1977–78 European Cup

1977–78 European Cup

Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-up	Club Brugge
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Allan Simonsen (5 goals)
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The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge. The game finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after ninety minutes, five of them won by English clubs.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	5–0	6–1
Basel	2–3	Wacker	1–3	1–0
Red Star Belgrade	6–0	Sligo Rovers	3–0	3–0
Vasas	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–1
Benfica	0–0 (p)	Torpedo Moscow	0–0	0–0
Trabzonspor	1–2	Boldklubben 1903	1–0	0–2
Liverpool	Bye		–	–
Dynamo Dresden	3–2	Halmstad	2–0	1–2
Levski-Spartak	5–2	Śląsk Wrocław	3–0	2–2
Lillestrøm	2–4	Ajax	2–0	0–4
Valur	1–2	Glentoran	1–0	0–2
Omonia	0–5	Juventus	0–3	0–2
KuPS	2–9	Club Brugge	0–4	2–5
Floriana	1–5	Panathinaikos	1–1	0–4
Dukla Prague	1–1 (a)	Nantes	1–1	0–0
Dinamo Bucureşti	2–3	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–2

First leg

14 September 1977	Celtic	5 – 0	Jeunesse Esch
	MacDonald  15' Craig  33', 58' Wilson  36' McLaughlin  83'	Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Basel	1 – 3	Wacker
	von Wartburg  22'	Report Gamesheet	Welzl  41', 45' (pen.) Constantini  51'

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14 September 1977	Red Star Belgrade	3 – 0	Sligo Rovers
	Džajić  54', 80' Jelikić  67'	Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Vasas	0 – 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Report Gamesheet	Schäfer  17' Simonsen  34' Wohlers  45'

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14 September 1977	Benfica	0 – 0	Torpedo Moscow
		Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Trabzonspor	1 – 0	Boldklubben 1903
	Ergün  75'	Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Dynamo Dresden	2 – 0	Halmstad
	Heidler  70' Schade  84'	Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Levski-Spartak	3 – 0	Śląsk Wrocław
	Panov  20' Milanov  40', 43'	Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Lillestrøm	2 – 0	Ajax
	Lønstad  1' Johansen  13'	Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1977	Valur	1 – 0	Glentoran
	Bergs  38'	Report Gamesheet

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14 September 1977	Omonia	0 – 3	Juventus	Nicosia
		Report Gamesheet	Bettega  34' Fanna  42' Virdis  59'

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14 September 1977	KuPS	0 – 4	Club Brugge
		Report Gamesheet	Vandereycken  49' Cools  51' Lambert  64' Davies  78'

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14 September 1977	Floriana	1 – 1	Panathinaikos
	Xuereb  16'	Report Gamesheet	Aslanidis  26'

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14 September 1977	Dukla Prague	1 – 1	Nantes
	Vízek  54'	Report Gamesheet	Amisse  35'

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15 September 1977	Dinamo Bucureşti	2 – 1	Atlético Madrid
	Vrînceanu  14' Georgescu  73'	Report Gamesheet	Pereira  58'

Second leg

28 September 1977	Jeunesse Esch	1 – 6	Celtic
	Giuliani  30'	Report Gamesheet	Lennox  30', 66' Glavin  52' McGrain  56' Eðvaldsson  66', 76'

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Wacker	0 – 1	Basel
		Report Gamesheet	Maissen  62'

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Sligo Rovers	0 – 3	Red Star Belgrade
		Report Gamesheet	Filipović  5', 60' Jovanović  43'

Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 1	Vasas
	Simonsen  64'	Report Gamesheet	Izsó  77'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Torpedo Moscow	0 – 0 (aet)	Benfica
		Report Gamesheet
		Penalties
		1 – 4

Benfica 0–0 Torpedo Moscow on aggregate. Benfica won on penalties.

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28 September 1977	Boldklubben 1903	2 – 0	Trabzonspor
	Francker  40', 82'	Report Gamesheet

Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Halmstad	2 – 1	Dynamo Dresden
	Johansson  17' Larsson  88'	Report Gamesheet	Heidler  64'

Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Śląsk Wrocław	2 – 2	Levski-Spartak
	Pawłowski  22' Kopycki  75'	Report Gamesheet	Panov  29', 58'

Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Ajax	4 – 0	Lillestrøm
	Birkelund  10' (o.g.) Geels  31' Ling  51', 72'	Report Gamesheet

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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29 September 1977	Glentoran	2 – 0	Valur
	Robson  18' Jamison  73'	Report Gamesheet

Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Juventus	2 – 0	Omonia	Turin
	Boninsegna  11' Virdis  75'	Report Gamesheet

Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Club Brugge	5 – 2	KuPS
	Davies  17', 35' Vandereycken  33' Simoen  47' Maes  85'	Report Gamesheet	Mönkkönen  20' Loikkanen  63'

Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Panathinaikos	4 – 0	Floriana
	Álvarez  24' Antoniadis  35', 40' (pen.) Gonios  85'	Report Gamesheet

Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Nantes	0 – 0	Dukla Prague
		Report Gamesheet

Dukla Prague 1–1 Nantes. Nantes won on away goals.

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28 September 1977	Atlético Madrid	2 – 0	Dinamo Bucureşti
	Benegas  67' Cano  81'	Report Gamesheet

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	2–4	Wacker	2–1	0–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–5
Benfica	2–0	Boldklubben 1903	1–0	1–0
Liverpool	6–3	Dynamo Dresden	5–1	1–2
Levski-Spartak	2–4	Ajax	1–2	1–2
Glentoran	0–6	Juventus	0–1	0–5
Club Brugge	2–1	Panathinaikos	2–0	0–1
Nantes	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1	1–2

First leg

19 October 1977	Celtic	2 – 1	Wacker
	Craig  49' Burns  78'	Report Gamesheet	Kriess  54'

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19 October 1977	Red Star Belgrade	0 – 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Report Gamesheet	Schäfer  16' Heynckes  45' Simonsen  76'

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19 October 1977	Benfica	1 – 0	Boldklubben 1903
	Pietra  49' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

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19 October 1977	Liverpool	5 – 1	Dynamo Dresden
	Hansen  14' Case  21', 57' Neal  44' (pen.) Kennedy  66'	Report Gamesheet	Häfner  76'

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19 October 1977	Levski-Spartak	1 – 2	Ajax
	Voynov  80' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Geels  30' Erkens  79'

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19 October 1977	Glentoran	0 – 1	Juventus	Belfast
		Report Gamesheet	Causio  38'

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19 October 1977	Club Brugge	2 – 0	Panathinaikos
	Davies  24' (pen.) Cools  72'	Report Gamesheet

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19 October 1977	Nantes	1 – 1	Atlético Madrid
	Lacombe  48'	Report Gamesheet	Marcial  42'

Second leg

2 November 1977	Wacker	3 – 0	Celtic
	Welzl  4' Stering  21' Oberacher  27'	Report Gamesheet

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5 – 1	Red Star Belgrade
	Simonsen  17', 32' Heynckes  60' Nikolić  62' (o.g.) Wittkamp  87'	Report Gamesheet	Sušić  44'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Boldklubben 1903	0 – 1	Benfica
		Report Gamesheet	Pietra  50'

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Dynamo Dresden	2 – 1	Liverpool
	Kotte  47' Sachse  52'	Report Gamesheet	Heighway  67'

Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Ajax	2 – 1	Levski-Spartak
	Lerby  41' Geels  53'	Report Gamesheet	Milanov  41'

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Juventus	5 – 0	Glentoran	Turin
	Virdis  10', 20' Boninsegna  53' Fanna  70' Benetti  77'	Report Gamesheet

Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Panathinaikos	1 – 0	Club Brugge
	Gonios  82'	Report Gamesheet

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

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2 November 1977	Atlético Madrid	2 – 1	Nantes
	Cano  76' Pereira  80'	Report Gamesheet	Lacombe  31'

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wacker	3–3 (a)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	0–2
Benfica	2–6	Liverpool	1–2	1–4
Ajax	2–2 (0–3p)	Juventus	1–1	1–1
Club Brugge	4–3	Atlético Madrid	2–0	2–3

First leg

1 March 1978	Wacker	3 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Koncilia  8' Kriess  23' Schwarz  27'	Report Gamesheet	Heynckes  63'

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1 March 1978	Benfica	1 – 2	Liverpool
	Nené  13'	Report Gamesheet	Case  36' Hughes  71'

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1 March 1978	Ajax	1 – 1	Juventus	Amsterdam
	Van Dord  86'	Report Gamesheet	Causio  89'

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1 March 1978	Club Brugge	2 – 0	Atlético Madrid
	Courant  44' De Cubber  57'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

15 March 1978	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 0	Wacker
	Bonhof  19' (pen.) Heynckes  32'	Report Gamesheet

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

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15 March 1978	Liverpool	4 – 1	Benfica
	Callaghan  6' Dalglish  17' McDermott  78' Neal  88'	Report Gamesheet	Nené  25'

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

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15 March 1978	Juventus	1 – 1	Ajax	Turin
	Tardelli  21'	Report Gamesheet	Ling  80'
		Penalties
	Gentile Benetti Cabrini Causio	3 – 0	Geels Van Dord Ling

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

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15 March 1978	Atlético Madrid	3 – 2	Club Brugge
	Benegas  20' Pina  30', 62'	Report Gamesheet	Cools  60' Lambert  69'

Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–4	Liverpool	2–1	0–3
Juventus	1–2	Club Brugge	1–0	0–2

First leg

29 March 1978	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 1	Liverpool
	Hannes  28' Bonhof  89'	Report Gamesheet	Johnson  88'

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29 March 1978	Juventus	1 – 0	Club Brugge	Turin
	Bettega  86'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

12 April 1978	Liverpool	3 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Anfield, Liverpool
	Kennedy  6' Dalglish  35' Case  56'	Report Gamesheet

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.

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12 April 1978	Club Brugge	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Juventus	Bruges
	Bastijns  3' Vandereycken  116'	Report Gamesheet

Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1978 European Cup Final

10 May 1978	Liverpool	1 – 0	Club Brugge	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 92,000 Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
	Dalglish  65'	Report Gamesheet

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1977-78 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
2	Jimmy Case	Liverpool	4
	Roger Davies	Club Brugge	4
	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Juventus	4
6	Julien Cools	Club Brugge	3
	Joe Craig	Celtic	3
	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool	3
	Ruud Geels	Ajax	3
	Tschen La Ling	Ajax	3
	Kiril Milanov	Levski-Spartak	3
	Pavel Panov	Levski-Spartak	3
	René Vandereycken	Club Brugge	3
	Kurt Welzl	Wacker	3

External links

• 1977–78 All matches - season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1977-78 European Cup according to protocols UEFA