The 1964–65 Intertoto Cup was won by Polonia Bytom, losing finalists the previous season, who defeated Lokomotive Leipzig in the final - believed to be the first held over two legs in the tournament's history. A total of 44 clubs participated, down four on the previous season, and clubs from Bulgaria and Greece took part for the first time. The competition was also affected by the decision of UEFA to prevent clubs who were taking part in the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup continuing games in other European competitions after the end of the summer break. These clubs had to be given byes through the knock-out rounds until they were eliminated from the UEFA competitions, or withdrawn entirely.
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Group stage
The teams were divided into eleven groups of four clubs each, it proving impossible to secure enough club to fill twelve groups. The groups were divided geographically - 'A' for Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany; 'B' for Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia and one club from Sweden; while 'C' (which had only 3 groups) was for France, Greece and Sweden, as well as one club each from Czechoslovakia, Poland and West Germany, and two from Yugoslavia, to make up the numbers. The eleven group winners (shown in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds.
Group A1
The Feyenoord v Liege match has also been reported as 1–0, but was officially recorded as 2–0; while the Liege v Feyenoord match has also been reported as 0–4, but was officially recorded as 0–3.
Group A4
The Liege v Saarbrücken match has also been reported as 2–0, but was officially recorded as 3–0.
Group C1
Olympiacos participated in two matches (away to NK Dinamo, home to Toulouse) before withdrawing and their record being taken over by copatriots Panionios.
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
The Leipzig v Berlin tie has also been reported as 4–0 4–1 and 4–1 4–0 (first leg in Leipzig in both cases), but was officially recorded as 1–4 0–4 (first leg in Berlin).