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.


Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Austria Austria Wien 3 0 3
Albania Partizani 1 1 2 Austria Austria Wien 0 1 1
Soviet Union Dynamo Kyïv 1 1 2 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyïv 1 1 2
Turkey Trabzonspor 0 1 1 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyïv 0 0 0
East Germany BFC Dynamo 2 1 3 England Aston Villa 0 2 2
Switzerland Zürich 0 3 3 East Germany BFC Dynamo 1 1 2
England Aston Villa 5 2 7 England Aston Villa 2 0 2
Iceland Valur 0 0 0 England Aston Villa 1 0 1
Poland Widzew Łódź 1 1 2 Belgium Anderlecht 0 0 0
Belgium Anderlecht 2 4 6 Belgium Anderlecht 3 1 4
Scotland Celtic 1 0 1 Italy Juventus 1 1 2
Italy Juventus 0 2 2 Belgium Anderlecht 2 2 4
Hungary Ferencváros 3 0 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 1 1 2
Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 2 3 5 Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 3 0 3
Malta Hibernians 1 1 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 1 3 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 2 8 10 England Aston Villa 1
Norway Start 1 0 1 West Germany Bayern Munich 0
Netherlands AZ 3 1 4 Netherlands AZ 2 2 4
Finland OPS 0 0 0 England Liverpool 2 3 5
England Liverpool 1 7 8 England Liverpool 1 0 1
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1 0 1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 2 2
Spain Real Sociedad 0 0 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2 1 3
Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn 1 0 1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 0 2 2
Northern Ireland Glentoran 1 4 5 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 4 0 4
Denmark KB 1 2 3 West Germany Bayern Munich 3 4 7
Republic of Ireland Athlone Town 1 2 3 Denmark KB 1 1 2
Romania Universitatea Craiova 3 0 3 Romania Universitatea Craiova 0 4 4
Greece Olympiacos 0 2 2 Romania Universitatea Craiova 0 1 1
Portugal Benfica 3 1 4 West Germany Bayern Munich 2 1 3
Cyprus Omonoia 0 0 0 Portugal Benfica 0 1 1
Sweden Öster 0 0 0 West Germany Bayern Munich 0 4 4
West Germany Bayern Munich 1 5 6

Preliminary round

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

First leg

Saint-Étienne France1–1East Germany BFC Dynamo
Lopez 75' Report Lopez 25' (o.g.)

Second leg

BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien Austria 3–2 Albania Partizani 3–1 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 2–1 Turkey Trabzonspor 1–0 1–1
BFC Dynamo East Germany 3–3 (a) Switzerland Zürich 2–0 1–3
Aston Villa England 7–0 Iceland Valur 5–0 2–0
Widzew Łódź Poland 2–6 Belgium Anderlecht 1–4 1–2
Celtic Scotland 1–2 Italy Juventus 1–0 0–2
Ferencváros Hungary 3–5 Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 3–2 0–3
Hibernians Malta 2–10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–8
Start Norway 1–4 Netherlands AZ 1–3 0–1
OPS Finland 0–8 England Liverpool 0–1 0–7
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–0 Spain Real Sociedad 1–0 0–0
Progrès Niedercorn Luxembourg 1–5 Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–1 0–4
KB Denmark 3–3 (a) Republic of Ireland Athlone Town 1–1 2–2
Universitatea Craiova Romania 3–2 Greece Olympiacos 3–0 0–2
Benfica Portugal 4–0 Cyprus Omonia 3–0 1–0
Öster Sweden 0–6 West Germany Bayern Munich 0–1 0–5

First leg

Austria Wien Austria3–1Albania Partizani
Steinkogler 26'
Gasselich 27' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
Report Tomorri 21'
Attendance: 27,000[3]
Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1–0Turkey Trabzonspor
Blokhin 74' Report
Attendance: 60,000

BFC Dynamo East Germany2–0Switzerland Zürich
Schulz 53'
Riediger 59'
Report

Aston Villa England5–0Iceland Valur
Morley 6'
Withe 37', 68'
Donovan 40', 69'
Report
Attendance: 20,481

Widzew Łódź Poland1–4Belgium Anderlecht
Smolarek 83' Report Lozano 37' (pen.), 62'
Frimann 80'
Pétursson 90'

Celtic Scotland1–0Italy Juventus
MacLeod 65' Report
Attendance: 61,017

Ferencváros Hungary3–2Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
Pogany 22', 40' (pen.)
Szokolai 47'
Report Lička 76'
Knapp 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000

Hibernians Malta1–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Spiteri-Gonzi 38' Report Jurišić 72'
Janković 90'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

Start Norway1–3Netherlands AZ
Haugen 79' Report Peters 16', 23'
Kist 48'
Attendance: 6,149
Referee: Juhani Smolander (Finland)

OPS Finland0–1England Liverpool
Report Dalglish 84'
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Wiesław Bartosik (Poland)

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria1–0Spain Real Sociedad
Yonchev 89' Report

Progrès Niedercorn Luxembourg1–1Northern Ireland Glentoran
Meunier 27' Report Cleary 1'

KB Denmark1–1Republic of Ireland Athlone Town
Tune 10' Report O'Connor 4'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)

Universitatea Craiova Romania3–0Greece Olympiacos
Cârțu 6'
Irimescu 66'
Țicleanu 89'
Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Marcel Bacou (France)

Benfica Portugal3–0Cyprus Omonia
Néné 54'
Filipović 67'
Carlos Manuel 81'
Report
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Anthony Mangion (Malta)

Öster Sweden0–1West Germany Bayern Munich
Report Rummenigge 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,100[8]
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Second leg

Partizani Albania1–0Austria Austria Wien
Ballgjini 31' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Erkan Göksel (Turkey)

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


Trabzonspor Turkey1–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Canalioğlu 27' Report Khlus 57'

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


Zürich Switzerland3–1East Germany BFC Dynamo
Jerković 2', 22', 87' Report Ullrich 47'
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

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


Valur Iceland0–2England Aston Villa
Report Shaw 25', 70'
Attendance: 4,291[10]
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium2–1Poland Widzew Łódź
Brylle 6'
Geurts 50'
Report Smolarek 66'
Attendance: 13,000[11]
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy2–0Scotland Celtic
Virdis 28'
Bettega 40'
Report
Attendance: 65,000[12]

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia3–0Hungary Ferencváros
Šreiner 7'
Knapp 14', 56' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 17,636[13]
Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia8–1Malta Hibernians
Goračinov 1'
Petrović 20', 41'
Šestić 35'
D. Savić 43', 58' (pen.)
R. Savić 62', 87'
Report Spiteri-Gonzi 69'
Attendance: 4,596[14]
Referee: Stefanos Hatzistefanou (Cyprus)

Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.


AZ Netherlands1–0Norway Start
Tol 86' Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.


Liverpool England7–0Finland OPS
Dalglish 26'
McDermott 40' 75'
R. Kennedy 46'
Johnson 60'
Rush 67'
Lawrenson 72'
Report
Attendance: 20,789
Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.


Real Sociedad Spain0–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report

CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.


Glentoran Northern Ireland4–0Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn
Blackledge 30', 76'
Jameson 53'
Manley 75'
Report
Attendance: 3,673[16]

Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.


Athlone Town Republic of Ireland2–2Denmark KB
Davis 73', 87' Report Larsen 15'
Andersen 53'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

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


Olympiacos Greece2–0Romania Universitatea Craiova
Mitropoulos 36'
Anastopoulos 60'
Report
Attendance: 27,397[17]
Referee: Eduard Shklovski (Soviet Union)

Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.


Omonia Cyprus0–1Portugal Benfica
Report Chalana 75'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

Benfica won 5–0 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich West Germany5–0Sweden Öster
Hoeneß 24', 58'
Rummenigge 27', 68'
Niedermayer 31'
Report
Attendance: 7,800[18]
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Ireland)

Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien Austria 1–2 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 1–1
BFC Dynamo East Germany 2–2 (a) England Aston Villa 1–2 1–0
Anderlecht Belgium 4–2 Italy Juventus 3–1 1–1
Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia 3–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–1 0–3
AZ Netherlands 4–5 England Liverpool 2–2 2–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 3–2 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2–0 1–2
KB Denmark 2–4 Romania Universitatea Craiova 1–0 1–4
Benfica Portugal 1–4 West Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 1–4

First leg

Austria Wien Austria0–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Report Bal 23'
Attendance: 25,000[19]
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)


Anderlecht Belgium3–1Italy Juventus
Geurts 24' 56'
Vercauteren 88'
Report Marocchino 39'

Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia3–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Lička 2', 44'
Knapp 88'
Report Krmpotić 51'
Attendance: 15,745[22]

AZ Netherlands2–2England Liverpool
Kist 59'
Tol 86'
Report Johnson 26'
Lee 49'

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria2–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Dimitrov 8'
Zdravkov 35' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 23,742[24]
Referee: Theodoris Aspris (Cyprus)

KB Denmark1–0Romania Universitatea Craiova
Fosgaard 8' Report
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland)

Benfica Portugal0–0West Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 45,000[25]

Second leg

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1–1Austria Austria Wien
Buryak 37' (pen.) Report Petkov 23'
Attendance: 59,400
Referee: Rolf Ericsson (Sweden)

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


Aston Villa England0–1East Germany BFC Dynamo
Report Terletzki 15'
Attendance: 28,175

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


Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
Ǵurovski 16'
Savić 50'
Petrović 62'
Report
Attendance: 57,750[26]

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy1–1Belgium Anderlecht
Brio 79' Report Geurts 41'
Attendance: 66,279[27]

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool England3–2Netherlands 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 Northern Ireland2–1 (a.e.t.)Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Cleary 67'
Manley 71'
Report Dimitrov 115'
Attendance: 4,021

CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.


Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich West Germany4–1Portugal 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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 0–2 England Aston Villa 0–0 0–2
Anderlecht Belgium 4–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–1 2–1
Liverpool England 1–2 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–0 0–2
Universitatea Craiova Romania 1–3 West Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 1–1

First leg



Liverpool England1–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Whelan 65' Report
Attendance: 27,388
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Second leg

Aston Villa England2–0Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Shaw 7'
McNaught 43'
Report

Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–2Belgium Anderlecht
Savić 45' (pen) Report Hofkens 33'
Vercauteren 60'
Attendance: 89,806
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia Bulgaria2–0 (a.e.t.)England Liverpool
Mladenov 77', 101' Report

CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich West Germany1–1Romania 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

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

First leg

Aston Villa England1–0Belgium Anderlecht
Morley 27' Report
Attendance: 38,593

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria4–3West Germany Bayern Munich
G. Dimitrov 7'
Yonchev 13' 49'
Zdravkov 18' (pen.)
Report Dürnberger 27'
D. Hoeneß 32'
Breitner 82'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Daniel Lambert (France)

Second leg

Bayern Munich West Germany4–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Breitner 43', 47' (pen.)
Rummenigge 65', 76'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium0–0England Aston Villa
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Aston Villa England1–0West Germany Bayern Munich
Withe 67' Report
Attendance: 39,776
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Top scorers

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

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

Notes

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

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