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1965 European Cup final

Field	Value
title	1965 European Cup final
image	1964–65 European Cup - Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy.jpg
caption	Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy
event	[1964–65 European Cup](1964-65-european-cup)
team1	Inter Milan
team1association	ITA
team1score	1
team2	Benfica
team2association	POR
team2score	0
date	27 May 1965
stadium	San Siro
city	Milan
referee	Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
attendance	89,000
previous	[1964](1964-european-cup-final)
next	[1966](1966-european-cup-final)

The 1965 European Cup final was a football match played at the San Siro in Milan, Italy on 27 May 1965 as the conclusion to the 1964–65 European Cup.

The match was contested by defending champions Inter Milan of Italy and two-time former winners Benfica of Portugal.

Jair scored the only goal of the game in the 43rd minute as Inter Milan successfully defended their title and won the trophy for the second time.

Background

Inter Milan were the defending champions after defeating Real Madrid 3–1 in the previous year's final in what was their only previous experience of European competition.

Benfica had won the competition twice before, defeating Barcelona 3–2 in the 1961 final and Real Madrid 5–3 in the 1962 final. They had made the final three years running but lost 2–1 to AC Milan in 1963.

Route to the final

Inter Milan	Round	Benfica
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg
Bye	[Prelim. round](1964-65-european-cup-preliminary-round)	Aris Bonnevoie
Dinamo București	7–0	6–0 (H)
Rangers	3–2	3–1 (H)
Liverpool	4–3	1–3 (A)

Inter Milan

Inter Milan qualified for the competition as defending champions and they were given a bye in the preliminary round.

In the first round, Inter Milan faced Dinamo București of Romania. Inter Milan won the first leg 6–0 at home and the second leg 1–0 away to advance 7–0 on aggregate.

Inter Milan then faced Rangers of Scotland in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan won the first leg 3–1 at home and lost the second leg 1–0 away from home to advance 3–2 on aggregate.

In the semi-finals, Inter Milan faced Liverpool of England. After losing the first leg 3–1 away from home, Inter Milan won the second leg 3–0 at home to advance to the final 4–3 on aggregate.

Benfica

Benfica qualified for the competition as winners of the 1963–64 Primeira Divisão.

In the preliminary round, Benfica defeated Aris Bonnevoie of Luxembourg 5–1 away in the first leg and by the same scoreline at home in the second leg to advance 10–2 on aggregate.

La Chaux-de-Fonds of Switzerland were Benfica's opponents in the first round. After drawing the first leg 1–1 away from home, Benfica won the second leg at home 5–0 to advance 6–1 on aggregate.

Benfica then faced Real Madrid of Spain in the quarter-finals. After winning the first leg 5–1 at home, Benfica lost the second leg 2–1 away from home to advance 6–3 on aggregate.

In the semi-finals, Benfica defeated Győri Vasas ETO of Hungary 1–0 in the first leg away from home and 4–0 in the second leg at home to advance to the final 5–0 on aggregate.

Match

Details

Jair

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ARG Helenio Herrera

ROU Elek Schwartz

References

"UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13". Union of European Football Associations.
Stokkermans, Karel. (10 June 2025). "European Champions' Cup/Champions League". RSSSF.
Ross, James M.. (4 June 2015). "European Competitions 1963-64". RSSSF.
Ross, James M.. (4 June 2015). "European Competitions 1962-63". RSSSF.
(15 Aug 1999). "Portugal 1963-64". RSSSF.

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