1965–66 European Cup

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.

Preliminary round

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). |}

First leg

Karába Varga Albert

Dybwad-Olsen Stavrum Gilbert

Kraay

Wilczek

Hasanagić

Peltoniemi Connelly Law

Loukanidis Domazos Kamaras

Gergely Frățilă

Pereira Brenner Yaúca Santana

Podlich Schulz Zebrowski

Second leg

Novák Varga Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.

Crossan R. Wood McGeough Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.

Stockman Hanon Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

Begerad Piepenburg Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Grosso Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Szołtysik Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.

Dyba Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Iliev Nikolov Abadzhiev Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Augusto Pinto Guerreiro Torres Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.

Hansen Pârcălab Ene Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.

Best Charlton Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ferner Höttges Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.

Blanchet Galić Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

|RD1-team01= Anderlecht |RD1-score01-1=9 |RD1-score01-2=– |RD1-score01-agg=9 |RD1-team02= Derry City |RD1-score02-1=0 |RD1-score02-2=– |RD1-score02-agg=0

|RD1-team03= Kilmarnock |RD1-score03-1=2 |RD1-score03-2=1 |RD1-score03-agg=3 |RD1-team04= Real Madrid |RD1-score04-1=2 |RD1-score04-2=5 |RD1-score04-agg=7

|RD1-team05= Dinamo Bucuresti |RD1-score05-1=2 |RD1-score05-2=0 |RD1-score05-agg=2 |RD1-team06= Inter Milan |RD1-score06-1=1 |RD1-score06-2=2 |RD1-score06-agg=3

|RD1-team07= Ferencváros |RD1-score07-1=0 |RD1-score07-2=3 |RD1-score07-agg=3 |RD1-team08= Panathinaikos |RD1-score08-1=0 |RD1-score08-2=1 |RD1-score08-agg=1

|RD1-team09= Sparta Prague |RD1-score09-1=3 |RD1-score09-2=2 |RD1-score09-agg=5 |RD1-team10= Górnik Zabrze |RD1-score10-1=0 |RD1-score10-2=1 |RD1-score10-agg=1

|RD1-team11= Partizan |RD1-score11-1=3 |RD1-score11-2=0 |RD1-score11-agg=3 |RD1-team12= Werder Bremen |RD1-score12-1=0 |RD1-score12-2=1 |RD1-score12-agg=1

|RD1-team13= Vorwärts Berlin |RD1-score13-1=0 |RD1-score13-2=1 |RD1-score13-agg=1 |RD1-team14= Manchester United |RD1-score14-1=2 |RD1-score14-2=3 |RD1-score14-agg=5

|RD1-team15= Levski Sofia |RD1-score15-1=2 |RD1-score15-2=2 |RD1-score15-agg=4 |RD1-team16= Benfica |RD1-score16-1=2 |RD1-score16-2=3 |RD1-score16-agg=5

|RD2-team01= Anderlecht |RD2-score01-1=1 |RD2-score01-2=2 |RD2-score01-agg=3 |RD2-team02= Real Madrid |RD2-score02-1=0 |RD2-score02-2=4 |RD2-score02-agg=4

|RD2-team03= Inter Milan |RD2-score03-1=4 |RD2-score03-2=1 |RD2-score03-agg=5 |RD2-team04= Ferencváros |RD2-score04-1=0 |RD2-score04-2=1 |RD2-score04-agg=1

|RD2-team05= Sparta Prague |RD2-score05-1=4 |RD2-score05-2=0 |RD2-score05-agg=4 |RD2-team06= Partizan |RD2-score06-1=1 |RD2-score06-2=5 |RD2-score06-agg=6

|RD2-team07= Manchester United |RD2-score07-1=3 |RD2-score07-2=5 |RD2-score07-agg=8 |RD2-team08= Benfica |RD2-score08-1=2 |RD2-score08-2=1 |RD2-score08-agg=3

|RD3-team01= Real Madrid |RD3-score01-1=1 |RD3-score01-2=1 |RD3-score01-agg=2 |RD3-team02= Inter Milan |RD3-score02-1=0 |RD3-score02-2=1 |RD3-score02-agg=1

|RD3-team03= Partizan |RD3-score03-1=2 |RD3-score03-2=0 |RD3-score03-agg=2 |RD3-team04= Manchester United |RD3-score04-1=0 |RD3-score04-2=1 |RD3-score04-agg=1

|RD4-team01= Real Madrid |RD4-score01=2 |RD4-team02= Partizan |RD4-score02=1

First round

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First leg

Hasanagić Pirmajer

Nikolov

Connelly

McInally Amancio

Van Himst Puis Mulder Stockman

Jílek Vrána

Haidu

Second leg

Fenyvesi Albert Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ruiz Grosso Gento Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Coluna Torres Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

There were serious concerns regarding the state of the Brandywell Stadium pitch. The IFA informed UEFA that it was unfit to host the European Cup tie. THE IFA ordered Derry City to play either at Windsor Park or Showgrounds, which the Derry board refused to do. However, minutes after losing the first leg 9–0, the Derry directors officially informed Anderlecht that they would be forfeiting the second leg of the tie.

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.

Facchetti Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Law Foulkes Torres

Corso Peiró

Mašek

Second leg

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gento Puis Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vasović Hasanagić Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Connelly Crerand Charlton Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Bečejac

Second leg

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1966 European Cup final

Serena

Top goalscorers

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

Notes

References

References

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