1965–66 European Cup

The 1965–66 European Cup was the 11th season of the European Cup. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Partizan 2–1 in the final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, on 11 May 1966.

In the preliminary round, Benfica recorded the highest aggregate win in the history of the European Cup, after beating Stade Dudelange 18–0 on aggregate aggregate. (8–0 away, 10–0 at home).

Teams

 17 Nëntori  LASK  Anderlecht  Levski Sofia  APOEL  Sparta Prague  Boldklubben 1909  Vorwärts Berlin  Manchester United  HJK  Nantes  Panathinaikos  Ferencváros  Keflavík  Inter Milan TH Stade Dudelange  Sliema Wanderers  Feyenoord  Derry City  Lyn  Górnik Zabrze  Benfica  Drumcondra  Dinamo București  Kilmarnock  Real Madrid  Djurgårdens IF  Lausanne-Sports  Fenerbahçe  Werder Bremen  Partizan 

Preliminary round

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First leg

Second leg

Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.

Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.

Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.

Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round

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First leg

Second leg

Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

There were concerns about the state of the pitch at the Brandywell Stadium. The IFA told UEFA that it could not host the European Cup tie. The IFA ordered Derry City to play at either Windsor Park or The Showgrounds, which Derry City's board refused to do. However, minutes after losing the first leg 9–0, Derry City's directors officially told Anderlecht that they would be forfeiting the second leg of the tie.

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.

Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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

RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Flórián Albert Ferencváros7 Eusébio Benfica3 John Connelly Manchester United6 Mustafa Hasanagić Partizan5 Amancio Real Madrid5 Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia David Herd Manchester United Ivan Mráz Sparta Prague Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid10 José Augusto Benfica4 George Best Manchester United Andrej Kvašňák Sparta Prague Pirri Real Madrid Jacques Stockman Anderlecht Paul Van Himst Anderlecht

Notes

References

Other websites
1965–66 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 All scorers 1965–66 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA 
1965/66 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)
Y. Lander, European Cups History, part 1 (Kharkiv, 2003) – some attendance data.

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