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5th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1975–76 UEFA Cup Anfield hosted the first leg of the final.Tournament details Dates 14 September 1975 – 19 May 1976 Teams 64 Final positions Champions Liverpool (2nd title)Runners-up Club Brugge Tournament statistics Matches played 126 Goals scored 384 (3.05 per match) Attendance 2,744,090 (21,778 per match) Top scorer(s) Ruud Geels (Ajax) 11 goals← 1974–75 1976–77 →
International football competition
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.
Associations in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup
Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Albania: Albanian teams were absent from European competition from 1973 to 1978 due to the international isolation of the country during the communist rule of Enver Hoxha . Vllaznia would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.
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
Notes
England: At the end of the 1974–75 Football League season in April, the Football Association still applied the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ruling of 'one city, one team' to determine the teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup. As a result, Everton was bypassed for the final English birth, as the city of Liverpool was already represented by second placed Liverpool , and Stoke City was nominated for the spot after finishing fifth. However, UEFA gave a ultimatum to the English Football League in order for teams to qualify without geographical limitations, warning that English teams would not be accepted in European competitions otherwise. On 7 June 1975, the EFL formally confirmed Everton as the recipient of the fourth UEFA Cup spot. West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Fortuna Dusseldorf , as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Duisburg , who had been runners-up in the 1974–75 DFB-Pokal .
Hungary: Vasas , who had finished 6th in the Hungarian league, qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the Liberation Cup on its 30th anniversary. The tournament had not provided a European spot before, and would not do it ever since.
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.
Schedule for 1975–76 UEFA Cup
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
First leg
14 September 1975 Wedaustadion , Duisburg Attendance: 5,000Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg )
16 September 1975 The Oval , Belfast Attendance: 4,000Referee: Rafn Hjaltalin (Iceland )
16 September 1975 Hardturm , Zürich Attendance: 6,600Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia )
16 September 1975 Toumba Stadium , Thessaloniki Attendance: 45,200Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu (Romania )
17 September 1975 Råsunda Stadium , Stockholm Attendance: 1,107Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland )
17 September 1975 Bosuilstadion , Antwerp Attendance: 15,817Referee: António Garrido (Portugal )
17 September 1975 Ďolíček , Prague Attendance: 3,395Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria )
17 September 1975 Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld , Jena Attendance: 15,000Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland )
17 September 1975 (1975-09-17) Stadionul Central , Craiova Attendance: 35,000Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union )
17 September 1975 Goodison Park , Liverpool Attendance: 31,917Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium )
17 September 1975 De Kuip , Rotterdam Attendance: 32,000Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union )
17 September 1975 Gamla Ullevi , Gothenburg Attendance: 1,778Referee: Gordon Kew (England )
17 September 1975 Olympiastadion , Berlin Attendance: 7,500Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg )
17 September 1975 Easter Road , Edinburgh Attendance: 19,219Referee: Frans Derks (Netherlands )
17 September 1975 Holbæk Stadium , Holbæk Attendance: 5,000Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway )
17 September 1975 Müngersdorfer Stadion , Cologne Attendance: 7,000Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland )
17 September 1975 Stade de Gerland , Lyon Attendance: 19,088Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy )
17 September 1975 Molde Stadion Attendance: 3,000Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark )
17 September 1975 (1975-09-17) Stadionul 23 August , Târgu Mureș Attendance: 18,000Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (Greece )
17 September 197519:00 Central CMP Stadium , Odessa Attendance: 20,235Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey )
17 September 1975 Estádio das Antas , Porto Attendance: 35,000Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain )
17 September 1975 Ernst-Happel-Stadion , Vienna Attendance: 7,948Referee: Jan Kmeč (Czechoslovakia )
17 September 1975 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 53,581Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales )
17 September 1975 Central Lenin Stadium , MoscowAttendance: 27,000Referee: Bob Matthewson (England )
17 September 1975 Linzer Stadion , Linz Attendance: 4,317Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey )
17 September 1975 Karađorđe Stadium , Novi Sad Attendance: 7,800Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany )
17 September 1975 Wankdorf Stadium , Bern Attendance: 17,173Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain )
18 September 1975 St. Mel's Park , Athlone Attendance: 4,000Referee: Koen Hoppenbrouwer (Netherlands )
18 September 1975 Tehelné pole , Bratislava Attendance: 7,870Referee: Achille Verbecke (France )
23 September 1975 Keflavíkurvöllur , Keflavík Attendance: 3,540Referee: Eric Smyton (Northern Ireland )
18 September 1975 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 13,215Referee: Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia )
24 September 1975 Empire Stadium , Gżira Attendance: 4,500Referee: Domenico Serafino (Italy )
Second leg
16 September 1975 Niederrheinstadion , Oberhausen Attendance: 3,000Referee: Marcel Hermann (Luxembourg )
Both legs were played in West Germany, MSV Duisburg won 10–3 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Olympic Stadium , Amsterdam Attendance: 2,900Referee: René Vigliani (France )
Ajax won 14–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Atotxa Stadium , San Sebastián Attendance: 11,192Referee: José Baltasar (Portugal )
4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.
1 October 1975 Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 32,708Referee: Jack Taylor (England )
Barcelona won 6–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow Attendance: 6,227Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway )
Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Villa Park , Birmingham Attendance: 31,513Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany )
Royal Antwerp won 5–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Ferenc Puskás Stadium , Budapest Attendance: 9,496Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria )
Budapest Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Stade Vélodrome , Marseille Attendance: 19,550Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland )
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 (1975-10-01) Red Star Stadium , Belgrade Attendance: 10,812Referee: Mihály Halász (Hungary )
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 San Siro , Milan Attendance: 35,825Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany )
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Portman Road , Ipswich Attendance: 30,411Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria )
Ipswich Town won 4–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Stadion Olimpijski , Wrocław Attendance: 8,000Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece )
Śląsk Wrocław won 5–4 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Helsinki Olympic Stadium , Helsinki Attendance: 2,700Referee: Jerzy Świstek (Poland )
Hertha BSC won 6–2 on aggregate.
30 September 1975 Anfield , Liverpool Attendance: 29,963Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany )
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Stadion Miejski , Mielec Attendance: 20,000Referee: Werner Spiegl (Austria )
Stal Mielec won 3–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Gentofte Sportspark , Gentofte Attendance: 2,141Referee: Dominic Byrne (Republic of Ireland )
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 18,000Referee: John Gordon (Scotland )
Club Brugge won 6–4 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Värendsvallen , Växjö Attendance: 2,145Referee: Olavi Peltola (Finland )
Öster won 6–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 (1975-10-01) Dynamo-Stadion , Dresden Attendance: 27,000Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria )
Dynamo Dresden won 6–3 on aggregate.
1 October 197520:30 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 46,038Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary )
Lazio won 3–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Stade Municipal , Luxembourg City Attendance: 3,264Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands )
Porto won 10–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 BJK İnönü Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 26,071Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland )
Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Gradski stadion , Ruse Attendance: 12,369Referee: Sotos Afxentiou (Cyprus )
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Stadio San Paolo , Naples Attendance: 66,231Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland )
Torpedo Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Népstadion , Budapest Attendance: 12,000Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany )
Vasas SC won 4–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 AEK Stadium , Nea Filadelfeia Attendance: 27,541Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union )
AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Volksparkstadion , Hamburg Attendance: 29,199Referee: Pat Partridge (England )
Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Bislett , Oslo Attendance: 747Referee: Sven Jonsson (Sweden )
Athlone Town won 4–2 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 La Romareda , Zaragoza Attendance: 10,141Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium )
Inter Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
30 September 1975 Tannadice Park , Dundee Attendance: 4,500Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden )
Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium , Eskişehir Attendance: 6,230Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy )
Levski-Spartak Sofia won 7–1 on aggregate.
1 October 1975 Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon Attendance: 10,780Referee: Achille Verbecke (France )
Sporting CP won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
21 October 1975 Wedaustadion , Duisburg Attendance: 18,000Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal )
22 October 1975 St Mel's Park , Athlone Attendance: 5,874Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark )
22 October 1975 Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld , Jena Attendance: 13,000Referee: Zdeněk Jelínek (Czechoslovakia )
22 October 1975 Tannadice Park , Dundee Attendance: 7,500Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway )
22 October 1975 BJK İnönü Stadium , Istanbul Attendance: 35,994Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy )
22 October 1975 Olympiastadion , Berlin Attendance: 54,584Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy )
22 October 1975 Népstadion , Budapest Attendance: 12,350Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia )
22 October 1975 Tehelné pole , Bratislava Attendance: 8,120Referee: John Gordon (Scotland )
22 October 1975 Portman Road , Ipswich Attendance: 28,617Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany )
22 October 1975 Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow Attendance: 8,423Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden )
22 October 1975 Värendsvallen , Växjö Attendance: 10,196Referee: Marian Kustoń (Poland )
22 October 1975 Atotxa Stadium , San Sebastián Attendance: 16,256Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria )
22 October 1975 Red Star Stadium , Belgrade Attendance: 17,137Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria )
22 October 1975 Stadion Olimpijski , Wrocław Attendance: 12,000Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria )
22 October 1975 Népstadion , Budapest Attendance: 12,350Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland )
22 October 1975 Stadio Olimpico , Rome
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
4 November 1975 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 35,973Referee: Tony Briguglio (Malta )
4–4 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on away goals.
5 November 1975 San Siro , Milan Attendance: 42,804Referee: Constantin Ghiță (Romania )
Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Stadion Miejski , Mielec Attendance: 21,000Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary )
1–1 on aggregate; Stal Mielec won on penalties.
5 November 1975 Estádio das Antas , Porto Attendance: 23,117Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany )
Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Central Lenin Stadium , Moscow Attendance: 4,798Referee: Olavi Peltola (Finland )
Torpedo Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Olympic Stadium , Amsterdam Attendance: 37,700Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland )
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
5 November 197517:30 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion , Dresden Attendance: 33,678Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union )
Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 AEK Stadium , Nea Filadelfeia Attendance: 25,023Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia )
3–3 on aggregate; Inter Bratislava won on away goals.
5 November 1975 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 26,000Referee: César Correia (Portugal )
Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Müngersdorfer Stadion , Cologne Attendance: 23,000Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain )
Spartak Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 42,804Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta )
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
4 November 1975 Anfield , Liverpool Attendance: 23,796Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway )
Liverpool won 9–1 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Volksparkstadion , Hamburg Attendance: 61,300Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands )
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Bosuilstadion , Antwerp Attendance: 12,246Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland )
Śląsk Wrocław won 3–2 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon Attendance: 35,169Referee: Roland Racine (Switzerland )
Vasas SC won 4–3 on aggregate.
5 November 1975 Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 29,238Referee: René Vigliani (France )
Before the game, Johan Cruyff was given his Ballon d'Or award for the 1974 season.
Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.
Third round
First leg
26 November 1975 Olympic Stadium , Amsterdam Attendance: 23,769Referee: Pedro María Urrestarazu Elordi (Spain )
26 November 1975 Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 26,317Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales )
26 November 1975 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 26,930Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia )
26 November 1975 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion , Dresden Attendance: 22,405Referee: John Gordon (Scotland )
26 November 1975 Volksparkstadion , Hamburg Attendance: 42,184Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary )
26 November 1975 Tehelné pole , Bratislava Attendance: 5,000Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany )
26 November 1975 Stadion Olimpijski , Wrocław Attendance: 43,000Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey )
26 November 1975 San Siro , Milan Attendance: 16,290Referee: Roland Racine (Switzerland )
Second leg
10 December 1975 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 47,767Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria )
3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on penalties.
10 December 1975 Népstadion , Budapest Attendance: 28,280Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium )
Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
10 December 1975 Stadio Olimpico , Rome Attendance: 36,796Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany )
Club Brugge won 2–0 on aggregate.
10 December 1975 Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex , Simferopol Attendance: 18,707Referee: Leo van der Kroft (Netherlands )
Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.
10 December 1975 Estádio das Antas , Porto Attendance: 21,582Referee: Robert Wurtz (France )
Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
10 December 1975 Stadion Miejski , Mielec Attendance: 25,000Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria )
Stal Mielec won 2–1 on aggregate.
10 December 1975 Anfield , Liverpool Attendance: 17,886Referee: Cesare Gussoni (Italy )
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
10 December 1975 Sochi Central Stadium , Sochi Attendance: 14,500Referee: Bob Matthewson (England )
Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
3 March 1976 Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 45,000Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland )
3 March 1976 Olympiastadion , Bruges Attendance: 28,686Referee: René Vigliani (France )
3 March 1976 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion , Dresden Attendance: 32,182Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium )
3 March 1976 Volksparkstadion , Hamburg Attendance: 34,262Referee: Anatoli Ivanov (Soviet Union )
Second leg
17 March 1976 Vasil Levski National Stadium , Sofia Attendance: 55,000Referee: Ken Burns (England )
Barcelona won 8–5 on aggregate.
17 March 1976 San Siro , Milan Attendance: 44,570Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland )
Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
17 March 1976 Anfield , Liverpool Attendance: 39,300Referee: Robert Wurtz (France )
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
17 March 1976 Stadion Miejski , Mielec Attendance: 23,385Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland )
Hamburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
30 March 1976 Camp Nou , Barcelona Attendance: 49,572Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria )
31 March 1976 Volksparkstadion , Hamburg Attendance: 49,000Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary )
Second leg
14 April 1976 Anfield , Liverpool Attendance: 55,102Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy )
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
14 April 1976 Jan Breydel Stadium , Bruges Attendance: 29,458Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland )
Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Main article: 1976 UEFA Cup final
First leg
28 April 1976 Anfield , Liverpool Attendance: 50,188Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany )
Second leg
19 May 1976 Olympiastadion , Bruges Attendance: 29,423Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany )
Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.
References
McCracken, Craig (15 October 2015). "Albania's history in European football: beards and bad behaviour in the Balkans" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 May 2024.
"Everton to replace Stoke in UEFA Cup" . New Sunday Times . Kuala Lumpur: New Straits Times Press. Reuters. 8 June 1975. p. 15. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
"Sport - Labdarúgás - Felszabadulási Kupa - Vasas-Újpesti Dózsa" . Nemzeti Archívum (in Hungarian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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