1965–66 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1965–66 season
	Real Madrid line-up in the 1966 European Cup Final against FK Partizan
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Head coach	Miguel Muñoz
Stadium	Chamartín
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Generalísimo	Quarter-finals
European Cup	Winners (in European Cup)
Top goalscorer	Ramón Grosso (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 63rd season in existence and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

The club remained at first place almost the entire campaign before was defeated 1–2 by CF Barcelona and lost the title against local rivals Atlético Madrid one round before season finale by just one single point. UD Levante defender Antonio Calpe arrived to enforce the back-up, also, CD Málaga midfielder Manuel Velázquez returned from a two years loan replacing French playmaker Lucien Muller, also, transferred in was defender Pedro de Felipe from Rayo Vallecano benching José Santamaría both arrivals featured a superb season.

Meanwhile, in European Cup the squad clinched its sixth trophy after defeated Inter in Semi-finals and on 11 May 1966 won 2–1 the Final against Abdulah Gegic' Partizan Belgrade which, previously, in semi-finals eliminated heavily favourites Manchester United without star George Best. Three days after the Final, the Yé-yé team was introduced to the world after 4 players posed for Diario Marca as The Beatles resulting in the nickname from their theme song <<She Loves You>> chorus hit "Yeah-yeah".

In the Copa del Generalísimo, Madrid was eliminated by Real Betis in the quarter-finals 5–4 on aggregate. After seven seasons, 5 League titles and 3 European Cup trophies, Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskás left the club during the summer.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Antonio Betancort
—	GK	ESP	José Araquistáin
—	DF	ESP	Ignacio Zoco
—	DF	ESP	Manuel Sanchís
—	DF	ESP	Pedro de Felipe
—	DF	ESP	Vicente Miera
—	DF	URU	José Santamaría
—	DF	ESP	Pachín
—	DF	ESP	Antonio Calpe
—	DF	ESP	Pedro Casado
—	MF	ESP	Pirri
—	MF	ESP	Manuel Velázquez
—	MF	ESP	Félix Ruiz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Fernando Serena
—	MF	ESP	Yazid Maiza
—	MF	ESP	Pipi Suárez
—	FW	ESP	Ramón Grosso
—	FW	ESP	Francisco Gento
—	FW	ESP	Amancio Amaro
—	FW	HUN	Ferenc Puskás
—	FW	ESP	José Luis Veloso
—	FW	PAR	Juan Bautista Agüero
—	FW	ESP	Manuel Bueno
—	FW	ESP	Emilio Morollón
—	FW	BEL	Fernand Goyvaerts
—	FW	ESP	Jaime Blanco
—	FW	ESP	Fernando García-Ramos

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	From	Type
MF	Manuel Velázquez	CD Malaga	-
GK	Mendieta	Indauchu	-
FW	José Luis Veloso	Deportivo	-
DF	Antonio Calpe	Levante	-
MF	Ramón Tejada	Cordoba	-
FW	Juan Aguero	Sevilla	-
FW	Fernand Goyvaerts	FC Barcelona	-
FW	Jaime Blanco	Deportivo	-
FW	Garcia Ramos	-	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Lucien Muller	FC Barcelona	-
GK	Beltran	Rayo Vallecano	-
MF	Felo	Sevilla	-
MF	Santos	Deportivo	-
FW	Evaristo	-	-
MF	Yanko	Melilla CF	-
DF	Isidro	Sabadell	-
FW	Morollon	Sabadell	-
MF	Pipi Suarez	Sevilla	-

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	30	18	8	4	54	20	+34	44	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Real Madrid	30	19	5	6	53	30	+23	43	Qualification for the European Cup second round
3	Barcelona	30	16	6	8	51	27	+24	38	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Zaragoza	30	14	8	8	47	29	+18	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Atlético Bilbao	30	14	6	10	43	32	+11	34	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.
^ Zaragoza qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	4	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1966-67 European Cup

Matches

4 September 1965 1	Real Madrid	1–0	CE Sabadell FC	Madrid
	Pirri 51'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Cerezuela Ruiz

12 September 1965 2	Real Betis	1–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Ansola 39'	Report	Grosso 51' Gento 86'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: López Zaballa

18 September 1965 3	Real Madrid	1–0	Pontevedra CF	Madrid
	Puskás 73'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: De la Teja Ocejo

26 September 1965 4	Valencia CF	3–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Sánchez Lage 13' (pen) Guillot 56' Waldo 76'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Bueno Perales

3 October 1965 5	Real Madrid	2–1	Córdoba CF	Madrid
	Amancio 7' Puskás 72'	Report	Jara 68'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Rigo Sureda

10 October 1965 6	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Adelardo 18'	Report	Gento 11'	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

17 October 1965 7	Real Madrid	0–0	Español	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Martín Álvarez

31 October 1965 8	Real Zaragoza	2–3	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Lapetra 38' Marcelino 40'	Report	Grosso 69' Bueno 75' Puskás 80'	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda Referee: López Zaballa

13 November 1965 9	Real Madrid	2–1	Elche CF	Madrid
	Amancio 45' Pirri 87'	Report	Betancort 50' (own goal) Canós 58' Marcial 86'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Oliva Fortuny

21 November 1965 10	Sevilla CF	2–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Pintado 7' Lax 72'	Report	Puskás 12'	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Pintado Viu

27 November 1965 11	Real Madrid	1–0	CD Málaga	Madrid
	Zoco 60'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ibáñez Alarcón

5 December 1965 12	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Uriarte 17' Ormaza 43'	Report		Stadium: San Mames Referee: Álvarez Martínez

12 December 1965 13	Real Madrid	3–1	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Gento 10' Agüero 22' Gento 67' (pen)	Report	Miera 89' (own goal)	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Rigo Sureda

19 December 1965 14	Real Madrid	1–3	CF Barcelona	Madrid
	Felix Ruiz 20'	Report	Fusté 7' Fusté 8' Zaldúa 34'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Lopez Zaballa

26 December 1965 15	Mallorca	2–5	Real Madrid	Palma de Mallorca
	Bergara 30' Bergara 63'	Report	Amancio 10' Velázquez 11' Serena 44' Grosso 79' Velázquez 85'	Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Referee: Cerezuela Ruiz

2 January 1966 16	CE Sabadell FC	1–1	Real Madrid	Sabadell
	Noya 46'	Report	Grosso 34'	Stadium: Creu Alta Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

6 January 1966 17	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Betis	Madrid
	Gento 45' (pen) Grosso 89'			Stadium: Chamartín Referee: García Rodríguez

9 January 1966 18	Pontevedra CF	1–3	Real Madrid	Pontevedra
	Neme 72'	Report	Amancio 1' Pirri 24' Amancio 53'	Stadium: Pasarón Referee: Rigo Sureda

16 January 1966 19	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Pirri 18' Grosso 32'	Report	Sánchez Lage 78'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

23 January 1966 20	Córdoba CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Córdoba
	Jara 8'	Report	Grosso 14' Velázquez 31'	Stadium: El Arcángel Referee: Gómez Arribas

30 January 1966 21	Real Madrid	3–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Pirri 44' Grosso 60' Amancio 67'	Report	Ufarte 32'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

6 February 1966 22	Español	1–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Boy 20'	Report	Pirri 75'	Stadium: Sarrià Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

13 February 1966 23	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Serena 8' Amancio 61'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

20 February 1966 24	Elche CF	1–0	Real Madrid	Elche
	Marcial 48'	Report		Stadium: Campo de Altabix Referee: Rigo Sureda

27 February 1966 25	Real Madrid	4–0	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Gento 35' Veloso 47' Veloso 63' Grosso 88'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

6 March 1966 26	CD Málaga	0–0	Real Madrid	Málaga
		Report		Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Referee: Zariquiegui Izco

13 March 1966 27	Real Madrid	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Gento 42' (pen) Veloso 76'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ruiz Alciturri

20 March 1966 28	UD Las Palmas	1–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
	Juan Luis 73'	Report	Veloso 68' Pirri 85'	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Gómez Arribas

27 March 1966 29	CF Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Rifé 59' Zaballa 63'	Report	Gento 39'	Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona Referee: Rigo Sureda

3 April 1966 30	Real Madrid	5–1	Mallorca	Madrid
	Gento 8' Amancio 17' Grosso 38' Gento 51' Grosso 89'	Report	Héctor Núñez 44'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

Copa del Generalísimo

Round of 32

10 April 1966	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Gijón	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

17 April 1966	Real Gijón	2–4	Real Madrid	Gijón
		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Molinón

Round of 16

24 April 1966	Real Madrid	1–1	CD Málaga	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

1 May 1966	CD Málaga	1–1	Real Madrid	Málaga
		Report		Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda

4 May 1966 Replay	Real Madrid	2–0	CD Málaga	Valencia
	Veloso 8' Felix Ruiz 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Quarter-finals

8 May 1966	Real Betis	3–2	Real Madrid	Sevilla
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

15 May 1966	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Betis	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

European Cup

Preliminary round

8 September 1965	Feyenoord	2–1	Real Madrid	Rotterdam
	Venneker 78' Kruiver 85'	Report	Puskás 35'	Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion Attendance: 62,610 Referee: Karol Galba

22 September 1965	Real Madrid	5–0	Feyenoord	Madrid
	Puskás 10', 20', 29', 86' Grosso 44'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Attendance: 53,239 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Round of 16

17 November 1965	Kilmarnock	2–2	Real Madrid	Kilmarnock
	McLean 22' (pen.) McInally 60'	Report	Pirri 25' Amancio 55'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 25,385 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

1 December 1965	Real Madrid	5–1	Kilmarnock	Madrid
	Grosso 25', 36' Ruiz 26' Gento 58' Pirri 90'	Report	McIlroy 22'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Attendance: 26,879 Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Quarter-finals

23 February 1966	Anderlecht	1–0	Real Madrid	Brussels
	Van Himst 2'	Report		Stadium: Émile Versé Stadium Attendance: 34,862 Referee: Thomas Wharton

9 March 1966	Real Madrid	4–2	Anderlecht	Madrid
	Amancio 12', 35' Gento 58' (pen.), 83'	Report	Jurion 87' Puis 90'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 54,415 Referee: Joseph Barbéran

Semi-finals

13 April 1966	Real Madrid	1–0	Internazionale	Madrid
	Pirri 12'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Dimitris Wlachojanis

20 April 1966	Internazionale	1–1	Real Madrid	Milan
	Facchetti 78'	Report	Amancio 20'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,991 Referee: György Vadász

Final

11 May 1966	Real Madrid	2–1	FK Partizan	Brussels
	Amancio 70' Serena 76'	Report	Vasović 55'	Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 46,745 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		Copa del Generalisimo		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Betancort	38	-41	30	-30	1	-3	7	-8
	DF	ESP	Miera	26	0	17	0	5	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Zoco	42	1	30	1	3	0	9	0
	DF	ESP	De Felipe	33	0	22	0	4	0	7	0
	DF	ESP	Sanchis	37	0	27	0	1	0	9	0
	MF	ESP	Pirri	41	12	28	7	4	1	9	4
	MF	ESP	Ruiz	20	3	13	1	3	1	4	1
	MF	ESP	Velazquez	22	3	15	3	2	0	5	0
	FW	ESP	Amancio	33	13	25	8	1	0	7	5
	FW	ESP	Grosso	38	15	29	11	1	1	8	3
	FW	ESP	Gento	39	14	28	10	2	1	9	3
	GK	ESP	Araquistain	7	-7	0	0	5	-5	2	-2
	DF	URU	Santamaria	14	0	9	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Pachín	18	0	8	0	5	0	5	0
	DF	ESP	Calpe	10	1	7	0	2	1	1	0
	MF	ESP	Serena	20	3	12	2	3	0	5	1
	DF	ESP	Casado	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ESP	Tejada	12	0	6	0	3	0	3	0
	FW	HUN	Puskas	14	10	8	4	3	1	3	5
	FW	ESP	Veloso	9	5	7	4	1	1	1	0
	FW	PAR	Bautista	9	2	5	1	3	1	1	0
	FW	ESP	Bueno	8	3	4	1	4	2	0	0
	MF	ESP	Pipi Suárez
	FW	ESP	Morollon
	FW	BEL	Goyvaerts
	FW	ESP	Blanco
	FW	ESP	Garcia-Ramos

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1965-662.html

References

^ "La flor del Real Madrid Yé-yé". Diario Marca. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ "Historia del Real Madrid, 100 años uno a uno". Diario El Mundo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ Transferred out to FC Barcelona
^ Bustillo, tres meses de inactividad (Bustillo, three months out); Mundo Deportivo, 17 September 1969 (in Spanish)
^ "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ Hachette, Issy-les-Moulineaux. Football 50 ans de coupes d'Europe (in French). L'équipe. p. 62, un real Madrid nouvelle vague. ISBN 2-9519605-9-X.
^ "La flor del Real Madrid Yé-yé". Diario Marca. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ "El Betis de Londa noquea al Madrid Yé-Yé" (in Spanish). as.com.
^ Puskas did not play the 1959 and 1966 Finals
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1965–66". bdfutbol.com.

External links

BDFútbol

[table_note_res_EC10.45155113537402-10] Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.

[table_note_res_CWC10.45155113537402-11] Zaragoza qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

[1] "La flor del Real Madrid Yé-yé". Diario Marca. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[2] "Historia del Real Madrid, 100 años uno a uno". Diario El Mundo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[3] Transferred out to FC Barcelona

[4] Bustillo, tres meses de inactividad (Bustillo, three months out); Mundo Deportivo, 17 September 1969 (in Spanish)

[5] "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[6] Hachette, Issy-les-Moulineaux. Football 50 ans de coupes d'Europe (in French). L'équipe. p. 62, un real Madrid nouvelle vague. ISBN 2-9519605-9-X.

[7] "La flor del Real Madrid Yé-yé". Diario Marca. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[8] "El Betis de Londa noquea al Madrid Yé-Yé" (in Spanish). as.com.

[9] Puskas did not play the 1959 and 1966 Finals

[12] "Real Madrid temporada 1965–66". bdfutbol.com.

1965–66 Real Madrid CF season

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa del Generalísimo

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

European Cup

Preliminary round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Players statistics

See also

References

External links

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia