1965 European Cup Final

The 1965 European Cup Final was the final match of the 1964–65 European Cup, the tenth season of Europe's premier club football tournament organized by UEFA. It was played at the San Siro in Milan, Italy, between Italian side Internazionale and Portuguese side Benfica.

1965 European Cup Final
Inter Milan's Suárez, Facchetti, Peiró and Bedin with the trophy
Event1964–65 European Cup
Inter Milan Benfica
1 0
Date27 May 1965
VenueSan Siro, Milan
RefereeGottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance89,000[1]

This was the second time a European Cup final was played at one of the finalists home ground. The two finalists had to go through with three rounds of knockout football with Benfica needing to play an extra round in the preliminary defeating Aris Bonnevoie. They also defeated La Chaux-de-Fonds, Real Madrid and Vasas ETO Győr to make the final. Internazionale defeated Dinamo București, Rangers and Liverpool to make it to the final.

Internazionale took the lead in the 43rd minute from Brazilian winger, Jair da Costa to give the Italian club a 1–0 lead at the break. Despite Benfica best chances, Internazionle would win by that scoreline to claim their second European Cup in a row with it also being the most recent final (as of 2020) when the winning team played the final at their home stadium.

Route to the final
Further information: 1964–65 European Cup
Inter Milan Round Benfica
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Prelim. round Aris Bonnevoie 10–2 5–1 (A) 5–1 (H)
Dinamo București 7–0 6–0 (H) 1–0 (A) First round La Chaux-de-Fonds 6–1 1–1 (A) 5–0 (H)
Rangers 3–2 3–1 (H) 0–1 (A) Quarter-finals Real Madrid 6–3 5–1 (H) 1–2 (A)
Liverpool 4–3 1–3 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Vasas ETO Győr 5–0 1–0 (A) 4–0 (H)

Match

Details
Inter Milan 1–0 Benfica
Jair  43' Report
Attendance: 89,000[1]
Inter Milan
Benfica
GK1 Giuliano Sarti
RB2 Tarcisio Burgnich
LB3 Giacinto Facchetti
DM4 Gianfranco Bedin
CB5 Aristide Guarneri
SW6 Armando Picchi (c)
RW7 Jair da Costa
CF8 Sandro Mazzola
LW9 Joaquín Peiró
CM10 Luis Suárez
CM11 Mario Corso
Manager:
Helenio Herrera
GK1 Costa Pereira
RB2 Domiciano Cavém
CB3 Germano
CB4 Raúl Machado
LB5 Fernando Cruz
DM6 José Neto
CM7 Mário Coluna (c)
RF8 José Augusto
CF9 José Torres
CF10 Eusébio
LF11 António Simões
Manager:
Elek Schwartz

See also

References
  1. "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 130. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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