1981–82 European Cup

The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition. Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.

1981–82 European Cup
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1981 – 26 May 1982
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-upWest Germany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored170 (2.7 per match)
Attendance1,675,358 (26,593 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern Munich)
7 goals

The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.

Teams edit

  Partizani (1st)   Austria Wien (1st)   Anderlecht (1st)
  CSKA Sofia (1st)   Omonia (1st)   Baník Ostrava (1st)
  KB (1st)   Aston Villa (1st)   Liverpool (5th)TH
  OPS (1st)   Saint-Étienne (1st)   BFC Dynamo (1st)
  Bayern Munich (1st)   Olympiacos (1st)   Ferencváros (1st)
  Valur (1st)   Athlone Town (1st)   Juventus (1st)
  Progrès Niedercorn (1st)   Hibernians (1st)   AZ (1st)
  Glentoran (1st)   Start (1st)   Widzew Łódź (1st)
  Benfica (1st)   Universitatea Craiova (1st)   Celtic (1st)
  Real Sociedad (1st)   Öster (1st)   Zürich (1st)
  Trabzonspor (1st)   Dynamo Kyiv (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saint-Étienne   1–3   BFC Dynamo 1–1 0–2

First leg edit

Saint-Étienne  1–1  BFC Dynamo
Lopez   75' Report Lopez   25' (o.g.)

Second leg edit

BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate

Bracket edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Austria Wien 3 0 3
  Partizani 1 1 2
  Austria Wien 0 1 1
  Dynamo Kyïv 1 1 2
  Dynamo Kyïv 1 1 2
  Trabzonspor 0 1 1
  Dynamo Kyïv 0 0 0
  Aston Villa 0 2 2
  BFC Dynamo (a) 2 1 3
  Zürich 0 3 3
  BFC Dynamo 1 1 2
  Aston Villa (a) 2 0 2
  Aston Villa 5 2 7
  Valur 0 0 0
  Aston Villa 1 0 1
  Anderlecht 0 0 0
  Widzew Łódź 1 1 2
  Anderlecht 2 4 6
  Anderlecht 3 1 4
  Juventus 1 1 2
  Celtic 1 0 1
  Juventus 0 2 2
  Anderlecht 2 2 4
  Crvena zvezda 1 1 2
  Ferencváros 3 0 3
  Baník Ostrava 2 3 5
  Baník Ostrava 3 0 3
  Crvena zvezda 1 3 4
  Hibernians 1 1 2
  Crvena zvezda 2 8 10
  Aston Villa 1
  Bayern Munich 0
  Start 1 0 1
  AZ 3 1 4
  AZ 2 2 4
  Liverpool 2 3 5
  OPS 0 0 0
  Liverpool 1 7 8
  Liverpool 1 0 1
  CSKA Sofia 0 2 2
  CSKA Sofia 1 0 1
  Real Sociedad 0 0 0
  CSKA Sofia 2 1 3
  Glentoran 0 2 2
  Progrès Niedercorn 1 0 1
  Glentoran 1 4 5
  CSKA Sofia 4 0 4
  Bayern Munich 3 4 7
  KB (a) 1 2 3
  Athlone Town 1 2 3
  KB 1 1 2
  Universitatea Craiova 0 4 4
  Universitatea Craiova 3 0 3
  Olympiacos 0 2 2
  Universitatea Craiova 0 1 1
  Bayern Munich 2 1 3
  Benfica 3 1 4
  Omonoia 0 0 0
  Benfica 0 1 1
  Bayern Munich 0 4 4
  Öster 0 0 0
  Bayern Munich 1 5 6

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien   3–2   Partizani 3–1 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv   2–1   Trabzonspor 1–0 1–1
BFC Dynamo   3–3 (a)   Zürich 2–0 1–3
Aston Villa   7–0   Valur 5–0 2–0
Widzew Łódź   2–6   Anderlecht 1–4 1–2
Celtic   1–2   Juventus 1–0 0–2
Ferencváros   3–5   Baník Ostrava 3–2 0–3
Hibernians   2–10   Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–8
Start   1–4   AZ 1–3 0–1
OPS   0–8   Liverpool 0–1 0–7
CSKA Sofia   1–0   Real Sociedad 1–0 0–0
Progrès Niedercorn   1–5   Glentoran 1–1 0–4
KB   3–3 (a)   Athlone Town 1–1 2–2
Universitatea Craiova   3–2   Olympiacos 3–0 0–2
Benfica   4–0   Omonia 3–0 1–0
Öster   0–6   Bayern Munich 0–1 0–5

First leg edit

Austria Wien  3–1  Partizani
Steinkogler   26'
Gasselich   27' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
Report Tomorri   21'
Attendance: 27,000[3]

Dynamo Kyiv  1–0  Trabzonspor
Blokhin   74' Report
Attendance: 60,000

BFC Dynamo  2–0  Zürich
Schulz   53'
Riediger   59'
Report

Aston Villa  5–0  Valur
Morley   6'
Withe   37', 68'
Donovan   40', 69'
Report
Attendance: 20,481

Widzew Łódź  1–4  Anderlecht
Smolarek   83' Report Lozano   37' (pen.), 62'
Frimann   80'
Pétursson   90'

Celtic  1–0  Juventus
MacLeod   65' Report
Attendance: 61,017

Ferencváros  3–2  Baník Ostrava
Pogany   22', 40' (pen.)
Szokolai   47'
Report Lička   76'
Knapp   78' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000

Hibernians  1–2  Red Star Belgrade
Spiteri-Gonzi   38' Report Jurišić   72'
Janković   90'

Start  1–3  AZ
Haugen   79' Report Peters   16', 23'
Kist   48'

OPS  0–1  Liverpool
Report Dalglish   84'
Attendance: 8,400


Progrès Niedercorn  1–1  Glentoran
Meunier   27' Report Cleary   1'

KB  1–1  Athlone Town
Tune   10' Report O'Connor   4'

Universitatea Craiova  3–0  Olympiacos
Cârțu   6'
Irimescu   66'
Țicleanu   89'
Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Marcel Bacou (France)

Benfica  3–0  Omonia
Néné   54'
Filipović   67'
Carlos Manuel   81'
Report
Attendance: 27,500

Öster  0–1  Bayern Munich
Report Rummenigge   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,100[8]
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Second leg edit

Partizani  1–0  Austria Wien
Ballgjini   31' Report

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


Trabzonspor  1–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Canalioğlu   27' Report Khlus   57'

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


Zürich  3–1  BFC Dynamo
Jerković   2', 22', 87' Report Ullrich   47'
Attendance: 7,800

3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.


Valur  0–2  Aston Villa
Report Shaw   25', 70'

Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht  2–1  Widzew Łódź
Brylle   6'
Geurts   50'
Report Smolarek   66'
Attendance: 13,000[11]
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.


Juventus  2–0  Celtic
Virdis   28'
Bettega   40'
Report
Attendance: 65,000[12]

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava  3–0  Ferencváros
Šreiner   7'
Knapp   14', 56' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 17,636[13]

Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade  8–1  Hibernians
Goračinov   1'
Petrović   20', 41'
Šestić   35'
D. Savić   43', 58' (pen.)
R. Savić   62', 87'
Report Spiteri-Gonzi   69'

Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.


AZ  1–0  Start
Tol   86' Report
Attendance: 3,500

AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.


Liverpool  7–0  OPS
Dalglish   26'
McDermott   40'   75'
R. Kennedy   46'
Johnson   60'
Rush   67'
Lawrenson   72'
Report
Attendance: 20,789

Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.


Real Sociedad  0–0  CSKA Sofia
Report

CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.


Glentoran  4–0  Progrès Niedercorn
Blackledge   30', 76'
Jameson   53'
Manley   75'
Report
Attendance: 3,673[16]

Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.


Athlone Town  2–2  KB
Davis   73', 87' Report Larsen   15'
Andersen   53'
Attendance: 3,000

3–3 on aggregate; KB won on away goals.


Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.


Omonia  0–1  Benfica
Report Chalana   75'

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich  5–0  Öster
Hoeneß   24', 58'
Rummenigge   27', 68'
Niedermayer   31'
Report
Attendance: 7,800[18]

Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second Round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien   1–2   Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 1–1
BFC Dynamo   2–2 (a)   Aston Villa 1–2 1–0
Anderlecht   4–2   Juventus 3–1 1–1
Baník Ostrava   3–4   Red Star Belgrade 3–1 0–3
AZ   4–5   Liverpool 2–2 2–3
CSKA Sofia   3–2   Glentoran 2–0 1–2
KB   2–4   Universitatea Craiova 1–0 1–4
Benfica   1–4   Bayern Munich 0–0 1–4

First leg edit

Austria Wien  0–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Report Bal   23'
Attendance: 25,000[19]


Anderlecht  3–1  Juventus
Geurts   24'   56'
Vercauteren   88'
Report Marocchino   39'

Baník Ostrava  3–1  Red Star Belgrade
Lička   2', 44'
Knapp   88'
Report Krmpotić   51'
Attendance: 15,745[22]

AZ  2–2  Liverpool
Kist   59'
Tol   86'
Report Johnson   26'
Lee   49'

CSKA Sofia  2–0  Glentoran
Dimitrov   8'
Zdravkov   35' (pen.)
Report


Benfica  0–0  Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 45,000[25]

Second leg edit

Dynamo Kyiv  1–1  Austria Wien
Buryak   37' (pen.) Report Petkov   23'
Attendance: 59,400

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


Aston Villa  0–1  BFC Dynamo
Report Terletzki   15'
Attendance: 28,175

2–2 on aggregate; Aston Villa won on away goals.


Red Star Belgrade  3–0  Baník Ostrava
Ǵurovski   16'
Savić   50'
Petrović   62'
Report
Attendance: 57,750[26]

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.


Juventus  1–1  Anderlecht
Brio   79' Report Geurts   41'
Attendance: 66,279[27]

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool  3–2  AZ
McDermott   42' (pen.)
Rush   68'
Hansen   85'
Report Kist   55'
Thompson   73' (o.g.)
Attendance: 29,703

Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.


Glentoran  2–1 (a.e.t.)  CSKA Sofia
Cleary   67'
Manley   71'
Report Dimitrov   115'
Attendance: 4,021

CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.


Universitatea Craiova  4–1  KB
Crișan   8'
Balaci   25'
Beldeanu   54'
Cămătaru   72'
Report Andersen   74'

Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich  4–1  Benfica
Hoeneß   28', 36', 55'
Breitner   82'
Report Nené   63' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv   0–2   Aston Villa 0–0 0–2
Anderlecht   4–2   Red Star Belgrade 2–1 2–1
Liverpool   1–2   CSKA Sofia 1–0 0–2
Universitatea Craiova   1–3   Bayern Munich 0–2 1–1

First leg edit



Liverpool  1–0  CSKA Sofia
Whelan   65' Report
Attendance: 27,388

Second leg edit

Aston Villa  2–0  Dynamo Kyiv
Shaw   7'
McNaught   43'
Report

Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade  1–2  Anderlecht
Savić   45' (pen) Report Hofkens   33'
Vercauteren   60'
Attendance: 89,806
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Liverpool
Mladenov   77', 101' Report

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich  1–1  Universitatea Craiova
D. Hoeneß   21' Report Geolgău   30'
Attendance: 13,000[33]
Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aston Villa   1–0   Anderlecht 1–0 0–0
CSKA Sofia   4–7   Bayern Munich 4–3 0–4

First leg edit

Aston Villa  1–0  Anderlecht
Morley   27' Report
Attendance: 38,593

CSKA Sofia  4–3  Bayern Munich
G. Dimitrov   7'
Yonchev   13'   49'
Zdravkov   18' (pen.)
Report Dürnberger   27'
D. Hoeneß   32'
Breitner   82'

Second leg edit

Bayern Munich  4–0  CSKA Sofia
Breitner   43', 47' (pen.)
Rummenigge   65', 76'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.


Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

Aston Villa  1–0  Bayern Munich
Withe   67' Report
Attendance: 46,776

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Dieter Hoeneß   Bayern Munich 7
2   Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich 6
3   Paul Breitner   Bayern Munich 5
  Willy Geurts   Anderlecht 5
5   Lubomír Knapp   Baník Ostrava 4
  Tony Morley   Aston Villa 4
  Dušan Savić   Red Star Belgrade 4
8   Jurica Jerković   Zürich 3
  Kees Kist   AZ 3
  Verner Lička   Baník Ostrava 3
  Juan Lozano   Anderlecht 3
  Terry McDermott   Liverpool 3
  Vladimir Petrović   Red Star Belgrade 3
  Gary Shaw   Aston Villa 3
  Peter Withe   Aston Villa 3
  Tsvetan Yonchev   CSKA Sofia 3

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol, instead of their regular stadium Republican Stadium, Kyiv, due to weather conditions.

References edit

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External links edit