1965–66 European Cup


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

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Kilmarnock won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Derry City won 8–6 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Ferencváros won 13–2 on aggregate.
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Dinamo București won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
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ASK Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 18–0 on aggregate.
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Levski Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Górnik Zabrze won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Werder Bremen won 10–0 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Anderlecht won 9–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Ferencváros won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Florián Albert Ferencváros7
1 Eusébio Benfica7
3 John Connelly Manchester United6
3 Mustafa Hasanagić Partizan6
5 Amancio Real Madrid5
5 Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia5
5 David Herd Manchester United5
5 Ivan Mráz Sparta Prague5
5 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid5
10 José Augusto Benfica4
10 George Best Manchester United4
10 Paul van Himst Anderlecht4
10 Andrej Kvašňák Sparta Prague4
10 Jacques Stockman Anderlecht4