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| Event | 1965–66 European Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 11 May 1966 | ||||||
| Venue | Heysel Stadium,Brussels | ||||||
| Referee | Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany) | ||||||
| Attendance | 46,745[1] | ||||||
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The1966 European Cup final was afootball match held at theHeysel Stadium,Brussels, on 11 May 1966 that sawReal Madrid ofSpain defeatFK Partizan ofYugoslavia 2–1 to win the1965–66 European Cup title.
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| 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) |
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Partizan took the lead through a goal byVelibor Vasović in the 55th minute, but Real Madrid equalised in the 70th minute through Spanish internationalAmancio.Fernando Serena scored the winner for Real six minutes later.
This was Real Madrid's sixth European Cup triumph in the 11 years of the tournament's existence, withPaco Gento being the only Madrid player to win all of these. However, they would not win the competition again until1998, whenPredrag Mijatović–– who was, ironically, a former Partizan player–– scored the winning goal in the 66th minute ofthe final.
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