1964–65 European Cup

Teams

A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.

Italy continued to be represented by two clubs, with Inter Milan qualifying as title holders and Bologna as Italian champions. Alongside ever-present Real Madrid were Benfica, Rangers and Dukla Prague appearing in their sixth edition.

Lokomotiv Sofia, Chemie Leipzig, Liverpool, Reipas Lahti, Győri Vasas ETO, KR, Bologna, Aris Bonnevoie, Sliema Wanderers, DWS, Glentoran, Malmö FF and La Chaux-de-Fonds made their debut in the competition.

Saint-Étienne returned to the tournament for the first time since 1957–58 edition, while Boldklubben 1909, Shamrock Rovers, Rapid Wien and Red Star Belgrade returned to the competition after five, five, four and four years, respectively.

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Inter Milan and Malmö FF. The latter was leading Allsvenskan at the summer break on 1 July 1964, after 11 of 22 matches had been played, but finished second in autumn of 1964.

Preliminary round

Similar to previous edition, due to the number of participating teams, 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 one match taking place in August and one play-off in November.

For the first time in the history of European Cup teams in the preliminary round were not divided geographically into pots, which resulted in some teams covering over 4,400 kilometres for their ties (e.g. DWS and Fenerbahçe), while other had shorter trips (e.g. Dukla Prague and Górnik Zabrze – around 600 kilometres). |}

First leg

Hunt Chisnall

Forrest

Korsós

Nedorost Masopust

Guy

Talsi

Debarski Milev Larsson

Nunweiller

Nuske

Thompson Papoutsakis

Hollander

Eusébio

Danielsen Grosso Puskás

Second leg

Kostić Melić McKinnon Rangers 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate; play-off needed.

Keglovich Orosz Behla Győri Vasas ETO won 6–2 on aggregate.

St John Hunt Graham Stevenson Liverpool won 11–1 on aggregate.

Trivellin La Chaux-de-Fonds won 4–3 on aggregate.

Petru Frățilă Dinamo București won 7–0 on aggregate.

Musiałek Dukla Prague 4–4 Górnik Zabrze on aggregate; play-off needed.

Overath 1. FC Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.

Flögel Rapid Wien won 5–0 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Sofia won 8–5 on aggregate.

Papoutsakis Pavis Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.

Simões Torres Augusto Benfica won 10–2 on aggregate.

Nielsen Anderlecht 2–2 Bologna on aggregate; play-off needed.

DWS won 4–1 on aggregate.

Berg Lyn won 4–2 on aggregate.

Grosso Amancio Real Madrid won 9–2 on aggregate.

Play-off

Anderlecht 0–0 Bologna in play-off match. Anderlecht qualified on a coin toss.

Dukla Prague 0–0 Górnik Zabrze in play-off match. Dukla Prague qualified on a coin toss.

Brand Rangers won play-off 3–1.

Bracket

|RD1-team01= Panathinaikos |RD1-score01-1=1 |RD1-score01-2=1 |RD1-score01-agg=2 |RD1-team02= 1. FC Köln |RD1-score02-1=1 |RD1-score02-2=2 |RD1-score02-agg=3

|RD1-team03= Liverpool |RD1-score03-1=3 |RD1-score03-2=1 |RD1-score03-agg=4 |RD1-team04= Anderlecht |RD1-score04-1=0 |RD1-score04-2=0 |RD1-score04-agg=0

|RD1-team05= Inter Milan |RD1-score05-1=6 |RD1-score05-2=1 |RD1-score05-agg=7 |RD1-team06= Dinamo București |RD1-score06-1=0 |RD1-score06-2=0 |RD1-score06-agg=0

|RD1-team07= Rangers |RD1-score07-1=1 |RD1-score07-2=2 |RD1-score07-agg=3 |RD1-team08= Rapid Wien |RD1-score08-1=0 |RD1-score08-2=0 |RD1-score08-agg=0

|RD1-team09= DWS |RD1-score09-1=5 |RD1-score09-2=3 |RD1-score09-agg=8 |RD1-team10= Lyn |RD1-score10-1=1 |RD1-score10-2=0 |RD1-score10-agg=1

|RD1-team11= Győri Vasas ETO |RD1-score11-1=5 |RD1-score11-2=3 |RD1-score11-agg=8 |RD1-team12= Lokomotiv Sofia |RD1-score12-1=3 |RD1-score12-2=4 |RD1-score12-agg=7

|RD1-team13= La Chaux-de-Fonds |RD1-score13-1=1 |RD1-score13-2=0 |RD1-score13-agg=1 |RD1-team14= Benfica |RD1-score14-1=1 |RD1-score14-2=5 |RD1-score14-agg=6

|RD1-team15= Real Madrid |RD1-score15-1=4 |RD1-score15-2=2 |RD1-score15-agg=6 |RD1-team16= Dukla Prague |RD1-score16-1=0 |RD1-score16-2=2 |RD1-score16-agg=2

|RD2-team01= 1. FC Köln |RD2-score01-1=0 |RD2-score01-2=0 |RD2-score01-agg=0 (2) |RD2-team02= Liverpool (ct) |RD2-score02-1=0 |RD2-score02-2=0 |RD2-score02-agg=0 (2)

|RD2-team03= Inter Milan |RD2-score03-1=3 |RD2-score03-2=0 |RD2-score03-agg=3 |RD2-team04= Rangers |RD2-score04-1=1 |RD2-score04-2=1 |RD2-score04-agg=2

|RD2-team05= DWS |RD2-score05-1=1 |RD2-score05-2=0 |RD2-score05-agg=1 |RD2-team06= Győri Vasas ETO |RD2-score06-1=1 |RD2-score06-2=1 |RD2-score06-agg=2

|RD2-team07= Benfica |RD2-score07-1=5 |RD2-score07-2=1 |RD2-score07-agg=6 |RD2-team08= Real Madrid |RD2-score08-1=1 |RD2-score08-2=2 |RD2-score08-agg=3

|RD3-team01= Liverpool |RD3-score01-1=3 |RD3-score01-2=0 |RD3-score01-agg=3 |RD3-team02= Inter Milan |RD3-score02-1=1 |RD3-score02-2=3 |RD3-score02-agg=4

|RD3-team03= Győri Vasas ETO |RD3-score03-1=0 |RD3-score03-2=0 |RD3-score03-agg=0 |RD3-team04= Benfica |RD3-score04-1=1 |RD3-score04-2=4 |RD3-score04-agg=5

|RD4-team01= Inter Milan |RD4-score01=1 |RD4-team02= Benfica |RD4-score02=0

First round

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First leg

Lenz Israël Burgers

Mazzola Suárez Milani

Grosso

Korsós Povázsai Debarski

Hunt Yeats

Second leg

Temming Hollander DWS won 8–1 on aggregate.

Müller 1. FC Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.

Amancio Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Inter Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

Vasilev Milev Povázsai Keglovich Győri Vasas ETO won 8–7 on aggregate.

Wilson Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.

Torres Eusébio Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.

Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Peiró

Eusébio Simões Coluna

Second leg

Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Győri Vasas ETO won 2–1 on aggregate.

1. FC Köln 0–0 Liverpool on aggregate; play-off needed.

Gento Benfica won 6–3 on aggregate.

Play-off

Hunt Löhr Liverpool 2–2 1. FC Köln in play-off match. Liverpool qualified on a coin toss.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Callaghan St John

Second leg

Torres Benfica won 5–0 on aggregate.

Peiró Facchetti Inter Milan won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1965 European Cup final

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1964–65 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Notes

References

References

1. (1 September 2014). "Jair seals Inter's second successive crown".
2. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk".
3. {{UEFA match attendance. 61989. Partizani v Köln, 9 September 1964
4. {{UEFA match attendance. 62017. Real Madrid v Dukla Prague, 18 November 1964
5. {{UEFA match attendance. 62032. Real Madrid v Benfica, 17 March 1965
6. {{UEFA match attendance. 62037. Internazionale v Benfica, 27 May 1965