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1965–66 European Cup

The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966
Teams	31 (from 31 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (6th title)
Runners-up	Partizan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	224 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	1,609,799 (27,755 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Flórián Albert (Ferencváros) Eusébio (Benfica) 7 goals each
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 European Cup was the 11th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, winners of the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960, who beat Partizan 2–1 in a close final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels on 11 May 1966.

Inter Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

No new association entered its representative, which happened only for the second time after 1959–60 edition. However, Cyprus returned to the competition after their inaugural 1963–64 season.

In the preliminary round, Benfica recorded highest aggregate win in the history of the European Cup by beating Stade Dudelange 18–0 (8–0 away, 10–0 at home).

Teams

A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.

For the first time since inaugural edition all associations were represented by only one team.

17 Nëntori, LASK, Levski Sofia, APOEL, Sparta Prague, HJK, Nantes, Keflavík, Derry City, Kilmarnock, Lausanne-Sports, and Werder Bremen made their debut in the competition.

Djurgårdens IF made their first appearance since the inaugural 1955–56 tournament, while Manchester United and Stade Dudelange returned to the competition after seven years.

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Lyn. They were leading 1. divisjon at the summer break on 1 July 1965, after 9 of 18 matches had been played, but finished second in autumn of 1965.

17 Nëntori (1st)	LASK (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	Levski Sofia (1st)
APOEL (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Boldklubben 1909 (1st)	Vorwärts Berlin (1st)
Manchester United (1st)	HJK (1st)	Nantes (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)
Ferencváros (1st)	Keflavík (1st)	Inter Milan (1st)	Stade Dudelange (1st)
Sliema Wanderers (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)	Derry City (1st)	Lyn (2nd)
Górnik Zabrze (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Drumcondra (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)
Kilmarnock (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)	Djurgårdens IF (1st)	Lausanne-Sports (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st)	Werder Bremen (1st)	Partizan (1st)

Preliminary round

Similiar to previous editions, only title holders Inter Milan received a bye to the first round. The remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September and October, apart from two matches that took place in late August.

For the second time in row teams in the preliminary round were not divided geographically into pots, which resulted in some teams covering over 6,200 kilometres for their ties (e.g. Keflavík and Ferencváros), while other had shorter trips (e.g. LASK and Górnik Zabrze – around 800 kilometres).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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
Djurgårdens IF	2–7	Levski Sofia	2–1	0–6
Lausanne-Sports	0–4	Sparta Prague	0–0	0–4
LASK	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

First leg

Keflavík	1–4	Ferencváros
Júlíusson 67'	Report	Németh 26' Karába 37' Varga 38' Albert 58'

Lyn	5–3	Derry City
J. Berg 4', 32' Dybwad-Olsen 19', 50' Stavrum 62'	Report	R. Wood 10' Gilbert 24', 34'

Feyenoord	2–1	Real Madrid
Venneker 77' Kraay 85'	Report	Puskás 38'

17 Nëntori	0–0	Kilmarnock
	Report

Fenerbahçe	0–0	Anderlecht
	Report

Djurgårdens IF	2–1	Levski Sofia
Nilsson 40', 63'	Report	Sokolov 8'

Drumcondra	1–0	Vorwärts Berlin
Morrissey 64'	Report

LASK	1–3	Górnik Zabrze
Köglberger 60'	Report	Musiałek 19' Wilczek 22', 55'

Partizan	2–0	Nantes
Galić 37' Hasanagić 48'	Report

HJK	2–3	Manchester United
Pahlman 31' Peltoniemi 71'	Report	Herd 1' Connelly 15' Law 36'

Lausanne-Sports	0–0	Sparta Prague
	Report

Panathinaikos	4–1	Sliema Wanderers
Sakellaridis 5' Loukanidis 18' Domazos 32' Kamaras 61'	Report	Cini 36'

Dinamo București	4–0	Boldklubben 1909
Ene 50' Gergely 75' Frățilă 85', 88'	Report

Stade Dudelange	0–8	Benfica
	Report	Pedras 15', 21', 78' Pereira 29' Brenner 46' (o.g.) Yaúca 59', 81' Santana 85'

APOEL	0–5	Werder Bremen
	Report	Matischak 14', 33' Podlich 32' Schulz 44' Zebrowski 78'

Second leg

Ferencváros	9–1	Keflavík
Albert 8', 44', 6', 81', 89' Novák 12', 22' Varga 23', 34'	Report	Jóhansson 37'

Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.

Derry City	5–1	Lyn
Wilson 3', 17' Crossan 49' R. Wood 67' McGeough 71'	Report	Stavrum 44'

Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.

Anderlecht	5–1	Fenerbahçe
Van Himst 5' Stockman 32', 50', 70' Hanon 89'	Report	Altıparmak 83'

Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vorwärts Berlin	3–0	Drumcondra
Vogt 21' Begerad 51' Piepenburg 68'	Report

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid	5–0	Feyenoord
Puskás 12', 22', 35', 86' Grosso 44'	Report

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze	2–1	LASK
Pohl 9' Szołtysik 22'	Report	Lipošinović 34' (pen.)

Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kilmarnock	1–0	17 Nëntori
Black 76'	Report

Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague	4–0	Lausanne-Sports
Mráz 20', 24', 76' Dyba 82'	Report

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia	6–0	Djurgårdens IF
Asparuhov 13', 18' Iliev 33', 47' Nikolov 34' Abadzhiev 58'	Report

Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Benfica	10–0	Stade Dudelange
Eusébio 5', 29', 31', 81' Augusto 12', 23', 59' Pinto 49' Guerreiro 54' Torres 70'	Report

Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.

Boldklubben 1909	2–3	Dinamo București
Petersen 29' Hansen 34'	Report	Nunweiller 7' Pârcălab 18' Ene 44'

Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United	6–0	HJK
Connelly 15', 47', 70' Best 45', 50' Charlton 60'	Report

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers	1–0	Panathinaikos
Micallef 30'	Report

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen	5–0	APOEL
Danielsen 36', 54' Ferner 41' Höttges 64', 83' (pen.)	Report

Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.

Nantes	2–2	Partizan
Magny 32' Blanchet 68'	Report	Kovačević 42' Galić 48'

Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

	First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Anderlecht	9	–	9
	Derry City	0	–	0
							Anderlecht	1	2	3
							Real Madrid	0	4	4
	Kilmarnock	2	1	3
	Real Madrid	2	5	7
													Real Madrid	1	1	2
													Inter Milan	0	1	1
	Dinamo Bucuresti	2	0	2
	Inter Milan	1	2	3
							Inter Milan	4	1	5
							Ferencváros	0	1	1
	Ferencváros	0	3	3
	Panathinaikos	0	1	1
																			Real Madrid	2
																			Partizan	1
	Sparta Prague	3	2	5
	Górnik Zabrze	0	1	1
							Sparta Prague	4	0	4
							Partizan	1	5	6
	Partizan	3	0	3
	Werder Bremen	0	1	1
													Partizan	2	0	2
													Manchester United	0	1	1
	Vorwärts Berlin	0	1	1
	Manchester United	2	3	5
							Manchester United	3	5	8
							Benfica	2	1	3
	Levski Sofia	2	2	4
	Benfica	2	3	5

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anderlecht	9–0	Derry City	9–0	(w/o)
Kilmarnock	3–7	Real Madrid	2–2	1–5
Dinamo București	2–3	Inter Milan	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

Partizan	3–0	Werder Bremen
Jusufi 69' Hasanagić 75' Pirmajer 88'	Report

Levski Sofia	2–2	Benfica
Asparuhov 5' Nikolov 59'	Report	Eusébio 22', 63'

Ferencváros	0–0	Panathinaikos
	Report

Vorwärts Berlin	0–2	Manchester United
	Report	Law 72' Connelly 80'

Kilmarnock	2–2	Real Madrid
McLean 20' (pen.) McIlroy 70'	Report	Pirri 25' Amancio 65'

Anderlecht	9–0	Derry City
Jurion 5' Van Himst 13', 74' Puis 43', 83' Mulder 46', 48', 65' Stockman 89'	Report

Sparta Prague	3–0	Górnik Zabrze
Kvašňák 35' (pen.) Jílek 64' Vrána 80'	Report

Dinamo București	2–1	Inter Milan
Frățilă 26' Haidu 51'	Report	Peiró 12'

Second leg

Panathinaikos	1–3	Ferencváros
Domazos 48'	Report	Karába 8' Fenyvesi 27' Albert 63'

Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen	1–0	Partizan
Schütz 33'	Report

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze	1–2	Sparta Prague
Szołtysik 84'	Report	Mráz 17', 78'

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid	5–1	Kilmarnock
Pirri 25', 90' Ruiz 26' Grosso 36' Gento 58'	Report	McIlroy 21'

Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.

Manchester United	3–1	Vorwärts Berlin
Herd 10', 40', 89'	Report	Piepenburg 82'

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Benfica	3–2	Levski Sofia
Eusébio 6' Coluna 27' Torres 47'	Report	Asparuhov 3', 73'

Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

Derry City	Cancelled	Anderlecht
	Report

There were serious concerns regarding Brandywell Stadium state of the pitch, with IFA informing UEFA that it's not fit to host European Cup tie and ordering Derry City to play either at Windsor Park or Showgrounds, which club's board refusued to do. However, minutes after losing first leg 9–0, board directors had officially informed Anderlecht that they would be forfeiting the second leg of the tie.

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.

Inter Milan	2–0	Dinamo București
Mazzola 67' (pen.) Facchetti 89'	Report

Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anderlecht	3–4	Real Madrid	1–0	2–4
Inter Milan	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

Manchester United	3–2	Benfica
Herd 35' Law 45' Foulkes 60'	Report	Augusto 10' Torres 80'

Anderlecht	1–0	Real Madrid
Van Himst 2'	Report

Inter Milan	4–0	Ferencváros
Jair 8' Corso 36' Peiró 65', 73'	Report

Sparta Prague	4–1	Partizan
Kvašňák 20', 56' (pen.), 86' Mašek 74'	Report	Hasanagić 16'

Second leg

Ferencváros	1–1	Inter Milan
Novák 32' (pen.)	Report	Domenghini 63'

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid	4–2	Anderlecht
Amancio 14', 35' Gento 59' (pen.), 83'	Report	Jurion 87' Puis 89'

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Partizan	5–0	Sparta Prague
Kovačević 4', 29' Vasović 23' Hasanagić 35', 71'	Report

Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Benfica	1–5	Manchester United
Brennan 51' (o.g.)	Report	Best 6', 11' Connelly 14' Crerand 76' Charlton 87'

Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	2–1	Inter Milan	1–0	1–1
Partizan	2–1	Manchester United	2–0	0–1

First leg

Real Madrid	1–0	Inter Milan
Pirri 13'	Report

Partizan	2–0	Manchester United
Hasanagić 46' Bečejac 58'	Report

Second leg

Inter Milan	1–1	Real Madrid
Facchetti 78'	Report	Amancio 20'

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Manchester United	1–0	Partizan
Šoškić 75' (o.g.)	Report

Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Real Madrid	2–1	Partizan
Amancio 70' Serena 76'	Report	Vasović 55'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	7
	Eusébio	Benfica
3	John Connelly	Manchester United	6
	Mustafa Hasanagić	Partizan
5	Amancio	Real Madrid	5
	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia
	David Herd	Manchester United
	Ivan Mráz	Sparta Prague
	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid
10	José Augusto	Benfica	4
	George Best	Manchester United
	Andrej Kvašňák	Sparta Prague
	Pirri	Real Madrid
	Jacques Stockman	Anderlecht
	Paul Van Himst	Anderlecht

Notes

1. There were serious concerns regarding Brandywell Stadium state of the pitch, with IFA informing UEFA that it's not fit to host European Cup tie and ordering Derry City to play either at Windsor Park or Showgrounds, which club's board refusued to do. However, minutes after losing first leg 9–0, board directors had officially informed Anderlecht that they would be forfeiting the second leg of the tie.

References

1. "Madrid champions of Europe once more". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
2. Stokkermans, Karel (2 June 2016). "Champions' Cup/Champions League Trivia". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
3. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
4. ^ Coillins, Simon (21 June 2020). "Derry City 'Slaughtered in Snow' against Anderlecht - Derry's European's Dance (Week 3)". Derry Journal. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
5. "Real Madrid v Internazionale, 13 April 1966" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

• 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.

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