1966 European Cup Final

1966 European Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1965–66 European Cup
Date	11 May 1966
Venue	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
Attendance	46,745

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 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)

Match

Summary

The final was a competitive match. First Partizan took the lead through a goal by Velibor Vasović in the 55th minute, but Real Madrid soon took over, getting an equaliser in the 70th minute from Spanish international Amancio Amaro. Real Madrid got the winner in the 76th minute from Fernando Serena. With this goal, Real Madrid sealed their win and became European Champions once again.

This was Real Madrid's sixth European Cup triumph in the 11 years of the tournament's existence. However, Los Blancos 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.

Details

11 May 1966

19:30 CET

Real Madrid	2–1	Partizan
Amancio 70' Serena 76'	Report	Vasović 55'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 46,745^[1]

Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)

Real Madrid

Partizan



GK	1	José Araquistáin
RB	2	Pachín
LB	3	Manuel Sanchís
RM	4	Pirri
CB	5	Pedro de Felipe
CB	6	Ignacio Zoco
RF	7	Fernando Serena
CF	8	Amancio Amaro
CF	9	Ramón Grosso
LM	10	Manuel Velázquez
LF	11	Francisco Gento (c)
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz



GK	1	Milutin Šoškić (c)
RB	2	Fahrudin Jusufi
LB	3	Ljubomir Mihajlović
CM	4	Radoslav Bečejac
CB	5	Velibor Vasović
CB	6	Branko Rašović
RF	7	Mane Bajić
CM	8	Vladica Kovačević
CF	9	Mustafa Hasanagić
CF	10	Milan Galić
LF	11	Josip Pirmajer
Manager:
Abdulah Gegić

References

^ ^a ^b "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 130. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

External links

1965–66 season at UEFA website
1965–66 season at europeancuphistory.com

[attendance-1] "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 130. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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