1965–66 European Cup

1965–66 European Cup

The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (6th title)
Runners-up	Partizan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	224 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	1,675,567 (28,889 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Florián Albert Eusebio (7 goals each)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

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	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	ASK 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. It was the only team Italy entered, while Cyprus re-entered its champion thus keeping the number of participants at 31.

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.

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Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

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ASK Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.

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Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket[]

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Anderlecht		9	(w)	9
	Derry City		0	(o)	0
								Anderlecht		1	2	3
								Real Madrid		0	4	4
	Kilmarnock		2	1	3
	Real Madrid		2	5	7
															Real Madrid		1	1	2
															Internazionale		0	1	1
	Dinamo Bucuresti		2	0	2
	Internazionale		1	2	3
								Internazionale		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.	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
ASK Vorwärts Berlin	1–5	Manchester United	0–2	1–3
Levski Sofia	4–5	Benfica	2–2	2–3

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

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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[]

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Second leg[]

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

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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[]

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Second leg[]

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

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[]

• 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.