The 1965–66 season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 football club tournament was won by Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 for the sixth time in a close final against Partizan

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

. Real Madrid eliminated title-holders Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

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 in the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

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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 Bucharest won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
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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.

First round

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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

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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

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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 (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Florián Albert Flórián Albert Flórián Albert was a Hungarian international football player, later manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967...	Ferencváros	7
	Eusébio Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...	Benfica	7
3	John Connelly John Connelly John Michael Connelly is an English former footballer. He played as an outside forward and was capped 20 times for his country.-Career with Burnley:...	Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...	6
	Mustafa Hasanagić Mustafa Hasanagic Mustafa Hasanagić is a Serbian football striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia....	Partizan FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...	6
5	Amancio Amancio Amaro Amancio Amaro Varela, commonly known simply as Amancio, is a former Spanish football player. Nicknamed El Brujo he played for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid and the Spanish national team....	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	5
	Georgi Asparuhov Georgi Asparuhov Georgi Rangelov Asparuhov , nicknamed Gundi was a Bulgarian football player. He is considered to be among the top Bulgarian footballers of all time....	Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia "Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...	5
	David Herd David Herd (footballer) David George Herd is a Scottish former international association footballer. His regular position was as a forward where he was a consistent goal scorer.-Family:...	Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...	5
	Ivan Mráz	Sparta Prague	5
	Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	5
10	José Augusto	Benfica	4
	George Best George Best George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...	Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...	4
	Paul van Himst Paul Van Himst Paul van Himst is a former talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. Now retired, he still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...	Anderlecht	4
	Andrej Kvašňák Andrej Kvašnák Andrej Kvašňák was a Slovak football player. Born in Košice, he played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 47 matches and scored 13 goals....	Sparta Prague	4
	Jacques Stockman Jacques Stockman Jacques Stockman was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Guy Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers.He played a total of 32 matches for...	Anderlecht	4

External links

• 1965–66 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Games Internazionale - Dinamo Bucurest - 2:0

Starting with the RSSSF site and all the other sites, including UEFA, writes that the game was held 15 December.

Club websites team Internazionale, La Gazzetta dello Sport and Dinamo Bucurest write that the game was held 16 December.