59', 81' Santana 85' |
Djurgården | 2–1 | Levski Sofia |
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Nilsson 40', 63' | Report | Sokolov 9' |
LASK Linz | 1–3 | Górnik Zabrze |
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Köglberger 60' | Report | Musiałek 19' Wilczek 22', 55' |
Second leg
editReal Madrid | 5–0 | Feyenoord |
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Puskás 10', 20', 29', 86' Grosso 44' |
Report |
Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.
Kilmarnock | 1–0 | 17 Nëntori |
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Black 77' | Report |
Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht | 5–1 | Fenerbahçe |
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Van Himst 32' Stockman 42', 50', 70' Hanon 89' |
Report | Altıparmak 84' |
Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.
Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers | 1–0 | Panathinaikos |
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Micallef 30' | Report |
Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ferencváros | 9–1 | Keflavík |
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Albert 7', 45', 77', 82', 89' Novák 11', 22' Varga 23', 34' |
Report | Jóhansson 36' |
Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.
Boldklubben 1909 | 2–3 | Dinamo București |
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Petersen 29' Hansen 34' |
Report | Nunweiller 8' Pârcălab 12' Ene 44' |
Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
Vorwärts Berlin | 3–0 | Drumcondra |
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Vogt 22' Begerad 51' Piepenburg 68' |
Report |
Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica | 10–0 | Stade Dudelange |
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Eusébio 9', 30', 32', 83' José Augusto 11', 24', 60' Pinto 49' Guerreiro 54' Torres 70' |
Report |
Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia | 6–0 | Djurgården |
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Asparuhov 15', 19' Iliev 34', 47' Nikolov 35' Abadzhiev 60' |
Report |
Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague | 4–0 | Lausanne Sports |
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Mráz 21', 24', 77' Dyba 82' |
Report |
Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze | 2–1 | LASK Linz |
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Pohl 9' Szołtysik 22' |
Report | Lipošinović 34' (pen.) |
Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.
First round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Anderlecht | 9–0 | Derry City | 9–0 | (w/o) |
Kilmarnock | 3–7 | Real Madrid | 2–2 | 1–5 |
Dinamo București | 2–3 | Internazionale | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Ferencváros | 3–1 | Panathinaikos | 0–0 | 3–1 |
Sparta Prague | 5–1 | Górnik Zabrze | 3–0 | 2–1 |
Partizan | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Vorwärts Berlin | 1–5 | Manchester United | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Levski Sofia | 4–5 | Benfica | 2–2 | 2–3 |
First leg
editAnderlecht | 9–0 | Derry City |
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Jurion 5' Van Himst 13', 66' Puis 43', 83' Mulder 46', 48', 65' Stockman 90' |
Report |
Kilmarnock | 2–2 | Real Madrid |
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McLean 22' (pen.) McInally 60' |
Report | Pirri 25' Amancio 55' |
Dinamo București | 2–1 | Internazionale |
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Frățilă 25' Haidu 51' |
Report | Peiró 12' |
Sparta Prague | 3–0 | Górnik Zabrze |
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Kvašňák 35' (pen.) Jílek 64' Vrána 80' |
Report |
Vorwärts Berlin | 0–2 | Manchester United |
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Report | Law 73' Connelly 80' |
Second leg
editDerry City | Match unplayed | Anderlecht |
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Report |
Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 5–1 | Kilmarnock |
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Pirri 25', 90' Ruiz 26' Grosso 36' Gento 58' |
Report | McIlroy 22' |
Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.
Internazionale | 2–0 | Dinamo București |
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Mazzola 47' (pen.) Facchetti 87' |
Report |
Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos | 1–3 | Ferencváros |
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Domazos 48' | Report | Karába 8' Fenyvesi 27' Albert 63' |
Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze | 1–2 | Sparta Prague |
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Szołtysik 84' | Report | Mráz 17', 78' |
Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen | 1–0 | Partizan |
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Schütz 32' | Report |
Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United | 3–1 | Vorwärts Berlin |
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Herd 19', 39', 84' | Report | Piepenburg 82' |
Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Anderlecht | 3–4 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | 2–4 |
Internazionale | 5–1 | Ferencváros | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Sparta Prague | 4–6 | Partizan | 4–1 | 0–5 |
Manchester United | 8–3 | Benfica | 3–2 | 5–1 |
First leg
editAnderlecht | 1–0 | Real Madrid |
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Van Himst 2' | Report |
Internazionale | 4–0 | Ferencváros |
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Jair 8' Corso 36' Peiró 65', 73' |
Report |
Manchester United | 3–2 | Benfica |
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Herd 36' Law 44' Foulkes 58' |
Report | José Augusto 30' Torres 70' |
Second leg
editReal Madrid | 4–2 | Anderlecht |
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Amancio 12', 35' Gento 58' (pen.), 83' |
Report | Jurion 87' Puis 90' |
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ferencváros | 1–1 | Internazionale |
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Novák 31' (pen.) | Report | Domenghini 62' |
Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.
Benfica | 1–5 | Manchester United |
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Brennan 52' (o.g.) | Report | Best 6', 13' Connelly 15' Crerand 78' Charlton 89' |
Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Real Madrid | 2–1 | Internazionale | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Partizan | 2–1 | Manchester United | 2–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
editReal Madrid | 1–0 | Internazionale |
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Pirri 12' | Report |
Partizan | 2–0 | Manchester United |
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Hasanagić 46' Bečejac 59' |
Report |
Second leg
editInternazionale | 1–1 | Real Madrid |
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Facchetti 78' | Report | Amancio 20' |
Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United | 1–0 | Partizan |
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Stiles 72' | Report |
Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
editTop scorers
editThe top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
Position | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Florián Albert | Ferencváros | 7 |
Eusébio | Benfica | 7 | |
3 | John Connelly | Manchester United | 6 |
Mustafa Hasanagić | Partizan | 6 | |
5 | Amancio | Real Madrid | 5 |
Georgi Asparuhov | Levski Sofia | 5 | |
David Herd | Manchester United | 5 | |
Ivan Mráz | Sparta Prague | 5 | |
Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | 5 | |
10 | José Augusto | Benfica | 4 |
George Best | Manchester United | 4 | |
Andrej Kvašňák | Sparta Prague | 4 | |
Pirri | Real Madrid | 4 | |
Jacques Stockman | Anderlecht | 4 | |
Paul Van Himst | Anderlecht | 4 |
References
edit- ^ "Real Madrid v Internazionale, 13 April 1966" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
External links
edit- 1965–66 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1965–66 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
- 1965/66 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)
- Y. Lander, European Cups History, part 1 (Kharkiv, 2003) – some attendance data.