1965 European Cup final

{{Infobox football match

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|event=1964–65 European Cup

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|date=27 May 1965

|stadium=San Siro

|city=Milan

|referee=Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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The 1965 European Cup final was a football match played at the San Siro in Milan, Italy on 27 May 1965 as the conclusion to the 1964–65 European Cup.

The match was contested by defending champions Inter Milan of Italy and two-time former winners Benfica of Portugal.

Jair scored the only goal of the game in the 43rd minute as Inter Milan successfully defended their title and won the trophy for the second time.

Background

Inter Milan were the defending champions after defeating Real Madrid 3–1 in the previous year's final in what was their only previous experience of European competition.{{cite web |last=Stokkermans |first=Karel |title=European Champions' Cup/Champions League |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec1.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=19 June 2025 |date=10 June 2025}}

Benfica had won the competition twice before, defeating Barcelona 3–2 in the 1961 final and Real Madrid 5–3 in the 1962 final. They had made the final three years running but lost 2–1 to AC Milan in 1963.

Route to the final

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colspan=4\|{{fbaicon\|ITA}} Inter Milan !Round !colspan=4\|{{fbaicon\|POR}} Benfica
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colspan="4"\|Bye \|style="background:#c1e0ff"\|Prelim. round \|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|LUX}} Aris Bonnevoie \|10–2 \|5–1 (A) \|5–1 (H)
align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ROU\|1965}} Dinamo București \|7–0 \|6–0 (H) \|1–0 (A) \|style="background:#c1e0ff"\|First round \|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|SUI}} La Chaux-de-Fonds \|6–1 \|1–1 (A) \|5–0 (H)
align=left\|{{fbaicon\|SCO}} Rangers \|3–2 \|3–1 (H) \|0–1 (A) \|style="background:#c1e0ff"\|Quarter-finals \|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ESP\|1945}} Real Madrid \|6–3 \|5–1 (H) \|1–2 (A)
align=left\|{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Liverpool \|4–3 \|1–3 (A) \|3–0 (H) \|style="background:#c1e0ff"\|Semi-finals \|align=left\|{{fbaicon\|HUN}} Vasas ETO Győr \|5–0 \|1–0 (A) \|4–0 (H)

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colspan=4|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

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|Opponent

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|2nd leg

|Opponent

|Agg.

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|2nd leg

colspan="4"|Bye

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Prelim. round

|align=left|{{fbaicon|LUX}} Aris Bonnevoie

|10–2

|5–1 (A)

|5–1 (H)

align=left|{{fbaicon|ROU|1965}} Dinamo București

|7–0

|6–0 (H)

|1–0 (A)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|First round

|align=left|{{fbaicon|SUI}} La Chaux-de-Fonds

|6–1

|1–1 (A)

|5–0 (H)

align=left|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Rangers

|3–2

|3–1 (H)

|0–1 (A)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Quarter-finals

|align=left|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} Real Madrid

|6–3

|5–1 (H)

|1–2 (A)

align=left|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|4–3

|1–3 (A)

|3–0 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semi-finals

|align=left|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Vasas ETO Győr

|5–0

|1–0 (A)

|4–0 (H)

=Inter Milan=

Inter Milan qualified for the competition as defending champions and they were given a bye in the preliminary round.{{cite web |last=Ross |first=James M. |title=European Competitions 1963-64 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196364.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=19 June 2025 |date=4 June 2015}}{{cite web |last=Ross |first=James M. |title=European Competitions 1962-63 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196465.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=19 June 2025 |date=4 June 2015}}

In the first round, Inter Milan faced Dinamo București of Romania. Inter Milan won the first leg 6–0 at home and the second leg 1–0 away to advance 7–0 on aggregate.

Inter Milan then faced Rangers of Scotland in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan won the first leg 3–1 at home and lost the second leg 1–0 away from home to advance 3–2 on aggregate.

In the semi-finals, Inter Milan faced Liverpool of England. After losing the first leg 3–1 away from home, Inter Milan won the second leg 3–0 at home to advance to the final 4–3 on aggregate.

=Benfica=

Benfica qualified for the competition as winners of the 1963–64 Primeira Divisão.{{cite web |last1=Teixeira |first1=Jorge Miguel |title=Portugal 1963-64 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist196364.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=19 June 2025 |date=15 Aug 1999}}

In the preliminary round, Benfica defeated Aris Bonnevoie of Luxembourg 5–1 away in the first leg and by the same scoreline at home in the second leg to advance 10–2 on aggregate.

La Chaux-de-Fonds of Switzerland were Benfica's opponents in the first round. After drawing the first leg 1–1 away from home, Benfica won the second leg at home 5–0 to advance 6–1 on aggregate.

Benfica then faced Real Madrid of Spain in the quarter-finals. After winning the first leg 5–1 at home, Benfica lost the second leg 2–1 away from home to advance 6–3 on aggregate.

In the semi-finals, Benfica defeated Győri Vasas ETO of Hungary 1–0 in the first leg away from home and 4–0 in the second leg at home to advance to the final 5–0 on aggregate.

Match

=Details=

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|time=21:30 CET

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|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

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Jair {{goal|43}}

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|attendance=89,000

|referee=Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Giuliano Sarti
RB	2	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Tarcisio Burgnich
LB	3	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Giacinto Facchetti
DM	4	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Gianfranco Bedin
CB	5	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Aristide Guarneri
SW	6	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Armando Picchi (c)
RW	7	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1960}} Jair
CF	8	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Sandro Mazzola
LW	9	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Joaquín Peiró
CM	10	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Luis Suárez
CM	11	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Mario Corso
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|ARG}} Helenio Herrera

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|POR}} Costa Pereira
RB	2	{{flagicon\|POR}} Domiciano Cavém
CB	3	{{flagicon\|POR}} Germano
CB	4	{{flagicon\|POR}} Raul Machado
LB	5	{{flagicon\|POR}} Fernando Cruz
DM	6	{{flagicon\|POR}} José Neto
CM	7	{{flagicon\|POR}} Mário Coluna (c)
RF	8	{{flagicon\|POR}} José Augusto
CF	9	{{flagicon\|POR}} José Torres
CF	10	{{flagicon\|POR}} Eusébio
LF	11	{{flagicon\|POR}} António Simões
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Elek Schwartz

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200527210904/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1964/ 1964–65 season at UEFA website]
[http://www.europeancuphistory.com/euro65.html European Cup History 1965]

Final

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Giuliano Sarti
RB	2	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Tarcisio Burgnich
LB	3	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Giacinto Facchetti
DM	4	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Gianfranco Bedin
CB	5	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Aristide Guarneri
SW	6	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Armando Picchi (c)
RW	7	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1960}} Jair
CF	8	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Sandro Mazzola
LW	9	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Joaquín Peiró
CM	10	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Luis Suárez
CM	11	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Mario Corso
colspan=3\|Manager:
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GK	1	{{flagicon\|POR}} Costa Pereira
RB	2	{{flagicon\|POR}} Domiciano Cavém
CB	3	{{flagicon\|POR}} Germano
CB	4	{{flagicon\|POR}} Raul Machado
LB	5	{{flagicon\|POR}} Fernando Cruz
DM	6	{{flagicon\|POR}} José Neto
CM	7	{{flagicon\|POR}} Mário Coluna (c)
RF	8	{{flagicon\|POR}} José Augusto
CF	9	{{flagicon\|POR}} José Torres
CF	10	{{flagicon\|POR}} Eusébio
LF	11	{{flagicon\|POR}} António Simões
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=4\|{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Elek Schwartz