1978 European Super Cup

1978 European Super Cup

Anderlecht Liverpool 4 3
First leg
Anderlecht Liverpool 3 1
Date	4 December 1978
Venue	Emile Versé Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Attendance	35,000
Second leg
Liverpool Anderlecht 2 1
Date	19 December 1978
Venue	Anfield, Liverpool
Referee	Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
Attendance	23,598

The 1978 UEFA Super Cup was a football match played over two legs between Liverpool of England and Anderlecht of Belgium. Anderlecht won the tie 4–3 on aggregate, winning the first leg 3–1, and losing the second leg 2–1. Jimmy Case scored Liverpool's only goal in the first leg, with David Fairclough and Emlyn Hughes scoring their two goals in the second leg.

Match details

First leg

4 December 1978

Anderlecht	3–1	Liverpool
Vercauteren 17' Van der Elst 38' Rensenbrink 87'	Report	Case 27'

Emile Versé Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

GK 1 Nico De Bree DF 2 François Van der Elst DF 3 Hugo Broos DF 4 Johnny Dusbaba DF 5 Jean Thissen MF 6 Franky Vercauteren FW 7 Benny Nielsen MF 8 Ruud Geels MF 9 Arie Haan MF 10 Ludo Coeck FW 11 Rob Rensenbrink Substitutes: GK 12 Jacky Munaron FW 13 Ronny Martens DF 14 Gilbert Van Binst MF 15 Matty Van Toorn Manager: Raymond Goethals Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Alan Kennedy CB 4 Emlyn Hughes LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Alan Hansen CF 7 Kenny Dalglish RM 8 Jimmy Case CF 9 David Johnson  54' CM 10 Terry McDermott CM 11 Graeme Souness Substitutes: MF 12 Steve Heighway  54' GK 13 Steve Ogrizovic FW 14 David Fairclough MF 15 Sammy Lee DF 16 Brian Kettle Manager: Bob Paisley

Second leg

19 December 1978

Liverpool	2–1	Anderlecht
Hughes 13' Fairclough 87'	Report	Van der Elst 71'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 23,598

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Emlyn Hughes CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Alan Hansen CF 7 Kenny Dalglish RM 8 Jimmy Case CF 9 David Fairclough CM 10 Terry McDermott CM 11 Graeme Souness Substitutes: FW 12 David Johnson GK 13 Steve Ogrizovic MF 14 Steve Heighway MF 15 Sammy Lee DF 16 Brian Kettle Manager: Bob Paisley Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Nico De Bree DF 2 Gilbert Van Binst DF 3 Matty Van Toorn DF 4 Johnny Dusbaba DF 5 Jean Thissen MF 6 Franky Vercauteren FW 7 François Van der Elst MF 8 Ruud Geels MF 9 Arie Haan MF 10 Ludo Coeck FW 11 Rob Rensenbrink Substitutes: FW Ronny Martens Manager: Raymond Goethals

UEFA Super Cup 1978
Anderlecht Second Title

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