| 1966 European Cup final | |
| Event: | 1965–66 European Cup |
| Team1: | Real Madrid |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 2 |
| Team2: | Partizan |
| Team2score: | 1 |
| Date: | 11 May 1966 |
| Stadium: | Heysel Stadium |
| City: | Brussels |
| Referee: | Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany) |
| Attendance: | 46,745[1] |
| Previous: | 1965 |
| Next: | 1967 |
The 1966 European Cup final was a football match held at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, on 11 May 1966 that saw Real Madrid of Spain defeat FK Partizan of Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the 1965–66 European Cup title.
| Real Madrid | Round | Partizan | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||
| Feyenoord | 6–2 | 1–2 (A) | 5–0 (H) | Prelim. round |  Nantes | 4–2 | 2–0 (H) | 2–2 (A) | |
| Kilmarnock | 7–3 | 2–2 (A) | 5–1 (H) | First round | Werder Bremen | 3–1 | 3–0 (H) | 0–1 (A) | |
 Anderlecht | 4–3 | 0–1 (A) | 4–2 (H) | Quarter-finals | Sparta Prague | 6–4 | 1–4 (A) | 5–0 (H) | |
 Internazionale | 2–1 | 1–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | Semi-finals | Manchester United | 2–1 | 2–0 (H) | 0–1 (A) | |
Partizan took the lead through a goal by Velibor Vasović in the 55th minute, but Real Madrid equalised in the 70th minute through Spanish international Amancio. Fernando Serena scored the winner for Real six minutes later.
This was Real Madrid's sixth European Cup triumph in the 11 years of the tournament's existence, with Paco Gento being the only Madrid player to win all of these. However, they would not win the competition again until 1998, when Predrag Mijatović–– who was, ironically, a former Partizan player–– scored the winning goal in the 66th minute of the final.
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