1966 European Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1965–66 European Cup
Real Madrid Partizan 2 1
Date	11 May 1966
Venue	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
Attendance	46,745[1]
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The 1966 European Cup final was a football match held at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, on 11 May 1966 that saw Real Madrid of Spain defeat FK Partizan of Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the 1965–66 European Cup title.

Route to the final

Real Madrid				Round	Partizan
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Feyenoord	6–2	1–2 (A)	5–0 (H)	Prelim. round	Nantes	4–2	2–0 (H)	2–2 (A)
Kilmarnock	7–3	2–2 (A)	5–1 (H)	First round	Werder Bremen	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Anderlecht	4–3	0–1 (A)	4–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Sparta Prague	6–4	1–4 (A)	5–0 (H)
Internazionale	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Manchester United	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)

Match

Summary

The final was a competitive match. Partizan took the lead through a goal by Velibor Vasović in the 55th minute, but Real Madrid equalised in the 70th minute through Spanish international Amancio Amaro. Fernando Serena scored the winner for Real six minutes later. With this goal, Real Madrid sealed their win and became European Champions once again.

This was Real Madrid's sixth European Cup triumph in the 11 years of the tournament's existence. However, Los Blancos would not win the competition again until 1998, when Predrag Mijatović–– who was, ironically, a former Partizan player–– scored the winning goal in the 66th minute of the final.

Details

11 May 1966

19:30 CET

Real Madrid	2–1	Partizan
Amancio 70' Serena 76'	Report	Vasović 55'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 46,745^[1]

Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)

Real Madrid

Partizan

GK 1 José Araquistáin RB 2 Pachín LB 3 Manuel Sanchís RM 4 Pirri CB 5 Pedro de Felipe CB 6 Ignacio Zoco RF 7 Fernando Serena CF 8 Amancio Amaro CF 9 Ramón Grosso LM 10 Manuel Velázquez LF 11 Paco Gento (c) Manager: Miguel Muñoz

GK 1 Milutin Šoškić (c) RB 2 Fahrudin Jusufi LB 3 Ljubomir Mihajlović CM 4 Radoslav Bečejac CB 5 Velibor Vasović CB 6 Branko Rašović RF 7 Mane Bajić CM 8 Vladica Kovačević CF 9 Mustafa Hasanagić CF 10 Milan Galić LF 11 Josip Pirmajer Manager: Abdulah Gegić