1965–66 European Cup

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The **1965–66 season** of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid, winners of the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960, for the sixth time in a close final against Partizan. Real Madrid eliminated title-holders Internazionale in the semi-finals.

## Preliminary round

**Note:** Starting in the 1963–64 tournament, only the title holder, Internazionale, joined directly in the first round. They were the only Italian team to enter, while Cyprus re-entered its champion thus keeping the number of participants at 31.

### Second leg

*Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.*

*Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.*

*Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.*

*Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.*

*Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.*

*Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.*

*Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.*

*Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.*

*Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.*

## First round

### Second leg

*Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.*

*Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 **Internazionale**  | 5–1
 Sparta Prague  | 4–6
 **Manchester United**  | 8–3

### Second leg

*Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.*

*Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.*

### Second leg

*Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.*

## Top scorers

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

## References

1. ↑ "Real Madrid v Internazionale, 13 April 1966" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

## External links

* 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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