The 1965–66 season was
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
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's
63rd season in existence and the club's
34th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary
The club remained at first place almost the entire campaign before was defeated 1–2 by
CF Barcelona
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and lost the title against local rivals
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...
one round before season finale by just one single point.
UD Levante
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club in Valencia, in the namesake autonomous community.
Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home games at Ciutat de Valènc ...
defender
Antonio Calpe arrived to enforce the back-up, also,
CD Málaga
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History Origins
The first football club in Málaga was establ ...
midfielder
Manuel Velázquez
Manuel Velázquez Villaverde (24 January 1943 – 15 January 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Club career
Born in Madrid, Velázquez spent all of his 12 years in La Liga with Real Madrid. After three seasons o ...
returned from a two years loan replacing French playmaker
Lucien Muller, also, transferred in was defender
Pedro de Felipe
Pedro Eugenio de Felipe Cortés (18 July 194412 April 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Madrid, de Felipe returned to Real Madrid in 1964 at the age of 20 following a loan to Community of Madri ...
from
Rayo Vallecano
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benching
José Santamaría
José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias (born 31 July 1929) is a retired football central defender and manager. He spent his 18-year career with Nacional and Real Madrid, winning 12 titles with the latter club including four European Cups.
Born in ...
both arrivals featured a superb season.
Meanwhile, in
European Cup
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the squad clinched its sixth trophy after defeated
Inter
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* FC Inter Turku, ...
in Semi-finals and on 11 May 1966 won 2–1 the
Final
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against
Abdulah Gegic'
Partizan Belgrade
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which, previously, in semi-finals eliminated heavily favourites
Manchester United
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without star
George Best
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. Three days after the Final, the
Yé-yé
''Yé-yé'' () or ''yeyé'' () was a style of pop music that emerged in Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe in the early 1960s. The French term ''yé-yé'' was derived from the English "yeah! yeah!", popularized by British beat music ban ...
team was introduced to the world after 4 players posed for ''Diario Marca'' as then popular English rock band
The Beatles
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resulting in the nickname from their theme song <<
She Loves You
"She Loves You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released as a single in the United Kingdom on 23 August 1963. The single set and surpassed several sales records in the United Kingdom c ...
>> chorus hit "Yeah-yeah".
In the
Copa del Generalísimo
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, Madrid was eliminated by
Real Betis
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in the quarter-finals 5–4 on aggregate. After seven seasons, 5 League titles and 3 European Cup trophies,
[Puskas did not play the 1959 and 1966 Finals] Hungarian forward
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás (, ; né Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward and an attacking ...
left the club during the summer.
Squad
Transfers
Competitions
La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
Copa del Generalísimo
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
European Cup
Preliminary round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Players statistics
See also
*
Yé-yé (Real Madrid)
The Yé-yé team was the name given to the generation of all-Spanish Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1960s.
References
External links
BDFútbol
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Real Madrid CF seasons
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UEFA Champions League–winning seasons
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...