1965–66 European Cup

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.

1965–66 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (6th title)
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored224 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,599,799 (27,583 per match)
Top scorer(s)Florián Albert (Ferencváros)
Eusébio (Benfica)
7 goals each

Teams edit

  17 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 edit

Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Fenerbahçe 0 1 1
  Anderlecht 0 5 5
  Anderlecht 9 (w) 9
  Derry City 0 (o) 0
  Lyn 5 1 6
  Derry City 3 5 8
  Anderlecht 1 2 3
  Real Madrid 0 4 4
  17 Nëntori 0 0 0
  Kilmarnock 0 1 1
  Kilmarnock 2 1 3
  Real Madrid 2 5 7
  Feyenoord 2 0 2
  Real Madrid 1 5 6
  Real Madrid 1 1 2
  Inter Milan 0 1 1
  Dinamo București 4 3 7
  Boldklubben 1909 0 2 2
  Dinamo Bucuresti 2 0 2
  Inter Milan 1 2 3
  Inter Milan 4 1 5
  Ferencváros 0 1 1
  Keflavík 1 1 2
  Ferencváros 4 9 13
  Ferencváros 0 3 3
  Panathinaikos 0 1 1
  Panathinaikos 4 0 4
  Sliema Wanderers 1 1 2
  Real Madrid 2
  Partizan 1
  Lausanne Sports 0 0 0
  Sparta Prague 0 4 4
  Sparta Prague 3 2 5
  Górnik Zabrze 0 1 1
  LASK Linz 1 1 2
  Górnik Zabrze 3 2 5
  Sparta Prague 4 0 4
  Partizan 1 5 6
  Partizan 2 2 4
  Nantes 0 2 2
  Partizan 3 0 3
  Werder Bremen 0 1 1
  APOEL 0 0 0
  Werder Bremen 5 5 10
  Partizan 2 0 2
  Manchester United 0 1 1
  Drumcondra 1 0 1
  Vorwärts Berlin 0 3 3
  Vorwärts Berlin 0 1 1
  Manchester United 2 3 5
  HJK 2 0 2
  Manchester United 3 6 9
  Manchester United 3 5 8
  Benfica 2 1 3
  Djurgården 2 0 2
  Levski Sofia 1 6 7
  Levski Sofia 2 2 4
  Benfica 2 3 5
  Stade Dudelange 0 0 0
  Benfica 8 10 18

Preliminary round edit

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
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 edit

Feyenoord  2–1  Real Madrid
Venneker   78'
Kraaij   85'
Report Puskás   35'

17 Nëntori  0–0  Kilmarnock
Report
Attendance: 26,495
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

Fenerbahçe  0–0  Anderlecht
Report

Lyn  5–3  Derry City
Berg   4', 32'
Dybwad-Olsen   19', 50'
Stavrum   62'
Report R. Wood   10'
Gilbert   24', 34'
Attendance: 15,237

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

Keflavík  1–4  Ferencváros
Júlíusson   67' Report Németh   27'
Karába   37'
Varga   38'
Albert   57'

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

HJK  2–3  Manchester United
Pahlman   30'
Peltoniemi   71'
Report Herd   1'
Connelly   15'
Law   36'
Attendance: 15,583

Drumcondra  1–0  Vorwärts Berlin
Morrissey   65' Report

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

Djurgården  2–1  Levski Sofia
Nilsson   40', 63' Report Sokolov   9'
Attendance: 3,311


LASK Linz  1–3  Górnik Zabrze
Köglberger   60' Report Musiałek   19'
Wilczek   22', 55'
Attendance: 18,887
Referee: Jenő Gere (Hungary)

APOEL  0–5  Werder Bremen
Report Matischak   13', 32'
Podlich   31'
Schulz   45'
Zebrowski   78'
Attendance: 8,208

Partizan  2–0  Nantes
Galić   37'
Hasanagić   48'
Report
Attendance: 20,464

Second leg edit

Real Madrid  5–0  Feyenoord
Puskás   10', 20', 29', 86'
Grosso   44'
Report
Attendance: 53,239
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.


Kilmarnock  1–0  17 Nëntori
Black   77' Report
Attendance: 15,816

Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht  5–1  Fenerbahçe
Van Himst   32'
Stockman   42', 50', 70'
Hanon   89'
Report Altıparmak   84'

Anderlecht won 5–1 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.


Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.


Ferencváros  9–1  Keflavík
Albert   7', 45', 77', 82', 89'
Novák   11', 22'
Varga   23', 34'
Report Jóhansson   36'
Attendance: 18,088

Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.


Boldklubben 1909  2–3  Dinamo București
Petersen   29'
Hansen   34'
Report Nunweiller   8'
Pârcălab   12'
Ene   44'
Attendance: 7,596
Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.


Manchester United  6–0  HJK
Connelly   15', 47', 73'
Best   44', 52'
Charlton   76'
Report

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.


Vorwärts Berlin  3–0  Drumcondra
Vogt   22'
Begerad   51'
Piepenburg   68'
Report

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.


Benfica  10–0  Stade Dudelange
Eusébio   9', 30', 32', 83'
José Augusto   11', 24', 60'
Pinto   49'
Guerreiro   54'
Torres   70'
Report
Attendance: 4,598

Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia  6–0  Djurgården
Asparuhov   15', 19'
Iliev   34', 47'
Nikolov   35'
Abadzhiev   60'
Report

Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague  4–0  Lausanne Sports
Mráz   21', 24', 77'
Dyba   82'
Report
Attendance: 14,659

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.


Górnik Zabrze  2–1  LASK Linz
Pohl   9'
Szołtysik   22'
Report Lipošinović   34' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,887

Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.


Werder Bremen  5–0  APOEL
Danielsen   36', 53'
Ferner   41'
Höttges   63', 83' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 11,999

Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.


Nantes  2–2  Partizan
Magny   32'
Blanchet   70'
Report Kovačević   43'
Galić   47'
Attendance: 16,007

Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round edit

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   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 edit

Anderlecht  9–0  Derry City
Jurion   5'
Van Himst   13', 66'
Puis   43', 83'
Mulder   46', 48', 65'
Stockman   90'
Report

Kilmarnock  2–2  Real Madrid
McLean   22' (pen.)
McInally   60'
Report Pirri   25'
Amancio   55'

Dinamo București  2–1  Internazionale
Frățilă   25'
Haidu   51'
Report Peiró   12'

Ferencváros  0–0  Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 12,278

Sparta Prague  3–0  Górnik Zabrze
Kvašňák   35' (pen.)
Jílek   64'
Vrána   80'
Report
Attendance: 19,491

Partizan  3–0  Werder Bremen
Jusufi   70'
Hasanagić   75'
Pirmajer   89'
Report
Attendance: 24,203

Vorwärts Berlin  0–2  Manchester United
Report Law   73'
Connelly   80'
Attendance: 23,230

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

Second leg edit

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  5–1  Kilmarnock
Pirri   25', 90'
Ruiz   26'
Grosso   36'
Gento   58'
Report McIlroy   22'
Attendance: 26,879

Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.


Internazionale  2–0  Dinamo București
Mazzola   47' (pen.)
Facchetti   87'
Report
Attendance: 15,324
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.


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

Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.


Górnik Zabrze  1–2  Sparta Prague
Szołtysik   84' Report Mráz   17', 78'
Attendance: 46,609

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.


Werder Bremen  1–0  Partizan
Schütz   32' Report
Attendance: 28,478

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.


Manchester United  3–1  Vorwärts Berlin
Herd   19', 39', 84' Report Piepenburg   82'

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.


Benfica  3–2  Levski Sofia
Eusébio   6'
Coluna   28'
Torres   46'
Report Asparuhov   3', 75'
Attendance: 39,992

Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Anderlecht  1–0  Real Madrid
Van Himst   2' Report

Internazionale  4–0  Ferencváros
Jair   8'
Corso   36'
Peiró   65', 73'
Report
Attendance: 36,896

Sparta Prague  4–1  Partizan
Kvašňák   20', 54' (pen.), 86'
Mašek   73'
Report Hasanagić   16'
Attendance: 30,214
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Manchester United  3–2  Benfica
Herd   36'
Law   44'
Foulkes   58'
Report José Augusto   30'
Torres   70'
Attendance: 64,035

Second leg edit

Real Madrid  4–2  Anderlecht
Amancio   12', 35'
Gento   58' (pen.), 83'
Report Jurion   87'
Puis   90'
Attendance: 54,415

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.


Ferencváros  1–1  Internazionale
Novák   31' (pen.) Report Domenghini   62'
Attendance: 70,425

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.


Partizan  5–0  Sparta Prague
Kovačević   4', 29'
Vasović   23'
Hasanagić   35', 41'
Report
Attendance: 36,912

Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.


Benfica  1–5  Manchester United
Brennan   52' (o.g.) Report Best   6', 13'
Connelly   15'
Crerand   78'
Charlton   89'
Attendance: 54,232

Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Real Madrid  1–0  Internazionale
Pirri   12' Report

Partizan  2–0  Manchester United
Hasanagić   46'
Bečejac   59'
Report
Attendance: 37,031

Second leg edit

Internazionale  1–1  Real Madrid
Facchetti   78' Report Amancio   20'
Attendance: 75,991

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.


Manchester United  1–0  Partizan
Stiles   72' Report

Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

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

Top scorers edit

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
  Andrej Kvašňák   Sparta Prague 4
  Pirri   Real Madrid 4
  Jacques Stockman   Anderlecht 4
  Paul Van Himst   Anderlecht 4

References edit

  1. ^ "Real Madrid v Internazionale, 13 April 1966" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links edit