The 1965–66 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup club
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
tournament was won by
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...
in an
extra-time final victory over
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
at
Hampden Park
Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football ...
in
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
.
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...
. This season of the Cup Winners' Cup was the first instance of the
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
being applied in football history.
Teams
Bracket
First round
First leg
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
Second leg
''Olympiakos won 2–1 on aggregate.''
----
''1. FC Magdeburg won 3–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Sion won 6–3 on aggregate.''
----
''Știința Cluj won 3–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Atlético Madrid won 5–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Borussia Dortmund won 13–1 on aggregate.''
----
''CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–1 on aggregate.''
----
''AGF won 4–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Celtic won 7–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Rosenborg won 6–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Dynamo Kiev won 10–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Dukla Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Budapest Honvéd won 16–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
Second leg
''West Ham United won 6–2 on aggregate.''
----
''1. FC Magdeburg won 10–3 on aggregate.''
----
''Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate.''
----
''Celtic won 3–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Dynamo Kiev won 6–1 on aggregate.''
----
''4–4 on aggregate; Budapest Honvéd won on away goals. ''
----
''Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
----
----
----
Second leg
''West Ham United won 2–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Borussia Dortmund won 2–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
----
Second leg
''Borussia Dortmund won 5–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
See also
*
1965–66 European Cup
*
1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Notes
References
External links
1965-66 competition at UEFA website
*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20141129030658/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1965%2F1966 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1965-66–results, protocols* website Football Archiv
1965–66 Cup Winners Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:1965-66 European Cup Winners' Cup
2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons