Primera División 1965/66

Primera División 1965/66
master	Atlético Madrid
European Cup of National Champions	Atlético Madrid Real Madrid (Title defender)
Trade fair trophy	CF Barcelona , Atlético Bilbao , FC Sevilla , FC Valencia
Cup winners	Real Zaragoza
European Cup Winners' Cup	Real Zaragoza
Relegation ↓	CD Málaga , CE Sabadell
Relegated	RCD Mallorca , Betis Sevilla , CD Málaga
Teams	16
Games	240 + 4 relegation games
Gates	699  (ø 2.91 per game)
Top scorer	Vavá , ( Elche FC )
← Primera División 1964/65 Primera División 1966/67 →
Segunda División 1965/66 ↓

The Primera División 1965/66 was the 35th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on September 4, 1965 and ended on April 3, 1966.

Before the season

• The eleven-time champions Real Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Atlético Madrid .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are Pontevedra CF , RCD Mallorca , CE Sabadell and CD Málaga .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid CF Barcelona Español Barcelona Valencia CF CE Sabadell Sevilla FC Betis Seville Real Zaragoza FC Pontevedra FC Elche Cordoba FC CD Málaga RCD Mallorca UD Las Palmas Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1965/66

society	city	Stadion
CF Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Español Barcelona	Barcelona	Estadi Sarrià
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
Cordoba FC	Cordoba	Estadio Arcángel
FC Elche	Moose	Camp de Altabix
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Estadio Insular
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Metropolitano
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Estadio Lluis Sitjar
FC Pontevedra	Pontevedra	Estadio Municipal de Pasarón
CE Sabadell	Sabadell	Estadio Cruz Alta
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Sevilla FC	Seville	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Mestalla

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Madrid (P)	30th	18th	8th	4th	054:200	+34	44:16
2.	Real Madrid (M)	30th	19th	5	6th	053:300	+23	43:17
3.	CF Barcelona	30th	16	6th	8th	051:270	+24	38:22
4th	Real Zaragoza	30th	14th	8th	8th	047:290	+18	36:24
5.	Atlético Bilbao	30th	14th	6th	10	043:320	+11	34:26
6th	FC Elche	30th	12	8th	10	036:370	−1	32:28
7th	FC Pontevedra (N)	30th	13	5	12	031:340	−3	31:29
8th.	Sevilla FC	30th	9	9	12	027:380	−11	27:33
9.	Valencia CF	30th	11	5	14th	040:350	+5	27:33
10.	UD Las Palmas	30th	9	8th	13	032:390	−7	26:34
11.	Cordoba FC	30th	10	5	15th	034:420	−8	25:35
12.	Español Barcelona	30th	7th	10	13	031:480	−17	24:36
13.	CD Málaga (N)	30th	8th	8th	14th	024:370	−13	24:36
14th	CE Sabadell (N)	30th	10	3	17th	030:460	−16	23:37
15th	RCD Mallorca (N)	30th	9	5	16	040:550	−15	23:37
16.	Betis Seville	30th	7th	9	14th	036:600	−24	23:37

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1966/67

Participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1966/67 (as defending champion)

Participation in the 1966/67 trade fair trophy

Copa del Rey winner and participation in the 1966/67 European Cup Winners' Cup

Participation in the relegation games against the runners-up in Groups I and II of the Segunda División

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1965/66
Atlético Madrid		1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	3-0	4-0	6: 1	2: 2	2-0	2-0	5: 2	1-0	3-0	1-0	3-0
real Madrid	3: 1		1: 3	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	4-0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	5: 1	2-0
CF Barcelona	1: 4	2: 1		0: 1	1-0	0-0	3-0	3-0	1: 2	3: 2	3: 1	4: 2	4-0	5-0	3: 1	4: 1
Real Zaragoza	2: 2	2: 3	0-0		3: 2	6: 1	2-0	2-0	2-0	3: 1	4-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	4-0	4: 1
Atlético Bilbao	0: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0		2-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	4-0	6: 1
FC Elche	0-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	0-0		2-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	3-0	0: 2	0-0	3: 2	1: 1
FC Pontevedra	1-0	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 1		2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0
Sevilla FC	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1-0		1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 1
Valencia CF	1: 2	3-0	0: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	4-0	0: 1		4-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	4: 1	6: 3
UD Las Palmas	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 2		5: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	4: 1
Cordoba FC	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1		2: 1	1-0	3-0	2-0	3: 3
Español Barcelona	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 4	0: 3	2-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0		3: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1
CD Málaga	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 3	0-0		2-0	2: 1	1: 1
CE Sabadell	0: 1	1: 1	1: 3	3: 1	1: 2	3: 4	1-0	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	3: 2		1-0	4: 1
RCD Mallorca	0-0	2: 5	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	4: 2	0: 3	2: 1	2-0	4: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 2	0: 1		4-0
Betis Seville	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	0: 4	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	1: 2

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Granada CF.	3: 2	CD Málaga	2: 1	1: 1
CE Sabadell	2-0	Celta Vigo	2-0	0-0

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - Atlético Madrid - European Champion Clubs' Cup
• Defending champion of the European Cup - Real Madrid - European Cup
• 3rd - CF Barcelona - Exhibition Cup
• 5. - Atlético Bilbao - Exhibition Cup
• 8th - Sevilla FC - Fair Cup
• 9th - Valencia CF - Exhibition Cup
• Copa del Rey winners - Real Zaragoza - European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 13. - CD Málaga
• 15. - RCD Mallorca
• 16 - Betis Sevilla

Promoted to the Primera División

• Deportivo La Coruña
• Hércules Alicante
• Granada CF.

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Vavá	FC Elche	19th
2		Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	18th
3		Nemesio Martín Montijo	FC Pontevedra	14th
3		Javier Ormaza Garay	Atlético Bilbao	14th

The Atlético Madrid championship team

1.

Atlético Madrid

Goal : Edgardo Madinabeytia (20 / -); Rodri (10 / -) Defense : Isacio Calleja (10 / -); Colo (18 / -); Jorge Bernardo Griffa (26/1); Jesús Martínez Jayo (22 / -); Feliciano Rivilla (24/1) Midfield : Victor Diéz (4 / -); Francisco Garcia Gerpe (4 / -); Jesús Glaría (27 / -); Adelardo Rodríguez (28/6); Manuel Ruiz Sosa (15 / -) Forward : Luis Aragonés (28/18); Cardona (10 / -); Enrique Collar (23/3); Alejandro Fretes (1 / -); Miguel Jones (9/5); Mendonça (24/10); José Armando Ufarte (27/6) Coach : Domingo Balmanya

Web links

• Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Primera División 1965/66. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .