The 1965–66 season was Cardiff City F.C.

They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

The season also saw the club reach the semi-finals of the Football League Cup, the furthest they have ever gone in the competition, before being beaten by West Ham United.

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