This Day in History: 2023-04-17

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DORTMUND RESTORE GERMAN PRIDE (1966)

A 2-1 win in extra-time at Hampden Park, Glasgow, did more than take the 1966 European Cup Winners’ Cup for Borussia Dortmund. The victory over Liverpool gave a West German team a major European trophy for the first time and also restored German pride after TSV 1860 Munich had lost in the previous year’s final to West Ham. German teams were major players in the European Cup Winners’ Cup every year between 1965 and 1968 with varying degrees of success. Bayern Munich retained it in 1967, but Hamburger SV lost in the 1968 final.

Jubilant Borussia Dortmund celebrate. Holding the cup aloft is captain Wolfgang Paul. Standing next to him is manager Herr Multhaup.