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.
Route to the final
Real MadridRoundPartizanOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Feyenoord6–21–2 (A)5–0 (H)Prelim. round Nantes4–22–0 (H)2–2 (A) Kilmarnock7–32–2 (A)5–1 (H)First round Werder Bremen3–13–0 (H)0–1 (A) Anderlecht4–30–1 (A)4–2 (H)Quarter-finals Sparta Prague6–41–4 (A)5–0 (H) Internazionale2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)Semi-finals Manchester United2–1 2–0 (H)0–1 (A)
Match Summary
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, coincidentally, a former Partizan player–– scored the winning goal in the 66th minute of the final.
Details
GK 1 José AraquistáinRB 2 PachínLB 3 Manuel SanchísRM 4 PirriCB 5 Pedro de FelipeCB 6 Ignacio ZocoRF 7 Fernando SerenaCF 8 AmancioCF 9 Ramón GrossoLM 10 Manuel VelázquezLF 11 Paco Gento (c)Manager: Miguel Muñoz GK 1 Milutin Šoškić (c)RB 2 Fahrudin Jusufi LB 3 Ljubomir MihajlovićCM 4 Radoslav Bečejac CB 5 Velibor VasovićCB 6 Branko RašovićRF 7 Mane Bajić CM 8 Vladica Kovačević CF 9 Mustafa HasanagićCF 10 Milan GalićLF 11 Josip PirmajerManager: Abdulah Gegić
See also 1965–66 Real Madrid CF season 1965–66 FK Partizan season 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1966 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final 1966 Intercontinental Cup Real Madrid CF in international football FK Partizan in European football
References
External links 1965–66 season at UEFA website at europeancuphistory.com