1983–84 European Cup

The 1983–84 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for a fourth time by Liverpool in a penalty shootout in the final against Roma. The game had finished 1–1. Phil Neal had scored for Liverpool and Roberto Pruzzo for Roma. It was the seventh title in eight seasons for English clubs.

1983–84 European Cup
Stadio Olimpico in Rome hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates14 September 1983 – 30 May 1984
Teams32 (31 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (4th title)
Runners-upItaly Roma
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored165 (2.8 per match)
Attendance1,798,652 (30,486 per match)
Top scorer(s)Viktor Sokol (Dinamo Minsk)
6 goals

Hamburg, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dinamo București in the second round.

Teams edit

  Vllaznia (1st)   Rapid Wien (1st)   Standard Liège (1st)   CSKA Sofia (1st)
  Omonia (1st)   Bohemians Prague (1st)   Odense (1st)   Liverpool (1st)
  Kuusysi (1st)   Nantes (1st)   BFC Dynamo (1st)   Hamburg (1st)TH
  Olympiacos (1st)   Rába ETO Győr (1st)   Víkingur (1st)   Athlone Town (1st)
  Roma (1st)   Jeunesse Esch (1st)   Ħamrun Spartans (1st)   Ajax (1st)
  Linfield (1st)   Viking (1st)   Lech Poznań (1st)   Benfica (1st)
  Dinamo București (1st)   Dundee United (1st)   Athletic Bilbao (1st)   Gothenburg (1st)
  Grasshopper (1st)   Fenerbahçe (1st)   Dinamo Minsk (1st)   Partizan (1st)

Bracket edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Odense 0 0 0
  Liverpool 1 5 6
  Liverpool 0 1 1
  Athletic Bilbao 0 0 0
  Lech Poznań 2 0 2
  Athletic Bilbao 0 4 4
  Liverpool 1 4 5
  Benfica 0 1 1
  Ajax 0 0 0
  Olympiacos 0 2 2
  Olympiacos 1 0 1
  Benfica 0 3 3
  Benfica 3 3 6
  Linfield 0 2 2
  Liverpool 1 2 3
  Dinamo București 0 1 1
  Rába ETO Győr 2 2 4
  Vikingur 1 0 1
  Rába ETO Győr 3 1 4
  Dinamo Minsk 6 3 9
  Dinamo Minsk 1 2 3
  Grasshopper 0 2 2
  Dinamo Minsk 1 0 1
  Dinamo București 1 1 2
  Kuusysi 0 0 0
  Dinamo București 1 3 4
  Dinamo București 3 2 5
  Hamburg 0 3 3
  Hamburg (w)
  Vllaznia (o)
  Liverpool (a.e.t)  1 (4) 
  Roma 1 (2)
  Fenerbahçe 0 0 0
  Bohemians Prague 1 4 5
  Bohemians Prague 2 0 2
  Rapid Wien (a) 1 1 2
  Rapid Wien 3 1 4
  Nantes 0 3 3
  Rapid Wien 2 0 2
  Dundee United (a) 1 1 2
  Athlone Town 2 2 4
  Standard Liège 3 8 11
  Standard Liège 0 0 0
  Dundee United 0 4 4
  Hamrun Spartans 0 0 0
  Dundee United 3 3 6
  Dundee United 2 0 2
  Roma 0 3 3
  CSKA Sofia (a) 3 1 4
  Omonia 0 4 4
  CSKA Sofia 0 0 0
  Roma 1 1 2
  Roma 3 1 4
  Gothenburg 0 2 2
  Roma 3 1 4
  BFC Dynamo 0 2 2
  BFC Dynamo 4 2 6
  Jeunesse Esch 1 0 1
  BFC Dynamo 2 0 2
  Partizan 0 1 1
  Partizan 5 0 5
  Viking 1 0 1

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Odense   0–6   Liverpool 0–1 0–5
Lech Poznań   2–4   Athletic Bilbao 2–0 0–4
Ajax   0–2   Olympiacos 0–0 0–2
Benfica   6–2   Linfield 3–0 3–2
Rába ETO Győr   4–1   Vikingur 2–1 2–0
Dinamo Minsk   3–2   Grasshopper 1–0 2–2
Kuusysi   0–4   Dinamo București 0–1 0–3
Hamburg   (w/o)   Vllaznia
Fenerbahçe   0–5   Bohemians Prague 0–1 0–4
Rapid Wien   4–3   Nantes 3–0 1–3
Athlone Town   4–11   Standard Liège 2–3 2–8
Ħamrun Spartans   0–6   Dundee United 0–3 0–3
CSKA Sofia   4–4 (a)   Omonia 3–0 1–4
Roma   4–2   Gothenburg 3–0 1–2
BFC Dynamo   6–1   Jeunesse Esch 4–1 2–0
Partizan   5–1   Viking 5–1 0–0

First leg edit

Odense  0–1  Liverpool
Report Dalglish   14'
Attendance: 28,000

Lech Poznań  2–0  Athletic Bilbao
Niewiadomski   35'
Okoński   44'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Ajax  0–0  Olympiacos
Report

Benfica  3–0  Linfield
Diamantino   72'
Nené   83'
Manniche   89'
Report
Attendance: 50,000

Rába ETO Győr  2–1  Víkingur
Magyar   27'
Gíslason   34' (o.g.)
Report Þorvaldsson   28'
Attendance: 9,000

Dinamo Minsk  1–0  Grasshopper
Kurnenin   18' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

Kuusysi  0–1  Dinamo București
Report Dragnea   49'
Attendance: 1,811
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)


Rapid Wien  3–0  Nantes
Panenka   18', 38'
Hagmayr   46'
Report
Attendance: 16,000

Athlone Town  2–3  Standard Liège
Collins   44'
Salmon   62'
Report Hrubesch   12'
Vandersmissen   41'
Plessers   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000

Ħamrun Spartans  0–3  Dundee United
Report Reilly   2'
Bannon   30'
Stark   66'

CSKA Sofia  3–0  Omonia
S. Mladenov   51'
Yonchev   54'
Slavkov   60'
Report

Roma  3–0  IFK Göteborg
Vincenzi   51'
Conti   62'
Toninho Cerezo   70'
Report
Attendance: 68,355[1]

BFC Dynamo  4–1  Jeunesse Esch
Götz   35'
Schulz   39'
Ernst   77'
Netz   86'
Report Scuto   18'

Partizan  5–1  Viking
Dimitrijević   27', 38' (pen.)
Prekazi   44'
Živković   82', 87'
Report Goodchild   36'
Attendance: 30,000

Second leg edit

Liverpool  5–0  Odense
Robinson   15', 70'
Dalglish   33', 40'
Clausen   65' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 14,985

Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao  4–0  Lech Poznań
Goikoetxea   10'
Sola   33' (pen.)
Noriega   50'
Urquiaga   84'
Report

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.


Olympiacos  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Ajax
Anastopoulos   94', 118' Report
Attendance: 75,000

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.


Linfield  2–3  Benfica
Diamantino   29' (o.g.)
Walsh   81'
Report Strömberg   36', 75'
Diamantino   39'

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.


Víkingur  0–2  Rába ETO Győr
Report Magyar   58'
Szentes   86'

Rába ETO Győr won 4–1 on aggregate.


Grasshopper  2–2  Dinamo Minsk
Ponte   21', 49' Report Kondratiev   31'
Sokol   84'
Attendance: 16,000

Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.


Dinamo București  3–0  Kuusysi
Movilă   47'
Augustin   70'
Mulţescu   89'
Report
Attendance: 10,000

Dinamo București won 4–0 on aggregate.


Bohemians Prague  4–0  Fenerbahçe
Zelenský   20'
Novák   56', 86'
Chaloupka   71'
Report

Bohemians Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.


Nantes  3–1  Rapid Wien
Baronchelli   14'
Rio   15'
Muller   60' (pen.)
Report Panenka   40'

Rapid Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.


Standard Liège  8–2  Athlone Town
Jelikić   1'
Delbrouck   29'
Plessers   31', 70'
Daerden   40'
Vandersmissen   47'
Tahamata   59'
Wintacq   64'
Report Salmon   52'
Hitchcock   74'

Standard Liège won 11–4 on aggregate.


Dundee United  3–0  Ħamrun Spartans
Milne   29', 46'
Kirkwood   44'
Report

Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.


Omonia  4–1  CSKA Sofia
Savvidis   42'
Arsov   48'
Kantilos   82'
G. Savva   89'
Report Yonchev   23'
Attendance: 18,000

4–4 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.


IFK Göteborg  2–1  Roma
Gardner   1'
Tord Holmgren   73'
Report Pruzzo   60'
Attendance: 26,000

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.


Jeunesse Esch  0–2  BFC Dynamo
Report Ullrich   32' (pen.)
Noack   50'

Dynamo Berlin won 6–1 on aggregate.


Viking  0–0  Partizan
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bo Helén (Sweden)

Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liverpool   1–0   Athletic Bilbao 0–0 1–0
Olympiacos   1–3   Benfica 1–0 0–3
Rába ETO Győr   4–9   Dinamo Minsk 3–6 1–3
Dinamo București   5–3   Hamburg 3–0 2–3
Bohemians Prague   2–2 (a)   Rapid Wien 2–1 0–1
Standard Liège   0–4   Dundee United 0–0 0–4
CSKA Sofia   0–2   Roma 0–1 0–1
BFC Dynamo   2–1   Partizan 2–0 0–1

First leg edit

Liverpool  0–0  Athletic Bilbao
Report
Attendance: 33,063
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Olympiacos  1–0  Benfica
Anastopoulos   21' Report

Rába ETO Győr  3–6  Dinamo Minsk
Hannich   13' (pen.)
Szentes   63'
Szabó   84'
Report Sokol   3', 10', 42'
Kurnenin   20'
Gotsmanov   55'
Rumbutis   70'
Attendance: 17,000[3]
Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)

Dinamo București  3–0  Hamburg
Augustin   29'
Mulţescu   62'
Orac   79'
Report

Bohemians Prague  2–1  Rapid Wien
Janečka   26'
Němec   88'
Report Keglevits   44'
Attendance: 16,500[5]


CSKA Sofia  0–1  Roma
Report Falcão   62'
Attendance: 30,000

BFC Dynamo  2–0  Partizan
Götz   1'
Ernst   37'
Report

Second leg edit

Athletic Bilbao  0–1  Liverpool
Report Rush   66'
Attendance: 47,500

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.


Benfica  3–0  Olympiacos
Filipović   17'
Diamantino   28'
Manniche   76'
Report
Attendance: 65,000

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Minsk  3–1  Rába ETO Győr
Sokol   41', 60'
Kondratiev   61'
Report Hannich   31' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,050

Dinamo Minsk won 9–4 on aggregate.


Hamburg  3–2  Dinamo București
Jakobs   45', 56'
von Heesen   63'
Report Ţălnar   86'
Mulţescu   89'
Attendance: 43,700[7]
Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden)

Dinamo București won 5–3 on aggregate.


2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.


Dundee United  4–0  Standard Liège
Milne   26', 44'
Hegarty   51'
Dodds   68'
Report

Dundee United won 4–0 on aggregate.


Roma  1–0  CSKA Sofia
Graziani   80' Report
Attendance: 59,691[10]

Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.


Partizan  1–0  BFC Dynamo
Prekazi   27' Report
Attendance: 43,425[11]

Dynamo Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liverpool   5–1   Benfica 1–0 4–1
Dinamo Minsk   1–2   Dinamo București 1–1 0–1
Rapid Wien   2–2 (a)   Dundee United 2–1 0–1
Roma   4–2   BFC Dynamo 3–0 1–2

First leg edit

Liverpool  1–0  Benfica
Rush   67' Report
Attendance: 39,096


Rapid Wien  2–1  Dundee United
Hagmayr   76'
Kranjčar   86'
Report Stark   30'

Roma  3–0  BFC Dynamo
Graziani   67'
Pruzzo   75'
Toninho Cerezo   90'
Report
Attendance: 61,694[13]

Second leg edit

Benfica  1–4  Liverpool
Nené   73' Report Whelan   9', 88'
Johnston   32'
Rush   78'
Attendance: 66,000[14]

Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.


Dundee United  1–0  Rapid Wien
Dodds   21' Report
Attendance: 16,674[16]
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

2–2 on aggregate; Dundee United won on away goals.


BFC Dynamo  2–1  Roma
Thom   76'
Ernst   87'
Report Oddi   55'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden)

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

The tie between Roma and Dundee United was controversial; it was later alleged that Roma had bribed Michel Vautrot, the referee for the second leg.[17][18]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liverpool   3–1   Dinamo București 1–0 2–1
Dundee United   2–3   Roma 2–0 0–3

First leg edit

Liverpool  1–0  Dinamo București
Lee   26' Report
Attendance: 36,941

Dundee United  2–0  Roma
Dodds   48'
Stark   60'
Report

Second leg edit

Dinamo București  1–2  Liverpool
Orac   39' Report Rush   11', 85'

Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.


Roma  3–0  Dundee United
Pruzzo   23', 38'
Di Bartolomei   58' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 68,060[21]

Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Liverpool  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Roma
Neal   13' Report Pruzzo   42'
Penalties
Nicol  
Neal  
Souness  
Rush  
Kennedy  
4–2   Di Bartolomei
  Conti
  Righetti
  Graziani
Attendance: 69,693

Top scorers edit

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Viktor Sokol   Dinamo Minsk 6
2   Roberto Pruzzo   Roma 5
  Ian Rush   Liverpool 5
4   Ralph Milne   Dundee United 4
5   Nikos Anastopoulos   Olympiacos 3
  Ionel Augustin   Dinamo București 3
  Kenny Dalglish   Liverpool 3
  Diamantino   Benfica 3
  Davie Dodds   Dundee United 3
  Rainer Ernst   BFC Dynamo 3
  Gheorghe Mulţescu   Dinamo București 3
  Antonín Panenka   Rapid Wien 3
  Gerard Plessers   Standard Liège 3
  Derek Stark   Dundee United 3

See also edit

References edit

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  9. ^ "Dundee United v Standard Liège, 2 November 1983" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Roma v CSKA Sofia, 2 November 1983" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Partizan v BFC Dynamo, 2 November 1983" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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  13. ^ "Roma v BFC Dynamo, 7 March 1984" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Benfica v Liverpool, 21 March 1984" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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  17. ^ "'We were robbed of a fairytale': How Roma cheated Dundee United out of the European Cup final". Independent.co.uk. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  18. ^ Ralston, Gary (19 March 2011). "Jim McLean admits he feels sick after Roma chief reveals Italians bribed ref in 1984 European Cup semi-final". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
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  20. ^ "Dinamo București v Liverpool, 25 April 1984" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Roma v Dundee United, 25 April 1984" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

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