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1977–78 European Cup

Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 August 1977 – 10 May 1978
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brugge
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	162 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	1,787,690 (30,300 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 5 goals
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club 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.

Teams

NAPREDAK (1st)	Club Brugge (1st)	Levski-Spartak (1st)	Omonia (1st)
Dukla Prague (1st)	Boldklubben 1903 (1st)	Liverpool (1st)	KuPS (1st)
Nantes (1st)	Dynamo Dresden (1st)	Borussia Mönchengladbach (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)
Vasas (1st)	Valur (1st)	Sligo Rovers (1st)	Juventus (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Floriana (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Glentoran (1st)
Lillestrøm (1st)	Śląsk Wrocław (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)
Celtic (1st)	Atlético Madrid (1st)	Halmstad (1st)	Basel (1st)
Trabzonspor (1st)	Torpedo Moscow (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Celtic	5	6	11
	Jeunesse Esch	0	1	1
							Celtic	2	0	2
							Wacker	1	3	4
	Basel	1	1	2
	Wacker	3	0	3
													Wacker	3	0	3
													B. M'gladbach (a)	1	2	3
	Red Star Belgrade	3	3	6
	Sligo Rovers	0	0	0
							Red Star Belgrade	0	1	1
							B. M'gladbach	3	5	8
	Vasas	0	1	1
	B. M'gladbach	3	1	4
																			B. M'gladbach	2	0	2
																			Liverpool	1	3	4
	Benfica (p)	0	0	0 (4)
	Torpedo Moscow	0	0	0 (1)
							Benfica	1	1	2
							Boldklubben 1903	0	0	0
	Trabzonspor	1	0	1
	Boldklubben 1903	0	2	2
													Benfica	1	1	2
													Liverpool	2	4	6
							Liverpool	5	1	6
							Dynamo Dresden	1	2	3
	Dynamo Dresden	2	1	3
	Halmstad	0	2	2
																									Liverpool	1
																									Brugge	0
	Levski-Spartak	3	2	5
	Śląsk Wrocław	0	2	2
							Levski-Spartak	1	1	2
							Ajax	2	2	4
	Lillestrøm	2	0	2
	Ajax	0	4	4
													Ajax	1	1	2 (0)
													Juventus	1	1	2 (3)
	Valur	1	0	1
	Glentoran	0	2	2
							Glentoran	0	0	0
							Juventus	1	5	6
	Omonia	0	0	0
	Juventus	3	2	5
																			Juventus	1	0	1
																			Brugge	0	2	2
	KuPS	0	2	2
	Brugge	4	5	9
							Club Brugge	2	0	2
							Panathinaikos	0	1	1
	Floriana	1	0	1
	Panathinaikos	1	4	5
													Brugge	2	2	4
													Atlético Madrid	0	3	3
	Dukla Prague	1	0	1
	Nantes (a)	1	0	1
							Nantes	1	1	2
							Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
	Dinamo București	2	0	2
	Atlético Madrid	1	2	3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	5–0	6–1
Basel	2–3	Wacker	1–3	1–0
Red Star Belgrade	6–0	Sligo Rovers	3–0	3–0
Vasas	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–1
Benfica	0–0 (4–1 p)	Torpedo Moscow	0–0	0–0
Trabzonspor	1–2	Boldklubben 1903	1–0	0–2
Liverpool	Bye		–	–
Dynamo Dresden	3–2	Halmstad	2–0	1–2
Levski-Spartak	5–2	Śląsk Wrocław	3–0	2–2
Lillestrøm	2–4	Ajax	2–0	0–4
Valur	1–2	Glentoran	1–0	0–2
Omonia	0–5	Juventus	0–3	0–2
KuPS	2–9	Club Brugge	0–4	2–5
Floriana	1–5	Panathinaikos	1–1	0–4
Dukla Prague	1–1 (a)	Nantes	1–1	0–0
Dinamo București	2–3	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–2

First leg

Celtic	5–0	Jeunesse Esch
MacDonald 15' Craig 33', 58' Wilson 36' McLaughlin 83'	Report

Basel	1–3	Wacker
Von Wartburg 22'	Report	Welzl 41', 45' (pen.) Constantini 51'

Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Sligo Rovers
Džajić 54', 80' Filipović 67'	Report

Vasas	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Report	Schäfer 17' Simonsen 34' Wohlers 45'

Benfica	0–0	Torpedo Moscow
	Report

Trabzonspor	1–0	Boldklubben 1903
Ergün 75'	Report

Dynamo Dresden	2–0	Halmstad
Heidler 70' Schade 84'	Report

Levski-Spartak	3–0	Śląsk Wrocław
Panov 20' Milanov 40', 43'	Report

Lillestrøm	2–0	Ajax
Lønstad 1' Johansen 13'	Report

Valur	1–0	Glentoran
Bergs 38'	Report

Omonia	0–3	Juventus
	Report	Bettega 34' Fanna 42' Virdis 59'

KuPS	0–4	Club Brugge
	Report	Vandereycken 49' Cools 51' Lambert 64' Davies 78'

Floriana	1–1	Panathinaikos
Xuereb 16'	Report	Aslanidis 26'

Dukla Prague	1–1	Nantes
Vízek 54'	Report	Amisse 35'

Dinamo București	2–1	Atlético Madrid
Vrînceanu 14' Georgescu 73'	Report	Pereira 58'

Second leg

Jeunesse Esch	1–6	Celtic
Giuliani 1'	Report	Lennox 30' Glavin 52', 60' Craig 56' Eðvaldsson 66', 76'

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.

Wacker	0–1	Basel
	Report	Maissen 62'

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sligo Rovers	0–3	Red Star Belgrade
	Report	Filipović 5', 60' Jovanović 43'

Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Vasas
Simonsen 64'	Report	Izsó 77'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

Torpedo Moscow	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Yurin Nikonov Belenkov	1–4	Pietra José Luís Chalana Bento

0–0 on aggregate; Benfica won on penalties.

Boldklubben 1903	2–0	Trabzonspor
Francker 40', 82'	Report

Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.

Halmstad	2–1	Dynamo Dresden
Johansson 17' Larsson 88'	Report	Heidler 64'

Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław	2–2	Levski-Spartak
Pawłowski 22' Kopycki 75'	Report	Panov 29', 58'

Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ajax	4–0	Lillestrøm
Birkelund 10' (o.g.) Geels 31' Ling 51', 72'	Report

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran	2–0	Valur
Robson 18' Jamison 73'	Report

Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.

Juventus	2–0	Omonia
Boninsegna 11' Virdis 75'	Report

Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.

Club Brugge	5–2	KuPS
Davies 17', 35' Vandereycken 33' Simoen 47' Maes 85'	Report	Mönkkönen 20' Loikkanen 63'

Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos	4–0	Floriana
Álvarez 24' Antoniadis 35', 40' (pen.) Gonios 85'	Report

Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.

Nantes	0–0	Dukla Prague
	Report

1–1 on aggregate; Nantes won on away goals.

Atlético Madrid	2–0	Dinamo București
Benegas 67' Cano 81'	Report

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	2–4	Wacker	2–1	0–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–5
Benfica	2–0	Boldklubben 1903	1–0	1–0
Liverpool	6–3	Dynamo Dresden	5–1	1–2
Levski-Spartak	2–4	Ajax	1–2	1–2
Glentoran	0–6	Juventus	0–1	0–5
Club Brugge	2–1	Panathinaikos	2–0	0–1
Nantes	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1	1–2

First leg

Celtic	2–1	Wacker
Craig 49' Burns 78'	Report	Kriess 54'

Red Star Belgrade	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Report	Schäfer 16' Heynckes 45' Simonsen 76'

Benfica	1–0	Boldklubben 1903
Pietra 49' (pen.)	Report

Liverpool	5–1	Dynamo Dresden
Hansen 14' Case 21', 57' Neal 44' (pen.) Kennedy 66'	Report	Häfner 76'

Levski-Spartak	1–2	Ajax
Voynov 80' (pen.)	Report	Geels 30' Erkens 79'

Glentoran	0–1	Juventus
	Report	Causio 38'

Club Brugge	2–0	Panathinaikos
Davies 24' (pen.) Sørensen 72'	Report

Nantes	1–1	Atlético Madrid
Lacombe 48'	Report	Marcial 42'

Second leg

Wacker	3–0	Celtic
Welzl 4' Stering 21' Oberacher 27'	Report

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–1	Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen 17', 32' Heynckes 60' Nikolić 62' (o.g.) Wittkamp 87'	Report	Sušić 44'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.

Boldklubben 1903	0–1	Benfica
	Report	Pietra 50'

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden	2–1	Liverpool
Kotte 47' Sachse 52'	Report	Heighway 67'

Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.

Ajax	2–1	Levski-Spartak
Lerby 42' Geels 53'	Report	Milanov 44'

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus	5–0	Glentoran
Virdis 10', 20' Boninsegna 53' Fanna 70' Benetti 77'	Report

Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos	1–0	Club Brugge
Gonios 82'	Report

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid	2–1	Nantes
Cano 76' Pereira 80'	Report	Lacombe 31'

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wacker	3–3 (a)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	0–2
Benfica	2–6	Liverpool	1–2	1–4
Ajax	2–2 (0–3 p)	Juventus	1–1	1–1
Club Brugge	4–3	Atlético Madrid	2–0	2–3

First leg

Wacker	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Koncilia 8' Kriess 23' Schwarz 27'	Report	Heynckes 63'

Benfica	1–2	Liverpool
Nené 13'	Report	Case 36' Hughes 71'

Ajax	1–1	Juventus
Van Dord 86'	Report	Causio 89'

Club Brugge	2–0	Atlético Madrid
Courant 44' De Cubber 57'	Report

Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Wacker
Bonhof 19' (pen.) Heynckes 32'	Report

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

Liverpool	4–1	Benfica
Callaghan 6' Dalglish 17' McDermott 78' Neal 88'	Report	Nené 25'

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

Juventus	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ajax
Tardelli 21'	Report	Ling 80'
Penalties
Gentile Benetti Cabrini Causio	3–0	Geels Van Dord Ling

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

Atlético Madrid	3–2	Club Brugge
Benegas 20' Pina 30', 62'	Report	Cools 60' Lambert 69'

Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–4	Liverpool	2–1	0–3
Juventus	1–2	Club Brugge	1–0	0–2

First leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Liverpool
Hannes 28' Bonhof 89'	Report	Johnson 88'

Juventus	1–0	Club Brugge
Bettega 86'	Report

Second leg

Liverpool	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Kennedy 6' Dalglish 35' Case 56'	Report

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.

Club Brugge	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Bastijns 3' Vandereycken 116'	Report

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Liverpool	1–0	Club Brugge
Dalglish 64'	Report MatchCentre

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
2	Jimmy Case	Liverpool	4
	Joe Craig	Celtic	4
	Roger Davies	Club Brugge	4
	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Juventus	4
7	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool	3
	Zoran Filipović	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Ruud Geels	Ajax	3
	Tschen La Ling	Ajax	3
	Kiril Milanov	Levski-Spartak	3
	Pavel Panov	Levski-Spartak	3
	Marcial Pina	Atlético Madrid	3
	René Vandereycken	Club Brugge	3
	Kurt Welzl	Wacker	3

References

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2. "Red Star Belgrade v Sligo Rovers, 14 September 1977" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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External links

• 1977–78 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1977–78 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1977/78 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

• 1977–78 in European football
• UEFA Champions League seasons