# 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1965–66 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in an extra-time final victory over Liverpool at Hampden Park in Glasgow. This season of the Cup Winners' Cup was the first instance of the away goals rule being applied in football history.

## Teams

| Wiener Neustadt (CR) | Standard Liège (CR) | CSKA Cherveno Zname (CW) | Omonia (CW) |
| Dukla Prague (CW) | AGF (CW) | Liverpool (CW) | West Ham United (9th) |
| Reipas Lahti (CW) | Rennes (CW) | 1. FC Magdeburg (CW) | Borussia Dortmund (CW) |
| Olympiacos (CW) | Budapest Honvéd (CW) | KR (CW) | Limerick (CR) |
| Juventus (CW) | Spora Luxembourg (CW) | Floriana (CR) | Go Ahead Eagles (CR) |
| Coleraine (CW) | Rosenborg (CW) | Czarni Żagań (CR) | Vitória de Setúbal (CW) |
| Știința Cluj (CW) | Celtic (CW) | Atlético Madrid (CW) | Sion (CW) |
| Galatasaray (CW) | Dynamo Kiev (CW) | Cardiff City (CW) | Dinamo Zagreb (CW) |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | |
| West Ham United | - | - | w | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Czarni Żagań | - | - | o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Czarni Żagań | - | - | o | West Ham United | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Olympiacos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Omonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | Olympiacos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | West Ham United | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1. FC Magdeburg | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 1. FC Magdeburg | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Spora Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Spora Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 2 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Sion | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sion | 5 | 1 | 6 | Sion | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Galatasaray | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Galatasaray | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | West Ham United | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| Wiener Neustadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 3 | 5 | | |
| Știința Cluj | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Știința Cluj | 1 | 2 | 3 | Știința Cluj | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Atlético Madrid | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Madrid | 4 | 1 | 5 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Atlético Madrid | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Floriana | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 8 | 13 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | CSKA Cherveno Zname | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 1 | CSKA Cherveno Zname | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CSKA Cherveno Zname | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CSKA Cherveno Zname | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Borussia Dortmund (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 1 | |
| AGF | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1 | 1 | 2 | AGF | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Celtic | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Celtic | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Celtic | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Celtic | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | Celtic | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Dynamo Kiev | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| KR | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Dynamo Kiev | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Rosenborg | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rosenborg | 3 | 3 | 6 | Rosenborg | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Dynamo Kiev | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coleraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | Dynamo Kiev | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Kiev | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Kiev | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Dukla Prague | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 0 | 2 | 2 | | |
| Rennes | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rennes | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dukla Prague | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Budapest Honvéd (a.e.t.) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Reipas Lahti | 2 | 0 | 2 | Budapest Honvéd (a.e.t.) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Budapest Honvéd | 10 | 6 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Budapest Honvéd | 10 | 6 | 16 | | | | | Budapest Honvéd | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Juventus | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | 0 | 2 | 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Standard Liège | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cardiff City | 1 | 0 | 1 | Standard Liège | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Standard Liège | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| West Ham United | w/o | Czarni Żagań | w/o | w/o |
| Omonia | 1–2 | Olympiacos | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 3–0 | Spora Luxembourg | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Sion | 6–3 | Galatasaray | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Wiener Neustadt | 0–3 | Știința Cluj | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Madrid | 5–0 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Floriana | 1–13 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–5 | 0–8 |
| Limerick | 1–4 | CSKA Cherveno Zname | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| AGF | 4–2 | Vitória de Setúbal | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 0–7 | Celtic | 0–6 | 0–1 |
| KR | 2–6 | Rosenborg | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Coleraine | 1–10 | Dynamo Kiev | 1–6 | 0–4 |
| Dukla Prague | 2–0 | Rennes | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Reipas Lahti | 2–16 | Budapest Honvéd | 2–10 | 0–6 |
| Juventus | 1–2 | Liverpool | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Cardiff City | 1–3 | Standard Liège | 1–2 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Olympiakos won 2–1 on aggregate.
1. FC Magdeburg won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sion won 6–3 on aggregate.
Știința Cluj won 3–0 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 5–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 13–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–1 on aggregate.
AGF won 4–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kiev won 10–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 16–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| West Ham United | 6–2 | Olympiacos | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 10–3 | Sion | 8–1 | 2–2 |
| Știința Cluj | 0–6 | Atlético Madrid | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5–4 | CSKA Cherveno Zname | 3–0 | 2–4 |
| AGF | 0–3 | Celtic | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Rosenborg | 1–6 | Dynamo Kiev | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Dukla Prague | 4–4 (a) | Budapest Honvéd | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Liverpool | 5–2 | Standard Liège | 3–1 | 2–1 |

### Second leg

West Ham United won 6–2 on aggregate.
1. FC Magdeburg won 10–3 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kiev won 6–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Budapest Honvéd won on away goals.
Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| West Ham United | 2–1 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 1–2 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Celtic | 4–1 | Dynamo Kiev | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 0–2 | Liverpool | 0–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

West Ham United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 2–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| West Ham United | 2–5 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Celtic | 1–2 | Liverpool | 1–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

Borussia Dortmund won 5–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Lothar Emmerich | Borussia Dortmund | 14 |
| 2 | Lajos Tichy | Budapest Honvéd | 7 |
| 3 | Jorge Mendonça | Atlético Madrid | 6 |
| 4 | Sigfried Held | Borussia Dortmund | 5 |
| 4 | Kálmán Tóth | Budapest Honvéd | 5 |
| 6 | Oleh Bazylevych | Dynamo Kiev | 4 |
| 6 | Andriy Biba | Dynamo Kiev | 4 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi | Dynamo Kiev | 4 |
| 6 | Chris Lawler | Liverpool | 4 |
| 6 | Bobby Lennox | Celtic | 4 |