1977–78 European Cup

1977–78 European Cup
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1977 – 10 May 1978
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-upBelgium 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

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

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

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

Celtic Scotland5–0Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
MacDonald 15'
Craig 33', 58'
Wilson 36'
McLaughlin 83'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Basel Switzerland1–3Austria Wacker
Von Wartburg 22' Report Welzl 41', 45' (pen.)
Constantini 51'
Attendance: 17,361[1]
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers
Džajić 54', 80'
Filipović 67'		 Report
Attendance: 22,647[2]
Vasas Hungary0–3West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Schäfer 17'
Simonsen 34'
Wohlers 45'
Attendance: 27,000[3]
Benfica Portugal0–0Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
Trabzonspor Turkey1–0[4]Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Ergün 75' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–0Sweden Halmstad
Heidler 70'
Schade 84'		 Report
Attendance: 29,708[5]
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria3–0Poland Śląsk Wrocław
Panov 20'
Milanov 40', 43'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Lillestrøm Norway2–0Netherlands Ajax
Lønstad 1'
Johansen 13'		 Report
Attendance: 20,035[6]
Valur Iceland1–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Bergs 38' Report
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)
Omonia Cyprus0–3Italy Juventus
Report Bettega 34'
Fanna 42'
Virdis 59'
Attendance: 7,500[7]
KuPS Finland0–4Belgium Club Brugge
Report Vandereycken 49'
Cools 51'
Lambert 64'
Davies 78'
Attendance: 2,560[8]
Floriana Malta1–1Greece Panathinaikos
Xuereb 16' Report Aslanidis 26'
Attendance: 7,888[9]
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–1France Nantes
Vízek 54' Report Amisse 35'
Attendance: 13,885
Dinamo București Romania2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Vrînceanu 14'
Georgescu 73'		 Report Pereira 58'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Second leg

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

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.

Wacker Austria0–1Switzerland Basel
Report Maissen 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 5', 60'
Jovanović 43'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Gow (Wales)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union0–0 (a.e.t.)Portugal Benfica
Report
Penalties
Yurin soccer ball with red X
Nikonov soccer ball with red X
Belenkov soccer ball with check mark		 1–4 soccer ball with check mark Pietra
soccer ball with check mark José Luís
soccer ball with check mark Chalana
soccer ball with check mark Bento
Attendance: 25,000

0–0 on aggregate; Benfica won on penalties.

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

Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.

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

Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece4–0Malta Floriana
Álvarez 24'
Antoniadis 35', 40' (pen.)
Gonios 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 Spain2–0Romania Dinamo București
Benegas 67'
Cano 81'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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

Celtic Scotland2–1Austria Wacker
Craig 49'
Burns 78'		 Report Kriess 54'
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–3West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Schäfer 16'
Heynckes 45'
Simonsen 76'
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
Benfica Portugal1–0Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Pietra 49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 40,000
Liverpool England5–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Hansen 14'
Case 21', 57'
Neal 44' (pen.)
Kennedy 66'		 Report Häfner 76'
Attendance: 39,876
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria1–2Netherlands Ajax
Voynov 80' (pen.) Report Geels 30'
Erkens 79'
Attendance: 70,000
Glentoran Northern Ireland0–1Italy Juventus
Report Causio 38'
Attendance: 30,000
Club Brugge Belgium2–0Greece Panathinaikos
Davies 24' (pen.)
Sørensen 72'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Nantes France1–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Lacombe 48' Report Marcial 42'
Attendance: 23,948[12]
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Second leg

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

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany5–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Simonsen 17', 32'
Heynckes 60'
Nikolić 62' (o.g.)
Wittkamp 87'		 Report Sušić 44'
Attendance: 16,000[13]

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.

Boldklubben 1903 Denmark0–1Portugal Benfica
Report Pietra 50'
Attendance: 17,100[14]

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden East Germany2–1England Liverpool
Kotte 47'
Sachse 52'		 Report Heighway 67'
Attendance: 34,100[15]

Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands2–1Bulgaria Levski-Spartak
Lerby 42'
Geels 53'		 Report Milanov 44'
Attendance: 15,500[16]
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy5–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Virdis 10', 20'
Boninsegna 53'
Fanna 70'
Benetti 77'		 Report
Attendance: 23,064[17]

Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.

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

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid Spain2–1France Nantes
Cano 76'
Pereira 80'		 Report Lacombe 31'
Attendance: 54,000[18]

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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

Wacker Austria3–1West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Koncilia 8'
Kriess 23'
Schwarz 27'		 Report Heynckes 63'
Attendance: 17,000
Benfica Portugal1–2England Liverpool
Nené 13' Report Case 36'
Hughes 71'
Attendance: 80,000
Ajax Netherlands1–1Italy Juventus
Van Dord 86' Report Causio 89'
Attendance: 37,000[19]
Club Brugge Belgium2–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Courant 44'
De Cubber 57'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000[20]

Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–0Austria Wacker
Bonhof 19' (pen.)
Heynckes 32'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

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

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

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy1–1 (a.e.t.)Netherlands Ajax
Tardelli 21' Report Ling 80'
Penalties
Gentile soccer ball with red X
Benetti soccer ball with check mark
Cabrini soccer ball with check mark
Causio soccer ball with check mark		 3–0 soccer ball with red X Geels
soccer ball with red X Van Dord
soccer ball with red X Ling
Attendance: 68,497[21]

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

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

Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–1England Liverpool
Hannes 28'
Bonhof 89'		 Report Johnson 88'
Attendance: 62,000[22]
Juventus Italy1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Bettega 86' Report
Attendance: 62,341[23]

Second leg

Liverpool England3–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Kennedy 6'
Dalglish 35'
Case 56'		 Report
Attendance: 51,500[24]

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1978 European Cup Final
Liverpool England1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Dalglish 64' Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 92,500[25]

Top scorers

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

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