1965–66 Kilmarnock F.C. season
# 1965–66 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 1965–66 season was Kilmarnock’s 64th in Scottish League Competitions. They finished 3rd out of 18 clubs in Scottish Division One. They competed in the European Cup for the first time and were knocked out by the eventual winners Real Madrid.

## Scottish Division One

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 25 August | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | McIlroy (71,74) | 7,806 |
| 2 | 11 September | Hibernian | A | 3-3 | McIlroy (32,33,71) | 13,385 |
| 3 | 18 September | St Mirren | H | 3-1 | McFadzean (25), McLean (35 pen), Hamilton (65) | 6,536 |
| 4 | 25 September | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–1 | | 7,104 |
| 5 | 2 October | Hamilton | H | 3-1 | McIlroy (27), McLean (45 pen), King (63) | 5,155 |
| 6 | 9 October | Stirling Albion | A | 3-2 | McIlroy (17), Hamilton (52,68) | 3,985 |
| 7 | 16 October | Dundee | H | 5-3 | Hamilton (4,79), McFadzean (6,65), McLean (55 pen) | 7,829 |
| 8 | 23 October | Morton | A | 4-1 | McIlroy (30,48,82), Hamilton (43) | 8,458 |
| 9 | 30 October | Clyde | H | 1-2 | Hamilton (52) | 6,362 |
| 10 | 6 November | Aberdeen | A | 0-1 | | 8,907 |
| 11 | 13 November | Motherwell | H | 5-0 | McInally (23), McIlroy (66,69), Hamilton (75), Murray (86) | 6,689 |
| 12 | 20 November | Rangers | A | 0-5 | | 33,225 |
| 13 | 3 December | Celtic | A | 1-2 | McIlroy (57) | 21,131 |
| 14 | 11 December | Falkirk | A | 2-3 | McLean (44 pen), McFadzean (89) | 2,617 |
| 15 | 18 December | Dundee United | A | 0-0 | | 7,170 |
| 16 | 25 December | St Johnstone | H | 3-1 | McLean (25 pen), McIlroy (35), Hamilton (57) | 4,493 |
| 17 | 1 January | St Mirren | A | 7-4 | McIlroy (9,64), Mason(14), McLean (29), McInally (35,43), Murray (87) | 3,906 |
| 18 | 3 January | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Mason(45) | 11,298 |
| 19 | 8 January | Partick Thistle | A | 0-1 | | 6,310 |
| 20 | 15 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1-0 | McInally (86) | 8,526 |
| 21 | 22 January | Hamilton | A | 4–1 | Mason(5), Queen (44,52) McInally (78), | 2,573 |
| 22 | 29 January | Stirling Albion | H | 2-1 | McGuinness o.g (35), Queen (67) | 5,651 |
| 23 | 12 February | Dundee | A | 2-0 | Black(29,40) | 8,782 |
| 24 | 26 February | Clyde | A | 4-1 | Queen (20), Murray (49), Black(85), McLean (87pen) | 5,137 |
| 25 | 28 February | Morton | H | 4-0 | McInally (13,63), Queen (41), Murray (70) | 7,148 |
| 26 | 9 March | Aberdeen | H | 1-3 | McLean (60 pen) | 5,592 |
| 27 | 12 March | Motherwell | H | 3-0 | McInally (1,62), McIlroy (14) | 4,383 |
| 28 | 19 March | Rangers | H | 1-1 | McLean (89) | 25,372 |
| 29 | 25 March | Celtic | H | 0-2 | | 25,035 |
| 30 | 4 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2-2 | McInally (55), Bertelsen (80) | 5,026 |
| 31 | 9 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3-2 | Bertelsen (39), McIlroy (51,84) | 6,209 |
| 32 | 16 April | Falkirk | H | 1-0 | McIlroy (39) | 3,773 |
| 33 | 23 April | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | Queen (65) | 5,711 |
| 34 | 30 April | St Johnstone | A | 1-1 | Bertelsen (75) | 2,441 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G3 | 14 August | St Johnstone | A | 1-0 | McIlroy (10) | 5,810 |
| G3 | 18 August | Partick Thistle | H | 2-0 | Black(29), McIlroy (88) | 9,758 |
| G3 | 21 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3-1 | McLean (68), Sneddon (76), McIlroy (90) | 9,073 |
| G3 | 28 August | St Johnstone | H | 3-0 | Black(78,88), Sneddon (83) | 7,309 |
| G3 | 1 September | Partick Thistle | A | 2-1 | McIlroy (38), McInally (82) | 3,926 |
| G3 | 4 September | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0-1 | | 6,858 |

**Group 3 final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 6 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | –10 | 1 |

**Knockout stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| QF L1 | 15 September | Ayr United | H | 2–0 | McIlroy (64), Black(77) | 10,728 |
| QF L2 | 22 September | Ayr United | A | 2–2 | Murray (7), McIlroy (79) | 8,495 |
| SF | 6 October | Rangers | N | 4-6 | McInally (36), McLean (70, 77 pen, 85) | 54,702 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 5 February | Morton | A | 1-1 | Queen (65) | 9,735 |
| R1 R | 9 February | Morton | H | 3-0 | Beattie(8), Black(29), Queen (46) | 11,109 |
| 2 | 21 February | Motherwell | H | 5-0 | Queen (4), McIlroy (11), McInally (67), W.McCallum o.g (82), Black(84) | 13,209 |
| QF | 5 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1-2 | McInally (39) | 19,363 |

### European Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Kilmarnock Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 L1 | 8 September | 17 Nentori | A | 0–0 | | 26,495 |
| R1 L2 | 29 September | 17 Nentori | H | 1-0 | Black(77) | 15,717 |
| R2 L1 | 17 November | Real Madrid | H | 2-2 | McLean (20 pen), McInally (60) | 24,325 |
| R2 L2 | 1 December | Real Madrid | A | 1-5 | McIlroy (22) | 26,879 |
