1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1965–66 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in an extra-time final victory over Liverpool at Hampden Park in Glasgow. West Ham United were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund. This season of the Cup Winners' Cup was the first instance of the away goals rule being applied in football history.

1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-up	Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	188 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lothar Emmerich (Borussia Dortmund) 14 goals
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Teams

Wiener Neustadt (CR)	Standard Liège (CR)	CSKA Cherveno Zname (CW)	Omonia (CW)
Dukla Prague (CW)	AGF (CW)	Liverpool (CW)	West Ham United (9th)TH
Reipas Lahti (CW)	Rennes (CW)	1. FC Magdeburg (CW)	Borussia Dortmund (CW)
Olympiacos (CW)	Budapest Honvéd (CW)	KR (CW)	Limerick (CR)
Juventus (CW)	Spora Luxembourg (CW)	Floriana (CR)	Go Ahead Eagles (CR)
Coleraine (CW)	Rosenborg (CW)	Czarni Żagań (CR)	Vitória de Setúbal (CW)
Știința Cluj (CW)	Celtic (CW)	Atlético Madrid (CW)	Sion (CW)
Galatasaray (CW)	Dynamo Kiev (CW)	Cardiff City (CW)	Dinamo Zagreb (CW)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	West Ham United	-	-	w
	Czarni Żagań	-	-	o
							West Ham United	4	2	6
							Olympiacos	0	2	2
	Omonia	0	1	1
	Olympiacos	1	1	2
													West Ham United	1	1	2
													1. FC Magdeburg	0	1	1
	1. FC Magdeburg	1	2	3
	Spora Luxembourg	0	0	0
							1. FC Magdeburg	8	2	10
							Sion	1	2	3
	Sion	5	1	6
	Galatasaray	1	2	3
																			West Ham United	1	1	2
																			Borussia Dortmund	2	3	5
	Wiener Neustadt	0	0	0
	Știința Cluj	1	2	3
							Știința Cluj	0	0	0
							Atlético Madrid	2	4	6
	Atlético Madrid	4	1	5
	Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0
													Atlético Madrid	1	0	1
													Borussia Dortmund	1	1	2
	Floriana	1	0	1
	Borussia Dortmund	5	8	13
							Borussia Dortmund	3	2	5
							CSKA Cherveno Zname	0	4	4
	Limerick	1	0	1
	CSKA Cherveno Zname	2	2	4
																									Borussia Dortmund (a.e.t.)	2
																									Liverpool	1
	AGF	2	2	4
	Vitória de Setúbal	1	1	2
							AGF	0	0	0
							Celtic	1	2	3
	Go Ahead Eagles	0	0	0
	Celtic	6	1	7
													Celtic	3	1	4
													Dynamo Kiev	0	1	1
	KR	1	1	2
	Rosenborg	3	3	6
							Rosenborg	1	0	1
							Dynamo Kiev	4	2	6
	Coleraine	1	0	1
	Dynamo Kiev	6	4	10
																			Celtic	1	0	1
																			Liverpool	0	2	2
	Dukla Prague	2	0	2
	Rennes	0	0	0
							Dukla Prague	2	2	4
							Budapest Honvéd (a.e.t.)	3	1	4
	Reipas Lahti	2	0	2
	Budapest Honvéd	10	6	16
													Budapest Honvéd	0	0	0
													Liverpool	0	2	2
	Juventus	1	0	1
	Liverpool	0	2	2
							Liverpool	3	2	5
							Standard Liège	1	1	2
	Cardiff City	1	0	1
	Standard Liège	2	1	3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	w/o	Czarni Żagań	w/o	w/o
Omonia	1–2	Olympiacos	0–1	1–1
1. FC Magdeburg	3–0	Spora Luxembourg	1–0	2–0
Sion	6–3	Galatasaray	5–1	1–2
Wiener Neustadt	0–3	Știința Cluj	0–1	0–2
Atlético Madrid	5–0	Dinamo Zagreb	4–0	1–0
Floriana	1–13	Borussia Dortmund	1–5	0–8
Limerick	1–4	CSKA Cherveno Zname	1–2	0–2
AGF	4–2	Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	2–1
Go Ahead Eagles	0–7	Celtic	0–6	0–1
KR	2–6	Rosenborg	1–3	1–3
Coleraine	1–10	Dynamo Kiev	1–6	0–4
Dukla Prague	2–0	Rennes	2–0	0–0
Reipas Lahti	2–16	Budapest Honvéd	2–10	0–6
Juventus	1–2	Liverpool	1–0	0–2
Cardiff City	1–3	Standard Liège	1–2	0–1

First leg

25 August 1965

Omonia	0–1	Olympiacos
	[citation needed]	Botinos 5'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,787

Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

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22 September 1965

1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	Spora Luxembourg
Seguin 24'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

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15 September 1965

Sion	5–1	Galatasaray
Eschmann 12', 50' Quentin 55' Stockbauer 80', 89'	[citation needed]	Kutver 43'

Parc-des-Sports, Sion

Attendance: 7,558

Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)

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1 September 1965 (1965-09-01)

Wiener Neustadt	0–1	Știința Cluj
	Report	Ivansuc 70'

Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

Attendance: 6,521

Referee: György Vadas (Hungary)

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15 September 1965

Atlético Madrid	4–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Mendonça 10', 21', 85' Aragonés 65'

Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

Referee: George McCabe (England)

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29 September 1965

Floriana	1–5	Borussia Dortmund
Chircop 30'		Emmerich 27' Wosab 58', 65' Held 62', 64'

Manoel Island Football Ground, Gżira

Referee: Raul Righi (Italy)

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7 October 1965

Limerick	1–2	CSKA Cherveno Zname
O'Connor 14'		Tsanev 11' Kamenov 22'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Ivar Hornslien (Norway)

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25 August 1965

AGF	2–1	Vitória Setúbal
Bjerregaard 16' K. Jensen 80'	[citation needed]	Quim 35'

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Geoff Powell (Wales)

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29 September 1965

Go Ahead Eagles	0–6	Celtic
		Lennox 26', 56', 70' Hughes 29' Johnstone 47', 78'

De Adelaarshorst, Deventer

Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

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24 August 1965

KR	1–3	Rosenborg
Schram 70'		Kleveland 9', 77' Pedersen 84'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

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2 September 1965

18:00

Coleraine	1–6	Dynamo Kiev
Curley 73'	Report	Biba 14', 52' Bazylevych 34' Khmelnytskyi 40' Serebryanikov 44', 63'

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Attendance: 5,281

Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

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22 September 1965

Dukla Prague	2–0	Rennes
Strausz 35' Knebort 83'

Stadion Juliska, Prague

Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

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25 August 1965

Reipas Lahti	2–10	Budapest Honvéd
Hyvärinen 35' Kautonen 87'		Tóth 20', 38', 52', 62', 88' Tichy 34', 84' Nagy 47' Nógrádi 61' Katona 79'

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti

Referee: Ivan Lukyanov (Soviet Union)

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29 September 1965

Juventus	1–0	Liverpool
Leoncini 81'

Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

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8 September 1965

Cardiff City	1–2	Standard Liège
Johnston 30'		Claessen 40' Semmeling 68'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

Second leg

19 September 1965

Olympiacos	1–1	Omonia
Papazoglou 20'	[citation needed]	Pallas 17'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 22,699

Referee: Dimitar Rumentchev (Bulgaria)

Olympiakos won 2–1 on aggregate.

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13 October 1965

Spora Luxembourg	0–2	1. FC Magdeburg
		Kubisch 5' Seguin 80'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

1. FC Magdeburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1965

Galatasaray	2–1	Sion
Köken 33' Elmastaşoğlu 59'	[citation needed]	Sixt 50'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,049

Referee: Živko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Sion won 6–3 on aggregate.

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6 October 1965 (1965-10-06)

Știința Cluj	2–0	Wiener Neustadt
Ivansuc 9' Adam 86'	Report

Stadionul Municipal, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Josef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Știința Cluj won 3–0 on aggregate.

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22 September 1965 (1965-09-22)

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Atlético Madrid
		Rodríguez 80'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Atlético Madrid won 5–0 on aggregate.

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10 October 1965 (1965-10-10)

Borussia Dortmund	8–0	Floriana
Emmerich 5' (pen.), 37', 52', 58', 67', 74' Schmidt 26', 63'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Referee: John Meighan (Ireland)

Borussia Dortmund won 13–1 on aggregate.

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13 October 1965

CSKA Cherveno Zname	2–0	Limerick
Kolev 53' Kamenov 71'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–1 on aggregate.

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19 September 1965

Vitória Setúbal	1–2	AGF
Graça 68'	[citation needed]	Enoksen 56' K. Jensen 70'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 8,053

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

AGF won 4–2 on aggregate.

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7 October 1965

Celtic	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles
McBride 12'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Referee: Hannes Sigurðsson (Iceland)

Celtic won 7–0 on aggregate.

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12 September 1965

Rosenborg	3–1	KR
Haagenrud 49' Pedersen 66' Lindvaag 81'		Ísfeld 75'

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

Rosenborg won 6–2 on aggregate.

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8 September 1965

18:30

Dynamo Kiev	4–0	Coleraine
Biba 5' Bazylevych 17', 43' Khmelnytskyi 89'	Report

Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 33,364

Referee: Alexandru Toth (Romania)

Dynamo Kiev won 10–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1965

Rennes	0–0	Dukla Prague

Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes

Referee: José Plaza Pedraz (Spain)

Dukla Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.

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13 October 1965

Budapest Honvéd	6–0	Reipas Lahti
Komora 3', 65' Tichy 40', 69' Talsi 72' (o.g.) Nagy 76'

Népstadion, Budapest

Referee: Tittl Josef (Austria)

Budapest Honvéd won 16–2 on aggregate.

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13 October 1965

Liverpool	2–0	Juventus
Lawler 20' Strong 25'

Anfield, Liverpool

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

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20 October 1965

Standard Liège	1–0	Cardiff City
Storme 48'

Stade Sclessin, Liège

Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	6–2	Olympiacos	4–0	2–2
1. FC Magdeburg	10–3	Sion	8–1	2–2
Știința Cluj	0–6	Atlético Madrid	0–2	0–4
Borussia Dortmund	5–4	CSKA Cherveno Zname	3–0	2–4
AGF	0–3	Celtic	0–1	0–2
Rosenborg	1–6	Dynamo Kiev	1–4	0–2
Dukla Prague	4–4 (a)	Budapest Honvéd	2–3	2–1
Liverpool	5–2	Standard Liège	3–1	2–1

First leg

24 November 1965

West Ham United	4–0	Olympiacos
Hurst 24', 43' Byrne 56' Brabrook 72'

Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London

Attendance: 27 250

Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)

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17 November 1965

1. FC Magdeburg	8–1	Sion
Eckardt 9', 25' Stöcker 45', 57' Kubisch 53', 63' Walter 69', 77'	[citation needed]	Eschmann 35'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 8,720

Referee: Toimi Olkku (Finland)

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17 November 1965 (1965-11-17)

Știința Cluj	0–2	Atlético Madrid
	Report	Collar 67' Rodríguez 85'

Stadionul Municipal, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Alois Obtulovič (Czechoslovakia)

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10 November 1965

Borussia Dortmund	3–0	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Sturm 17' Held 35' Schmidt 54'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

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3 November 1965

AGF	0–1	Celtic

Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus

Referee: Hubert Burguet (Belgium)

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24 October 1965

13:00

Rosenborg	1–4	Dynamo Kiev
Hansen 61'	Report	Biba 7' Khmelnytskyi 22' Puzach 43', 63'

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 10,435

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

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3 November 1965

Dukla Prague	2–3	Budapest Honvéd
Rödr 6' Štrunc 74'		Tichy 12', 39', 41'

Stadion Juliska, Prague

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

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24 November 1965

Liverpool	3–1	Standard Liège
Lawler 27', 50' Thompson 60'		Storme 57'

Anfield, Liverpool

Referee: Robert Lacoste [fr] (France)

Second leg

1 December 1965

Olympiacos	2–2	West Ham United
Bovington 56' (o.g.) Polychroniou 80' (pen.)		Peters 28', 53'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 40 000

Referee: Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)

West Ham United won 6–2 on aggregate.

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24 November 1965

Sion	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg
Desbiolles 56', 72'	[citation needed]	Wiedemann 1', 35'

Parc-des-Sports, Sion

Attendance: 2,979

Referee: Stjepan Varaždinec (Yugoslavia)

1. FC Magdeburg won 10–3 on aggregate.

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15 December 1965 (1965-12-15)

Atlético Madrid	4–0	Știința Cluj
Mendonça 26', 60' Diéz 40' Aragonés 80' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

Attendance: 9,383

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

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24 November 1965

CSKA Cherveno Zname	4–2	Borussia Dortmund
Romanov 7', 43', 68' Vasilev 75' (pen.)		Held 24' Emmerich 40'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate.

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17 November 1965

Celtic	2–0	AGF
McNeill 7' Johnstone 40'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Referee: Johan Riseth (Norway)

Celtic won 3–0 on aggregate.

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28 October 1965

19:00

Dynamo Kiev	2–0	Rosenborg
Khmelnytskyi 5' Bazylevych 29'	Report

Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 10,102

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Dynamo Kiev won 6–1 on aggregate.

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10 November 1965

Budapest Honvéd	1–2	Dukla Prague
Dorogi 22'		Masopust 75' Knebort 87'

Népstadion, Budapest

Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

4–4 on aggregate; Budapest Honvéd won on away goals.

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15 December 1965

Standard Liège	1–2	Liverpool
Claessen 43'		Hunt 51' St John 57'

Stade Sclessin, Liège

Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	2–1	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	0–1
Celtic	4–1	Dynamo Kiev	3–0	1–1
Budapest Honvéd	0–2	Liverpool	0–0	0–2

First leg

2 March 1966

West Ham United	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg
Byrne 46'

Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London

Attendance: 30 620

Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

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16 February 1966

Atlético Madrid	1–1	Borussia Dortmund
Mendonça 86'		Emmerich 58'

Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid

Referee: Bill Clements (England)

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12 January 1966

19:30

Celtic	3–0	Dynamo Kiev
Gemmell 27' Murdoch 64', 84'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 59,447

Referee: Günther Baumgärtel (West Germany)

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1 March 1966

Budapest Honvéd	0–0	Liverpool

Népstadion, Budapest

Referee: Taki Wlachojanis (Austria)

Second leg

16 March 1966

1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	West Ham United
Walter 78'		Sissons 79'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 35 000

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

West Ham United won 2–1 on aggregate.

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2 March 1966

Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Atlético Madrid
Emmerich 16'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Referee: Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary)

Borussia Dortmund won 2–1 on aggregate.

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26 January 1966^{[note 1]}

18:00

Dynamo Kiev	1–1	Celtic
Sabo 20'	Report	Gemmell 31'

Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 30,516

Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

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8 March 1966

Liverpool	2–0	Budapest Honvéd
Lawler 12' St John 44'

Anfield, Liverpool

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	2–5	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	1–3
Celtic	1–2	Liverpool	1–0	0–2

First leg

5 April 1966

West Ham United	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
Peters 52'	Report Report 2	Emmerich 85', 86'

Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London

Attendance: 28 130

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

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14 April 1966

Celtic	1–0	Liverpool
Lennox 52'	Report Report 2

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 76,397

Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

Second leg

13 April 1966

Borussia Dortmund	3–1	West Ham United
Emmerich 1', 28' Cyliax 85'	Report Report 2	Byrne 43'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Attendance: 35 000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund won 5–2 on aggregate.

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19 April 1966

Liverpool	2–0	Celtic
Smith 61' Strong 67'	Report Report 2

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 54,454

Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup final

5 May 1966

19:30 BST

Borussia Dortmund	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Held 61' Libuda 107'	Report Report 2 Report (archive)	Hunt 68'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,657^[1]

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Lothar Emmerich	Borussia Dortmund	14
2	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd	7
3	Jorge Mendonça	Atlético Madrid	6
4	Sigfried Held	Borussia Dortmund	5
	Kálmán Tóth	Budapest Honvéd	5
6	Oleh Bazylevych	Dynamo Kiev	4
	Andriy Biba	Dynamo Kiev	4
	Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi	Dynamo Kiev	4
	Chris Lawler	Liverpool	4
	Bobby Lennox	Celtic	4

See also

• 1965–66 European Cup
• 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Notes

1. Dynamo Kiev vs. Celtic was initially scheduled for 19 January 1966 but was postponed upon request from Celtic due to travel problems
2. Dynamo Kiev played their home match at Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kiev, due to weather conditions.