1984–85 European Cup

The 1984–85 European Cup (1984/85 UEFA Champions League) tournament was overshadowed by the Heysel Stadium disaster that happened prior to the final match. That edition was won for the first time by Juventus in a 1–0 win against defending champions Liverpool. At sporting level, with this result they became the first club to have won all three major European trophies (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup), as well a posteriori as the one that needed the shortest amount of time to complete this (8 years).[1]

1984–85 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 September 1984 – 29 May 1985
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Juventus (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored186 (3.05 per match)
Attendance1,546,110 (25,346 per match)
Top scorer(s)Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)
Michel Platini (Juventus)
7 goals each

Following the disaster, English clubs received a five-year ban from entering any European competition, thus ending a period of great success for English clubs in the European Cup which had seen three clubs winning seven finals since 1977, including six successive finals up to 1982. Liverpool, English champions in 1989–90, were given an extra year's ban. There would be no English club to win the trophy until 1999, when Manchester United beat Bayern Munich 2–1.

Teams

Labinoti (1st) Austria Wien (1st) Beveren (1st) Levski-Spartak (1st)
Omonia (1st) Sparta Praha (1st) Lyngby (1st) Liverpool (1st)TH
Ilves (1st) Bordeaux (1st) BFC Dynamo (1st) VfB Stuttgart (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st) Budapesti Honvéd (1st) ÍA (1st) Shamrock Rovers (1st)
Juventus (1st) Avenir Beggen (1st) Valletta (1st) Feyenoord (1st)
Linfield (1st) Vålerenga (1st) Lech Poznań (1st) Benfica (1st)
Dinamo București (1st) Aberdeen (1st) Athletic Bilbao (1st) Gothenburg (1st)
Grasshopper (1st) Trabzonspor (1st) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
Ilves011
Juventus426
Juventus246
Grasshopper022
Grasshopper314
Honvéd123
Juventus303
Sparta Praha011
Vålerenga303
Sparta Praha325
Sparta Praha022
Lyngby011
Labinoti000
Lyngby336
Juventus303
Bordeaux022
Bordeaux303
Athletic Bilbao202
Bordeaux112
Dinamo București011
Dinamo București416
Omonia123
Bordeaux112 (5)
Dnipro112 (3)
Levski Sofia (a)123
Stuttgart123
Levski Sofia303
Dnipro (a)123
Trabzonspor101
Dnipro033
Juventus1
Liverpool0
Aberdeen213 (4)
BFC Dynamo123 (5)
BFC Dynamo314
Austria Wien325
Austria Wien448
Valletta000
Austria Wien112
Liverpool145
Lech Poznań000
Liverpool145
Liverpool303
Benfica112
Crvena zvezda303
Benfica224
Liverpool415
Panathinaikos000
Avenir Beggen000
IFK Göteborg8917
IFK Göteborg (a)112
Beveren022
ÍA202
Beveren257
IFK Göteborg022
Panathinaikos123
Feyenoord011
Panathinaikos[2]022
Panathinaikos235
Linfield134
Linfield (a)011
Shamrock Rovers011

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ilves 1–6 Juventus0–41–2
Grasshopper 4–3 Budapesti Honvéd3–11–2
Vålerenga 3–5 Sparta Praha3–30–2
Labinoti 0–6 Lyngby0–30–3
Bordeaux 3–2 Athletic Bilbao3–20–0
Dinamo București 5–3 Omonia4–11–2
Levski-Spartak 3–3 (a) VfB Stuttgart1–12–2
Trabzonspor 1–3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1–00–3
Aberdeen 3–3 (4–5p) BFC Dynamo2–11–2
Austria Wien 8–0 Valletta4–04–0
Lech Poznań 0–5 Liverpool0–10–4
Red Star Belgrade 3–4 Benfica3–20–2
Avenir Beggen 0–17 IFK Göteborg0–80–9
ÍA 2–7 Beveren2–20–5
Feyenoord 1–2 Panathinaikos0–01–2
Linfield 1–1 (a) Shamrock Rovers0–01–1

First leg

Trabzonspor 1–0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Lemi 8'Report
Attendance: 9,800[3]
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Dinamo București 4–1 Omonia
Orac 25', 35'
Tulba 28'
Ţălnar 33'
ReportSavvidis 17'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Stojan Ilievski (Yugoslavia)

Lech Poznań 0–1 Liverpool
ReportWark 62'
Attendance: 29,000[4]
Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden)

Labinoti 0–3 Lyngby
ReportVilmar 52'
Spangsborg 62'
Schäfer 80'
Attendance: 15,000[5]
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

Vålerenga 3–3 Sparta Praha
P. Jacobsen 33', 89'
Bergsvand 80'
ReportProcházka 22', 49'
Chovanec 36'
Attendance: 2,489
Referee: Þorvarður Björnsson (Iceland)

Red Star Belgrade 3–2 Benfica
Janjanin 57' (pen.), 77' (pen.), 78'ReportElsner 27' (o.g.)
Diamantino 42'
Attendance: 63,542[6]

Ilves 0–4 Juventus
ReportRossi 12', 82', 89'
Platini 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 24,073[7]
Referee: Hans Harrysson (Sweden)


ÍA 2–2 Beveren
K. Þórðarson 73'
Hákonarson 80'
ReportAlbert 53'
Christiaens 54'
Attendance: 2,889[9]
Referee: Jack Poucher (Northern Ireland)

Austria Wien 4–0 Valletta
Prohaska 18'
Polster 25'
Drabits 42', 47'
Report
Attendance: 6,200[10]
Referee: Jean Koster (Luxembourg)

Avenir Beggen 0–8 IFK Göteborg
ReportCarlsson 4', 62'
T. Nilsson 20', 47', 75'
Fredriksson 22', 70' (pen.)
Andersson 84'

Grasshopper 3–1 Budapesti Honvéd
Jara 31'
Müller 68', 72'
ReportDajka 30'
Attendance: 4,467[11]
Referee: José Pes Pérez (Spain)

Feyenoord 0–0 Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 38,542[12]

Bordeaux 3–2 Athletic Bilbao
Müller 29'
Battiston 61'
Lacombe 80'
ReportEndika 31'
Salinas 70'
Attendance: 23,989
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Aberdeen 2–1 BFC Dynamo
Black 32', 67'ReportSchulz 82'

Linfield 0–0 Shamrock Rovers
Report
Attendance: 4,907[14]
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Second leg

Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.


Valletta 0–4 Austria Wien
ReportDegeorgi 8'
Steinkogler 52'
Ogris 66', 67'
Attendance: 1,509[16]
Referee: Franz Gächter (Switzerland)

Austria Wien won 8–0 on aggregate.


Shamrock Rovers 1–1 Linfield
Eccles 66'ReportJeffrey 30'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Howard King (Wales)

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


Sparta Praha 2–0 Vålerenga
Denk 42'
Straka 44'
Report
Attendance: 11,872

Sparta Praha won 5–3 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won 5–4 on penalties.


Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 3–1 on aggregate.


Lyngby 3–0 Labinoti
F. Christensen 59'
Sørensen 62'
Spangsborg 89'
Report
Attendance: 2,021[20]
Referee: Osmo Orakangas (Finland)

Lyngby won 6–0 on aggregate.


IFK Göteborg 9–0 Avenir Beggen
Pettersson 24', 30'
T. Nilsson 28', 37'
Tommy Holmgren 50'
Fredriksson 64'
Gardner 70', 81'
Carlsson 75'
Report
Attendance: 6,072

IFK Göteborg won 17–0 on aggregate.


Omonia 2–1 Dinamo București
Dzhevizov 54'
Mavris 62'
ReportMovilă 88'
Attendance: 13,650[21]
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)

Dinamo Bucharest won 5–3 on aggregate.


VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Levski-Spartak
Allgöwer 14', 38'ReportIliev 29'
Tsvetkov 60'
Attendance: 22,000

3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak won on away goals.


Beveren 5–0 ÍA
Albert 20'
Schönberger 30'
Theunis 49'
Christiaens 72'
Gorez 87'
Report
Attendance: 7,000

Beveren won 7–2 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.


Juventus 2–1 Ilves
Platini 57', 65'ReportKuuluvainen 19'
Attendance: 3,232[22]
Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta)

Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao 0–0 Bordeaux
Report
Attendance: 36,000[23]

Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool 4–0 Lech Poznań
Wark 16', 20', 86'
Walsh 35'
Report
Attendance: 22,143
Referee: Gerard Geurds (Netherlands)

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.


Benfica 2–0 Red Star Belgrade
Carlos Manuel 74', 80'Report
Attendance: 32,000

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Juventus 6–2 Grasshopper2–04–2
Sparta Praha 2–1 Lyngby0–02–1
Bordeaux 2–1 Dinamo București1–01–1
Levski-Spartak 3–3 (a) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk3–10–2
BFC Dynamo 4–5 Austria Wien3–31–2
Liverpool 3–2 Benfica3–10–1
IFK Göteborg 2–2 (a) Beveren1–01–2
Panathinaikos 5–4 Linfield2–13–3

First leg

Sparta Praha 0–0 Lyngby
Report
Attendance: 13,712
Referee: Oliver Donnelly (Northern Ireland)


Levski-Spartak 3–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Velev 31'
Valchev 45'
Sirakov 67'
ReportLytovchenko 24'
Attendance: 30,000[26]
Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

IFK Göteborg 1–0 Beveren
T. Nilsson 51'Report
Attendance: 16,718[27]
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)

Panathinaikos 2–1 Linfield
Charalambidis 42' (pen.)
Tarasis 88'
ReportTotten 20'
Attendance: 51,985[28]
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

Juventus 2–0 Grasshopper
Vignola 26'
Rossi 28'
Report
Attendance: 39,804[29]


Liverpool 3–1 Benfica
Rush 44', 71', 77'ReportDiamantino 51'
Attendance: 27,733

Second leg

3–3 on aggregate; Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won on away goals.


Bordeaux won 2–1 on aggregate.


Lyngby 1–2 Sparta Praha
Vilmar 27'ReportProcházka 81'
Griga 88'
Attendance: 10,300[32]
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Sparta Praha won 2–1 on aggregate.


Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.


Grasshopper 2–4 Juventus
Koller 30'
Schällibaum 71'
ReportBriaschi 21'
Vignola 40'
Platini 61', 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000

Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.


Beveren 2–1 (a.e.t.) IFK Göteborg
Crève 76'
Gorez 100' (pen.)
ReportPettersson 99'

2–2 on aggregate; IFK Göteborg won on away goals.


Linfield 3–3 Panathinaikos
McGaughey 6', 26' (pen.)
Maxwell 10'
ReportSaravakos 29' (pen.)
Rocha 33'
Antoniou 63'
Attendance: 7,269[34]
Referee: Peer Frickmann (Denmark)

Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.


Benfica 1–0 Liverpool
Manniche 6' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 21,000[35]

Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Juventus 3–1 Sparta Praha3–00–1
Bordeaux 2–2 (5–3p) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1–11–1
Austria Wien 2–5 Liverpool1–11–4
IFK Göteborg 2–3 Panathinaikos0–12–2

First leg

IFK Göteborg 0–1 Panathinaikos
ReportSaravakos 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,026[36]


Juventus 3–0 Sparta Praha
Tardelli 35'
Rossi 64'
Briaschi 81'
Report
Attendance: 45,455[38]

Second leg

Sparta Praha 1–0 Juventus
Berger 77' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 33,070[39]

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.


2–2 on aggregate; Bordeaux won 5–3 on penalties.


Panathinaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool 4–1 Austria Wien
Walsh 17', 55'
Nicol 37'
Obermayer 46' (o.g.)
ReportProhaska 64'
Attendance: 32,761
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Juventus 3–2 Bordeaux3–00–2
Liverpool 5–0 Panathinaikos4–01–0

First leg

Juventus 3–0 Bordeaux
Boniek 29'
Briaschi 68'
Platini 71'
Report
Attendance: 65,237[41]

Liverpool 4–0 Panathinaikos
Wark 35'
Rush 48', 49'
Beglin 85'
Report
Attendance: 39,488

Second leg

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

Final

Juventus 1–0 Liverpool
Platini 58' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 58,000

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Torbjörn Nilsson IFK Göteborg7
Michel Platini Juventus7
3 Paolo Rossi Juventus5
Ian Rush Liverpool5
John Wark Liverpool5
6 Massimo Briaschi Juventus3
Jerry Carlsson IFK Göteborg3
Stig Fredriksson IFK Göteborg3
Rajko Janjanin Red Star Belgrade3
Bernard Lacombe Bordeaux3
Hennadiy Lytovchenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk3
Dieter Müller Bordeaux3
Stefan Pettersson IFK Göteborg3
Toni Polster Austria Vienna3
Zdeněk Procházka Sparta Praha3
Herbert Prohaska Austria Vienna3
Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos3
Andreas Thom BFC Dynamo3
Paul Walsh Liverpool3

Notes

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