1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1965–66 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in an extra-time final victory over Liverpool at Hampden Park in Glasgow. This season of the Cup Winners' Cup was the first instance of the away goals rule being applied in football history.

1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-up	Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	188 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lothar Emmerich (Borussia Dortmund) 14 goals
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Teams

Wiener Neustadt (CR)	Standard Liège (CR)	CSKA Cherveno Zname (CW)	Omonia (CW)
Dukla Prague (CW)	AGF (CW)	Liverpool (CW)	West Ham United (9th)TH
Reipas Lahti (CW)	Rennes (CW)	1. FC Magdeburg (CW)	Borussia Dortmund (CW)
Olympiacos (CW)	Budapest Honvéd (CW)	KR (CW)	Limerick (CR)
Juventus (CW)	Spora Luxembourg (CW)	Floriana (CR)	Go Ahead Eagles (CR)
Coleraine (CW)	Rosenborg (CW)	Czarni Żagań (CR)	Vitória de Setúbal (CW)
Știința Cluj (CW)	Celtic (CW)	Atlético Madrid (CW)	Sion (CW)
Galatasaray (CW)	Dynamo Kiev (CW)	Cardiff City (CW)	Dinamo Zagreb (CW)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	West Ham United	-	-	w
	Czarni Żagań	-	-	o
							West Ham United	4	2	6
							Olympiacos	0	2	2
	Omonia	0	1	1
	Olympiacos	1	1	2
													West Ham United	1	1	2
													1. FC Magdeburg	0	1	1
	1. FC Magdeburg	1	2	3
	Spora Luxembourg	0	0	0
							1. FC Magdeburg	8	2	10
							Sion	1	2	3
	Sion	5	1	6
	Galatasaray	1	2	3
																			West Ham United	1	1	2
																			Borussia Dortmund	2	3	5
	Wiener Neustadt	0	0	0
	Știința Cluj	1	2	3
							Știința Cluj	0	0	0
							Atlético Madrid	2	4	6
	Atlético Madrid	4	1	5
	Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0
													Atlético Madrid	1	0	1
													Borussia Dortmund	1	1	2
	Floriana	1	0	1
	Borussia Dortmund	5	8	13
							Borussia Dortmund	3	2	5
							CSKA Cherveno Zname	0	4	4
	Limerick	1	0	1
	CSKA Cherveno Zname	2	2	4
																									Borussia Dortmund (a.e.t.)	2
																									Liverpool	1
	AGF	2	2	4
	Vitória de Setúbal	1	1	2
							AGF	0	0	0
							Celtic	1	2	3
	Go Ahead Eagles	0	0	0
	Celtic	6	1	7
													Celtic	3	1	4
													Dynamo Kiev	0	1	1
	KR	1	1	2
	Rosenborg	3	3	6
							Rosenborg	1	0	1
							Dynamo Kiev	4	2	6
	Coleraine	1	0	1
	Dynamo Kiev	6	4	10
																			Celtic	1	0	1
																			Liverpool	0	2	2
	Dukla Prague	2	0	2
	Rennes	0	0	0
							Dukla Prague	2	2	4
							Budapest Honvéd (a.e.t.)	3	1	4
	Reipas Lahti	2	0	2
	Budapest Honvéd	10	6	16
													Budapest Honvéd	0	0	0
													Liverpool	0	2	2
	Juventus	1	0	1
	Liverpool	0	2	2
							Liverpool	3	2	5
							Standard Liège	1	1	2
	Cardiff City	1	0	1
	Standard Liège	2	1	3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	w/o	Czarni Żagań	w/o	w/o
Omonia	1–2	Olympiacos	0–1	1–1
1. FC Magdeburg	3–0	Spora Luxembourg	1–0	2–0
Sion	6–3	Galatasaray	5–1	1–2
Wiener Neustadt	0–3	Știința Cluj	0–1	0–2
Atlético Madrid	5–0	Dinamo Zagreb	4–0	1–0
Floriana	1–13	Borussia Dortmund	1–5	0–8
Limerick	1–4	CSKA Cherveno Zname	1–2	0–2
AGF	4–2	Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	2–1
Go Ahead Eagles	0–7	Celtic	0–6	0–1
KR	2–6	Rosenborg	1–3	1–3
Coleraine	1–10	Dynamo Kiev	1–6	0–4
Dukla Prague	2–0	Rennes	2–0	0–0
Reipas Lahti	2–16	Budapest Honvéd	2–10	0–6
Juventus	1–2	Liverpool	1–0	0–2
Cardiff City	1–3	Standard Liège	1–2	0–1

First leg

Omonia	0–1	Olympiacos
	Report	Botinos 5'

25 August 1965

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 11,787

Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

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1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	Spora Luxembourg
Seguin 24'

22 September 1965

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

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Sion	5–1	Galatasaray
Eschmann 12', 50' Quentin 55' Stockbauer 80', 89'	Report	Kutver 43'

15 September 1965

Parc-des-Sports, Sion

Attendance: 7,558

Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)

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Wiener Neustadt	0–1	Știința Cluj
	Report	Ivansuc 70'

1 September 1965 (1965-09-01)

Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

Attendance: 6,521

Referee: György Vadas (Hungary)

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Atlético Madrid	4–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Mendonça 10', 21', 85' Aragonés 65'

15 September 1965

Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

Referee: George McCabe (England)

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Floriana	1–5	Borussia Dortmund
Chircop 30'		Emmerich 27' Wosab 58', 65' Held 62', 64'

29 September 1965

Manoel Island Football Ground, Gżira

Referee: Raul Righi (Italy)

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Limerick	1–2	CSKA Cherveno Zname
O'Connor 14'		Tsanev 11' Kamenov 22'

7 October 1965

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Referee: Ivar Hornslien (Norway)

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AGF	2–1	Vitória Setúbal
Bjerregaard 16' K. Jensen 80'	Report	Quim 35'

25 August 1965

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Geoff Powell (Wales)

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Go Ahead Eagles	0–6	Celtic
		Lennox 26', 56', 70' Hughes 29' Johnstone 47', 78'

29 September 1965

De Adelaarshorst, Deventer

Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

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KR	1–3	Rosenborg
Schram 70'		Kleveland 9', 77' Pedersen 84'

24 August 1965

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

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Coleraine	1–6	Dynamo Kiev
Curley 73'	Report	Biba 14', 52' Bazylevych 34' Khmelnytskyi 40' Serebryanikov 44', 63'

2 September 1965

18:00

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Attendance: 5,281

Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

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Dukla Prague	2–0	Rennes
Strausz 35' Knebort 83'

22 September 1965

Stadion Juliska, Prague

Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

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Reipas Lahti	2–10	Budapest Honvéd
Hyvärinen 35' Kautonen 87'		Tóth 20', 38', 52', 62', 88' Tichy 34', 84' Nagy 47' Nógrádi 61' Katona 79'

25 August 1965

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti

Referee: Ivan Lukyanov (Soviet Union)

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Juventus	1–0	Liverpool
Leoncini 81'

29 September 1965

Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

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Cardiff City	1–2	Standard Liège
Johnston 30'		Claessen 40' Semmeling 68'

8 September 1965

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

Second leg

Olympiacos	1–1	Omonia
Papazoglou 20'	Report	Pallas 17'

19 September 1965

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 22,699

Referee: Dimitar Rumentchev (Bulgaria)

Olympiakos won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Spora Luxembourg	0–2	1. FC Magdeburg
		Kubisch 5' Seguin 80'

13 October 1965

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

1. FC Magdeburg won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray	2–1	Sion
Köken 33' Elmastaşoğlu 59'	Report	Sixt 50'

29 September 1965

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,049

Referee: Živko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Sion won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Știința Cluj	2–0	Wiener Neustadt
Ivansuc 9' Adam 86'	Report

6 October 1965 (1965-10-06)

Stadionul Municipal, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Josef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Știința Cluj won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Atlético Madrid
		Rodríguez 80'

22 September 1965 (1965-09-22)

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Atlético Madrid won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Borussia Dortmund	8–0	Floriana
Emmerich 5' (pen.), 37', 52', 58', 67', 74' Schmidt 26', 63'

10 October 1965 (1965-10-10)

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Referee: John Meighan (Ireland)

Borussia Dortmund won 13–1 on aggregate.

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CSKA Cherveno Zname	2–0	Limerick
Kolev 53' Kamenov 71'

13 October 1965

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)

CSKA Cherveno Zname won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Vitória Setúbal	1–2	AGF
Graça 68'	Report	Enoksen 56' K. Jensen 70'

19 September 1965

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 8,053

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

AGF won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Celtic	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles
McBride 12'

7 October 1965

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Referee: Hannes Sigurðsson (Iceland)

Celtic won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg	3–1	KR
Haagenrud 49' Pedersen 66' Lindvaag 81'		Ísfeld 75'

12 September 1965

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

Rosenborg won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kiev	4–0	Coleraine
Biba 5' Bazylevych 17', 43' Khmelnytskyi 89'	Report

8 September 1965

18:30

Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 33,364

Referee: Alexandru Toth (Romania)

Dynamo Kiev won 10–1 on aggregate.

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Rennes	0–0	Dukla Prague

29 September 1965

Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes

Referee: José Plaza Pedraz (Spain)

Dukla Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Budapest Honvéd	6–0	Reipas Lahti
Komora 3', 65' Tichy 40', 69' Talsi 72' (o.g.) Nagy 76'

13 October 1965

Népstadion, Budapest

Referee: Tittl Josef (Austria)

Budapest Honvéd won 16–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool	2–0	Juventus
Lawler 20' Strong 25'

13 October 1965

Anfield, Liverpool

Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège	1–0	Cardiff City
Storme 48'

20 October 1965

Stade Sclessin, Liège

Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	6–2	Olympiacos	4–0	2–2
1. FC Magdeburg	10–3	Sion	8–1	2–2
Știința Cluj	0–6	Atlético Madrid	0–2	0–4
Borussia Dortmund	5–4	CSKA Cherveno Zname	3–0	2–4
AGF	0–3	Celtic	0–1	0–2
Rosenborg	1–6	Dynamo Kiev	1–4	0–2
Dukla Prague	4–4 (a)	Budapest Honvéd	2–3	2–1
Liverpool	5–2	Standard Liège	3–1	2–1

First leg

West Ham United	4–0	Olympiacos
Hurst 24', 43' Byrne 56' Brabrook 72'

24 November 1965

Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London

Attendance: 27 250

Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)

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1. FC Magdeburg	8–1	Sion
Eckardt 9', 25' Stöcker 45', 57' Kubisch 53', 63' Walter 69', 77'	Report	Eschmann 35'

17 November 1965

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 8,720

Referee: Toimi Olkku (Finland)

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Știința Cluj	0–2	Atlético Madrid
	Report	Collar 67' Rodríguez 85'

17 November 1965 (1965-11-17)

Stadionul Municipal, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Alois Obtulovič (Czechoslovakia)

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Borussia Dortmund	3–0	CSKA Cherveno Zname
Sturm 17' Held 35' Schmidt 54'

10 November 1965

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

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AGF	0–1	Celtic

3 November 1965

Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus

Referee: Hubert Burguet (Belgium)

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Rosenborg	1–4	Dynamo Kiev
Hansen 61'	Report	Biba 7' Khmelnytskyi 22' Puzach 43', 63'

24 October 1965

13:00

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 10,435

Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

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Dukla Prague	2–3	Budapest Honvéd
Rödr 6' Štrunc 74'		Tichy 12', 39', 41'

3 November 1965

Stadion Juliska, Prague

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

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Liverpool	3–1	Standard Liège
Lawler 27', 50' Thompson 60'		Storme 57'

24 November 1965

Anfield, Liverpool

Referee: Robert Lacoste (France)

Second leg

Olympiacos	2–2	West Ham United
Bovington 56' (o.g.) Polychroniou 80' (pen.)		Peters 28', 53'

1 December 1965

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 40 000

Referee: Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)

West Ham United won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Sion	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg
Desbiolles 56', 72'	Report	Wiedemann 1', 35'

24 November 1965

Parc-des-Sports, Sion

Attendance: 2,979

Referee: Stjepan Varaždinec (Yugoslavia)

1. FC Magdeburg won 10–3 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid	4–0	Știința Cluj
Mendonça 26', 60' Diéz 40' Aragonés 80' (pen.)	Report

15 December 1965 (1965-12-15)

Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

Attendance: 9,383

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

Atlético Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

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CSKA Cherveno Zname	4–2	Borussia Dortmund
Romanov 7', 43', 68' Vasilev 75' (pen.)		Held 24' Emmerich 40'

24 November 1965

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Celtic	2–0	AGF
McNeill 7' Johnstone 40'

17 November 1965

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Referee: Johan Riseth (Norway)

Celtic won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kiev	2–0	Rosenborg
Khmelnytskyi 5' Bazylevych 29'	Report

28 October 1965

19:00

Central Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 10,102

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Dynamo Kiev won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Budapest Honvéd	1–2	Dukla Prague
Dorogi 22'		Masopust 75' Knebort 87'

10 November 1965

Népstadion, Budapest

Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

4–4 on aggregate; Budapest Honvéd won on away goals.

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Standard Liège	1–2	Liverpool
Claessen 43'		Hunt 51' St John 57'

15 December 1965

Stade Sclessin, Liège

Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	2–1	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	0–1
Celtic	4–1	Dynamo Kiev	3–0	1–1
Budapest Honvéd	0–2	Liverpool	0–0	0–2

First leg

West Ham United	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg
Byrne 46'

2 March 1966

Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London

Attendance: 30 620

Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

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Atlético Madrid	1–1	Borussia Dortmund
Mendonça 86'		Emmerich 58'

16 February 1966

Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid

Referee: Bill Clements (England)

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Celtic	3–0	Dynamo Kiev
Gemmell 27' Murdoch 64', 84'	Report

12 January 1966

19:30

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 59,447

Referee: Günther Baumgärtel (West Germany)

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Budapest Honvéd	0–0	Liverpool

1 March 1966

Népstadion, Budapest

Referee: Taki Wlachojanis (Austria)

Second leg

1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	West Ham United
Walter 78'		Sissons 79'

16 March 1966

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 35 000

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

West Ham United won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Atlético Madrid
Emmerich 16'

2 March 1966

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Referee: Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary)

Borussia Dortmund won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kiev	1–1	Celtic
Sabo 20'	Report	Gemmell 31'

26 January 1966^{[note 1]}

18:00

Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 30,516

Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Liverpool	2–0	Budapest Honvéd
Lawler 12' St John 44'

8 March 1966

Anfield, Liverpool

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Ham United	2–5	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	1–3
Celtic	1–2	Liverpool	1–0	0–2

First leg

West Ham United	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
Peters 52'	Report Report 2	Emmerich 85', 86'

5 April 1966

Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London

Attendance: 28 130

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

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Celtic	1–0	Liverpool
Lennox 52'	Report Report 2

14 April 1966

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 76,397

Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)

Second leg

Borussia Dortmund	3–1	West Ham United
Emmerich 1', 28' Cyliax 85'	Report Report 2	Byrne 43'

13 April 1966

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Attendance: 35 000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool	2–0	Celtic
Smith 61' Strong 67'	Report Report 2

19 April 1966

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 54,454

Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup final

Borussia Dortmund	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Held 61' Libuda 107'	Report Report 2 Report (archive)	Hunt 68'

5 May 1966

19:30 BST

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,657^[1]

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Lothar Emmerich	Borussia Dortmund	14
2	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd	7
3	Jorge Mendonça	Atlético Madrid	6
4	Sigfried Held	Borussia Dortmund	5
	Kálmán Tóth	Budapest Honvéd	5
6	Oleh Bazylevych	Dynamo Kiev	4
	Andriy Biba	Dynamo Kiev	4
	Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi	Dynamo Kiev	4
	Chris Lawler	Liverpool	4
	Bobby Lennox	Celtic	4

See also

• 1965–66 European Cup
• 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Notes

1. Dynamo Kiev vs. Celtic was initially scheduled for 19 January 1966 but was postponed upon request from Celtic due to travel problems
2. Dynamo Kiev played their home match at Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kiev, due to weather conditions.