Liverpool in Europe - 1964/65 European Cup

Round:

S/F, 2nd Leg

1964-65 EUROPEAN CUP

Stadium:

Stadio San Siro

Date:

Wednesday, 12th May 1965

Attendance:

76,601

Time:

21:15 (local time)

Referee:

Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil

Coach:

Helenio Herrera

Coach:

Bill Shankly

INTERNAZIONALE

LIVERPOOL

Giuliano Sarti

Tommy Lawrence

Tarcisio Burgnich

Chris Lawler

Giacinto Facchetti

60 3:0

Ronnie Moran

Gianfranco Bedin

Geoff Strong

Aristide Guarneri

Ron Yeats (C)

Armando Picchi (C)

Willie Stevenson

Jair da Costa

Ian Callaghan

Alessandro Mazzola

Roger Hunt

Jaoquin Peiro

9 2:0

Ian St John

10.

Luis Suarez

10.

Tommy Smith

11.

Mario Corso

8 1:0

11.

Peter Thompson

Newspaper retrieved from the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) With thanks to The British Library Board and Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Click on a page to read the PDF version.

Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy	Distance from Anfield Stadium: 1240 km - 770 miles

Official Programme. 32 pages.

The programme was issued as a supplement to the club's INTERclub magazine. A reproduction of this programme was issued with the LFC magazine for the 19th February 2008 (issue 289). The biggest difference from the original is that it is considerably smaller - 21.5 x 14 cm - compared to the original 24 x 16.5 cm.

Image courtesy of Alan Parkinson

VIP ticket.

We believe this pennant was presented to Liverpool by Inter Milan.

Supporters leaflet included in the match programme.

Image courtesy of Andy Marsden

La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, dated 12th May 1965, previews the match.

The INTERclub magazine for May 1965.

Image courtesy of Mark Freeman

A special edition of the local newspaper IL Giorno issued the day before the match.

Image courtesy of Alan Parkinson

The Milan daily football newspaper Corriere Lombardo, dated 12th May 1965 (6.00 PM evening edition), previews the match.

Image courtesy of Robert Greenwood

Articles retrieved from the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) With thanks to The British Library Board and Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Click on a page to read the PDF version.

FORM GUIDE

On the way to Inter Milan in 1965 when Liverpool were robbed of being the first British team to win the European Cup pic.twitter.com/fjvyMXFZND
— "YNWA" The Story of Liverpool FC (@LFCHistoryShow) April 13, 2016

Who remembers back in 1965 when #Internazionale came back from a first leg semi final defeat to beat #Liverpool 3-0 at the San Siro 🔵⚫️ 🇮🇹

Should Inter Milan's 2nd goal have stood? pic.twitter.com/ExlMGR8u63
— Score Draw (@Scoredrawretro) August 17, 2020

Liverpool returning after we were robbed in 1965 semi final v Inter milan pic.twitter.com/KFZJQotIxZ
— MICHAEL BURGESS (@BAKETHEBEST) February 22, 2017

12 May 1965
Liverpool FC lost 3-0 to Inter Milan at San Siro in the European Cup semifinal 2nd leg and it was the Italian team who advanced to the final. Mario Corso, Joaquin Peiro and Giacinto Facchetti scored for the home side. #LFC got robbed that night!#LFChistory_net pic.twitter.com/dcW1RVqwJG
— LFChistory.net (@LFChistory) May 12, 2021

THE SHANKLY ERA . (ON THIS DAY 56 YEARS AGO 12/05/1965) . European Cup Semi Final,2nd Leg . Inter Milan 3 Liverpool 0 (Inter win 4-3 on Agg) . Goals From Corso, Peiro & Facchetti Gave Inter Milan A Controversial 3-0 Win To Win 4-3 on Aggregate At The San Siro Stadium . pic.twitter.com/RNInTvV5jd
— john shimmin (@JohnShimmin) May 11, 2021

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Image courtesy of Pavel Shalaev

Image courtesy of Robert Greenwood

The INTERclub magazine for June 1965 reviews the match against Liverpool and the victory in the European Cup Final against Benfica.

Image courtesy of Robert Greenwood

Image courtesy of Robert Greenwood

ADRIAN KILLEN'S SCRAPBOOK

Read the pages on Google Drive

Photograph from www.empireofthekop.com

(June 29, 2014) Kevin Nealon said:
Internazionale - the defending champions - won the 1965 European Cup Final 1-0 against Benfica. The Final was played in the San Siro, their home stadium.

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The European Cup Semi Final second leg was Liverpool's last match of the 1964-65 season and brought to an end their first campaign in European competition. In the First Division, Liverpool finished the season in 7th position on 44 points, 17 points behind champions Manchester United. Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time in their history 2:1 after extra time against Leeds United at Wembley. Liverpool did not participate in the League Cup. In August, Liverpool had drawn 2:2 with West Ham United at Anfield in the Charity Shield. Both clubs shared the trophy for six months.

*Away Statistics include playoff match against 1FC Koln in Rotterdam

APPEARANCES / GOALS: 9 Matches / 20 Goals (2.22 goals per match)

	Players Used: 17
	Ever-present: 5 - Callaghan, Hunt, Lawrence, Stevenson, Yeats
	Players Scored: 9
	Leading Scorer: Hunt - 7 goals



TOTAL HOME ATTENDANCE	179,627
TOTAL AWAY ATTENDANCE	221,868

	401,495

Average Home Attendance: 44,906

	KM	Miles
Reykjavik	1602	996
Brussels	571	355
Cologne	725	451
Rotterdam	532	331
Milan	1240	770

	4670	2903

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Aggregate Score: Liverpool 3 Internazionale 4