1975–76 UEFA Cup
File:Panorama of Anfield with new main stand (29676137824).jpg | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 14 September 1975 – 19 May 1976 |
Teams | 64 |
Final positions | |
Champions | England Liverpool (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Belgium Club Brugge |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 384 (3.05 per match) |
Attendance | 2,744,090 (21,778 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ruud Geels (Ajax) 11 goals |
← 1974–75 1976–77 → |
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.
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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
Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
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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.
Round | First leg | Second leg |
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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
First leg
Glentoran Northern Ireland | 1–6 | Netherlands Ajax |
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Jamison File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' | Report |
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AIK Sweden | 1–1 | Soviet Union Spartak Moscow |
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Leback File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' (pen.) | Report | Lovchev File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' |
Royal Antwerp Belgium | 4–1 | England Aston Villa |
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Report | Graydon File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' |
Bohemians Prague Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Hungary Budapest Honvéd |
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Mastník File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' | Report | Pintér File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Tóth File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' |
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany | 3–0 | France Marseille |
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Sengewald File:Soccerball shade.svg 33', 35' Kurbjuweit File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' |
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Universitatea Craiova Romania | 1–3 | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade |
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GAIS Sweden | 2–1 | Poland Śląsk Wrocław |
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Pålsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 85' (pen.) | Report | Kwiatkowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
Hertha BSC West Germany | 4–1 | Finland HJK Helsinki |
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Report | Kangaskorpi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' |
Roma Italy | 2–0 | Bulgaria Dunav Ruse |
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Pellegrini File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Petrini File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' |
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VÖEST Linz Austria | 2–0 | Hungary Vasas |
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Scharmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Stering File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
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Athlone Town Republic of Ireland | 3–1 | Norway Vålerengen |
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Martin File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Davis File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 85' |
Report | Olsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' |
Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria | 3–0 | Turkey Eskişehirspor |
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Second leg
Both legs were played in West Germany, MSV Duisburg won 10–3 on aggregate.
Ajax Netherlands | 8–0 | Northern Ireland Glentoran |
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Ajax won 14–1 on aggregate.
Real Sociedad Spain | 1–1 | Switzerland Grasshoppers |
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Urreisti File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' | Report | Santrač File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.
Barcelona Spain | 6–1 | Greece PAOK |
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Report | Anastasiadis File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' |
Barcelona won 6–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Royal Antwerp won 5–1 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd Hungary | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague |
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Kocsis File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' (pen.) | Report | Panenka File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' |
Budapest Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 4–1 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław Poland | 4–2 | Sweden GAIS |
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Report | Johansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 80' |
Śląsk Wrocław won 5–4 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC won 6–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool England | 3–1 | Scotland Hibernian |
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Toshack File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 54', 64' | Report | Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' |
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stal Mielec won 3–1 on aggregate.
B1903 Denmark | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | West Germany Köln |
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Kristiansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 65' | Report | Brücken File:Soccerball shade.svg 96', 110', 119' |
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 6–4 on aggregate.
Öster won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden East Germany | 4–1 | Romania ASA Târgu Mureș |
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Dynamo Dresden won 6–3 on aggregate.
Lazio Italy | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union Chornomorets Odesa |
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Chinaglia File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen.), 102', 120' | Report |
Lazio won 3–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 10–0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray Turkey | 3–1 | Austria Rapid Wien |
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Report | Krankl File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' |
Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
Napoli Italy | 1–1 | Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow |
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Braglia File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' | Report | Filatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' |
Torpedo Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.
Vasas Hungary | 4–0 | Austria VÖEST Linz |
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Várady File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 41' Kovács File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Izsó File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' |
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Vasas SC won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg West Germany | 4–2 | Switzerland Young Boys |
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Report | Siegenthaler File:Soccerball shade.svg 65', 87' |
Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Vålerengen Norway | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland Athlone Town |
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Olavson File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' | Report | Martin File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' |
Athlone Town won 4–2 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
Dundee United Scotland | 4–0 | Iceland Keflavík |
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Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak Sofia won 7–1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 Germany | 3–2 | Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia |
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Report | Panov File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 31' |
Galatasaray Turkey | 2–4 | Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow |
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Budapest Honvéd Hungary | 2–2 | East Germany Dynamo Dresden |
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Weimper File:Soccerball shade.svg 67', 80' | Report | Heidler File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 41' |
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 1–1 | West Germany Hamburg |
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Sušić File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' | Report | Bjørnmose File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' |
Śląsk Wrocław Poland | 1–1 | Belgium Royal Antwerp |
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Pawłowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' | Report | Houwaart File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' |
Vasas SC Hungary | 3–1 | Portugal Sporting CP |
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Kovács File:Soccerball shade.svg 63', 79' Várady File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.) |
Report | Faria File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' |
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
4–4 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on away goals.
Milan Italy | 3–0 | Republic of Ireland Athlone Town |
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Vincenzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Benetti File:Soccerball shade.svg 70', 77' (pen.) |
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Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.
Stal Mielec Poland | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena |
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Karaś File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' | Report | |
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3–2 |
1–1 on aggregate; Stal Mielec won on penalties.
Porto Portugal | 1–1 | Scotland Dundee United |
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Seninho File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' | Report | Hegarty File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.
Torpedo Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden East Germany | 1–0 | Hungary Budapest Honvéd |
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Dörner File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (pen.) | Report |
Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens Greece | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava |
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3–3 on aggregate; Inter Bratislava won on away goals.
Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.
Roma Italy | 2–0 | Sweden Öster |
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Pellegrini File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Boni File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' |
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Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 9–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sporting CP Portugal | 2–1 | Hungary Vasas |
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Fernandes File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 70' | Report | Gass File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' |
Vasas SC won 4–3 on aggregate.
Barcelona Spain | 4–0 | Italy Lazio |
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Sotil File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Cruyff File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Neeskens File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Fortes File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' |
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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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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
Barcelona Spain | 3–1 | Hungary Vasas |
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Migueli File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Rexach File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Neeskens File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' |
Report | Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' |
Dynamo Dresden East Germany | 3–0 | Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow |
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Milan Italy | 4–0 | Soviet Union Spartak Moscow |
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Calloni File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 71' Bigon File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Maldera File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' |
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Second leg
Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands Ajax |
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Panov File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 71' | Report | Geels File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' |
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5–3 |
3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on penalties.
Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–0 on aggregate.
Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union | 3–1 | East Germany Dynamo Dresden |
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Report | Heidler File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' |
Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stal Mielec won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool England | 3–0 | Poland Śląsk Wrocław |
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Case File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 29', 46' | Report |
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union | 2–0 | Italy Milan |
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Papayev File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Lovchev File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' |
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Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter–finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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
Club Brugge Belgium | 2–0 | Italy Milan |
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Le Fevre File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Krieger File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' |
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Hamburg West Germany | 1–1 | Poland Stal Mielec |
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Bertl File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' | Report | Oratowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' |
Second leg
Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria | 5–4 | Spain Barcelona |
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Barcelona won 8–5 on aggregate.
Milan Italy | 2–1 | Belgium Club Brugge |
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Bigon File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Chiarugi File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
Report | Sanders File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' |
Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi–finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Barcelona Spain | 1–2 | England Liverpool | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Hamburg West Germany | 1–2 | Belgium Club Brugge | 1–1 | 0–1 |
First leg
Hamburg West Germany | 1–1 | Belgium Club Brugge |
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Reimann File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' | Report | Lambert File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' |
Second leg
Liverpool England | 1–1 | Spain Barcelona |
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Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' | Report | Rexach File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' |
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Club Brugge Belgium | 1–1 | England Liverpool |
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Lambert File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' (pen.) | Report | Keegan File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' |
Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Sport - Labdarúgás - Felszabadulási Kupa - Vasas-Újpesti Dózsa". Nemzeti Archívum (in magyar). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
External links
- 1975–76 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
- Official Site
- Results at RSSSF.com
- All scorers 1975–76 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA
- 1975/76 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)