The 1964–65 European Cup was the tenth season of the

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's premier club

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tournament. The competition was won by

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for the second time in row, beating 1–0 two-time former champions Benfica in a

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at San Siro,

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, on 27 May 1965. It meant that Italian teams had won three consecutive titles (

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had won it in 1962–63). During this edition a coin toss was used a record three times to decide winners of the ties after play-off matches ended as draws. Iceland entered its champion for the first time this season, while Cyprus did not enter this time around.

Teams

A total of 31 teams participated in the competition. Italy continued to be represented by two clubs, with Inter Milan qualifying as title holders and

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as Italian champions. Alongside ever-present

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were Benfica, Rangers and

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

appearing in their sixth edition. Lokomotiv Sofia, Chemie Leipzig,

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, Reipas Lahti, Győri Vasas ETO, KR,

, Aris Bonnevoie, Sliema Wanderers, DWS, Glentoran,

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and

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made their debut in the competition.

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returned to the tournament for the first time since 1957–58 edition, while Boldklubben 1909, Shamrock Rovers, Rapid Wien and

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

returned to the competition after five, five, four and four years, respectively. All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Inter Milan and Malmö FF. The latter was leading

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at the summer break on 1 July 1964, after 11 of 22 matches had been played, but finished second in autumn of 1964.

Preliminary round

Similar to previous edition, due to the number of participating teams, only title holders Inter Milan received a bye to the first round. The remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September and October, apart from one match taking place in August and one play-off in November. For the first time in the history of European Cup teams in the preliminary round were not divided geographically into pots, which resulted in some teams covering over 4,400 kilometres for their ties (e.g. DWS and Fenerbahçe), while other had shorter trips (e.g. Dukla Prague and

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– around 600 kilometres).

First leg

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Second leg

''Rangers 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate;

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needed.'' ---- ''Győri Vasas ETO won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 11–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''La Chaux-de-Fonds won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dukla Prague 4–4 Górnik Zabrze on aggregate;

needed.'' ---- ''1. FC Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rapid Wien won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lokomotiv Sofia won 8–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 10–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht 2–2 Bologna on aggregate;

needed.'' ---- ''DWS won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyn won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 9–2 on aggregate.''

Play-off

''Anderlecht 0–0 Bologna in play-off match. Anderlecht qualified on a coin toss.'' ---- ''Dukla Prague 0–0 Górnik Zabrze in play-off match. Dukla Prague qualified on a coin toss.'' ---- ''Rangers won play-off 3–1.''

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''DWS won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1. FC Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Győri Vasas ETO won 8–7 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Inter Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Győri Vasas ETO won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1. FC Köln 0–0 Liverpool on aggregate;

needed.'' ---- ''Benfica won 6–3 on aggregate.''

Play-off

''Liverpool 2–2 1. FC Köln in play-off match. Liverpool qualified on a coin toss.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Benfica won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Final

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1964–65 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Notes

References

External links

1964–64 All matches – season at UEFA website

* All scorers 1964–65 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA

– results and line-ups (archive) * website Football Archiv

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