1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup

1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
Champions	Belgium Anderlecht (2nd title)
Runners-up	Austria Austria Wien
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The 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Anderlecht in the final against Austria Wien. It was Anderlecht's third consecutive final, the best record in the competition, of which they won two.

Qualifying match

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers Scotland	3–2	Switzerland Young Boys	1–0	2–2

First leg

17 August 1977

Rangers Scotland	1–0	Switzerland Young Boys
Greig File:Soccerball shade.svg	Summary

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Second leg

31 August 1977

Young Boys Switzerland	2–2	Scotland Rangers
Johnstone File:Soccerball shade.svg (o.g.) Leuzinger File:Soccerball shade.svg	Summary	File:Soccerball shade.svg Johnstone File:Soccerball shade.svg Smith

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 21,000

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the competition.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Progrès Niedercorn Luxembourg	0–10	Denmark VB	0–1	0–9
PAOK Greece	4–0	Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2–0	2–0
Rangers Scotland	0–3	Netherlands Twente	0–0	0–3
Brann Norway	5–0	Iceland ÍA Akranes	1–0	4–0
Köln West Germany	2–3	Portugal Porto	2–2	0–1
Saint-Étienne France	1–3	England Manchester United	1–1	0–2
Hamburg West Germany	13–3	Finland Lahden Reipas	8–1	5–2
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria	1–8	Belgium Anderlecht	1–6	0–2
Coleraine Northern Ireland	3–6	East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig	1–4	2–2
Real Betis Spain	3–2	Italy Milan	2–0	1–2
Valletta Malta	0–7	Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow	0–2	0–5
Olympiakos Nicosia Cyprus	1–8	Romania Universitatea Craiova	1–6	0–2
Cardiff City Wales	0–1	Austria Austria Wien	0–0	0–1
Lokomotiva Košice Czechoslovakia	2–2 (a)	Sweden Öster	0–0	2–2
Beşiktaş Turkey	2–5	Hungary Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc	2–0	0–5
Dundalk Republic of Ireland	1–4	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split	1–0	0–4

First leg

14 September 1977

Saint-Étienne France	1–1	England Manchester United
Synaeghel File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Hill File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 33,678

14 September 1977

Real Betis Spain	2–0	Italy Milan
García Soriano File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Eulate File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

13 September 1977

Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria	1–6	Belgium Anderlecht
Kolev File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'		F. Van der Elst File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 6', 11' (pen.), 60' Nielsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Van Poucke File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Vasil Levski, Sofia

Referee: Gonella (Italy)

14 September 1977

Beşiktaş Turkey	2–0	Hungary Diósgyőri VTK
Zekeriya Alp File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Paunović File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

İnönü, Istanbul

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

14 September 1977

Rangers Scotland	0–0	Netherlands Twente

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

14 September 1977

Köln West Germany	2–2	Portugal Porto
Löhr File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' D. Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'		Gabriel File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Octavio File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

14 September 1977

Hamburg West Germany	8–1	Finland Lahden Reipas
Keller File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 34', 38', 73' Volkert File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.) Buljan File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Steffenhagen File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Reimann File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		Sandberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Referee: Alozjiy Jargusz (Poland)

14 September 1977

Dundalk Republic of Ireland	1–0	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Flanagan File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

14 September 1977

Coleraine Northern Ireland	1–4	East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig
Tweed File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'		Eichhorn File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Kühn File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Löwe File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 69'

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Referee: Magnus Petursson (Iceland)

14 September 1977

PAOK Greece	2–0	Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Pellios File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Anastasiadis File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

14 September 1977

Brann Norway	1–0	Iceland ÍA Akranes
Aase File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Report

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 7,050

15 September 1977

Olympiakos Nicosia Cyprus	1–6	Romania Universitatea Craiova
Aristidou File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.)	Report	Balaci File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 54' Cârțu File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Marcu File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Crișan File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Irimescu File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Dimitar Parmakov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

5 October 1977

Manchester United England	2–0	France Saint-Étienne
Pearson File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Coppell File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Home Park, Plymouth¹

Attendance: 31,634

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

28 September 1977

Milan Italy	2–1	Spain Real Betis
Tosetto File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Capello File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'		López File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)

Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.

28 September 1977

Porto Portugal	1–0	West Germany Köln
Murca File:Soccerball shade.svg

Cidade de Coimbra, Porto

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)

Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.

28 September 1977

Universitatea Craiova Romania	2–0	Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia
Marcu File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Cârțu File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report

Stadionul Central, Craiova

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Universitatea Craiova won 8–1 on aggregate.

28 September 1977

ÍA Akranes Iceland	0–4	Norway Brann
	Report	Aase File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', 76' Dalhaug File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Tronstad File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Akranesvöllur, Akranes

Attendance: 1,800

Brann won 5–0 on aggregate.

Notes

Manchester United were banned from playing within 200 kilometres (120 mi) of Old Trafford, following crowd trouble in the first leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VB Denmark	4–2	Greece PAOK	3–0	1–2
Twente Netherlands	4–1	Norway Brann	2–0	2–1
Porto Portugal	6–5	England Manchester United	4–0	2–5
Hamburg West Germany	2–3	Belgium Anderlecht	1–2	1–1
Lokomotive Leipzig East Germany	2–3	Spain Real Betis	1–1	1–2
Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union	2–2 (p)	Romania Universitatea Craiova	2–0	0–2 (aet)
Austria Wien Austria	1–1 (a)	Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Košice	0–0	1–1
Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc Hungary	3–3 (p)	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split	2–1	1–2 (aet)

First leg

19 October 1977

Porto Portugal	4–0	England Manchester United
Duda File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 24', 54' Oliveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Ernst Dörflinger Switzerland

19 October 1977

Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union	2–0	Romania Universitatea Craiova
Kazachyonok File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Minayev File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report

Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)

19 October 1977

Twente Netherlands	2–0	Norway Brann
Gritter File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 57'	Report

Diekman Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 13,000

Second leg

2 November 1977

Manchester United England	5–2	Portugal Porto
Coppell File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 65' Murça File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.) Nicholl File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'		Seninho File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 85'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 51,831

Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

Porto won 6–5 on aggregate.

2 November 1977

Universitatea Craiova Romania	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
Cârțu File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Beldeanu File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Report
Penalties
Beldeanu soccer ball with red X Ștefănescu soccer ball with red X Negrilă soccer ball with red X	0–3	soccer ball with check mark Kazachyonok soccer ball with check mark Maksimenkov soccer ball with check mark Petrushin

Stadionul Central, Craiova

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

2–2 on aggregate; Dynamo Moscow won on penalties.

2 November 1977

Brann Norway	1–2	Netherlands Twente
Tronstad File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Report	Gritter File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Thoresen File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 12,000

Twente won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VB Denmark	0–7	Netherlands Twente	0–3	0–4
Porto Portugal	1–3	Belgium Anderlecht	1–0	0–3
Real Betis Spain	0–3	Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow	0–0	0–3^[1]
Austria Wien Austria	2–2 (p)	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split	1–1	1–1 (aet)

First leg

1 March 1978

Portugal Porto	1–0	Anderlecht Belgium
Gomes File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

Second leg

15 March 1978

Anderlecht Belgium	3–0	Portugal Porto
Rensenbrink File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.) Nielsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Vercauteren File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 28,228

Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Twente Netherlands	0–3	Belgium Anderlecht	0–1	0–2
Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union	4–5 (p)	Austria Austria Wien	2–1	1–2 (aet)

Final

3 May 1978

Anderlecht Belgium	4–0	Austria Austria Wien
Rensenbrink File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 44' Van Binst File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 82'	Report Report 2

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 48,679

Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

References

↑ Played in Tbilisi for climate reasons

External links

1977-78 competition at UEFA website
Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1977-78–results, protocols
website Football Archive 1977–78 Cup Winners Cup^{[dead link‍]}

[1] Played in Tbilisi for climate reasons

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1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup

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Qualifying match

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

Final

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