European Cup Winners' Cup 1965/66

European Cup Winners' Cup 1965/66
Cup winners	Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Beginning	August 24, 1965
final	May 5th 1966
Final stadium	Hampden Park , Glasgow
Teams	31
Games	59
Gates	188  (ø 3.19 per game)
Top scorer	Lothar Emmerich (14)
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The 1965/66 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the sixth draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 31 club teams from 30 countries took part, including defending champions West Ham United, 24 reigning cup winners and six defeated cup finalists (Deventer Go Ahead, Cardiff City, FC Floriana, Standard Liège, Limerick FC and 1. Wiener Neustädter SC).

The DFB Cup winner Borussia Dortmund from the Federal Republic of Germany, the FDGB Cup winner 1. FC Magdeburg from the GDR , the ÖFB Cup finalist 1. Wiener Neustädter SC from Austria and FC Sion from Switzerland took part in the competition.

Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool FC contested the final in Hampden Park in Glasgow on May 5, 1966. Dortmund won the game 2-1 after extra time and thus became the first German European Cup winner.

The top scorer was Lothar Emmerich from Borussia Dortmund with 14 goals, the highest number of goals a player could ever achieve in a single season of the European Cup Winners' Cup. He scored six goals in the 8-0 win against FC Floriana in the preliminary round.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. The away goals rule was used for the first time this season . If there was a tie after two games, the number of goals scored away decided on progress. If their number was the same, a play-off took place in a neutral place after extra time in the second leg. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. However, if the score was tied after extra time, a replay was scheduled because a penalty shoot-out was not yet planned.

Preliminary round

BYE: West Ham United 

The first legs took place from August 24 to October 7, the second legs from September 12 to October 13, 1965.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KR Reykjavík	2: 6	Rosenborg Trondheim	1: 3	1: 3
Aarhus GF	4: 2	Vitória Setúbal	2: 1	2: 1
Lahden Reipas	02:16	Honvéd Budapest	02:10	0: 6
1. Wiener Neustädter SC	0: 3	Știința Cluj	0: 1	0: 2
Coleraine FC	01:10	Dynamo Kiev	1: 6	0: 4
Cardiff City	1: 3	Standard Liege	1: 2	0: 1
Atlético Madrid	5-0	Dinamo Zagreb	4-0	1-0
FC Sion	6: 3	Galatasaray Istanbul	5: 1	1: 2
Dukla Prague	2-0	Stade Rennes UC	2-0	0-0
SC construction Magdeburg	3-0	Spora Luxembourg	1-0	2-0
Omonia Nicosia	1: 2	Olympiacos Piraeus	0: 1	1: 1
Deventer Go Ahead	0: 7	Celtic Glasgow	0: 6	0: 1
FC Floriana	01:13	Borussia Dortmund	1: 5	0: 8
Juventus Turin	1: 2	Liverpool FC	1-0	0: 2
Limerick FC	1: 4	CSKA Sofia	1: 2	0: 2

1 round

The first legs took place from October 24 to November 24, the second legs from October 28 to December 15, 1965.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Rosenborg Trondheim	1: 6	Dynamo Kiev	1: 4	0: 2
Dukla Prague	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Honvéd Budapest	2: 3	2: 1
Aarhus GF	0: 3	Celtic Glasgow	0: 1	0: 2
Borussia Dortmund	5: 4	CSKA Sofia	3-0	2: 4
SC construction Magdeburg	10: 30	FC Sion	8: 1	2: 2
Știința Cluj	0: 6	Atlético Madrid	0: 2	0: 4
West Ham United	6: 2	Olympiacos Piraeus	4-0	2: 2
Liverpool FC	5: 2	Standard Liege	3: 1	2: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from January 12 to March 2, the second legs from January 26 to March 16, 1966.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Celtic Glasgow	4: 1	Dynamo Kiev	3-0	1: 1
Atlético Madrid	1: 2	Borussia Dortmund	1: 1	0: 1
West Ham United	2: 1	1. FC Magdeburg 1	1-0	1: 1
Liverpool FC	2-0	Honvéd Budapest	2-0	0-0

¹ The football department of SC Aufbau Magdeburg became independent on December 22, 1965 and has been called 1. FC Magdeburg since then.

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 5 and 14, the second legs on April 19, 1966.

	total		First leg	Return leg
West Ham United	2: 5	Borussia Dortmund	1: 2	1: 3
Celtic Glasgow	1: 2	Liverpool FC	1-0	0: 2

final

Borussia Dortmund		Liverpool FC		Lineup
	May 5, 1966 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0) Spectators: 41,657 Referee: Pierre Schwinté ( France )
	Hans Tilkowski - Gerd Cyliax , Wolfgang Paul , Rudi Assauer , Theo Redder - Dieter Kurrat , Aki Schmidt , Willi Sturm - Reinhard Libuda , Sigfried Held , Lothar Emmerich Trainer: Willi Multhaup	Tommy Lawrence - Chris Lawler , Ron Yeats , Willie Stevenson , Gerry Byrne - Gordon Milne , Tommy Smith - Ian Callaghan , Roger Hunt , Ian St. John , Peter Thompson Trainer: Bill Shankly ( Scotland )
	1: 0 Sigfried Held (62nd) 2: 1 Reinhard Libuda (106th)	1: 1 Roger Hunt (68th)

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1965/66
• Exhibition Cities Cup 1965/66

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for the 1965/66 season
• Game details on weltfussball.de
• Interview with Aki Schmidt about the 1966 final