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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)
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	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.

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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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.

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
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 + all scorers preliminary round
  


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  1965/66 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)


• Y. Lander, European Cups History, part 1 (Kharkiv, 2003) - some attendance data.