1965–66 European Cup Explained

Tourney Name:European Cup
Year:1965–66
Size:300px
Dates:8 September 1965 – 11 May 1966
Num Teams:31
Champion Other: Real Madrid
Count:6
Second Other: Partizan
Matches:58
Goals:224
Attendance:1599799
Top Scorer:Florián Albert (Ferencváros)
Eusébio (Benfica)
7 goals each
Prevseason:1964–65
Nextseason:1966–67

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.

First leg

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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

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First leg

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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

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First leg

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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.

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

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

Final

See main article: 1966 European Cup Final.

Top scorers

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

Position NameTeamGoals
1 Florián Albert Ferencváros7
Eusébio Benfica7
3 John Connelly Manchester United6
Mustafa Hasanagić Partizan6
5 Amancio Real Madrid5
Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia5
David Herd Manchester United5
Ivan Mráz Sparta Prague5
Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid5
10 José Augusto Benfica4
George Best Manchester United4
Andrej Kvašňák Sparta Prague4
Pirri Real Madrid4
Jacques Stockman Anderlecht4
Paul Van Himst Anderlecht4

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