The 1966–67 European Cup was the 12th season of the
European Cup,
UEFA
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's premier club
football
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tournament. The competition was won by
Celtic for the first time, when they beat
Inter Milan
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2–1 in the
final at the
Estádio Nacional,
Lisbon
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, on 25 May 1967,
making them the first British team, as well as the only Scottish team (as of 2025) to win the trophy. Celtic also became just the second team to win the tournament on their debut appearance after Inter Milan in
1963–64 edition.
Real Madrid
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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual finalists Inter Milan in the quarter-finals.
The
Soviet Union
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entered its champion for the first time this season.
Teams
A total of 33 teams participated in the competition.
Spain was represented by two clubs, with Real Madrid qualifying as title holders and
Atlético Madrid as Spanish champions.
Real Madrid made their twelfth consecutive appearance in the competition, while
CSKA Red Flag participated for the eighth time.
Anderlecht and
Dukla Prague
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appeared in their seventh tournament.
Admira-NÖ Energie Wien,
Omonia,
Vålerenga,
Waterford
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,
Celtic,
Torpedo Moscow,
1860 Munich, and
Vojvodina
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made their debut in the competition.
Atlético Madrid returned to the tournament for the first time since
1958–59 edition, while
Petrolul Ploiești returned to the competition after seven years.
Ajax,
Beşiktaş and
Olympiacos made their first appearance for six years.
All participants were their respective associations champions, except for title holders Real Madrid.
Preliminary round
Due to the number of participating teams and to allow title holders to receive a bye to the next round, a second round was introduced in the competition.
With title holders Real Madrid placed in the second round, a draw took place to select four teams from the remaining participants to play preliminary round in September.
First leg
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Second leg
''Vorwärts Berlin won 12–1 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Red Flag won 6–1 on aggregate.''
Bracket
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Atlético Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Vojvodina won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Nantes won 8–4 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate.''
Play-off
''Liverpool won 2–0 in a play-off match.''
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''Dukla Prague won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 12–1 on aggregate.''
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''Inter Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Vasas won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''1860 Munich won 10–1 on aggregate.''
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''Linfield won 9–4 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Red Flag won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate.''
''Górnik Zabrze won 3–1 in a play-off match.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''3–3 on aggregate.''
Play-off
''Vojvodina won 3–2 in a play-off match.''
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''Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Ajax won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Dukla Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Inter Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Linfield won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Red Flag won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Celtic won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Dukla Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Inter Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Red Flag won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate.''
Play-off
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1966–67 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) were as follows:
Notes
References
External links
1966–67 All matches – season at UEFA website
*All scorers 1966–67 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA
- results and line-ups (archive)
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