1964–65 European Cup

1964–65 European Cup

The San Siro in Milan hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	13 September 1964 – 27 May 1965
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Internazionale (2nd title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	215 (3.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eusébio José Augusto Torres (9 goals)

The season 1964–65 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Internazionale for the second time in row, in a final match against two-time former champions Benfica, making it three consecutive titles for Italy (Milan had won it in 1962–63).

Iceland entered its champion for the first time this season, although the tournament still had 31 teams as per the previous season, due to a lack of Cypriot representation.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sliema Wanderers	0–7	Dinamo Bucharest	0–2	0–5
Rangers	5–51	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	2–4
Rapid Vienna	5–0	Shamrock Rovers	3–0	2–0
Glentoran	4–5	Panathinaikos	2–2	2–3
Partizani Tirana	0–2	Köln	0–0	0–2
Anderlecht	2–22	Bologna	1–0	1–2
KR	1–11	Liverpool	0–5	1–6
Chemie Leipzig	2–6	Vasas ETO Győr	0–2	2–4
Lokomotiv Sofia	8–5	Malmö	8–3	0–2
DWS	4–1	Fenerbahçe	3–1	1–0
Reipas Lahti	2–4	Lyn	2–1	0–3
Boldklubben 1909	2–9	Real Madrid	2–5	0–4
Dukla Prague	4–43	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	0–3
Saint-Étienne	3–4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2–2	1–2
Aris	2–10	Benfica	1–5	1–5

¹ Rangers won a play-off 3–1 to progress to the First Round.

² Anderlecht progressed to the First Round over Bologna by winning a coin toss after their play-off match ended 0–0.

³ Dukla Prague progressed to the First Round over Górnik Zabrze by winning a coin toss after their play-off match ended 0–0.

Note: Starting the previous year tournament, only the title holder, Internazionale, joined directly in the first round.

First leg

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Second leg

Dinamo Bucharest won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Rangers 5–5 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate.

Rangers won 3–1 in play-off.

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Rapid Vienna won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Bologna 2–2 Anderlecht on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–0 Bologna in play-off. Anderlecht won on coin toss.

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Liverpool won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Vasas ETO Győr won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Sofia won 8–5 on aggregate.

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DWS won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Lyn won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague 4–4 Górnik Zabrze on aggregate.

Dukla Prague 0–0 Górnik Zabrze in play-off. Dukla Prague won on coin toss.

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La Chaux-de-Fonds won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 10–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	2–3	Köln	1–1	1–2
Liverpool	4–0	Anderlecht	3–0	1–0
Internazionale	7–0	Dinamo Bucharest	6–0	1–0
Rangers	3–0	Rapid Vienna	1–0	2–0
DWS	8–1	Lyn	5–0	3–1
Vasas ETO Győr	8–7	Lokomotiv Sofia	5–3	3–4
La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–6	Benfica	1–1	0–5
Real Madrid	6–2	Dukla Prague	4–0	2–2

First leg

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Second leg

Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.

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DWS won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Vasas ETO Győr won 8–7 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Köln	0–01	Liverpool	0–0	0–0
Internazionale	3–2	Rangers	3–1	0–1
DWS	1–2	Vasas ETO Győr	1–1	0–1
Benfica	6–3	Real Madrid	5–1	1–2

¹ Liverpool advanced to the semi-finals by winning a coin toss after their play-off match ended 2–2.

First leg

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Second leg

Liverpool 2–2 Köln on aggregate. Liverpool qualified on coin toss.

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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Vasas ETO Győr won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	3–4	Internazionale	3–1	0–3
Vasas ETO Győr	0–5	Benfica	0–1	0–4

First leg

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Second leg

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 5–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1964–65 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Eusébio	Benfica	9
	José Augusto Torres	Benfica	9
3	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	7
	Nikola Kotkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	7
5	Amancio	Real Madrid	6
	Jim Forrest	Rangers	6
7	Francisco Gento	Real Madrid	5
	José Augusto	Benfica	5
9	Spiro Debarski	Lokomotiv Sofia	4
	Ramón Grosso	Real Madrid	4
	László Keglovich	Vasas ETO Győr	4
	Bo Larsson	Malmö FF	4
	László Povázsai	Vasas ETO Győr	4
	Ian St. John	Liverpool	4
	Mosje Temming	DWS	4

External links

• 1964–64 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1964–65 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
• 1964-65 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• website Football Archive 1964–65 European Cup