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1977–78 European Cup

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1977–78 European Cup
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Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1977 – 10 May 1978
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-upBelgium Club Brugge
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored162 (2.75 per match)
Attendance1,787,690 (30,300 per match)
Top scorer(s)Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
5 goals

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

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

Bracket

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

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Celtic Scotland5–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
MacDonald Image 15'
Craig Image 33', 58'
Wilson Image 36'
McLaughlin Image 83'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Basel Switzerland1–3Austria Wacker
Von Wartburg Image 22' Report Welzl Image 41', 45' (pen.)
Constantini Image 51'
Attendance: 17,361[1]
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers
Džajić Image 54', 80'
Filipović Image 67'		 Report
Attendance: 22,647[2]
Vasas Hungary0–3West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Schäfer Image 17'
Simonsen Image 34'
Wohlers Image 45'
Attendance: 27,000[3]
Benfica Portugal0–0Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–0Sweden Halmstad
Heidler Image 70'
Schade Image 84'		 Report
Attendance: 29,708[5]
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria3–0Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Panov Image 20'
Milanov Image 40', 43'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Lillestrøm Norway2–0Netherlands Ajax
Lønstad Image 1'
Johansen Image 13'		 Report
Attendance: 20,035[6]
Valur Iceland1–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Bergs Image 38' Report
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)
Omonia Cyprus0–3Italy Juventus
Report Bettega Image 34'
Fanna Image 42'
Virdis Image 59'
Attendance: 7,500[7]
KuPS Finland0–4Belgium Club Brugge
Report Vandereycken Image 49'
Cools Image 51'
Lambert Image 64'
Davies Image 78'
Attendance: 2,560[8]
Floriana Malta1–1Greece Panathinaikos
Xuereb Image 16' Report Aslanidis Image 26'
Attendance: 7,888[9]
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–1France Nantes
Vízek Image 54' Report Amisse Image 35'
Attendance: 13,885
Dinamo București Romania2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Vrînceanu Image 14'
Georgescu Image 73'		 Report Pereira Image 58'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Second leg

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Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg1–6Scotland Celtic
Giuliani Image 1' Report Lennox Image 30'
Glavin Image 52', 60'
Craig Image 56'
Eðvaldsson Image 66', 76'
Attendance: 3,580[10]

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.

Wacker Austria0–1Switzerland Basel
Report Maissen Image 62'
Attendance: 14,000

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland0–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Filipović Image 55', 60'
Jovanović Image 43'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Gow (Wales)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany1–1Hungary Vasas
Simonsen Image 64' Report Izsó Image 77'
Attendance: 15,000

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

0–0 on aggregate; Benfica won on penalties.

Boldklubben 1903 Denmark2–0[11]Turkey Trabzonspor
Francker Image 40', 82' Report
Attendance: 6,700

Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands4–0Norway Lillestrøm
Birkelund red-colored football 10' (o.g.)
Geels Image 31'
Ling Image 51', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 16,500

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran Northern Ireland2–0Iceland Valur
Robson Image 18'
Jamison Image 73'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000

Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy2–0Cyprus Omonia
Boninsegna Image 11'
Virdis Image 75'		 Report
Attendance: 13,984

Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.

Club Brugge Belgium5–2Finland KuPS
Davies Image 17', 35'
Vandereycken Image 33'
Simoen Image 47'
Maes Image 85'		 Report Mönkkönen Image 20'
Loikkanen Image 63'
Attendance: 12,145

Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece4–0Malta Floriana
Álvarez Image 24'
Antoniadis Image 35', 40' (pen.)
Gonios Image 85'		 Report
Attendance: 10,838

Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.

Nantes France0–0Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Report
Attendance: 16,353

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

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Celtic Scotland2–1Austria Wacker
Craig Image 49'
Burns Image 78'		 Report Kriess Image 54'
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Benfica Portugal1–0Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Pietra Image 49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 40,000
Liverpool England5–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Hansen Image 14'
Case Image 21', 57'
Neal Image 44' (pen.)
Kennedy Image 66'		 Report Häfner Image 76'
Attendance: 39,876
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria1–2Netherlands Ajax
Voynov Image 80' (pen.) Report Geels Image 30'
Erkens Image 79'
Attendance: 70,000
Glentoran Northern Ireland0–1Italy Juventus
Report Causio Image 38'
Attendance: 30,000
Club Brugge Belgium2–0Greece Panathinaikos
Davies Image 24' (pen.)
Sørensen Image 72'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Nantes France1–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Lacombe Image 48' Report Marcial Image 42'
Attendance: 23,948[13]
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Second leg

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Wacker Austria3–0Scotland Celtic
Welzl Image 4'
Stering Image 21'
Oberacher Image 27'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–1England Liverpool
Kotte Image 47'
Sachse Image 52'		 Report Heighway Image 67'
Attendance: 34,100[16]

Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands2–1Bulgaria Levski-Spartak
Lerby Image 42'
Geels Image 53'		 Report Milanov Image 44'
Attendance: 15,500[17]
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy5–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Virdis Image 10', 20'
Boninsegna Image 53'
Fanna Image 70'
Benetti Image 77'		 Report
Attendance: 23,064[18]

Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Gonios Image 82' Report
Attendance: 25,000

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid Spain2–1France Nantes
Cano Image 76'
Pereira Image 80'		 Report Lacombe Image 31'
Attendance: 54,000[19]

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Wacker Austria3–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Koncilia Image 8'
Kriess Image 23'
Schwarz Image 27'		 Report Heynckes Image 63'
Attendance: 17,000
Benfica Portugal1–2England Liverpool
Nené Image 13' Report Case Image 36'
Hughes Image 71'
Attendance: 80,000
Ajax Netherlands1–1Italy Juventus
Van Dord Image 86' Report Causio Image 89'
Attendance: 37,000[20]

Second leg

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

Liverpool England4–1Portugal Benfica
Callaghan Image 6'
Dalglish Image 17'
McDermott Image 78'
Neal Image 88'		 Report Nené Image 25'
Attendance: 48,364

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

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

Atlético Madrid Spain3–2Belgium Club Brugge
Benegas Image 20'
Pina Image 30', 62'		 Report Cools Image 60'
Lambert Image 69'
Attendance: 70,000

Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Juventus Italy1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Bettega Image 86' Report
Attendance: 62,341[24]

Second leg

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Liverpool England3–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Kennedy Image 6'
Dalglish Image 35'
Case Image 56'		 Report
Attendance: 51,500[25]

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Club Brugge Belgium0–1England Liverpool
Report MatchCentre Dalglish Image 64'
Attendance: 92,500[26]

Top scorers

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Rank Name Team Goals
1 Denmark Allan Simonsen West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 5
2 England Jimmy Case England Liverpool 4
Scotland Joe Craig Scotland Celtic 4
England Roger Davies Belgium Club Brugge 4
West Germany Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 4
Italy Pietro Paolo Virdis Italy Juventus 4
7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish England Liverpool 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Filipović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 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
Spain Marcial Pina Spain Atlético Madrid 3
Belgium René Vandereycken Belgium Club Brugge 3
Austria Kurt Welzl Austria Wacker 3

References

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  1. ↑ "Basel v Wacker, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Red Star Belgrade v Sligo Rovers, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Vasas v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Trabzonspor vs. Boldklubben". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Dynamo Dresden v Halmstad, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lillestrøm v Ajax, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Omonia v Juventus, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "KuPS v Club Brugge, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Floriana v Panathinaikos, 14 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jeunesse Esch v Celtic, 28 September 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Boldklubben vs. Trabzonspor". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Ajax - Lillestrom SK 4 - 0 (28-9-1977)". AFC-Ajax.info (in Dutch). 28 September 1977. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Nantes v Atlético Madrid, 19 October 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Borussia Mönchengladbach v Red Star Belgrade, 2 November 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Boldklubben 1903 v Benfica, 2 November 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Dynamo Dresden v Liverpool, 2 November 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Ajax v Levski-Spartak, 2 November 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "Juventus v Glentoran, 2 November 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  19. ↑ "Atlético Madrid v Nantes, 2 November 1977" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "Ajax v Juventus, 1 March 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  21. ↑ "Club Brugge v Atlético Madrid, 1 March 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "Juventus v Ajax, 15 March 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  23. ↑ "Borussia Mönchengladbach v Liverpool, 29 March 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  24. ↑ "Juventus v Club Brugge, 29 March 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  25. ↑ "Liverpool v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 12 April 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "Liverpool v Club Brugge, 10 May 1978" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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