1977–78 European Cup

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1977–78 European Cup
The old Wembley Stadium (cropped).jpg
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1977 – 10 May 1978
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-upBelgium Brugge
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored162 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denmark Allan Simonsen (5 goals)

The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Brugge. The match finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after 90 minutes, five of them won by English clubs.

Bracket[]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Scotland Celtic 5 6 11
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 0 1 1 Scotland Celtic 2 0 2
Switzerland Basel 1 1 2 Austria Wacker 1 3 4
Austria Wacker 3 0 3 Austria Wacker 3 0 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3 3 6 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (a) 1 2 3
Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0 1 1
Hungary Vasas 0 1 1 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 5 8
West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 1 4 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 0 2
Portugal Benfica (p) 0 0 0 (4) England Liverpool 1 3 4
Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow 0 0 0 (1) Portugal Benfica 1 1 2
Turkey Trabzonspor 1 0 1 Denmark Boldklubben 1903 0 0 0
Denmark Boldklubben 1903 0 2 2 Portugal Benfica 1 1 2
England Liverpool 2 4 6
England Liverpool 5 1 6
East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2 1 3 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1 2 3
Sweden Halmstad 0 2 2 England Liverpool 1
Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 3 2 5 Belgium Brugge 0
Poland Śląsk Wrocław 0 2 2 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 1 1 2
Norway Lillestrøm 2 0 2 Netherlands Ajax 2 2 4
Netherlands Ajax 0 4 4 Netherlands Ajax 1 1 2 (0)
Iceland Valur 1 0 1 Italy Juventus 1 1 2 (3)
Northern Ireland Glentoran 0 2 2 Northern Ireland Glentoran 0 0 0
Cyprus Omonia 0 0 0 Italy Juventus 1 5 6
Italy Juventus 3 2 5 Italy Juventus 1 0 1
Finland KuPS 0 2 2 Belgium Brugge 0 2 2
Belgium Brugge 4 5 9 Belgium Club Brugge 2 0 2
Malta Floriana 1 0 1 Greece Panathinaikos 0 1 1
Greece Panathinaikos 1 4 5 Belgium Brugge 2 2 4
Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 1 0 1 Spain Atlético Madrid 0 3 3
France Nantes (a) 1 0 1 France Nantes 1 1 2
Romania Dinamo București 2 0 2 Spain Atlético Madrid 1 2 3
Spain Atlético Madrid 1 2 3

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic Scotland 11–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 5–0 6–1
Basel Switzerland 2–3 Austria Wacker 1–3 1–0
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6–0 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 3–0 3–0
Vasas Hungary 1–4 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 1–1
Benfica Portugal 0–0 (4–1 p) Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow 0–0 0–0
Trabzonspor Turkey 1–2 Denmark Boldklubben 1903 1–0 0–2
Liverpool England Bye
Dynamo Dresden East Germany 3–2 Sweden Halmstad 2–0 1–2
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 5–2 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 3–0 2–2
Lillestrøm Norway 2–4 Netherlands Ajax 2–0 0–4
Valur Iceland 1–2 Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–0 0–2
Omonia Cyprus 0–5 Italy Juventus 0–3 0–2
KuPS Finland 2–9 Belgium Club Brugge 0–4 2–5
Floriana Malta 1–5 Greece Panathinaikos 1–1 0–4
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 1–1 (a) France Nantes 1–1 0–0
Dinamo București Romania 2–3 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–2

First leg[]

Celtic Scotland5–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
MacDonald 15'
Craig 33', 58'
Wilson 36'
McLaughlin 83'
Report
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: (Ireland)

Basel Switzerland1–3Austria Wacker
Von Wartburg 22' Report Welzl 41', 45' (pen.)
Constantini 51'
St. Jakob Stadion, Basel
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (France)

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers
Džajić 54', 80'
Filipović 67'
Report
Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Greece)

Vasas Hungary0–3West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Schäfer 17'
Simonsen 34'
Wohlers 45'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

Benfica Portugal0–0Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Trabzonspor Turkey1–0Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Ergün 75' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)

Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–0Sweden Halmstad
Heidler 70'
Schade 84'
Report
Dynamostadion, Dresden
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Greece)

Levski-Spartak Bulgaria3–0Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Panov 20'
Milanov 40', 43'
Report
Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: (USSR)

Lillestrøm Norway2–0Netherlands Ajax
1'
Johansen 13'
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: (Scotland)

Valur Iceland1–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Bergs 38' Report
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: (Norway)

Omonia Cyprus0–3Italy Juventus
Report Bettega 34'
Fanna 42'
Virdis 59'
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Bulgaria)

KuPS Finland0–4Belgium Club Brugge
Report Vandereycken 49'
Cools 51'
Lambert 64'
Davies 78'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: (Soviet Union)

Floriana Malta1–1Greece Panathinaikos
16' Report Aslanidis 26'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–1France Nantes
Vízek 54' Report Amisse 35'
Attendance: 13,885
Referee: (Austria)

Dinamo București Romania2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Vrînceanu 14'
Georgescu 73'
Report Pereira 58'
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Second leg[]

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg1–6Scotland Celtic
30' Report Lennox 30', 66'
Glavin 52'
McGrain 56'
Eðvaldsson 66', 76'
Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (Netherlands)

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.


Wacker Austria0–1Switzerland Basel
Report Maissen 62'
Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.


Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland0–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Filipović 5', 60'
Jovanović 43'
The Showgrounds, Sligo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Wales)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.


Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany1–1Hungary Vasas
Simonsen 64' Report 77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.


Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union0–0 (aet)Portugal Benfica
Report
Penalties
1–4
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Benfica 0–0 Torpedo Moscow on aggregate. Benfica won on penalties.


Boldklubben 1903 Denmark2–0Turkey Trabzonspor
40', 82' Report
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: (Sweden)

Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.


Halmstad Sweden2–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
17'
88'
Report Heidler 64'
Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Alf Grey (England)

Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.


Śląsk Wrocław Poland2–2Bulgaria Levski-Spartak
Pawłowski 22'
75'
Report Panov 29', 58'
Attendance: 25,000

Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.


Ajax Netherlands4–0Norway Lillestrøm
Birkelund 10' (o.g.)
Geels 31'
Ling 51', 72'
Report
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: (Finland)

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.


Glentoran Northern Ireland2–0Iceland Valur
18'
Jamison 73'
Report
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Netherlands)

Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy2–0Cyprus Omonia
Boninsegna 11'
Virdis 75'
Report
Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin
Attendance: 13,984
Referee: (Luxembourg)

Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.


Club Brugge Belgium5–2Finland KuPS
Davies 17', 35'
Vandereycken 33'
Simoen 47'
Maes 85'
Report 20'
63'
Attendance: 12,145
Referee: (Spain)

Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos Greece4–0Malta Floriana
Álvarez 24'
Antoniadis 35', 40' (pen.)
85'
Report
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 10,838
Referee: (Romania)

Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.


Nantes France0–0Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Report
Attendance: 16,353
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Dukla Prague 1–1 Nantes. Nantes won on away goals.


Atlético Madrid Spain2–0Romania Dinamo București
Benegas 67'
Cano 81'
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (West Germany)

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic Scotland 2–4 Austria Wacker 2–1 0–3
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–8 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 1–5
Benfica Portugal 2–0 Denmark Boldklubben 1903 1–0 1–0
Liverpool England 6–3 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 5–1 1–2
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 2–4 Netherlands Ajax 1–2 1–2
Glentoran Northern Ireland 0–6 Italy Juventus 0–1 0–5
Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 0–1
Nantes France 2–3 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–1 1–2

First leg[]

Celtic Scotland2–1Austria Wacker
Craig 49'
Burns 78'
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63434--celtic-vs-wacker/ Report] Kriess 54'
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–3West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Schäfer 16'
Heynckes 45'
Simonsen 76'
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: (Turkey)

Benfica Portugal1–0Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Pietra 49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

Liverpool England5–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Hansen 14'
Case 21', 57'
Neal 44' (pen.)
Kennedy 66'
Report Häfner 76'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 39,876
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Levski-Spartak Bulgaria1–2Netherlands Ajax
Voynov 80' (pen.) Report Geels 30'
79'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

Glentoran Northern Ireland0–1Italy Juventus
Report Causio 38'
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Frans Derks (Netherlands)

Club Brugge Belgium2–0Greece Panathinaikos
Davies 24' (pen.)
Cools 72'
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)

Nantes France1–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Lacombe 48' Report Marcial 42'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Second leg[]

Wacker Austria3–0Scotland Celtic
Welzl 4'
Stering 21'
Oberacher 27'
Report
Lehener Stadion, Salzburg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Cesare Gussoni (Italy)

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.


Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany5–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen 17', 32'
Heynckes 60'
Nikolić 62' (o.g.)
Wittkamp 87'
Report Sušić 44'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: John Homewood (England)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.


Boldklubben 1903 Denmark0–1Portugal Benfica
Report Pietra 50'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.


Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–1England Liverpool
Kotte 47'
Sachse 52'
Report Heighway 67'
Dynamostadion, Dresden
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.


Ajax Netherlands2–1Bulgaria Levski-Spartak
Lerby 42'
Geels 53'
Report Milanov 44'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy5–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Virdis 10', 20'
Boninsegna 53'
Fanna 70'
Benetti 77'
Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Romania)

Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos Greece1–0Belgium Club Brugge
82' Report
Leofóros, Athens
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid Spain2–1France Nantes
Cano 76'
Pereira 80'
Report Lacombe 31'
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wacker Austria 3–3 (a) West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 0–2
Benfica Portugal 2–6 England Liverpool 1–2 1–4
Ajax Netherlands 2–2 (0–3 p) Italy Juventus 1–1 1–1
Club Brugge Belgium 4–3 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–0 2–3

First leg[]

Wacker Austria3–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Koncilia 8'
Kriess 23'
Schwarz 27'
Report Heynckes 63'
Tivoli, Innsbruck
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Benfica Portugal1–2England Liverpool
Nené 13' Report Case 36'
Hughes 71'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Frans Derks (Netherlands)

Ajax Netherlands1–1Italy Juventus
86' Report Causio 89'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Club Brugge Belgium2–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Courant 44'
57'
Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

Second leg[]

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–0Austria Wacker
Bonhof 19' (pen.)
Heynckes 32'
Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Wacker 3–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate. Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.


Liverpool England4–1Portugal Benfica
Callaghan 6'
Dalglish 17'
McDermott 78'
Neal 88'
Report Nené 25'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 48,364
Referee: (France)

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy1–1 (a.e.t.)Netherlands Ajax
Tardelli 21' Report Ling 80'
Penalties
Gentile soccer ball with red X
Benetti soccer ball with check mark
Cabrini soccer ball with check mark
Causio soccer ball with check mark
3–0 soccer ball with red X Geels
soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with red X Ling
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Ajax 2–2 Juventus on aggregate. Juventus won 3–0 on penalties.


Atlético Madrid Spain3–2Belgium Club Brugge
Benegas 20'
Pina 30', 62'
Report Cools 60'
Lambert 69'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 2–4 England Liverpool 2–1 0–3
Juventus Italy 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge 1–0 0–2

First leg[]

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–1England Liverpool
Hannes 28'
Bonhof 89'
Report Johnson 88'
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: (Spain)

Juventus Italy1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Bettega 86' Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

Second leg[]

Liverpool England3–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Kennedy 6'
Dalglish 35'
Case 56'
Report
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.


Club Brugge Belgium2–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Juventus
Bastijns 3'
Vandereycken 116'
Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

Liverpool England1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Dalglish 64' Report MatchCentre
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Top scorers[]

The top scorers from the 1977–78 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Denmark Allan Simonsen West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 5
2 England Jimmy Case England Liverpool 4
England Roger Davies Belgium Club Brugge 4
West Germany Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 4
Italy Pietro Paolo Virdis Italy Juventus 4
6 Belgium Julien Cools Belgium Club Brugge 3
Scotland Joe Craig Scotland Celtic 3
Scotland Kenny Dalglish England Liverpool 3
Netherlands Ruud Geels Netherlands Ajax 3
Netherlands Tschen La Ling Netherlands Ajax 3
Bulgaria Kiril Milanov Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 3
Bulgaria Pavel Panov Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 3
Belgium René Vandereycken Belgium Club Brugge 3
Austria Kurt Welzl Austria Wacker 3

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