1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1977-78 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by RSC Anderlecht in the final comfortably against FK Austria Wien. It was Anderlecht's third consecutive final, the best record in the competition, of which they won two.

Qualifying match

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers FC	3 - 2	BSC Young Boys	1 - 0	2 - 2

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Progrès Niedercorn	0 - 10	Vejle Boldklub	0 - 1	0 - 9
PAOK FC	4 - 0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2 - 0	2 - 0
Rangers FC	0 - 3	FC Twente	0 - 0	0 - 3
S.K. Brann	5 - 0	ÍA Akranes	1 - 0	4 - 0
1. FC Köln	2 - 3	Porto	2 - 2	0 - 1
Saint-Étienne	1 - 3	Manchester United	1 - 1	0 - 2
Hamburger SV	13 - 3	Lahden Reipas	8 - 1	5 - 2
PFC Lokomotiv Sofia	1 - 8	RSC Anderlecht	1 - 6	0 - 2
Coleraine F.C.	3 - 6	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	1 - 4	2 - 2
Real Betis	3 - 2	Milan	2 - 0	1 - 2
Valletta	0 - 7	FC Dynamo Moscow	0 - 2	0 - 5
Olympiakos Nicosia	1 - 8	FC Universitatea Craiova	1 - 6	0 - 2
Cardiff City	0 - 1	FK Austria Wien	0 - 0	0 - 1
Lokomotiva Kosice	2(a) - 2	Östers IF	0 - 0	2 - 2
Beşiktaş J.K.	2 - 5	Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc	2 - 0	0 - 5
Dundalk FC	1 - 4	Hajduk Split	1 - 0	0 - 4

First leg

14 September 1977	Saint-Étienne	1 – 1	Manchester United	Saint-Étienne
	Synaeghel  80'		Hill  78'

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14 September 1977	Real Betis	2 – 0	Milan	Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
	García Soriano  13' Eulate  73'

Second leg

5 October 1977	Manchester United	2 – 0	Saint-Étienne	Home Park, Plymouth
	Pearson  32' Coppell  65'

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1977	Milan	2 – 1	Real Betis	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
	Tosetto  34' Capello  59'		López  63'

Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vejle Boldklub	4 - 2	PAOK FC	3 - 0	1 - 2
FC Twente	4 - 1	S.K. Brann	2 - 0	2 - 1
Porto	6 - 5	Manchester United	4 - 0	2 - 5
Hamburger SV	2 - 3	RSC Anderlecht	1 - 2	1 - 1
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	2 - 3	Real Betis	1 - 1	1 - 2
FC Dynamo Moscow	2(p) - 2	FC Universitatea Craiova	2 - 0	0 - 2(aet)
FK Austria Wien	1(a) - 1	Lokomotiva Kosice	0 - 0	1 - 1
Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc	3 - 3(p)	Hajduk Split	2 - 1	1 - 2(aet)

First leg

19 October 1977	Porto	4 – 0	Manchester United	Porto
	Duda  8', 24', 54' Oliveira  60'

Second leg

2 November 1977	Manchester United	5 – 2	Porto	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Coppell  8', 65' Murça  39' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.) Nicholl  44'		Seninho  29', 85'

Porto won 6–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vejle Boldklub	0 - 7	FC Twente	0 - 3	0 - 4
Porto	1 - 3	RSC Anderlecht	1 - 0	0 - 3
Real Betis	0 - 3	FC Dynamo Moscow	0 - 0	0 - 3
FK Austria Wien	2(p) - 2	Hajduk Split	1 - 1	1 - 1(aet)

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Twente	0 - 3	RSC Anderlecht	0 - 1	0 - 2
FC Dynamo Moscow	3 - 3(p)	FK Austria Wien	2 - 1	1 - 2(aet)

Final

Main article: 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Team #1	Res.	Team #2
RSC Anderlecht	4 - 0	FK Austria Wien

External links

• 1977-78 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation