1981–82 European Cup

The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition. Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.

1981–82 European Cup
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1981 – 26 May 1982
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-upWest Germany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored170 (2.7 per match)
Attendance1,675,358 (26,593 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern Munich)
7 goals

The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.

Teams

Partizani (1st) Austria Wien (1st) Anderlecht (1st)
CSKA Sofia (1st) Omonia (1st) Baník Ostrava (1st)
KB (1st) Aston Villa (1st) Liverpool (5th)TH
OPS (1st) Saint-Étienne (1st) BFC Dynamo (1st)
Bayern Munich (1st) Olympiacos (1st) Ferencváros (1st)
Valur (1st) Athlone Town (1st) Juventus (1st)
Progrès Niedercorn (1st) Hibernians (1st) AZ (1st)
Glentoran (1st) Start (1st) Widzew Łódź (1st)
Benfica (1st) Universitatea Craiova (1st) Celtic (1st)
Real Sociedad (1st) Öster (1st) Zürich (1st)
Trabzonspor (1st) Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Saint-Étienne 1–3 BFC Dynamo1–10–2

First leg

Saint-Étienne 1–1 BFC Dynamo
Lopez 75'ReportLopez 25' (o.g.)

Second leg

BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
Austria Wien303
Partizani112
Austria Wien011
Dynamo Kyïv112
Dynamo Kyïv112
Trabzonspor011
Dynamo Kyïv000
Aston Villa022
BFC Dynamo (a)213
Zürich033
BFC Dynamo112
Aston Villa (a)202
Aston Villa527
Valur000
Aston Villa101
Anderlecht000
Widzew Łódź112
Anderlecht246
Anderlecht314
Juventus112
Celtic101
Juventus022
Anderlecht224
Crvena zvezda112
Ferencváros303
Baník Ostrava235
Baník Ostrava303
Crvena zvezda134
Hibernians112
Crvena zvezda2810
Aston Villa1
Bayern Munich0
Start101
AZ314
AZ224
Liverpool235
OPS000
Liverpool178
Liverpool101
CSKA Sofia022
CSKA Sofia101
Real Sociedad000
CSKA Sofia213
Glentoran022
Progrès Niedercorn101
Glentoran145
CSKA Sofia404
Bayern Munich347
KB (a)123
Athlone Town123
KB112
Universitatea Craiova044
Universitatea Craiova303
Olympiacos022
Universitatea Craiova011
Bayern Munich213
Benfica314
Omonoia000
Benfica011
Bayern Munich044
Öster000
Bayern Munich156

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Austria Wien 3–2 Partizani3–10–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Trabzonspor1–01–1
BFC Dynamo 3–3 (a) Zürich2–01–3
Aston Villa 7–0 Valur5–02–0
Widzew Łódź 2–6 Anderlecht1–41–2
Celtic 1–2 Juventus1–00–2
Ferencváros 3–5 Baník Ostrava3–20–3
Hibernians 2–10 Red Star Belgrade1–21–8
Start 1–4 AZ1–30–1
OPS 0–8 Liverpool0–10–7
CSKA Sofia 1–0 Real Sociedad1–00–0
Progrès Niedercorn 1–5 Glentoran1–10–4
KB 3–3 (a) Athlone Town1–12–2
Universitatea Craiova 3–2 Olympiacos3–00–2
Benfica 4–0 Omonia3–01–0
Öster 0–6 Bayern Munich0–10–5

First leg

Austria Wien 3–1 Partizani
Steinkogler 26'
Gasselich 27' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
ReportTomorri 21'
Attendance: 27,000[3]
Referee: Klaus Peschel (East Germany)

Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Trabzonspor
Blokhin 74'Report
Attendance: 60,000


Aston Villa 5–0 Valur
Morley 6'
Withe 37', 68'
Donovan 40', 69'
Report
Attendance: 20,481


Celtic 1–0 Juventus
MacLeod 65'Report
Attendance: 61,017

Ferencváros 3–2 Baník Ostrava
Pogany 22', 40' (pen.)
Szokolai 47'
ReportLička 76'
Knapp 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000

Hibernians 1–2 Red Star Belgrade
Spiteri-Gonzi 38'ReportJurišić 72'
Janković 90'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

Start 1–3 AZ
Haugen 79'ReportPeters 16', 23'
Kist 48'
Attendance: 6,149
Referee: Juhani Smolander (Finland)

OPS 0–1 Liverpool
ReportDalglish 84'
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Wiesław Bartosik (Poland)



KB 1–1 Athlone Town
Tune 10'ReportO'Connor 4'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway)


Benfica 3–0 Omonia
Néné 54'
Filipović 67'
Carlos Manuel 81'
Report
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Anthony Mangion (Malta)

Öster 0–1 Bayern Munich
ReportRummenigge 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,100[8]
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Second leg

Partizani 1–0 Austria Wien
Ballgjini 31'Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Erkan Göksel (Turkey)

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


Trabzonspor 1–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Canalioğlu 27'ReportKhlus 57'

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


Zürich 3–1 BFC Dynamo
Jerković 2', 22', 87'ReportUllrich 47'
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.


Valur 0–2 Aston Villa
ReportShaw 25', 70'
Attendance: 4,291[10]
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark)

Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht 2–1 Widzew Łódź
Brylle 6'
Geurts 50'
ReportSmolarek 66'
Attendance: 13,000[11]
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)

Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.


Juventus 2–0 Celtic
Virdis 28'
Bettega 40'
Report
Attendance: 65,000[12]

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava 3–0 Ferencváros
Šreiner 7'
Knapp 14', 56' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 17,636[13]
Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade 8–1 Hibernians
Goračinov 1'
Petrović 20', 41'
Šestić 35'
D. Savić 43', 58' (pen.)
R. Savić 62', 87'
ReportSpiteri-Gonzi 69'
Attendance: 4,596[14]
Referee: Stefanos Hatzistefanou (Cyprus)

Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.


AZ 1–0 Start
Tol 86'Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)

AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.


Liverpool 7–0 OPS
Dalglish 26'
McDermott 40' 75'
R. Kennedy 46'
Johnson 60'
Rush 67'
Lawrenson 72'
Report
Attendance: 20,789
Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.


Glentoran 4–0 Progrès Niedercorn
Blackledge 30', 76'
Jameson 53'
Manley 75'
Report
Attendance: 3,673[16]

Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.


Athlone Town 2–2 KB
Davis 73', 87'ReportLarsen 15'
Andersen 53'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

3–3 on aggregate; KB won on away goals.


Olympiacos 2–0 Universitatea Craiova
Mitropoulos 36'
Anastopoulos 60'
Report
Attendance: 27,397[17]
Referee: Eduard Shklovski (Soviet Union)

Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.


Omonia 0–1 Benfica
ReportChalana 75'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich 5–0 Öster
Hoeneß 24', 58'
Rummenigge 27', 68'
Niedermayer 31'
Report
Attendance: 7,800[18]
Referee: Eamonn Farrell (Ireland)

Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second Round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Austria Wien 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv0–11–1
BFC Dynamo 2–2 (a) Aston Villa1–21–0
Anderlecht 4–2 Juventus3–11–1
Baník Ostrava 3–4 Red Star Belgrade3–10–3
AZ 4–5 Liverpool2–22–3
CSKA Sofia 3–2 Glentoran2–01–2
KB 2–4 Universitatea Craiova1–01–4
Benfica 1–4 Bayern Munich0–01–4

First leg

Austria Wien 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
ReportBal 23'
Attendance: 25,000[19]
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania)


Anderlecht 3–1 Juventus
Geurts 24' 56'
Vercauteren 88'
ReportMarocchino 39'

Baník Ostrava 3–1 Red Star Belgrade
Lička 2', 44'
Knapp 88'
ReportKrmpotić 51'
Attendance: 15,745[22]

AZ 2–2 Liverpool
Kist 59'
Tol 86'
ReportJohnson 26'
Lee 49'

CSKA Sofia 2–0 Glentoran
Dimitrov 8'
Zdravkov 35' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 23,742[24]
Referee: Theodoris Aspris (Cyprus)

KB 1–0 Universitatea Craiova
Fosgaard 8'Report
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland)

Benfica 0–0 Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 45,000[25]

Second leg

Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Austria Wien
Buryak 37' (pen.)ReportPetkov 23'
Attendance: 59,400
Referee: Rolf Ericsson (Sweden)

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


Aston Villa 0–1 BFC Dynamo
ReportTerletzki 15'
Attendance: 28,175

2–2 on aggregate; Aston Villa won on away goals.


Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.


Juventus 1–1 Anderlecht
Brio 79'ReportGeurts 41'
Attendance: 66,279[27]

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool 3–2 AZ
McDermott 42' (pen.)
Rush 68'
Hansen 85'
ReportKist 55'
Thompson 73' (o.g.)
Attendance: 29,703

Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.


Glentoran 2–1 (a.e.t.) CSKA Sofia
Cleary 67'
Manley 71'
ReportDimitrov 115'
Attendance: 4,021

CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.


Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich 4–1 Benfica
Hoeneß 28', 36', 55'
Breitner 82'
ReportNené 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Aston Villa0–00–2
Anderlecht 4–2 Red Star Belgrade2–12–1
Liverpool 1–2 CSKA Sofia1–00–2
Universitatea Craiova 1–3 Bayern Munich0–21–1

First leg



Liverpool 1–0 CSKA Sofia
Whelan 65'Report
Attendance: 27,388
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Second leg

Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade 1–2 Anderlecht
Savić 45' (pen)ReportHofkens 33'
Vercauteren 60'
Attendance: 89,806
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich 1–1 Universitatea Craiova
D. Hoeneß 21'ReportGeolgău 30'
Attendance: 13,000[33]
Referee: Talal Tokat (Turkey)

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Aston Villa 1–0 Anderlecht1–00–0
CSKA Sofia 4–7 Bayern Munich4–30–4

First leg

Aston Villa 1–0 Anderlecht
Morley 27'Report
Attendance: 38,593

CSKA Sofia 4–3 Bayern Munich
G. Dimitrov 7'
Yonchev 13' 49'
Zdravkov 18' (pen.)
ReportDürnberger 27'
D. Hoeneß 32'
Breitner 82'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Daniel Lambert (France)

Second leg

Bayern Munich 4–0 CSKA Sofia
Breitner 43', 47' (pen.)
Rummenigge 65', 76'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.


Anderlecht 0–0 Aston Villa
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Aston Villa 1–0 Bayern Munich
Withe 67'Report
Attendance: 46,776
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Dieter Hoeneß Bayern Munich7
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich6
3 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich5
Willy Geurts Anderlecht5
5 Lubomír Knapp Baník Ostrava4
Tony Morley Aston Villa4
Dušan Savić Red Star Belgrade4
8 Jurica Jerković Zürich3
Kees Kist AZ3
Verner Lička Baník Ostrava3
Juan Lozano Anderlecht3
Terry McDermott Liverpool3
Vladimir Petrović Red Star Belgrade3
Gary Shaw Aston Villa3
Peter Withe Aston Villa3
Tsvetan Yonchev CSKA Sofia3

Notes

References