Anfield hosted the first leg of the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 14 September 1975 – 19 May 1976 |
| Teams | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| 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) 10 goals |
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The1975–76UEFA Cup was the fifth season of theUEFA Cup, the third-tier clubfootball competition organised byUEFA. Thefinal was played over two legs atAnfield,Liverpool,England and at theOlympiastadion,Bruges,Belgium. It was won byLiverpool ofEngland, who defeatedClub Brugge ofBelgium 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 predecessorInter-Cities Fairs Cup, or its successorUEFA Europa League where both finalists won their national championship in the same season. Until then, this had only happened twice in theEuropean Cup, and it would only happen once in theEuropean Cup Winners Cup.
Club Brugge was the first Belgian team to reach a UEFA Cup final, six years afterAnderlecht also reached the final in theInter-Cities Fairs Cup, its predecessor tournament. The final's first leg was the last major final held atAnfield in one of the three premier European club championships, although the stadium would also host twoUEFA Super Cup legs in later finals.
A total of 64 teams from 31UEFA member associations participate in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
TheSoviet Union andSweden were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while theNetherlands andAustria went back to two qualified teams.
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
Notes
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 betweenMSV Duisburg andEnosis 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 |
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| 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 |
| Grasshoppers | 3–3 | |
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| Bohemians Prague | 1–2 | |
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| Mastník | Report | Pintér Tóth |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–0 | |
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| Sengewald Kurbjuweit | Report |
| GAIS | 2–1 | |
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| Pålsson | Report | Kwiatkowski |
| Lyon | 4–3 | |
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| Molde | 1–0 | |
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| Westerdahl | Report |
| Porto | 7–0 | |
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| Roma | 2–0 | |
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| Pellegrini Petrini | Report |
| VÖEST Linz | 2–0 | |
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| Scharmann Stering | Report |
| Athlone Town | 3–1 | |
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| Martin Davis | Report | Olsen |
| Keflavík | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Narey |
Both legs were played in West Germany, MSV Duisburg won 10–3 on aggregate.
Ajax won 14–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Real Sociedad won on away goals.
Barcelona won 6–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Royal Antwerp won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Budapest Honvéd | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kocsis | Report | Panenka |
Budapest Honvéd won 3–2 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Śląsk Wrocław | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Johansson |
Śląsk Wrocław won 5–4 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC won 6–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stal Mielec won 3–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Club Brugge | 3–0 | |
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Club Brugge won 6–4 on aggregate.
Öster won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 6–3 on aggregate.
Lazio won 3–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 10–0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Dunav Ruse | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ivanov | Report |
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Napoli | 1–1 | |
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| Braglia | Report | Filatov |
Torpedo Moscow won 5–2 on aggregate.
Vasas SC won 4–2 on aggregate.
| AEK Athens | 3–1 | |
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| Report |
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AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Hamburg | 4–2 | |
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| Report | Siegenthaler |
Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Vålerengen | 1–1 | |
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| Olavson | Report | Martin |
Athlone Town won 4–2 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak Sofia won 7–1 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| MSV Duisburg | 4–4 (a) | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Athlone Town | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 1–1 (2–3p) | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| Dundee United | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Galatasaray | 2–7 | 2–4 | 0–3 | |
| Hertha BSC | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | |
| Budapest Honvéd | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Inter Bratislava | 3–3 (a) | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Ipswich Town | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–4 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Öster | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Real Sociedad | 1–9 | 1–3 | 0–6 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Vasas | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Lazio | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–2 | |
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| Report | Panov |
| Dundee United | 1–2 | |
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| Rennie | Report |
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| Galatasaray | 2–4 | |
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| Hertha BSC | 1–0 | |
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| Kostedde | Report |
| Budapest Honvéd | 2–2 | |
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| Weimper | Report | Heidler |
| Spartak Moscow | 2–0 | |
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| Lovchev | Report |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | |
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| Sušić | Report | Bjørnmose |
Lazio refused to play for security reasons, claiming it would be impossible to play due to political demonstrations following the execution in Spain of fiveETA andFRAP 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.
4–4 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on away goals.
Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Stal Mielec | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Karaś | Report | |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–2 | ||
1–1 on aggregate; Stal Mielec won on penalties.
| Porto | 1–1 | |
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| Seninho | Report | Hegarty |
Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Torpedo Moscow | 3–0 | |
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| Report |
Torpedo Moscow won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 4–1 | |
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| Report | Kostedde |
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.
| AEK Athens | 3–1 | |
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| Report |
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3–3 on aggregate; Inter Bratislava won on away goals.
| Club Brugge | 4–0 | |
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| Report |
Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Roma | 2–0 | |
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| Pellegrini Boni | Report |
Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 6–0 | |
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| Report |
Liverpool won 9–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Śląsk Wrocław won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Sporting CP | 2–1 | |
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| Fernandes | Report | Gass |
Vasas SC won 4–3 on aggregate.
Before the game,Johan Cruyff was given hisBallon d'Or award for the 1974 season.
Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax | 3–3 (3–5p) | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| Barcelona | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Club Brugge | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | |
| Hamburg | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Inter Bratislava | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| Milan | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Ajax | 2–1 | |
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| Report | Voynov |
| Club Brugge | 1–0 | |
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| Cools | Report |
3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak Sofia won on penalties.
Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Roma | 0–1 | |
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| Report | Lambert |
Club Brugge won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Torpedo Moscow | 3–1 | |
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| Report | Heidler |
Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stal Mielec won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 3–0 | |
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| Case | Report |
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow | 2–0 | |
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| Papayev Lovchev | Report |
Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Barcelona | 8–5 | 4–0 | 4–5 | |
| Club Brugge | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Hamburg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Club Brugge | 2–0 | |
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| Le Fevre Krieger | Report |
| Hamburg | 1–1 | |
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| Bertl | Report | Oratowski |
Barcelona won 8–5 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Barcelona | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hamburg | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Hamburg | 1–1 | |
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| Reimann | Report | Lambert |
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Club Brugge | 1–0 | |
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| Kaltz | Report |
Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.