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1975–76 UEFA Cup
5th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
5th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | UEFA Cup |
| year | 1975–76 |
| image | Panorama of Anfield with new main stand (29676137824).jpg |
| size | 275px |
| caption | Anfield hosted the first leg of the final. |
| dates | 14 September 1975 – 19 May 1976 |
| num_teams | 64 |
| champion_other | Liverpool |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | Club Brugge |
| matches | 126 |
| goals | 384 |
| attendance | 2744090 |
| top_scorer | Ruud Geels (Ajax) |
| 10 goals | |
| prevseason | [1974–75](1974-75-uefa-cup) |
| nextseason | [1976–77](1976-77-uefa-cup) |
10 goals
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.
| Four teams | Three teams |
|---|---|
| England | |
| West Germany | |
| Italy | |
| Soviet Union | |
| Spain | |
| Sweden |
|
| Two teams |
|---|
| Netherlands |
| Portugal |
| Yugoslavia |
| Romania |
| Turkey |
| Austria |
|
| One team |
|---|
| Northern Ireland |
| Republic of Ireland |
| Malta |
| Finland |
| Luxembourg |
| Iceland |
| Cyprus |
|
| Did not compete |
|---|
| Wales |
| Albania |
|}
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
| HJK Helsinki ([3rd](1974-mestaruussarja)) | Avenir Beggen ([2nd](1974-75-luxembourg-national-division)) | Keflavík ([2nd](1974-urvalsdeild)) | Enosis Neon Paralimni ([2nd](1974-75-cypriot-first-division)) |
|---|
Notes
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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First leg
- Mertakas
- Lehmann
- Worm
- Thies
- Geels
- Meijer
- Notten
- Elsener
- Santrač
- Bosco
- Satrústegui
- Murillo
- Heyligen
- Kodat
Tóth
Kurbjuweit
- Oblemenco
- Savić
- Filipović
- Whymark
- Johnson
- Kostedde
- Horr
- Andersen
- Löhr
- Jodar
- Maillard
- Mihajlović
- Lambert
- Vandereycken
- Mureșan
- Fazekas
- Schade
- Heidler
- Júlio
- Cubillas
- António Oliveira
- Machado
- Fernando Gomes
Petrini
Sakharov Belenkov
Stering
Davis
- Levický
- Jurkemik
- Petráš
- Šajánek
- Spasov
- Panov
- Marinho
- Fernandes
Second leg
- Konstantinou
- Mertakas
- Dietz
- Krause
- Seliger Both legs were played in West Germany, MSV Duisburg won 10–3 on aggregate.
- Notten
- van Dord
- Geels
- Mühren
- Brokamp Ajax won 14–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.
- Neeskens
- Rexach
- Cruyff Barcelona won 6–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Royal Antwerp won 5–1 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–0 on aggregate.
- Filipović
- Crișan Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
- Woods
- Whymark Ipswich Town won 4–1 on aggregate.
- Sybis
- Pawłowski Śląsk Wrocław won 5–4 on aggregate.
- Sidka
- Grau Hertha BSC won 6–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
- Karaś
- Krawczyk Stal Mielec won 3–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
- Vandereycken
- Valette
- Chiesa Club Brugge won 6–4 on aggregate.
- Svensson
- Mattsson
- Evesson
- Ejderstedt
- Isaxon Öster won 6–1 on aggregate.
- Heidler
- Kreische
- Mureșan Dynamo Dresden won 6–3 on aggregate.
Lazio won 3–1 on aggregate.
- Júlio
- Grilli
- Seninho Porto won 10–0 on aggregate.
- Şenlen
- Özdenak Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
Torpedo Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.
Kovács
Izsó
Vasas SC won 4–2 on aggregate.
- Papaioannou
- Papadopoulos
- Wagner
- Rutonjski AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
- Reimann
- Bertl
- Bjørnmose Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Athlone Town won 4–2 on aggregate.
- González
- Arrúa
- Jurkemik
- Petráš
- Mráz Inter Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
- Hall
- Hegarty
- Sturrock Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.
- Spasov
- Panov
- Milanov Levski-Spartak Sofia won 7–1 on aggregate.
- Baltasar
- Da Costa
- Fernandes Sporting CP won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
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First leg
- Schneider
- Worm
- Krause
- António Oliveira
- Seninho
- Özgül
- Şenlen
- Ürekli
- Khrabrostin
- Sakharov
- Luprich
- Mráz
- Gates
- Peddelty
- Austin
- Heighway
- Callaghan
- Thompson
Várady
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
- Ivkov
- Panov 4–4 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on away goals.
Benetti Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.
- Sekulski
- Per
- Kasperczak
- Krawczyk
- Lato
- Vogel
- Kurbjuweit
- Schlutter
- Schröder
- Irmscher 1–1 on aggregate; Stal Mielec won on penalties.
Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.
- Degtyaryov
- Sakharov
- Buturlakin Torpedo Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.
- Brokamp
- Geels
- Meijer Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.
- Konstantinou
- Wagner
- Novotný 3–3 on aggregate; Inter Bratislava won on away goals.
- Lambert
- De Cubber
- le Fevre
- Vandereycken Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.
Boni Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
- Toshack
- Kennedy
- Fairclough
- Heighway
- Neal Liverpool won 9–1 on aggregate.
- Reimann
- Ettmayer
- Memering Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
- Sybis
- Pawłowski Śląsk Wrocław won 3–2 on aggregate.
Vasas SC won 4–3 on aggregate.
Cruyff Neeskens Fortes Before the game, Johan Cruyff was given his Ballon d'Or award for the 1974 season.
Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.
Third round
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First leg
- Geels
- Steffenhagen
Rexach Neeskens
- Riedel
- Kreische
- Murça
- Volkert
- Faber
- Toshack
Bigon Maldera
Second leg
- Tishanski
- Panov
- Milanov
- Borisov
- Yordanov
- Geels
- Krol
- Helling
- Notten 3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on penalties.
Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–0 on aggregate.
- Degtyaryov
- Petrenko Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.
- Júlio
- Cubillas Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
- Sekulski
- Karaś Stal Mielec won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Lovchev Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
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First leg
- Neeskens
- Marcial
- Asensi
- Heredia
Krieger
Second leg
- Panov
- Yordanov
- Spasov
- Marcial
- Asensi
- Heredia
- Neeskens Barcelona won 8–5 on aggregate.
Chiarugi Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
- Case
- Keegan Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Main article: 1976 UEFA Cup final
First leg
Case Keegan Cools
Second leg
Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.
References
References
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- (8 June 1975). "Everton to replace Stoke in UEFA Cup". New Sunday Times.
- "Sport - Labdarúgás - Felszabadulási Kupa - Vasas-Újpesti Dózsa".
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