1965 European Cup final

1965 European Cup final 1964–65 European Cup - Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy.jpg Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy 1964–65 European Cup Inter Milan ITA 30px 1 Benfica POR 30px 0 27 May 1965 San Siro Milan Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 89,000https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Statistics/01/85/99/80/1859980_DOWNLOAD.pdf UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13 UEFA PDF Union of European Football Associations 130 3 June 2019 1964 1966 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. This is the second and as of 2026, the last time that the team won the title in their home stadium. 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.Stokkermans Karel European Champions' Cup/Champions League https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec1.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 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 1964–65 European Cup ITA Inter MilanRoundPOR BenficaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legByePrelim. roundLUX Aris Bonnevoie10–25–1 (A)5–1 (H)ROU 1965 Dinamo București7–06–0 (H)1–0 (A)First roundSUI La Chaux-de-Fonds6–11–1 (A)5–0 (H)SCO Rangers3–23–1 (H)0–1 (A)Quarter-finalsESP 1945 Real Madrid6–35–1 (H)1–2 (A)ENG Liverpool4–31–3 (A)3–0 (H) Semi-finalsHUN Vasas ETO Győr5–01–0 (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.Ross James M. European Competitions 1963-64 https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196364.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 4 June 2015Ross James M. European Competitions 1962-63 https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196465.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 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.Teixeira Jorge Miguel Portugal 1963-64 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist196364.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 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 27 May 1965 21:30 CET Inter Milan ITA 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62037--internazionale-vs-benfica/events/ POR Benfica Jair 43 San Siro, Milan 89,000 Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) _borderonwhite _inter6465a _borderonwhite _top_on_black 1041B5 FFFFFF 1041B5 000000 1041B5 Inter Milan_whiteborder _collarwhite _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Benfica GK 1 ITA Giuliano SartiRB 2 ITA Tarcisio BurgnichLB 3 ITA Giacinto FacchettiDM 4 ITA Gianfranco BedinCB 5 ITA Aristide GuarneriSW 6 ITA Armando Picchi (c)RW 7 BRA 1960 JairCF 8 ITA Sandro MazzolaLW 9 ESP 1945 Joaquín PeiróCM 10ESP 1945 Luis SuárezCM 11ITA Mario CorsoManager:ARG Helenio Herrera300px GK 1 POR Costa PereiraRB 2 POR Domiciano CavémCB 3 POR GermanoCB 4 POR Raul MachadoLB 5 POR Fernando CruzDM 6 POR José NetoCM 7 POR Mário Coluna (c)RF 8 POR José AugustoCF 9 POR José TorresCF 10POR EusébioLF 11POR António SimõesManager:ROU 1965 Elek Schwartz See also 1964–65 S.L. Benfica season 1964–65 Inter Milan season 1965 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final 1965 Intercontinental Cup Inter Milan in international football S.L. Benfica in international football References External links 1964–65 season at UEFA website European Cup History 1965 Final European Cup Final 1965 European Cup Final 1965 1965 European Cup Final European Cup Final Category:Football matches in Milan Category:May 1965 sports events in Europe Category:1960s in Milan 1965