# 1965–66 Czechoslovak First League

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1965–66 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Ladislav Michalík was the league's top scorer with 15 goals. The match between Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague had an attendance of 50,105 - setting a league record.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dukla Prague (C) | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 1.739 | 33 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 1.567 | 33 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 1.458 | 33 | |
| 4 | Inter Bratislava | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 1.200 | 30 | |
| 5 | Jednota Trenčín | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 21 | 1.286 | 28 | |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 26 | 1.308 | 27 | |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 29 | 1.172 | 25 | |
| 8 | Spartak Hradec Králové | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 0.853 | 25 | |
| 9 | VSS Košice | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 0.839 | 24 | |
| 10 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 0.677 | 22 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 11 | Slovan Teplice | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 0.556 | 22 | |
| 12 | Lokomotíva Košice | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 0.487 | 22 | |
| 13 | Baník Ostrava (R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 38 | 0.947 | 21 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |
| 14 | Tatran Prešov (R) | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 0.667 | 19 | Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to Second League |
* ↑ Tatran Prešov qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Czechoslovak Cup runners-up.

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | DUK | INT | TRE | LOK | TEP | SLA | SLO | SPA | HRK | TRN | BRN | PRE | KOŠ |
| Baník Ostrava | | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Dukla Prague | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Jednota Trenčín | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotíva Košice | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sklo Union Teplice | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Slavia Prague | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 5–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Spartak Trnava | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Tatran Prešov | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 |
| VSS Košice | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ladislav Michalík | Baník Ostrava | 15 |
| 2 | Josef Kadraba | Slavia Prague | 13 |
| 3 | Pavol Bencz | Jednota Trenčín | 11 |
| 4 | Ivan Hrdlička | Slovan Bratislava | 10 |
| 5 | Václav Mašek | Sparta Prague | 9 |
| 5 | Ľudovít Štefan | Tatran Prešov | 9 |
| 5 | Valerián Švec | Spartak Trnava | 9 |