1965 European Cup final

The 1965 European Cup final was the final match of the 1964–65 European Cup, the tenth season of Europe's premier club football tournament organized by UEFA. It was contested by Italian side and defending champions Inter Milan, and Portuguese side Benfica, at the San Siro in Milan, which was also Inter's home ground.

1965 European Cup final

Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy
Event	1964–65 European Cup
Inter Milan Benfica 1 0
Date	27 May 1965
Venue	San Siro, Milan
Referee	Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance	89,000

This was the second time a European Cup final was played at one of the finalists home ground. The two finalists had to go through with three rounds of knockout football with Benfica needing to play an extra round in the preliminary defeating Aris Bonnevoie. They also defeated La Chaux-de-Fonds, Real Madrid and Vasas ETO Győr to make the final. Inter defeated Dinamo București, Rangers and Liverpool to make it to the final.

Inter opened the scoring in the 43rd minute from Brazilian winger Jair, to give the Italian club a 1–0 lead at the break. Despite Benfica's best efforts, Inter retained the 1–0 scoreline to claim their second European Cup in a row; this is also the most recent time to date that a side won a final played at their home stadium.

Route to the final

Further information: 1964–65 European Cup

Inter Milan				Round	Benfica
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Prelim. round	Aris Bonnevoie	10–2	5–1 (A)	5–1 (H)
Dinamo București	7–0	6–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	First round	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6–1	1–1 (A)	5–0 (H)
Rangers	3–2	3–1 (H)	0–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Real Madrid	6–3	5–1 (H)	1–2 (A)
Liverpool	4–3	1–3 (A)	3–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Vasas ETO Győr	5–0	1–0 (A)	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

27 May 1965

21:30 CET

Inter Milan	1–0	Benfica
Jair 43'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 89,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Inter Milan

Benfica

GK 1 Giuliano Sarti RB 2 Tarcisio Burgnich LB 3 Giacinto Facchetti DM 4 Gianfranco Bedin CB 5 Aristide Guarneri SW 6 Armando Picchi (c) RW 7 Jair CF 8 Sandro Mazzola LW 9 Joaquín Peiró CM 10 Luis Suárez CM 11 Mario Corso Manager: Helenio Herrera

GK 1 Costa Pereira RB 2 Domiciano Cavém CB 3 Germano CB 4 Raul Machado LB 5 Fernando Cruz DM 6 José Neto CM 7 Mário Coluna (c) RF 8 José Augusto CF 9 José Torres CF 10 Eusébio LF 11 António Simões Manager: Elek Schwartz

See also

• Inter Milan in European football
• S.L. Benfica in international football

External links

• 1964–65 season at UEFA website
• European Cup History 1965