1975–76 UEFA Cup

5th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

1975–76 UEFA Cup
Anfield hosted the first leg of the final.
Tournament details
Dates14 September 1975 – 19 May 1976
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-upBelgium Club Brugge
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored384 (3.05 per match)
Attendance2,744,090 (21,778 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ruud Geels (Ajax)
11 goals
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International football competition

The 1975–76 UEFA Cup was the fifth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England and at the Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium. It was won by Liverpool of England, who defeated Club Brugge of Belgium by an aggregate result of 4–3 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.

This was the first of only two times in the history of the UEFA Cup, its unofficial predecessor Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, or its successor UEFA Europa League where both finalists won their national championship in the same season. Until then, this had only happened twice in the European Cup, and it would only happen once in the European Cup Winners Cup.

Club Brugge was the first Belgian team to reach a UEFA Cup final, six years after Anderlecht also reached the final in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, its predecessor tournament. The final's first leg was the last major final held at Anfield in one of the three premier European club championships, although the stadium would also host two UEFA Super Cup legs in later finals.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

  • 3 associations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.

The Soviet Union and Sweden were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while the Netherlands and Austria went back to two qualified teams.


Associations in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup
Four teams
England England
West Germany West Germany
Italy Italy
Three teams
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Spain Spain
Sweden Sweden
Two teams
Netherlands Netherlands East Germany East Germany Scotland Scotland
Portugal Portugal Belgium Belgium Poland Poland
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Hungary Hungary Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Romania Romania Bulgaria Bulgaria Greece Greece
Turkey Turkey France France Switzerland Switzerland
Austria Austria Denmark Denmark Norway Norway
One team
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Malta Malta
Finland Finland
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Iceland Iceland
Cyprus Cyprus
Did not compete
Wales Wales[Note WAL]
Albania Albania[Note ALB]
  • ^
    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  • ^
    Albania: Albanian teams were absent from European competition from 1973 to 1978 due to the international isolation of the country during the communist rule of Enver Hoxha.[1]. Vllaznia would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

    • Teams

    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

    • TH: Title holders
    • CW: Cup winners
    • CR: Cup runners-up
    • LC: League Cup winners
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
    • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
    Qualified teams for 1975–76 UEFA Cup
    England Liverpool (2nd) England Ipswich Town (3rd) England Everton (4th)[Note ENG] England Aston Villa (LC)
    West Germany Hertha BSC (2nd) West Germany Hamburg (4th) West Germany Köln (5th) West Germany Duisburg (CR)[Note GER]
    Italy Napoli (2nd) Italy Roma (3rd) Italy Lazio (4th) Italy Milan (5th)
    Soviet Union Spartak Moscow (2nd) Soviet Union Chornomorets Odesa (3rd) Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow (4th) Spain Real Zaragoza (2nd)
    Spain Barcelona (3rd) Spain Real Sociedad (4th) Sweden AIK (2nd) Sweden Östers (3rd)
    Sweden GAIS (4th) Netherlands Feyenoord (2nd) Netherlands Ajax (3rd) East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena (2nd)
    East Germany Dynamo Dresden (3rd) Scotland Hibernian (2nd) Scotland Dundee United (4th) Portugal Porto (2nd)
    Portugal Sporting CP (3rd) Belgium Antwerp (2nd) Belgium Club Brugge (4th) Poland Stal Mielec (2nd)
    Poland Śląsk Wrocław (3rd) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina (2nd) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (3rd) Hungary Budapest Honvéd (2nd)
    Hungary Vasas (LC)[Note HUN] Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava (2nd) Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague (3rd) Romania Târgu Mureș (2nd)
    Romania Universitatea Craiova (3rd) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (2nd) Bulgaria Dunav Ruse (4th) Greece AEK Athens (2nd)
    Greece PAOK (3rd) Turkey Galatasaray (2nd) Turkey Eskişehirspor (3rd) France Marseille (2nd)
    France Lyon (3rd) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd) Switzerland Basel (3rd) Austria VÖEST Linz (2nd)
    Austria Rapid Wien (3rd) Denmark B1903 (3rd) Denmark Holbæk (4th) Norway Molde (2nd)
    Norway Vålerenga (3rd) Northern Ireland Glentoran (3rd) Republic of Ireland Athlone Town (2nd) Malta Sliema Wanderers (2nd)
    Finland HJK Helsinki (3rd) Luxembourg Avenir Beggen (2nd) Iceland Keflavík (2nd) Cyprus Enosis Neon Paralimni (2nd)

    Notes

    1. ^
      England: At the end of the 1974–75 Football League season in April, the Football Association still applied the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ruling of 'one city, one team' to determine the teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup. As a result, Everton was bypassed for the final English birth, as the city of Liverpool was already represented by second placed Liverpool, and Stoke City was nominated for the spot after finishing fifth. However, UEFA gave a ultimatum to the English Football League in order for teams to qualify without geographical limitations, warning that English teams would not be accepted in European competitions otherwise. On 7 June 1975, the EFL formally confirmed Everton as the recipient of the fourth UEFA Cup spot.[2]
    2. ^
      West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Fortuna Dusseldorf, as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Duisburg, who had been runners-up in the 1974–75 DFB-Pokal.
    3. ^
      Hungary: Vasas, who had finished 6th in the Hungarian league, qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the Liberation Cup on its 30th anniversary. The tournament had not provided a European spot before, and would not do it ever since.

    Schedule

    The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays. In the first round, three first leg matches were played on a Thursday, and both legs of the match-up between MSV Duisburg and Enosis Neon Paralimni FC were played over three days in West Germany, with the first leg being held on a Sunday.

    Schedule for 1975–76 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    First round 14–24 September 1975 16 September – 1 October 1975
    Second round 21–22 October 1975 4–5 November 1975
    Third round 26 November 1975 10 December 1975
    Quarter-finals 3 March 1976 17 March 1976
    Semi-finals 30–31 March 1976 14 April 1976
    Final 28 April 1976 19 May 1976

    First round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    MSV Duisburg West Germany 10–3 Cyprus Enosis Neon Paralimni 7–1 3–2
    Glentoran Northern Ireland 1–14 Netherlands Ajax 1–6 0–8
    Grasshoppers Switzerland 4–4 (a) Spain Real Sociedad 3–3 1–1
    PAOK Greece 2–6 Spain Barcelona 1–0 1–6
    AIK Sweden 1–2 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 1–1 0–1
    Royal Antwerp Belgium 5–1 England Aston Villa 4–1 1–0
    Bohemians Prague Czechoslovakia 2–3 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 1–2 1–1
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 4–0 France Marseille 3–0 1–0
    Universitatea Craiova Romania 2–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–3 1–1
    Everton England 0–1 Italy Milan 0–0 0–1
    Feyenoord Netherlands 1–4 England Ipswich Town 1–2 0–2
    GAIS Sweden 4–5 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 2–1 2–4
    Hertha BSC West Germany 6–2 Finland HJK Helsinki 4–1 2–1
    Hibernian Scotland 2–3 England Liverpool 1–0 1–3
    Holbæk B&I Denmark 1–3 Poland Stal Mielec 0–1 1–2
    Köln West Germany 5–2 Denmark B1903 2–0 3–2 (a.e.t.)
    Lyon France 4–6 Belgium Club Brugge 4–3 0–3
    Molde Norway 1–6 Sweden Öster 1–0 0–6
    ASA Târgu Mureș Romania 3–6 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2–2 1–4
    Chornomorets Odesa Soviet Union 1–3 Italy Lazio 1–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
    Porto Portugal 10–0 Luxembourg Avenir Beggen 7–0 3–0
    Rapid Wien Austria 2–3 Turkey Galatasaray 1–0 1–3
    Roma Italy 2–1 Bulgaria Dunav Ruse 2–0 0–1
    Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union 5–2 Italy Napoli 4–1 1–1
    VÖEST Linz Austria 2–4 Hungary Vasas 2–0 0–4
    Vojvodina Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–3 Greece AEK Athens 0–0 1–3
    Young Boys Switzerland 2–4 West Germany Hamburg 0–0 2–4
    Athlone Town Republic of Ireland 4–2 Norway Vålerengen 3–1 1–1
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia 8–2 Spain Real Zaragoza 5–0 3–2
    Keflavík Iceland 0–6 Scotland Dundee United 0–2 0–4
    Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria 7–1 Turkey Eskişehirspor 3–0 4–1
    Sliema Wanderers Malta 2–5 Portugal Sporting CP 1–2 1–3

    First leg

    MSV Duisburg West Germany7–1Cyprus Enosis Neon Paralimni
    		 Report Chatzigiannis 11'
    Attendance: 5,000
    Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)
    Glentoran Northern Ireland1–6Netherlands Ajax
    Jamison 79' Report
    The Oval, Belfast
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Rafn Hjaltalin (Iceland)
    Grasshoppers Switzerland3–3Spain Real Sociedad
    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,600
    Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)
    PAOK Greece1–0Spain Barcelona
    Koudas 72' Report
    Attendance: 45,200
    Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu (Romania)
    AIK Sweden1–1Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
    Leback 58' (pen.) Report Lovchev 57'
    Attendance: 1,107
    Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)
    Royal Antwerp Belgium4–1England Aston Villa
    		 Report Graydon 77'
    Attendance: 15,817
    Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
    Bohemians Prague Czechoslovakia1–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
    Mastník 86' Report Pintér 85'
    Tóth 89'
    Attendance: 3,395
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany3–0France Marseille
    Sengewald 33', 35'
    Kurbjuweit 47'    		 Report
    Universitatea Craiova Romania1–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
    Report
    Stadionul Central, Craiova
    Attendance: 35,000
    Everton England0–0Italy Milan
    Report
    Attendance: 31,917
    Feyenoord Netherlands1–2England Ipswich Town
    de Jong 68' Report
    Attendance: 32,000
    Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union)
    GAIS Sweden2–1Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    Pålsson 9', 85' (pen.) Report Kwiatkowski 82'
    Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
    Attendance: 1,778
    Referee: Gordon Kew (England)
    Hertha BSC West Germany4–1Finland HJK Helsinki
    		 Report Kangaskorpi 34'
    Olympiastadion, Berlin
    Attendance: 7,500
    Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
    Hibernian Scotland1–0England Liverpool
    Harper 19' Report
    Attendance: 19,219
    Holbæk B&I Denmark0–1Poland Stal Mielec
    Report Sekulski 76'
    Attendance: 5,000
    Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)
    Köln West Germany2–0Denmark B1903
    		 Report
    Attendance: 7,000
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
    Lyon France4–3Belgium Club Brugge
    		 Report
    Attendance: 19,088
    Molde Norway1–0Sweden Öster
    Westerdahl 70' Report
    Attendance: 3,000
    Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark)
    ASA Târgu Mureș Romania2–2East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    • Mureșan 10'
    • Fazekas 49'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000
    Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (Greece)
    Chornomorets Odesa Soviet Union1–0Italy Lazio
    Doroshenko 33' Report
    Attendance: 20,235
    Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey)
    Porto Portugal7–0Luxembourg Avenir Beggen
    • Júlio 10'
    • Cubillas 29' (pen.), 79', 82'
    • António Oliveira 60'
    • Machado 85'
    • Fernando Gomes 89'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 35,000
    Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
    Rapid Wien Austria1–0Turkey Galatasaray
    Widmann 77' Report
    Attendance: 7,948
    Referee: Jan Kmeč (Czechoslovakia)
    Roma Italy2–0Bulgaria Dunav Ruse
    Pellegrini 5'
    Petrini 21'    		 Report
    Attendance: 53,581
    Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)
    Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union4–1Italy Napoli
    Grishin 2', 84'
    Sakharov 30' (pen.)
    Belenkov 90'    		 Report Savoldi 35'
    Attendance: 27,000
    VÖEST Linz Austria2–0Hungary Vasas
    Scharmann 34'
    Stering 65'    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,317
    Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
    Vojvodina Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–0Greece AEK Athens
    Report
    Attendance: 7,800
    Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)
    Young Boys Switzerland0–0West Germany Hamburg
    Report
    Attendance: 17,173
    Athlone Town Republic of Ireland3–1Norway Vålerengen
    Martin 3'
    Davis 66', 85'    		 Report Olsen 10'
    Attendance: 4,000
    Referee: Koen Hoppenbrouwer (Netherlands)
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia5–0Spain Real Zaragoza
    		 Report
    Tehelné pole, Bratislava
    Attendance: 7,870
    Referee: Achille Verbecke (France)
    Keflavík Iceland0–2Scotland Dundee United
    Report Narey 4', 43'
    Attendance: 3,540
    Referee: Eric Smyton (Northern Ireland)
    Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria3–0Turkey Eskişehirspor
    		 Report
    Attendance: 13,215
    Referee: Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia)
    Sliema Wanderers Malta1–2Portugal Sporting CP
    Azzopardi 66' Report
    • Marinho 36'
    • Fernandes 89'
    Attendance: 4,500

    Second leg

    Enosis Neon Paralimni Cyprus2–3West Germany MSV Duisburg
    • Konstantinou 19'
    • Mertakas 85'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 3,000
    Referee: Marcel Hermann (Luxembourg)

    Both legs were played in West Germany, MSV Duisburg won 10–3 on aggregate.

    Ajax Netherlands8–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
    		 Report
    Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
    Attendance: 2,900

    Ajax won 14–1 on aggregate.

    Real Sociedad Spain1–1Switzerland Grasshoppers
    Urreisti 37' Report Santrač 79'
    Attendance: 11,192
    Referee: José Baltasar (Portugal)

    4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.

    Barcelona Spain6–1Greece PAOK
    		 Report Anastasiadis 77'
    Attendance: 32,708
    Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

    Barcelona won 6–2 on aggregate.

    Spartak Moscow Soviet Union1–0Sweden AIK
    Andreyev 76' Report
    Attendance: 6,227
    Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

    Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Aston Villa England0–1Belgium Royal Antwerp
    Report Kodat 18'
    Attendance: 31,513
    Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

    Royal Antwerp won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Budapest Honvéd Hungary1–1Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague
    Kocsis 23' (pen.) Report Panenka 34'
    Attendance: 9,496
    Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

    Budapest Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Marseille France0–1East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
    Report Irmscher 45'
    Attendance: 19,550
    Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

    Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–0 on aggregate.

    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Romania Universitatea Craiova
    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,812
    Referee: Mihály Halász (Hungary)

    Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Milan Italy1–0England Everton
    Calloni 68' (pen.) Report
    Attendance: 35,825

    Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Ipswich Town England2–0Netherlands Feyenoord
    		 Report
    Attendance: 30,411

    Ipswich Town won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Śląsk Wrocław Poland4–2Sweden GAIS
    		 Report Johansson 14', 80'
    Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław
    Attendance: 8,000
    Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

    Śląsk Wrocław won 5–4 on aggregate.

    HJK Helsinki Finland1–2West Germany Hertha BSC
    Salo 2' Report
    Attendance: 2,700
    Referee: Jerzy Świstek (Poland)

    Hertha BSC won 6–2 on aggregate.

    Liverpool England3–1Scotland Hibernian
    Toshack 21', 54', 64' Report Edwards 33'
    Attendance: 29,963

    Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Stal Mielec Poland2–1Denmark Holbæk B&I
    		 Report Hansen 47'
    Stadion Miejski, Mielec
    Attendance: 20,000
    Referee: Werner Spiegl (Austria)

    Stal Mielec won 3–1 on aggregate.

    B1903 Denmark2–3 (a.e.t.)West Germany Köln
    Kristiansen 14', 65' Report Brücken 96', 110', 119'
    Attendance: 2,141
    Referee: Dominic Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

    Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Club Brugge Belgium3–0France Lyon
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000
    Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)

    Club Brugge won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Öster Sweden6–0Norway Molde
    		 Report
    Attendance: 2,145
    Referee: Olavi Peltola (Finland)

    Öster won 6–1 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Dresden East Germany4–1Romania ASA Târgu Mureș
    		 Report
    • Mureșan 76'
    Attendance: 27,000
    Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

    Dynamo Dresden won 6–3 on aggregate.

    Lazio Italy3–0 (a.e.t.)Soviet Union Chornomorets Odesa
    Chinaglia 89' (pen.), 102', 120' Report
    Attendance: 46,038

    Lazio won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Avenir Beggen Luxembourg0–3Portugal Porto
    Report
    Attendance: 3,264
    Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)

    Porto won 10–0 on aggregate.

    Galatasaray Turkey3–1Austria Rapid Wien
    		 Report Krankl 60'
    Attendance: 26,071
    Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

    Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Dunav Ruse Bulgaria1–0Italy Roma
    Ivanov 63' Report
    Gradski stadion, Ruse
    Attendance: 12,369
    Referee: Sotos Afxentiou (Cyprus)

    Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Napoli Italy1–1Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
    Braglia 37' Report Filatov 15'

    Torpedo Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Vasas Hungary4–0Austria VÖEST Linz
    Várady 8', 41'
    Kovács 35'
    Izsó 51'    		 Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

    Vasas SC won 4–2 on aggregate.

    AEK Athens Greece3–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina
    		 Report
    • Rutonjski 89'

    AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Hamburg West Germany4–2Switzerland Young Boys
    		 Report Siegenthaler 65', 87'
    Attendance: 29,199

    Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Vålerengen Norway1–1Republic of Ireland Athlone Town
    Olavson 55' Report Martin 19'
    Attendance: 747
    Referee: Sven Jonsson (Sweden)

    Athlone Town won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Real Zaragoza Spain2–3Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava
    • González 24' (pen.)
    • Arrúa 40'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,141
    Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

    Inter Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.

    Dundee United Scotland4–0Iceland Keflavík
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,500
    Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden)

    Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.

    Eskişehirspor Turkey1–4Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
    Kalaycı 44' Report

    Levski-Spartak Sofia won 7–1 on aggregate.

    Sporting CP Portugal3–1Malta Sliema Wanderers
    • Baltasar 39'
    • Da Costa 50'
    • Fernandes 84' (pen.)
    		 Report Fabri 44'
    Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
    Attendance: 10,780
    Referee: Achille Verbecke (France)

    Sporting CP won 5–2 on aggregate.

    Second round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    MSV Duisburg West Germany 4–4 (a) Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia 3–2 1–2
    Athlone Town Republic of Ireland 0–3 Italy Milan 0–0 0–3
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 1–1 (2–3 p) Poland Stal Mielec 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
    Dundee United Scotland 2–3 Portugal Porto 1–2 1–1
    Galatasaray Turkey 2–7 Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow 2–4 0–3
    Hertha BSC West Germany 2–4 Netherlands Ajax 1–0 1–4
    Budapest Honvéd Hungary 2–3 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2–2 0–1
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia 3–3 (a) Greece AEK Athens 2–0 1–3
    Ipswich Town England 3–4 Belgium Club Brugge 3–0 0–4
    Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–0 West Germany Köln 2–0 1–0
    Öster Sweden 1–2 Italy Roma 1–0 0–2
    Real Sociedad Spain 1–9 England Liverpool 1–3 0–6
    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 West Germany Hamburg 1–1 0–4
    Śląsk Wrocław Poland 3–2 Belgium Royal Antwerp 1–1 2–1
    Vasas Hungary 4–3 Portugal Sporting CP 3–1 1–2
    Lazio Italy 0–7 Spain Barcelona 0–3 0–4

    First leg

    MSV Duisburg West Germany3–2Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
    		 Report Panov 11', 31'
    Attendance: 18,000
    Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)
    Athlone Town Republic of Ireland0–0Italy Milan
    Report
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany1–0Poland Stal Mielec
    Kurbjuweit 80' Report
    Attendance: 13,000
    Referee: Zdeněk Jelínek (Czechoslovakia)
    Dundee United Scotland1–2Portugal Porto
    Rennie 67' Report
    Attendance: 7,500
    Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)
    Galatasaray Turkey2–4Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
    • Özgül 55'
    • Şenlen 57'
    		 Report
    • Ürekli 12' (o.g)
    • Khrabrostin 29', 82'
    • Sakharov 60' (pen.)
    Hertha BSC West Germany1–0Netherlands Ajax
    Kostedde 49' Report
    Olympiastadion, Berlin
    Attendance: 54,584
    Budapest Honvéd Hungary2–2East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    Weimper 67', 80' Report Heidler 32', 41'
    Attendance: 12,350
    Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia2–0Greece AEK Athens
    • Luprich 36' (pen.)
    • Mráz 81'
    		 Report
    Tehelné pole, Bratislava
    Attendance: 8,120
    Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)
    Ipswich Town England3–0Belgium Club Brugge
    • Gates 20'
    • Peddelty 55'
    • Austin 66'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 28,617
    Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0West Germany Köln
    Lovchev 16', 89' Report
    Attendance: 8,423
    Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
    Öster Sweden1–0Italy Roma
    Evesson 27' Report
    Attendance: 10,196
    Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland)
    Real Sociedad Spain1–3England Liverpool
    Amas 87' Report
    Attendance: 16,256
    Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1West Germany Hamburg
    Sušić 23' Report Bjørnmose 24'
    Attendance: 17,137
    Śląsk Wrocław Poland1–1Belgium Royal Antwerp
    Pawłowski 38' Report Houwaart 50'
    Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
    Vasas SC Hungary3–1Portugal Sporting CP
    Kovács 63', 79'
    Várady 86' (pen.)    		 Report Faria 69'
    Attendance: 12,350
    Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)
    Lazio Italy0–3Spain Barcelona
    Report

    Lazio refused to play for security reasons, claiming it would be impossible to play due to political demonstrations following the execution in Spain of five ETA and FRAP members on 27 September on terrorism charges. UEFA awarded Barcelona a 3–0 victory, ruling those three goals were not applicable for the away goals rule.

    Second leg

    Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria2–1West Germany MSV Duisburg
    		 Report Worm 59'
    Attendance: 35,973
    Referee: Tony Briguglio (Malta)

    4–4 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on away goals.

    Milan Italy3–0Republic of Ireland Athlone Town
    Vincenzi 63'
    Benetti 70', 77' (pen.)    		 Report
    Attendance: 42,804
    Referee: Constantin Ghiță (Romania)

    Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Stal Mielec Poland1–0 (a.e.t.)East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
    Karaś 80' Report
    Penalties
    		 3–2
    Stadion Miejski, Mielec
    Attendance: 21,000
    Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary)

    1–1 on aggregate; Stal Mielec won on penalties.

    Porto Portugal1–1Scotland Dundee United
    Seninho 70' Report Hegarty 65'

    Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union3–0Turkey Galatasaray
    • Degtyaryov 27'
    • Sakharov 68' (pen.)
    • Buturlakin 74'
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,798
    Referee: Olavi Peltola (Finland)

    Torpedo Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.

    Ajax Netherlands4–1West Germany Hertha BSC
    		 Report Kostedde 41'
    Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
    Attendance: 37,700
    Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)

    Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Dynamo Dresden East Germany1–0Hungary Budapest Honvéd
    Dörner 25' (pen.) Report

    Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.

    AEK Athens Greece3–1Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava
    		 Report
    • Novotný 1'
    Attendance: 25,023
    Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

    3–3 on aggregate; Inter Bratislava won on away goals.

    Club Brugge Belgium4–0England Ipswich Town
    		 Report
    Attendance: 26,000
    Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

    Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Köln West Germany0–1Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
    Report Andreyev 62'
    Attendance: 23,000
    Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

    Spartak Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.

    Roma Italy2–0Sweden Öster
    Pellegrini 5'
    Boni 49'    		 Report
    Attendance: 42,804
    Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

    Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Liverpool England6–0Spain Real Sociedad
    		 Report
    Attendance: 23,796
    Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

    Liverpool won 9–1 on aggregate.

    Hamburg West Germany4–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
    		 Report
    Attendance: 61,300

    Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Royal Antwerp Belgium1–2Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    De Schrijver 52' Report
    Attendance: 12,246
    Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)

    Śląsk Wrocław won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Sporting CP Portugal2–1Hungary Vasas
    Fernandes 32', 70' Report Gass 76'
    Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
    Attendance: 35,169
    Referee: Roland Racine (Switzerland)

    Vasas SC won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Barcelona Spain4–0Italy Lazio
    Sotil 6'
    Cruyff 43'
    Neeskens 79'
    Fortes 82'    		 Report
    Attendance: 29,238

    Before the game, Johan Cruyff was given his Ballon d'Or award for the 1974 season.

    Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.

    Third round

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Ajax Netherlands 3–3 (3–5 p) Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
    Barcelona Spain 4–1 Hungary Vasas 3–1 1–0
    Club Brugge Belgium 2–0 Italy Roma 1–0 1–0
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany 4–3 Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow 3–0 1–3
    Hamburg West Germany 3–2 Portugal Porto 2–0 1–2
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1–2 Poland Stal Mielec 1–0 0–2
    Śląsk Wrocław Poland 1–5 England Liverpool 1–2 0–3
    Milan Italy 4–2 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 4–0 0–2

    First leg

    Ajax Netherlands2–1Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
    Report Voynov 85'
    Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
    Attendance: 23,769
    Referee: Pedro María Urrestarazu Elordi (Spain)
    Barcelona Spain3–1Hungary Vasas
    Migueli 16'
    Rexach 37'
    Neeskens 39'    		 Report Müller 26'
    Attendance: 26,317
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
    Club Brugge Belgium1–0Italy Roma
    Cools 42' Report
    Attendance: 26,930
    Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany3–0Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
    		 Report
    Attendance: 22,405
    Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)
    Hamburg West Germany2–0Portugal Porto
    		 Report
    Attendance: 42,184
    Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary)
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia1–0Poland Stal Mielec
    Šajánek 69' Report
    Tehelné pole, Bratislava
    Attendance: 5,000
    Śląsk Wrocław Poland1–2England Liverpool
    Pawłowski 79' Report
    Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław
    Attendance: 43,000
    Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
    Milan Italy4–0Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
    Calloni 19', 71'
    Bigon 48'
    Maldera 51'    		 Report
    Attendance: 16,290
    Referee: Roland Racine (Switzerland)

    Second leg

    Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria2–1 (a.e.t.)Netherlands Ajax
    Panov 28', 71' Report Geels 55'
    Penalties
    		 5–3

    3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on penalties.

    Vasas Hungary0–1Spain Barcelona
    Report Fortes 15'
    Attendance: 28,280

    Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Roma Italy0–1Belgium Club Brugge
    Report Lambert 69'
    Attendance: 36,796

    Club Brugge won 2–0 on aggregate.

    Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union3–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    • Degtyaryov 17'
    • Petrenko 23', 81'
    		 Report Heidler 70'
    Attendance: 18,707
    Referee: Leo van der Kroft (Netherlands)

    Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Porto Portugal2–1West Germany Hamburg
    		 Report Reimann 29'
    Attendance: 21,582
    Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

    Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Stal Mielec Poland2–0Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava
    		 Report
    Stadion Miejski, Mielec
    Attendance: 25,000
    Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria)

    Stal Mielec won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Liverpool England3–0Poland Śląsk Wrocław
    Case 22', 29', 46' Report
    Attendance: 17,886

    Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0Italy Milan
    Papayev 60'
    Lovchev 84'    		 Report
    Attendance: 14,500

    Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Quarter–finals

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Barcelona Spain 8–5 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia 4–0 4–5
    Club Brugge Belgium 3–2 Italy Milan 2–0 1–2
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany 1–2 England Liverpool 0–0 1–2
    Hamburg West Germany 2–1 Poland Stal Mielec 1–1 1–0

    First leg

    Barcelona Spain4–0Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
    		 Report
    Attendance: 45,000
    Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
    Club Brugge Belgium2–0Italy Milan
    Le Fevre 5'
    Krieger 62'    		 Report
    Attendance: 28,686
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany0–0England Liverpool
    Report
    Hamburg West Germany1–1Poland Stal Mielec
    Bertl 11' Report Oratowski 46'
    Attendance: 34,262
    Referee: Anatoli Ivanov (Soviet Union)

    Second leg

    Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria5–4Spain Barcelona
    		 Report
    Attendance: 55,000
    Referee: Ken Burns (England)

    Barcelona won 8–5 on aggregate.

    Milan Italy2–1Belgium Club Brugge
    Bigon 31'
    Chiarugi 65'    		 Report Sanders 74'
    Attendance: 44,570
    Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland)

    Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Liverpool England2–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    		 Report Heidler 63'
    Attendance: 39,300
    Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

    Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Stal Mielec Poland0–1West Germany Hamburg
    Report Nogly 17'
    Stadion Miejski, Mielec
    Attendance: 23,385

    Hamburg won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Semi–finals

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Barcelona Spain 1–2 England Liverpool 0–1 1–1
    Hamburg West Germany 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 0–1

    First leg

    Barcelona Spain0–1England Liverpool
    Report Toshack 13'
    Attendance: 49,572
    Hamburg West Germany1–1Belgium Club Brugge
    Reimann 77' Report Lambert 48'
    Attendance: 49,000

    Second leg

    Liverpool England1–1Spain Barcelona
    Thompson 51' Report Rexach 52'
    Attendance: 55,102

    Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Club Brugge Belgium1–0West Germany Hamburg
    Kaltz 85' (o.g.) Report
    Attendance: 29,458

    Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Final

    First leg

    Liverpool England3–2Belgium Club Brugge
    Kennedy 60'
    Case 62'
    Keegan 65' (pen.)    		 Report Lambert 5'
    Cools 15'
    Attendance: 50,188

    Second leg

    Club Brugge Belgium1–1England Liverpool
    Lambert 11' (pen.) Report Keegan 15'
    Attendance: 29,423

    Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.

    References

    1. ^ McCracken, Craig (15 October 2015). "Albania's history in European football: beards and bad behaviour in the Balkans". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
    2. ^ "Everton to replace Stoke in UEFA Cup". New Sunday Times. Kuala Lumpur: New Straits Times Press. Reuters. 8 June 1975. p. 15. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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