1965–66 Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League

Season	1965–66
Champions	Dukla Prague
Relegated	Baník Ostrava Tatran Prešov
European Cup	Dukla Prague
Cup Winners' Cup	Tatran Prešov
Fairs Cup	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Top goalscorer	Ladislav Michalík (15 goals)
Highest attendance	50,105 Sparta Prague vs Slavia Prague (4 September 1965)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1965–66 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Ladislav Michalík was the league's top scorer with 15 goals. The match between Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague had an attendance of 50,105 - setting a league record.

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Dukla
Slavia
Sparta

Brno

Hradec Králové

Inter
Slovan

Košice
Lokomotíva

Prešov

Teplice

Trenčín

Trnava

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Location of clubs in the 1965–66 Czechoslovak First League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dukla Prague (C)	26	13	7	6	40	23	1.739	33	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Sparta Prague	26	13	7	6	47	30	1.567	33	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Slavia Prague	26	12	9	5	35	24	1.458	33
4	Inter Bratislava	26	10	10	6	36	30	1.200	30
5	Jednota Trenčín	26	10	8	8	27	21	1.286	28
6	Spartak Trnava	26	12	3	11	34	26	1.308	27
7	Slovan Bratislava	26	9	7	10	34	29	1.172	25
8	Spartak Hradec Králové	26	8	9	9	29	34	0.853	25
9	VSS Košice	26	8	8	10	26	31	0.839	24
10	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	26	5	12	9	21	31	0.677	22	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
11	Slovan Teplice	26	9	4	13	20	36	0.556	22
12	Lokomotíva Košice	26	7	8	11	19	39	0.487	22
13	Baník Ostrava (R)	26	8	5	13	36	38	0.947	21	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League
14	Tatran Prešov (R)	26	5	9	12	24	36	0.667	19	Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to Second League

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	OST	DUK	INT	TRE	LOK	TEP	SLA	SLO	SPA	HRK	TRN	BRN	PRE	KOŠ
Baník Ostrava		0–2	5–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–0	4–0
Dukla Prague	1–0		3–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	5–1
Inter Bratislava	4–2	2–0		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Jednota Trenčín	0–0	0–1	2–1		3–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Lokomotíva Košice	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0		2–1	0–0	0–4	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Sklo Union Teplice	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–2
Slavia Prague	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0
Slovan Bratislava	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	0–1		5–4	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–0
Sparta Prague	4–1	1–3	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0		1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Spartak Hradec Králové	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–3		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2
Spartak Trnava	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	5–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	2–1	3–0
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–4	3–1	2–0		2–1	0–0
Tatran Prešov	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–1		3–1
VSS Košice	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ladislav Michalík	Baník Ostrava	15
2	Josef Kadraba	Slavia Prague	13
3	Pavol Bencz	Jednota Trenčín	11
4	Ivan Hrdlička	Slovan Bratislava	10
5	Václav Mašek	Sparta Prague	9
	Ľudovít Štefan	Tatran Prešov
	Valerián Švec	Spartak Trnava

References

• Czechoslovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)