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1966–67 European Cup

1966–67 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	7 September 1966 – 25 May 1967
Teams	33 (32 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Celtic(1st title)
Runners-up	Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	212 (3.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paul Van Himst (6 goals)

The 1966–67 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Celtic for the first time in the final against Internazionale, who eliminated defending champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. They were the first British team to win the cup and also remain the only Scottish team to do so.

The Soviet Union entered its champion for the first time this season.

1966–67 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	7 September 1966 – 25 May 1967
Teams	33 (32 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Celtic(1st title)
Runners-up	Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	212 (3.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paul Van Himst (6 goals)

Preliminary round


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sliema Wanderers	1–6	CSKA Red Flag	1–2	0–4
Waterford	1–12	Vorwärts Berlin	1–6	0–6

First leg

Second leg

CSKA Red Flag won 6–1 on aggregate.

Vorwärts Berlin won 12–1 on aggregate.

Bracket


First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Malmö FF	0	1	1
Atlético Madrid	2	3	5	Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
Admira Energie Vienna	0	0	0	Vojvodina	3	3	6
Vojvodina	0	1	1					Vojvodina	1	0	1
KR	2	2	4					Celtic	0	2	2
Nantes	3	5	8	Nantes	1	1	2
Celtic	2	3	5	Celtic	3	3	6
Zürich	0	0	0									Celtic	3	0	3
Ajax	2	2	4									Dukla Prague	1	0	1
Beşiktaş	0	1	1	Ajax	5	2	7
Liverpool	2	1	3	Liverpool	1	2	3
Petrolul Ploiești	0	3	3					Ajax	1	1	2
Esbjerg	0	0	0					Dukla Prague	1	2	3
Dukla Prague	2	4	6	Dukla Prague	4	2	6
Haka	1	0	1	Anderlecht	1	1	2
Anderlecht	10	2	12													Celtic	2
Internazionale	1	0	1													Internazionale	1
Torpedo Moscow	0	0	0	Internazionale	2	2	4
Vasas	5	2	7	Vasas	1	0	1
Sporting CP	0	0	0					Internazionale	1	2	3
1860 Munich	8	2	10					Real Madrid	0	0	0
Omonia	0	1	1	1860 Munich	1	1	2
				Real Madrid	0	3	3
												Internazionale	1	1	2
Vålerenga			(w)									CSKA Red Flag	1	1	2
17 Nëntori			(o)	Vålerenga	1	1	2
Aris	3	1	4	Linfield	4	1	5
Linfield	3	6	9					Linfield	2	0	2
CSKA Red Flag	3	0	3					CSKA Red Flag	2	1	3
Olympiacos	1	1	2	CSKA Red Flag	4	0	4
Górnik Zabrze	2	1	3	Górnik Zabrze	0	3	3
Vorwärts Berlin	1	2	3

First round


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malmö FF	1–5	Atlético Madrid	0–2	1–3
Admira Energie Vienna	0–1	Vojvodina	0–1	0–0
KR	4–8	Nantes	2–3	2–5
Celtic	5–0	Zürich	2–0	3–0
Ajax	4–1	Beşiktaş	2–0	2–1
Liverpool	3–3¹	Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	1–3
Esbjerg	0–6	Dukla Prague	0–2	0–4
Haka	1–12	Anderlecht	1–10	0–2
Internazionale	1–0	Torpedo Moscow	1–0	0–0
Vasas	7–0	Sporting CP	5–0	2–0
1860 Munich	10–1	Omonia	8–0	2–1
Vålerenga	(w/o)	17 Nëntori
Aris	4–9	Linfield	3–3	1–6
CSKA Red Flag	3–2	Olympiacos	3–1	0–1
Górnik Zabrze	3–3²	Vorwärts Berlin	2–1	1–2

1 Liverpool beat Petrolul Ploiești 2–0 in a play-off match to reach the second round. 2 Górnik Zabrze beat Vorwärts Berlin 3–1 in a play-off match to reach the second round.

First leg

Second leg

Atlético Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vojvodina won 1–0 on aggregate.

Nantes won 8–4 on aggregate.

Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.

Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.

Liverpool 3–3 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate.

Liverpool won on play-off match.

Dukla Prague won 6–0 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 12–1 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 1–0 on aggregate.

Vasas won 7–0 on aggregate.

1860 Munich won 10–1 on aggregate.

Linfield won 9–4 on aggregate.

CSKA Red Flag won 3–2 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze 3–3 Vorwärts Berlin on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze won on play-off match.

Second round


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	3–3¹	Atlético Madrid	3–1	0–2
Nantes	2–6	Celtic	1–3	1–3
Ajax	7–3	Liverpool	5–1	2–2
Dukla Prague	6–2	Anderlecht	4–1	2–1
Internazionale	4–1	Vasas	2–1	2–0
1860 Munich	2–3	Real Madrid	1–0	1–3
Vålerenga	2–5	Linfield	1–4	1–1
CSKA Red Flag	4–3	Górnik Zabrze	4–0	0–3

1 Vojvodina beat Atlético Madrid 3–2 in a play-off match to reach the quarter-finals.

First leg

Second leg

Vojvodina 3–3 Atlético Madrid on aggregate.

Vojvodina won 3–2 on play-off match.

Celtic won 6–2 on aggregate.

Ajax won 7–3 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Linfield won 5–2 on aggregate.

CSKA Red Flag won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vojvodina	1–2	Celtic	1–0	0–2
Ajax	2–3	Dukla Prague	1–1	1–2
Internazionale	3–0	Real Madrid	1–0	2–0
Linfield	2–3	CSKA Red Flag	2–2	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Celtic won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 3–0 on aggregate.

CSKA Red Flag won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	3–1	Dukla Prague	3–1	0–0
Internazionale	2–2¹	CSKA Red Flag	1–1	1–1

1Internazionale beat CSKA Red Flag 1–0 in a play-off match to reach the final.

First leg

Second leg

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Red Flag 2–2 Internazionale on aggregate.

Play-off

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1966–67 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:


Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Paul Van Himst	Anderlecht	6
2	Stevie Chalmers	Celtic	5
	Ernst Pohl	Górnik Zabrze	5
	Arthur Thomas	Linfield	5
5	Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	4
	Johan Devrindt	Anderlecht	4
	Tommy Gemmell	Celtic	4
	Friedhelm Konietzka	1860 Munich	4
	Ivan Mráz	Dukla Prague	4
	Lajos Puskás	Vasas	4
	Phil Scott	Linfield	4