1965–66 European Cup

1965–66 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966
Teams31 (from 31 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (6th title)
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored224 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,609,799 (27,755 per match)
Top scorer(s)Flórián Albert (Ferencváros)
Eusébio (Benfica)
7 goals each

The 1965–66 European Cup was the 11th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, winners of the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960, who beat Partizan 2–1 in a close final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels on 11 May 1966.[1]

Inter Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

No new association entered its representative, which happened only for the second time after 1959–60 edition. However, Cyprus returned to the competition after their inaugural 1963–64 season.

In the preliminary round, Benfica recorded highest aggregate win in the history of the European Cup by beating Stade Dudelange 18–0 (8–0 away, 10–0 at home).[2]

Teams

A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.

For the first time since inaugural edition all associations were represented by only one team.

17 Nëntori, LASK, Levski Sofia, APOEL, Sparta Prague, HJK, Nantes, Keflavík, Derry City, Kilmarnock, Lausanne-Sports, and Werder Bremen made their debut in the competition.

Djurgårdens IF made their first appearance since the inaugural 1955–56 tournament, while Manchester United and Stade Dudelange returned to the competition after seven years.

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Lyn. They were leading 1. divisjon at the summer break on 1 July 1965, after 9 of 18 matches had been played, but finished second in autumn of 1965.[3]

Albania 17 Nëntori (1st) Austria LASK (1st) Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (1st)
Cyprus APOEL (1st) Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague (1st) Denmark Boldklubben 1909 (1st) East Germany Vorwärts Berlin (1st)
England Manchester United (1st) Finland HJK (1st) France Nantes (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st)
Hungary Ferencváros (1st) Iceland Keflavík (1st) Italy Inter Milan (1st)TH Luxembourg Stade Dudelange (1st)
Malta Sliema Wanderers (1st) Netherlands Feyenoord (1st) Northern Ireland Derry City (1st) Norway Lyn (2nd)
Poland Górnik Zabrze (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st) Republic of Ireland Drumcondra (1st) Romania Dinamo București (1st)
Scotland Kilmarnock (1st) Spain Real Madrid (1st) Sweden Djurgårdens IF (1st) Switzerland Lausanne-Sports (1st)
Turkey Fenerbahçe (1st) West Germany Werder Bremen (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (1st)

Preliminary round

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Location of teams in the 1965–66 European Cup

Similar to previous editions, only title holders Inter Milan received a bye to the first round. The remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September and October, apart from two matches that took place in late August.

For the second time in row teams in the preliminary round were not divided geographically into pots, which resulted in some teams covering over 6,200 kilometres for their ties (e.g. Keflavík and Ferencváros), while other had shorter trips (e.g. LASK and Górnik Zabrze – around 800 kilometres).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–6 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 0–5
17 Nëntori 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 București 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
Djurgårdens IF Sweden 2–7 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 2–1 0–6
Lausanne-Sports Switzerland 0–4 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 0–0 0–4
LASK 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

First leg

Keflavík Iceland1–4Hungary Ferencváros
Júlíusson 67' Report Németh 26'
Karába 37'
Varga 38'
Albert 58'
Attendance: 5,422
Lyn Norway5–3Northern Ireland Derry City
J. Berg 4', 32'
Dybwad-Olsen 19', 50'
Stavrum 62'		 Report R. Wood 10'
Gilbert 24', 34'
Attendance: 15,237
Feyenoord Netherlands2–1Spain Real Madrid
Venneker 77'
Kraay 85'		 Report Puskás 38'
Attendance: 62,610
17 Nëntori Albania0–0Scotland Kilmarnock
Report
Attendance: 26,495
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)
Fenerbahçe Turkey0–0Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 30,140
Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania)
Djurgårdens IF Sweden2–1Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Nilsson 40', 63' Report Sokolov 8'
Attendance: 3,311
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Drumcondra Republic of Ireland1–0East Germany Vorwärts Berlin
Morrissey 64' Report
Attendance: 8,600
LASK Austria1–3Poland Górnik Zabrze
Köglberger 60' Report Musiałek 19'
Wilczek 22', 55'
Attendance: 18,887
Referee: Jenő Gere (Hungary)
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0France Nantes
Galić 37'
Hasanagić 48'		 Report
Attendance: 20,464
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
HJK Finland2–3England Manchester United
Pahlman 31'
Peltoniemi 71'		 Report Herd 1'
Connelly 15'
Law 36'
Attendance: 15,583
Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)
Lausanne-Sports Switzerland0–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Report
Attendance: 25,614
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Panathinaikos Greece4–1Malta Sliema Wanderers
Sakellaridis 5'
Loukanidis 18'
Domazos 32'
Kamaras 61'		 Report Cini 36'
Attendance: 23,726
Referee: Atanas Kiryakov (Bulgaria)
Dinamo București Romania4–0Denmark Boldklubben 1909
Ene 50'
Gergely 75'
Frățilă 85', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 9,812
Referee: Stjepan Varaždinec (Yugoslavia)
Stade Dudelange Luxembourg0–8Portugal Benfica
Report Pedras 15', 21', 78'
Pereira 29'
Brenner 46' (o.g.)
Yaúca 59', 81'
Santana 85'
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)
APOEL Cyprus0–5West Germany Werder Bremen
Report Matischak 14', 33'
Podlich 32'
Schulz 44'
Zebrowski 78'
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: Marcel Zeimes (Luxembourg)

Second leg

Ferencváros Hungary9–1Iceland Keflavík
Albert 8', 44', 6', 81', 89'
Novák 12', 22'
Varga 23', 34'		 Report Jóhansson 37'
Attendance: 18,088
Referee: Wacław Majdan (Poland)

Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.

Derry City Northern Ireland5–1Norway Lyn
Wilson 3', 17'
Crossan 49'
R. Wood 67'
McGeough 71'		 Report Stavrum 44'
Attendance: 6,968
Referee: Willem Schalks (Netherlands)

Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium5–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
Van Himst 5'
Stockman 32', 50', 70'
Hanon 89'		 Report Altıparmak 83'
Attendance: 34,287
Referee: Ernest Crawford (England)

Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vorwärts Berlin East Germany3–0Republic of Ireland Drumcondra
Vogt 21'
Begerad 51'
Piepenburg 68'		 Report
Attendance: 12,971
Referee: Kurt Lindberg (Sweden)

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain5–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Puskás 12', 22', 35', 86'
Grosso 44'		 Report
Attendance: 53,239
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze Poland2–1Austria LASK
Pohl 9'
Szołtysik 22'		 Report Lipošinović 34' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,887
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)

Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kilmarnock Scotland1–0Albania 17 Nëntori
Black 76' Report
Attendance: 15,816
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia4–0Switzerland Lausanne-Sports
Mráz 20', 24', 76'
Dyba 82'		 Report
Attendance: 14,659

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia Bulgaria6–0Sweden Djurgårdens IF
Asparuhov 13', 18'
Iliev 33', 47'
Nikolov 34'
Abadzhiev 58'		 Report
Attendance: 15,769
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal10–0Luxembourg Stade Dudelange
Eusébio 5', 29', 31', 81'
Augusto 12', 23', 59'
Pinto 49'
Guerreiro 54'
Torres 70'		 Report
Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Robert Lacoste (France)

Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.

Boldklubben 1909 Denmark2–3Romania Dinamo București
Petersen 29'
Hansen 34'		 Report Nunweiller 7'
Pârcălab 18'
Ene 44'
Attendance: 7,596
Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United England6–0Finland HJK
Connelly 15', 47', 70'
Best 45', 50'
Charlton 60'		 Report
Attendance: 30,388
Referee: Manuel Rodrigues (Portugal)

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers Malta1–0Greece Panathinaikos
Micallef 30' Report
Attendance: 7,697

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen West Germany5–0Cyprus APOEL
Danielsen 36', 54'
Ferner 41'
Höttges 64', 83' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 11,999
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.

Nantes France2–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Magny 32'
Blanchet 68'		 Report Kovačević 42'
Galić 48'
Attendance: 16,007
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
Belgium Anderlecht 9 – 9
Northern Ireland Derry City 0 – 0
Belgium Anderlecht 1 2 3
Spain Real Madrid 0 4 4
Scotland Kilmarnock 2 1 3
Spain Real Madrid 2 5 7
Spain Real Madrid 1 1 2
Italy Inter Milan 0 1 1
Romania Dinamo Bucuresti 2 0 2
Italy Inter Milan 1 2 3
Italy Inter Milan 4 1 5
Hungary Ferencváros 0 1 1
Hungary Ferencváros 0 3 3
Greece Panathinaikos 0 1 1
Spain Real Madrid 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1
Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 3 2 5
Poland Górnik Zabrze 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 4 0 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1 5 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3 0 3
West Germany Werder Bremen 0 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2 0 2
England Manchester United 0 1 1
East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 0 1 1
England Manchester United 2 3 5
England Manchester United 3 5 8
Portugal Benfica 2 1 3
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 2 2 4
Portugal Benfica 2 3 5

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht Belgium 9–0 Northern Ireland Derry City 9–0 (w/o)[a]
Kilmarnock Scotland 3–7 Spain Real Madrid 2–2 1–5
Dinamo București Romania 2–3 Italy Inter Milan 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

Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0West Germany Werder Bremen
Jusufi 69'
Hasanagić 75'
Pirmajer 88'		 Report
Attendance: 24,203
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria2–2Portugal Benfica
Asparuhov 5'
Nikolov 59'		 Report Eusébio 22', 63'
Attendance: 25,315
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
Ferencváros Hungary0–0Greece Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 12,278
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany0–2England Manchester United
Report Law 72'
Connelly 80'
Attendance: 23,230
Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden)
Kilmarnock Scotland2–2Spain Real Madrid
McLean 20' (pen.)
McIlroy 70'		 Report Pirri 25'
Amancio 65'
Attendance: 25,385
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Anderlecht Belgium9–0Northern Ireland Derry City
Jurion 5'
Van Himst 13', 74'
Puis 43', 83'
Mulder 46', 48', 65'
Stockman 89'		 Report
Attendance: 23,589
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia3–0Poland Górnik Zabrze
Kvašňák 35' (pen.)
Jílek 64'
Vrána 80'		 Report
Attendance: 19,491
Dinamo București Romania2–1Italy Inter Milan
Frățilă 26'
Haidu 51'		 Report Peiró 12'
Attendance: 18,912
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)

Second leg

Panathinaikos Greece1–3Hungary Ferencváros
Domazos 48' Report Karába 8'
Fenyvesi 27'
Albert 63'
Attendance: 24,919
Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)

Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen West Germany1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Schütz 33' Report
Attendance: 28,478

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze Poland1–2Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Szołtysik 84' Report Mráz 17', 78'
Attendance: 46,609
Referee: Alexandru Toth (Romania)

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain5–1Scotland Kilmarnock
Pirri 25', 90'
Ruiz 26'
Grosso 36'
Gento 58'		 Report McIlroy 21'
Attendance: 26,879

Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.

Manchester United England3–1East Germany Vorwärts Berlin
Herd 10', 40', 89' Report Piepenburg 82'
Attendance: 30,082

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal3–2Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Eusébio 6'
Coluna 27'
Torres 47'		 Report Asparuhov 3', 73'
Attendance: 39,992
Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

Derry City Northern IrelandCancelledBelgium Anderlecht
Report

There were serious concerns regarding Brandywell Stadium state of the pitch, with IFA informing UEFA that it's not fit to host European Cup tie and ordering Derry City to play either at Windsor Park or Showgrounds, which club's board refusued to do. However, minutes after losing first leg 9–0, board directors had officially informed Anderlecht that they would be forfeiting the second leg of the tie.[4]

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.

Inter Milan Italy2–0Romania Dinamo București
Mazzola 67' (pen.)
Facchetti 89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,324
Referee: Franz Mayer (Austria)

Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht Belgium 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–0 2–4
Inter Milan 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

Manchester United England3–2Portugal Benfica
Herd 35'
Law 45'
Foulkes 60'		 Report Augusto 10'
Torres 80'
Attendance: 64,035
Anderlecht Belgium1–0Spain Real Madrid
Van Himst 2' Report
Attendance: 34,862
Inter Milan Italy4–0Hungary Ferencváros
Jair 8'
Corso 36'
Peiró 65', 73'		 Report
Attendance: 36,896
Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas (Spain)
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia4–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Kvašňák 20', 56' (pen.), 86'
Mašek 74'		 Report Hasanagić 16'
Attendance: 30,214
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Second leg

Ferencváros Hungary1–1Italy Inter Milan
Novák 32' (pen.) Report Domenghini 63'
Attendance: 70,425

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain4–2Belgium Anderlecht
Amancio 14', 35'
Gento 59' (pen.), 83'		 Report Jurion 87'
Puis 89'
Attendance: 54,415
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia5–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Kovačević 4', 29'
Vasović 23'
Hasanagić 35', 71'		 Report
Attendance: 36,912
Referee: Dimitar Rumentschev (Bulgaria)

Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal1–5England Manchester United
Brennan 51' (o.g.) Report Best 6', 11'
Connelly 14'
Crerand 76'
Charlton 87'
Attendance: 54,232

Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Italy Inter Milan 1–0 1–1
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 England Manchester United 2–0 0–1

First leg

Real Madrid Spain1–0Italy Inter Milan
Pirri 13' Report
Attendance: 54,232[5]
Referee: Dimitris Wlachojanis (Austria)
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0England Manchester United
Hasanagić 46'
Bečejac 58'		 Report
Attendance: 37,031

Second leg

Inter Milan Italy1–1Spain Real Madrid
Facchetti 78' Report Amancio 20'
Attendance: 75,991
Referee: György Vadas (Hungary)

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Manchester United England1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Šoškić 75' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 61,475

Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Real Madrid Spain2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Amancio 70'
Serena 76'		 Report Vasović 55'
Attendance: 46,745

Top goalscorers

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

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

Notes

  1. ^ There were serious concerns regarding Brandywell Stadium state of the pitch, with IFA informing UEFA that it's not fit to host European Cup tie and ordering Derry City to play either at Windsor Park or Showgrounds, which club's board refusued to do. However, minutes after losing first leg 9–0, board directors had officially informed Anderlecht that they would be forfeiting the second leg of the tie.[4]

References

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  3. ^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b Coillins, Simon (21 June 2020). "Derry City 'Slaughtered in Snow' against Anderlecht - Derry's European's Dance (Week 3)". Derry Journal. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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