1965–66 European Cup

1965–66 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966
Teams 31
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (6th title)
Runners-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 58
Goals scored 224 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hungary Florián Albert
Portugal Eusebio
7 goals

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.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–6 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 0–5
17 Nëntori Tirana Albania 0–1 Scotland Kilmarnock 0–0 0–1
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–5 Belgium Anderlecht 0–0 1–5
Lyn Norway 6–8 Northern Ireland Derry City 5–3 1–5
Panathinaikos Greece 4–2 Malta Sliema Wanderers 4–1 0–1
Keflavík Iceland 2–13 Hungary Ferencváros 1–4 1–9
Dinamo Bucharest Romania 7–2 Denmark Boldklubben 1909 4–0 3–2
HJK Finland 2–9 England Manchester United 2–3 0–6
Drumcondra Republic of Ireland 1–3 East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 1–0 0–3
Stade Dudelange Luxembourg 0–18 Portugal Benfica 0–8 0–10
Djurgården Sweden 2–7 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 2–1 0–6
Lausanne Sports Switzerland 0–4 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 0–0 0–4
LASK Linz Austria 2–5 Poland Górnik Zabrze 1–3 1–2
APOEL Cyprus 0–10 West Germany Werder Bremen 0–5 0–5
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–2 France Nantes 2–0 2–2

Note: Starting in the 1964/65 tournament, only the title holder, Internazionale, joined directly in the first round.

First leg

8 September 1965
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Venneker  78'
Kruiver  85' 		Report Puskás  35'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 62,610
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)

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

31 August 1965
Lyn Norway 5–3 Northern Ireland Derry City
Berg  4', 32'
Dybwad-Olsen  19', 50'
Stavrum  62' 		Report R. Wood  10'
Gilbert  24', 34'
Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 15,237
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

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

29 August 1965
Keflavík Iceland 1–4 Hungary Ferencváros
Júlíusson  67' Report Németh  27'
Karába  37'
Varga  38'
Albert  57'

28 September 1965
Dinamo Bucharest Romania 4–0 Denmark Boldklubben 1909
Ene  50'
Gergely  75'
Fratila  85', 88' 		Report
Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stjepan Varaždinec (Yugoslavia)

22 September 1965
HJK Finland 2–3 England Manchester United
Pahlman  30'
Peltoniemi  71' 		Report Herd  1'
Connelly  15'
Law  36'
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 15,583
Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

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

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

12 September 1965
Djurgården Sweden 2–1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Nilsson  40', 63' Report Sokolov  9'
Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,311
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

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

15 September 1965
LASK Linz Austria 1–3 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Köglberger  60' Report Musiałek  19'
Wilczek  22', 55'
Linzer Stadion, Linz
Attendance: 18,887
Referee: Jenő Gere (Hungary)

6 October 1965
APOEL Cyprus 0–5 West Germany Werder Bremen
Report Matischak  13', 32'
Podlich  31'
Schulz  45'
Zebrowski  78'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: Marcel Zeimes (Luxembourg)

22 September 1965
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–0 France Nantes
Galić  37'
Hasanagić  48' 		Report
JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,464
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Second leg

22 September 1965
Real Madrid Spain 5–0 Netherlands Feyenoord
Puskás  10', 20', 29', 86'
Grosso  44' 		Report

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

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

Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.

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

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.

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

Dinamo Bucharest won 7–2 on aggregate.

6 October 1965
Manchester United England 6–0 Finland HJK
Connelly  15', 47', 73'
Best  44', 52'
Charlton  76' 		Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 30,388
Referee: Manuel Lousada Rodrigues (Portugal)

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

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

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

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

Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.

3 October 1965
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 6–0 Sweden Djurgården
Asparuhov  15', 19'
Iliev  34', 47'
Nikolov  35'
Abadzhiev  60' 		Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 15,769
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

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

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

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

Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.

13 October 1965
Nantes France 2–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Magny  32'
Blanchet  70' 		Report Kovačević  43'
Galić  47'
Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
Attendance: 16,007
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht Belgium 9–0 Northern Ireland Derry City 9–0 (w/o)
Kilmarnock Scotland 3–7 Spain Real Madrid 2–2 1–5
Dinamo Bucharest Romania 2–3 Italy Internazionale 2–1 0–2
Ferencváros Hungary 3–1 Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 3–1
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 5–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze 3–0 2–1
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–1 West Germany Werder Bremen 3–0 0–1
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 1–5 England Manchester United 0–2 1–3
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 4–5 Portugal Benfica 2–2 2–3

First leg

23 November 1965
Anderlecht Belgium 9–0 Northern Ireland Derry City
Jurion  5'
Van Himst  13', 66'
Puis  43', 83'
Mulder  46', 48', 65'
Stockman  90' 		Report
Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 23,589
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)

17 November 1965
Kilmarnock Scotland 2–2 Spain Real Madrid
McLean  22' (pen.)
McInally  60' 		Report Pirri  25'
Amancio  55'
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Attendance: 25,385
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

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

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

24 November 1965
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 3–0 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Kvašňák  35' (pen.)
Jílek  64'
Vrána  80' 		Report
Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 19,491
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

9 November 1965
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–0 West Germany Werder Bremen
Jusufi  70'
Hasanagić  75'
Pirmajer  89' 		Report
JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 24,203
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)

17 November 1965
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 0–2 England Manchester United
Report Law  73'
Connelly  80'
Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin
Attendance: 23,230
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)

10 November 1965
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–2 Portugal Benfica
Asparuhov  5'
Nikolov  59' 		Report Eusébio  22', 63'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 25,315
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Second leg

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.

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

Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.

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

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

17 November 1965
Panathinaikos Greece 1–3 Hungary Ferencváros
Domazos  48' Report Karába  8'
Fenyvesi  27'
Albert  63'
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 24,919
Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)

Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.

28 November 1965
Górnik Zabrze Poland 1–2 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Szołtysik  84' Report Mráz  17', 78'
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 46,609
Referee: Alexandru Toth (Romania)

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

17 November 1965
Werder Bremen West Germany 1–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Schütz  32' Report
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

1 December 1965
Manchester United England 3–1 East Germany Vorwärts Berlin
Herd  19', 39', 84' Report Piepenburg  82'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 30,082
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

8 December 1965
Benfica Portugal 3–2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Eusébio  6'
Coluna  28'
Torres  46' 		Report Asparuhov  3', 75'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht Belgium 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–0 2–4
Internazionale Italy 5–1 Hungary Ferencváros 4–0 1–1
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 4–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 4–1 0–5
Manchester United England 8–3 Portugal Benfica 3–2 5–1

First leg

23 February 1966
Internazionale Italy 4–0 Hungary Ferencváros
Jair  8'
Corso  36'
Peiró  65', 73' 		Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 36,896
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)

2 March 1966
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 4–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Kvašňák  20', 54' (pen.), 86'
Mašek  73' 		Report Hasanagić  16'
Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 30,214
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

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

Second leg

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

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

2 March 1966
Ferencváros Hungary 1–1 Italy Internazionale
Novák  31' (pen.) Report Domenghini  62'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 70,425
Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

9 March 1966
Benfica Portugal 1–5 England Manchester United
Brennan  52' (o.g.) Report Best  6', 13'
Connelly  15'
Crerand  78'
Charlton  89'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Italy Internazionale 1–0 1–1
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 England Manchester United 2–0 0–1

First leg

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

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

Second leg

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

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

11 May 1966
Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Amancio  70'
Serena  76' 		Report

MatchCentre

 Vasović  55'
Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 46,745
Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Hungary Florián Albert Hungary Ferencváros 7
Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 7
3 England John Connelly England Manchester United 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mustafa Hasanagić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 6
5 Spain Amancio Spain Real Madrid 5
Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Bulgaria Levski Sofia 5
Scotland David Herd England Manchester United 5
Czechoslovakia Ivan Mráz Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 5
Spain Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid 5
10 Portugal José Augusto Portugal Benfica 4
Northern Ireland George Best England Manchester United 4
Belgium Paul van Himst Belgium Anderlecht 4
Czechoslovakia Andrej Kvašňák Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 4
Belgium Jacques Stockman Belgium Anderlecht 4

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