1965–66 European Cup

1965–66 European Cup
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (6th title)
Runners-up Partizan

The 1965–66 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid for the sixth time in a close final against Partizan. Real Madrid eliminated title-holders Internazionale in the semi-finals.

Contents

Preliminary round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Feyenoord 2–6 Real Madrid 2–1 0–5
17 Nëntori Tirana 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 Bucharest 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

First leg

8 September 1965
Feyenoord 2 – 1 Real Madrid Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 62,610
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Venneker  78'
Kruiver  85'
Report

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Puskás  35'

8 September 1965
17 Nëntori Tirana 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)
Report

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8 September 1965
Fenerbahçe 0 – 0 Anderlecht BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 30,140
Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania)
Report

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31 August 1965
Lyn 5 – 3 Derry City Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 15,237
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Berg  4'32'
Dybwad-Olsen  19'50'
Stavrum  62'
Report

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R. Wood  10'
Gilbert  24'34'

26 September 1965
Panathinaikos 4 – 1 Sliema Wanderers Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 23,726
Referee: Atanas Stavrev Kiryakov (Bulgaria)
Sakelaridis  5'
Loukanidis  18'
Domazos  32'
Kamaras  61'
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Cini  36'

29 August 1965
Keflavík 1 – 4 Ferencváros Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)
Júlíusson  67' Report

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Németh  27'
Karába  37'
Varga  38'
Albert  57'

28 September 1965
Dinamo Bucharest 4 – 0 Boldklubben 1909 Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stjepan Varaždinec (Yugoslavia)
Ene  50'
Gergely  75'
Fratila  85'88'
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22 September 1965
HJK 2 – 3 Manchester United Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 15,583
Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)
Pahlman  30'
Peltoniemi  71'
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Herd  1'
Connelly  15'
Law  36'

15 September 1965
Drumcondra 1 – 0 Vorwärts Berlin Tolka Park, Dublin
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Morrissey  65' Report

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30 September 1965
Stade Dudelange 0 – 8 Benfica Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)
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Pedras  15'21'78'
Pereira  29'
Brenner  46' (o.g.)
Yaúca  59'81'
Santana  85'

12 September 1965
Djurgården 2 – 1 Levski Sofia Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,311
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Nilsson  40'63' Report

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Sokolov  9'

22 September 1965
Lausanne Sports 0 – 0 Sparta Prague Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 25,614
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Report

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15 September 1965
LASK Linz 1 – 3 Górnik Zabrze Linzer Stadion, Linz
Attendance: 18,887
Referee: Jenő Gere (Hungary)
Köglberger  60' Report

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Musiałek  19'
Wilczek  22'55'

6 October 1965
APOEL 0 – 5 Werder Bremen Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: Marcel Zeimes (Luxembourg)
Report

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Matischak  13'32'
Podlich  31'
Schulz  25'
Zebrowski  78'

22 September 1965
Partizan 2 – 0 Nantes JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,464
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
Galić  37'
Hasanagić  48'
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Second leg

22 September 1965
Real Madrid 5 – 0 Feyenoord Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Puskás  10'20'29'86'
Grosso  44'
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Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.


29 September 1965
Kilmarnock 1 – 0 17 Nëntori Tirana Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 15,816
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
Black  77' Report

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Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.


15 September 1965
Anderlecht 5 – 1 Fenerbahçe Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 34,287
Referee: Ernest Crawford (England)
Van Himst  32'
Stockman  42'50'70'
Hanon  89'
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Altıparmak  84'

Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.


9 September 1965
Derry City 5 – 1 Lyn Brandywell Stadium, Derry
Attendance: 6,968
Referee: Willem Schalks (Netherlands)
Wilson  3'17'
Crossan  49'
R. Wood  67'
McGeough  71'
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Stavrum  44'

Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.


10 October 1965
Sliema Wanderers 1 – 0 Panathinaikos Manoel Island Football Ground, Gżira
Attendance: 7,697
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Micallef  30' Report

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Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.


8 September 1965
Ferencváros 9 – 1 Keflavík Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 18,088
Referee: Wacław Majdan (Poland)
Albert  7'45'77'82'89'
Novák  11'22'
Varga  23'34'
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Jóhansson  36'

Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.


6 October 1965
Boldklubben 1909 2 – 3 Dinamo Bucharest Odense Stadion, Odense
Attendance: 7,596
Referee: Jean Tricot (France)
Petersen  29'
Hansen  34'
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Nunweiller  8'
Pârcălab  12'
Ene  44'

Dinamo Bucharest won 7–2 on aggregate.


6 October 1965
Manchester United 6 – 0 HJK Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 30,388
Referee: Manuel Lousada Rodrigues (Portugal)
Connelly  15'47'73'
Best  44'52'
Charlton  76'
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Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.


22 October 1965
Vorwärts Berlin 3 – 0 Drumcondra Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 12,971
Referee: Kurt Lindberg (Sweden)
Vogt  22'
Begerad  51'
Piepenburg  68'
Report

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Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.


5 October 1965
Benfica 10 – 0 Stade Dudelange Estadio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Robert Lacoste (France)
Eusébio  9'30'32'83'
José Augusto  11'24'60'
Pinto  49'
Guerreiro  54'
Torres  70'
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Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.


3 October 1965
Levski Sofia 6 – 0 Djurgården Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 15,769
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)
Asparuhov  15'19'
Iliev  34'47'
Nikolov  35'
Abadzhiev  60'
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Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.


29 September 1965
Sparta Prague 4 – 0 Lausanne Sports Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 14,659
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Mráz  21'24'77'
Dyba  82'
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Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.


22 September 1965
Górnik Zabrze 2 – 1 LASK Linz Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 38,887
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)
Pohl  9'
Szołtysik  22'
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Lipošinović  34' (pen.)

Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.


13 October 1965
Werder Bremen 5 – 0 APOEL Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)
Danielsen  36'53'
Ferner  41'
Höttges  63'83' (pen.)
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Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.


13 October 1965
Nantes 2 – 2 Partizan Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
Attendance: 16,007
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)
Magny  32'
Blanchet  70'
Report

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Kovačević  43'
Galić  47'

Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1   Agg.   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 Bucharest 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

23 November 1965
Anderlecht 9 – 0 Derry City Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 23,589
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)
Jurion  5'
Van Himst  13'66'
Puis  43'83'
Mulder  46'48'65'
Stockman  90'
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17 November 1965
Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Real Madrid Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 25,385
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
McLean  22' (pen.)
McInally  60'
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Pirri  25'
Amancio  55'

1 December 1965
Dinamo Bucharest 2 – 1 Internazionale 23 August Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)
Frăţilă  25'
Haidu  51'
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Peiró  12'

10 November 1965
Ferencváros 0 – 0 Panathinaikos Népstadion Budapest
Attendance: 12,278
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Report

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24 November 1965
Sparta Prague 3 – 0 Górnik Zabrze Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 19,491
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Kvašňák  35' (pen.)
Jílek  64'
Vrána  80'
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9 November 1965
Partizan 3 – 0 Werder Bremen JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 24,203
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)
Jusufi  70'
Hasanagić  75'
Pirmajer  89'
Report

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17 November 1965
Vorwärts Berlin 0 – 2 Manchester United Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin
Attendance: 23,230
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
Report

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Law  73'
Connelly  80'

10 November 1965
Levski Sofia 2 – 2 Benfica Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,315
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
Asparuhov  5'
Nikolov  59'
Report

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Eusébio  22'63'

Second leg


Derry City Match unplayed Anderlecht
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Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.


1 December 1965
Real Madrid 5 – 1 Kilmarnock Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
Grosso  25'36'
Ruiz  26'
Gento  58'
Pirri  90'
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McIlroy  22'

Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.


16 December 1965
Internazionale 2 – 0 Dinamo Bucharest San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 15,324
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)
Mazzola  47' (pen.)
Facchetti  87'
Report

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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.


17 November 1965
Panathinaikos 1 – 3 Ferencváros Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 24,919
Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)
Domazos  48' Report

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Karába  8'
Fenyvesi  27'
Albert  63'

Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.


28 November 1965
Górnik Zabrze 1 – 2 Sparta Prague Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 46,609
Referee: Alexandru Toth (Romania)
Szołtysik  84' Report

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Mráz  17'78'

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.


17 November 1965
Werder Bremen 1 – 0 Partizan Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Schütz  32' Report

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Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.


1 December 1965
Manchester United 3 – 1 Vorwärts Berlin Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 30,082
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
Herd  19'39'84' Report

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Piepenburg  82'

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.


8 December 1965
Benfica 3 – 2 Levski Sofia Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)
Eusébio  6'
Coluna  28'
Torres  46'
Report

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Asparuhov  3'75'

Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
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

23 February 1966
Anderlecht 1 – 0 Real Madrid Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 34,862
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)
Van Himst  2' Report

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23 February 1966
Internazionale 4 – 0 Ferencváros San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 36,896
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Jair  8'
Corso  36'
Peiró  65'73'
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2 March 1966
Sparta Prague 4 – 1 Partizan Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 30,214
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
Kvašňák  20'54' (pen.)86'
Mašek  73'
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Hasanagić  16'

2 February 1966
Manchester United 3 – 2 Benfica Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 64,035
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Herd  36'
Law  44'
Foulkes  58'
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José Augusto  30'
Torres  70'

Second leg

9 March 1966
Real Madrid 4 – 2 Anderlecht Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)
Amancio  12'35'
Gento  58' (pen.)83'
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Jurion  87'
Puis  90'

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.


2 March 1966
Ferencváros 1 – 1 Internazionale Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 70,425
Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)
Novák  31' (pen.) Report

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Domenghini  62'

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.


9 March 1966
Partizan 5 – 0 Sparta Prague JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 36,912
Referee: Dimitar Rumentschev (Bulgaria)
Kovačević  4'29'
Vasović  23'
Hasanagić  35'41'
Report

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Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.


9 March 1966
Benfica 1 – 5 Manchester United Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Brennan  52' (o.g.) Report

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Best  6'13'
Connelly  15'
Crerand  78'
Charlton  89'

Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Real Madrid 2–1 Internazionale 1–0 1–1
Partizan 2–1 Manchester United 2–0 0–1

First leg

13 April 1966
Real Madrid 1 – 0 Internazionale Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Dimitris Wlachojanis (Austria)
Pirri  12' Report

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13 April 1966
Partizan 2 – 0 Manchester United JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 37,031
Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)
Hasanagić  46'
Bečejac  59'
Report

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Second leg

20 April 1966
Internazionale 1 – 1 Real Madrid San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 75,991
Referee: György Vadász (Hungary)
Facchetti  78' Report

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Amancio  20'

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.


20 April 1966
Manchester United 1 – 0 Partizan Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 61,475
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Stiles  72' Report

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Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

11 May 1966
Real Madrid 2 – 1 Partizan Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 46,745
Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
Amancio  70'
Serena  76'
Report

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Vasović  55'

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
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
Paul van Himst Anderlecht 4
Andrej Kvašňák Sparta Prague 4
Jacques Stockman Anderlecht 4

External links

Games Internazionale - Dinamo Bucurest - 2:0
Starting with the RSSSF site and all the other sites, including UEFA, writes that the game was held 15 December.
Club websites team Internazionale, La Gazzetta dello Sport and Dinamo Bucurest write that the game was held 16 December. In reality, the match would have been played on 15 December, but it was played the following day because of the fog.