1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1973-74 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by 1. FC Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions A.C. Milan. It was the first, and only win for an East German side in a European tournament.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasas SC	0 - 3	Sunderland A.F.C.	0 - 2	0 - 1
Cardiff City F.C.	1 - 2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	0 - 0	1 - 2
RSC Anderlecht	3 - 3(a)	FC Zürich	3 - 2	0 - 1
Pezoporikos Larnaca FC	0 - 11	Malmö FF	0 - 0	0 - 11
Baník Ostrava	3 - 1	Cork Hibernians	1 - 0	2 - 1
NAC Breda	0 - 2	1. FC Magdeburg	0 - 0	0 - 2
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	11 - 1	CS Fola Esch	7 - 0	4 - 1
FC Torpedo Moscow	0 - 2	Athletic Bilbao	0 - 0	0 - 2
AC Milan	4 - 1	NK Dinamo Zagreb	3 - 1	1 - 0
Randers FC	1 - 2	SK Rapid Wien	0 - 0	1 - 2
Lahden Reipas	0 - 2	Olympique Lyonnais	0 - 0	0 - 2
Legia Warszawa	1 - 2	PAOK FC	1 - 1	0 - 1
Gzira United	0 - 9	S.K. Brann	0 - 2	0 - 7
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2 - 4	Glentoran F.C.	2 - 2	0 - 2
ÍB Vestmannaeyja	1 - 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 - 7	1 - 9
Ankaragücü	0 - 6	Rangers F.C.	0 - 2	0 - 4

First leg

19 September 1973	AC Milan	3 – 1	NK Dinamo Zagreb	Milan
	Bigon  10'  53' Chiarugi  16'		Lalić  70'

Second leg

3 October 1973	NK Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	AC Milan	Zagreb
			Chiarugi  7'

AC Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sunderland A.F.C.	2 - 3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2 - 1	0 - 2
FC Zürich	1(a) - 1	Malmö FF	0 - 0	1 - 1
Baník Ostrava	2 - 3	1. FC Magdeburg	2 - 0	0 - 3
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	3 - 1	Athletic Bilbao	3 - 0	0 - 1
AC Milan	2 - 0	SK Rapid Wien	0 - 0	2 - 0
Olympique Lyonnais	3 - 7	PAOK FC	3 - 3	0 - 4
S.K. Brann	2 - 4	Glentoran F.C.	1 - 1	1 - 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5 - 3	Rangers F.C.	3 - 0	2 - 3

First leg

24 October 1973	AC Milan	0 – 0	SK Rapid Wien	Milan

Second leg

7 November 1973	SK Rapid Wien	0 – 2	AC Milan	Vienna
			Bigon  26'  41'

AC Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Clube de Portugal	4 - 1	FC Zürich	3 - 0	1 - 1
1. FC Magdeburg	3 - 1	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	2 - 0	1 - 1
AC Milan	5 - 2	PAOK FC	3 - 0	2 - 2
Glentoran F.C.	0 - 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 - 2	0 - 5

First leg

13 March 1974	AC Milan	3 – 0	PAOK FC	Milan
	Bigon  13' Benetti  38' Chiarugi  86'

Second leg

20 March 1974	PAOK FC	2 – 2	AC Milan	Thessaloniki
	Sarafis  29'  72'		Bigon  54' Tresoldi  78'

AC Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	2 - 3	1. FC Magdeburg	1 - 1	1 - 2
AC Milan	2 - 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 - 0	0 - 1

First leg

10 April 1974	Sporting CP	1 – 1	1. FC Magdeburg	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
	Manaca  76'		Sparwasser  62'

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10 April 1974	AC Milan	2 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	San Siro, Milan
	Bigon  18' Chiarugi  52'

Second leg

24 April 1974	1. FC Magdeburg	2 – 1	Sporting CP	Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg
	Pommerenke  9' Sparwasser  70'		Marinho  78'

1. FC Magdeburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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24 April 1974	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 0	AC Milan	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
	Sabadini  23' (o.g.)

AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

8 May 1974 20:30	1. FC Magdeburg	2 – 0	AC Milan	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 6,461 Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)
	Lanzi  42' (o.g.) Seguin  74'

External links

• 1973-74 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation