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Deutsch1976–77 UEFA Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 September 1976 – 18 May 1977 |
| Teams | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Juventus (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Athletic Bilbao |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 399 (3.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,810,845 (22,308 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Stan Bowles (Queens Park Rangers) 11 goals |
The 1976–77 UEFA Cup was the sixth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy, and at San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain. It was won by Juventus of Italy, who defeated Athletic Bilbao of Spain on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the first major European conquest for Juventus, having previously lost one European Cup final and two Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup finals. It was the first time that a team from Southern Europe had won the competition, and the last European title for an Italian team for seven years, which was their biggest international drought at club level until 2018.[1]
In their first European final, Athletic Bilbao was the first Spanish finalist in the UEFA Cup, and the only one until 1985. A Spanish club last reached the Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup final in 1966, which was also the last year with an Spanish title in Europe. Athletic became the fourth different Spanish side to lose at this stage in European competition ever since.
Association team allocation[edit]
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
- 3 associations have four teams qualify.
- 3 associations have three teams qualify.
- 18 associations have two teams qualify.
- 7 associations have one team qualify.
Hungary and Romania were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while the Soviet Union and Sweden went back to two qualified teams.
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Teams[edit]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
- TH: Title holders
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
- P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Schedule[edit]
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| First round | 8–16 September 1976 | 28–30 September 1976 |
| Second round | 20 October 1976 | 3–4 November 1976 |
| Third round | 24 November 1976 | 7–8 December 1976 |
| Quarter-finals | 2–3 March 1977 | 16 March 1977 |
| Semi-finals | 6 April 1977 | 20 April 1977 |
| Final | 4 May 1977 | 18 May 1977 |
First round[edit]
First leg[edit]
Porto  | 2–2 |  Schalke 04 |
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| Report | Fischer  37', 44' |
AEK Athens  | 2–0 |  Dynamo Moscow |
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Ajax  | 1–0 |  Manchester United |
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| Krol 42' | Report |
Celtic  | 2–2 |  Wisła Kraków |
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| Report |
| Derby County | 12–0 |  Finn Harps |
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| Hector 6', 22', 37', 39', 65' Rioch 12'James 20', 30', 70'George 24', 29', 76' | Report |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 7–0 |  Holbæk |
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| Report |
Fenerbahçe  | 2–1 |  Videoton |
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| Turan 19', 87' | Report | Nagy II 70' |
| Inter Milan | 0–1 | Budapest Honvéd |
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| Report | Fehérvári 32' |
KuPS  | 3–2 |  Öster |
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| Report |
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| Manchester City | 1–0 | Juventus |
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| Kidd 44' | Report |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–0 |  BFC Dynamo |
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| Rohovsky 3' Sokolovsky 75'Starukhin 80' | Report |
Wacker Innsbruck  | 2–1 |  Start |
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| Report | Mathisen 67' (pen.) |
Târgu Mureș  | 0–1 |  Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Report |
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| Újpest | 1–0 |  Athletic Bilbao |
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| A. Dunai 89' | Report |
Second leg[edit]
| Schalke 04 | 3–2 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Oliveira 51', 69' |
Schalke 04 won 5–4 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 8–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Kaiserslautern | 8–0 |  Enosis Neon Paralimni |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Kaiserslautern won 11–1 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | AEK Athens |
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| Report |
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AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 2–0 | Ajax |
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| Macari 42' McIlroy 65' | Report |
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Austria Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Barcelona | 3–2 | Belenenses |
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| Rexach 33' Asensi 53'Clares 87' | Report | Vasques 43' José Rocha 55' |
Barcelona won 5-4 on aggregate.
| Wisła Kraków | 2–0 | Celtic |
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| Kmiecik 53', 59' | Report |
Wisła Kraków won 4-2 on aggregate.
| Finn Harps | 1–4 | Derby County |
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| McFarland 1' (o.g.) | Report | Hector 26', 31' George 81', 89' |
Derby County won 16–1 on aggregate.
| Milan | 2–1 | Dinamo București |
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| Report |
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Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Djurgården | 2–1 | Feyenoord |
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| Report | Jansen 66' |
Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Videoton | 4–0 | Fenerbahçe |
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| Report |
Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 9–0 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Budapest Honvéd | 1–1 | Inter Milan |
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| Póczik 26' | Report | Muraro 89' |
Budapest Honvéd won 2–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.
Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 2–0 | Manchester City |
|---|---|---|
| Scirea 36' Boninsegna 69' | Report |
Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.
Molenbeek won 7–0 on aggregate.
Queens Park Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.
Lokeren  | 3–1 |  Red Boys Differdange |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Flenghi 30' (pen.) |
Lokeren won 6–1 on aggregate.
Akademik Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.
| BFC Dynamo | 1–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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| Noack 11' | Report | Rohovsky 16' |
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sportul Studențesc won 4–2 on aggregate.
Wacker Innsbruck won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 |  Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
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| Report | Bonev 15' |
Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 on aggregate.
Second round[edit]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEK Athens | 5–2 | Derby County | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Akademik Sofia | 4–5 | Milan | 4–3 | 0–2 |
| Austria Salzburg | 2–2 (a) | Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Barcelona | 3–2 | Lokeren | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Basel  | 2–4 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–3 | Espanyol | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Hibernian | 3–4 | Öster | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Wacker Innsbruck | 1–2 | Videoton | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Kaiserslautern | 2–7 | Feyenoord | 2–2 | 0–5 |
| Köln | 5–2 | Grasshoppers | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Magdeburg | 4–2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Manchester United | 1–3 | Juventus | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 6–2 | Budapest Honvéd | 3–0 | 3–2 |
Slovan Bratislava  | 5–8 | Queens Park Rangers | 3–3 | 2–5 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 0–5 | Schalke 04 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Wisła Kraków | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Molenbeek | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
First leg[edit]
| AEK Athens | 2–0 | Derby County |
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| Wagner 65', 69' | Report |
| Akademik Sofia | 4–3 | Milan |
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| Paunov 18' Manolov 25'Dimitrov 40' (pen.)Bigon 50' (o.g.) | Report | Capello 33', 80' Collovati 47' |
| Austria Salzburg | 2–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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| Report | Filipović 35' |
| Basel | 1–1 | Athletic Bilbao |
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| Marti 2' | Report | Madariaga 45' |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–1 | Espanyol |
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| Report | Marañón 23' |
| Kaiserslautern | 2–2 | Feyenoord |
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| Briegel 27', 65' | Report |