1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76 BEL Anderlecht 1 ENG West Ham United 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup was the 16th season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a club football tournament organised by UEFA for the winners of its member associations' domestic cup competitions. It was won by Anderlecht of Belgium, who beat West Ham United of England in the final. Anderlecht went on to reach the next two finals as well, and won the second of them. First round Spartak Trnava TCH 0–3 Boavista POR 0–0 0–3 Valur ISL 0–9 Celtic SCO 0–2 0–7 Beşiktaş TUR 0–6 Fiorentina ITA 0–3 0–3 Panathinaikos GRE old 0–2 Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 0–0 0–2 Rapid București ROU 1965 1–2 Anderlecht BEL 1–0 0–2 Borac Banja Luka YUG SFR 14–1 Rumelange LUX 9–0 5–1 Wrexham WAL 3–2 Djurgården SWE 2–1 1–1 Skeid NOR 1–8 Stal Rzeszów POL 1928 1–4 0–4 Sturm Graz AUT 3–2 Slavia Sofia BUL 1971 3–1 0–1 Haladás HUN 8–1 Valletta MLT 7–0 1–1 Basel SUI 2–3 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 1–2 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 11–3 Coleraine NIR 5–1 6–2 Vejle DEN 0–4 Den Haag NED 0–2 0–2 Home Farm IRL 1–7 Lens FRA 1–1 0–6 Ararat Yerevan URS 1955 10–1 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 1960 9–0 1–1 Reipas Lahti FIN 2–5 West Ham United ENG 2–2 0–3 |} First leg 17 September 1975 Spartak Trnava TCH 0–0 April 2025 POR Boavista Stadion Spartaka, Trnava 14,890 Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland) 17 September 1975 Rapid București ROU 1965 1–0 BEL Anderlecht Thissen 20 o.g. Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 25,000 Josef Bucek (Austria) 17 September 1975 Beşiktaş TUR 0–3 ITA Fiorentina Caso 42 49Casarsa 76 Istanbul 17 September 1975 20:00 Basel SUI 1 – 2 FCB Summary ESP Atlético Madrid Schönenberger 3 Gárate 65Ayala 68 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 33,000 Robert Wurtz (France) 17 September 1975 Ararat Yerevan URS 9–0 April 2025 CYP Anorthosis Famagusta Markarov 4 pen. 14 16 70 80Oganesian 52 84Petrosyan 72Bondarenko 87 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 12,893 Béla Nagy (Hungary) 1975 09 17 yes Borac Banja Luka YUG 9–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-1-runde-borac-banja-luka-us-rumelange/ LUX Rumelange Cetina 6 16 60 Ibrahimbegović 14 48 57 58 86 Jurković 82 Gradski Banja Luka 6270 Richard Casha (Malta) Second leg 1 October 1975 Boavista POR 3–0 April 2025 TCH Spartak Trnava Mané 35Celso 62Salvador 79 Estádio do Bessa, Porto 9,387 Jacques Van Melkebeeke (Belgium) Boavista won 3–0 on aggregate. 1 October 1975 Anderlecht BEL 2–0 ROU 1965 Rapid București Van Binst 38 Rensenbrink 50 pen. Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels 17,361 Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia) Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate. 1 October 1975 Fiorentina ITA 3–0 TUR Beşiktaş Caso 32 36Casarsa 88 Florence Fiorentina won 6–0 on aggregate. 1 October 1975 21:00 Atlético Madrid ESP 1 – 1 Summary SUI Basel Bezerra 74 Demarmels 89 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 25,000 Paul Schiller (Austria) Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate. 1 October 1975 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 1–1 April 2025 URS Ararat Yerevan Vrahimis 66 pen. Bondarenko 65 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca 1,700 Constantin Ghita (Romania) Ararat Yerevan won 9–1 on aggregate. 1975 10 02 yes Rumelange LUX 1–5 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-1-runde-us-rumelange-borac-banja-luka/ YUG Borac Banja Luka * Rohmann 79 * Smileski 8 Kreso 23 Kovačević 51 Vidačak 58 Marjanović 85 Stade de la Frontière Esch-sur-Alzette 836 Georges Konrath (France) Borac Banja Luka won 14–1 on aggregate. Second round Boavista POR 1–3 Celtic SCO 0–0 1–3 Fiorentina ITA 1–1 (4–5p) Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 1–0 0–1 Anderlecht BEL 3–1 Borac Banja Luka YUG SFR 3–0 0–1 Wrexham WAL 3–1 Stal Rzeszów POL 1928 2–0 1–1 Sturm Graz AUT 3–1 Haladás VSE HUN 2–0 1–1 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 1–2 0–1 Den Haag NED 6–3 Lens FRA 3–2 3–1 Ararat Yerevan URS 1955 2–4 West Ham United ENG 1–1 1–3 |} First leg 22 October 1975 Boavista POR 0–0 April 2025 SCO Celtic Estádio do Bessa, Porto 25,000 Edgar Pedersen (Denmark) 22 October 1975 Fiorentina ITA 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-acf-fiorentina-fsv-zwickau/ GDR Sachsenring Zwickau Speggiorin 71 Stadio Comunale Giovanni Berta, Florence 12,871 Milos Cajićz (Yugoslavia) 22 October 1975 Anderlecht BEL 3–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-rsc-anderlecht-borac-banja-luka/ YUG Borac Banja Luka Rensenbrink 11 54Coeck 53 Stade Émile Versé, Brussels 20,789 Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) 22 October 1975 Wrexham WAL 2–0 https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=403 POL Stal Rzeszów Ashcroft 10 34 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 9,613 Erik Axelryd (Sweden) 22 October 1975 Sturm Graz AUT 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-sturm-graz-szombathelyi-haladas/ HUN Haladás VSE Stendal 55Steiner 67 pen Liebenauer Stadium, Graz 9,000 Jack Taylor (England) 22 October 1975 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 1-2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-atletico-madrid-eintracht-frankfurt/ GER Eintracht Frankfurt Capón 50 Hölzenbein 6 14 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid 31,147 Ken Burns (England) 22 October 1975 Den Haag NED 3-2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-ado-den-haag-rc-lens/ FRA Lens Schoenmaker 46Van Vliet 49Van Leeuwen 65 Zuraszek 18Janković 19 Zuiderparkstadion, The Hague 18,000 John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland) 22 October 1975 Ararat Yerevan SOV 1-1 April 2025 ENG West Ham United S. Petrosyan 68 Taylor 56 Dinamo Stadium, Yerevan 66,662 Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany) Second leg 5 November 1975 Celtic SCO 3–1 April 2025 POR Boavista Dalglish 1Eðvaldsson 21Deans 85 Mané 39 Celtic Park, Glasgow 37,000 Heinz Einbeck (East Germany) Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1975 Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-fsv-zwickau-acf-fiorentina/ ITA Fiorentina J. Schykowski 32 J. Schykowski Leuschner H. Schykowski Lippmann Croy 5–4 Caso Guerini Antognoni Roggi Bresciani Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt 36,000 Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece) 1–1 on aggregate; Sachsenring Zwickau won 5–4 on penalties. 5 November 1975 Borac Banja Luka YUG 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-borac-banja-luka-rsc-anderlecht/ BEL Anderlecht Ibrahimbegović 37 Gradski, Banja Luka 6,740 Cesare Gussoni (Italy) Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1975 Stal Rzeszów POL 1-1 https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=1760 WAL Wrexham Kozerski 68 Sutton 82 Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów 15,000 Antoine Quedeville (Luxembourg) Wrexham won 3–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1975 Haladás VSE HUN 1-1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-szombathelyi-haladas-sturm-graz/ AUT Sturm Graz Horváth 51 Jurtin 90 Haladás Stadion, Szombathely 16,000 Doğan Babacan (Turkey) Sturm Graz won 3–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1975 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 1-0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-eintracht-frankfurt-atletico-madrid/ ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid Reichel 88 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 45,000 Robert Schaut (Belgium) Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate. 5 November 1975 Lens FRA 1-3 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-2-runde-rc-lens-ado-den-haag/ NED Den Haag Mujica 40 pen Schoenmaker 28 89Van Leeuwen 29 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens 26,205 Thomas Reynolds (Wales) Den Haag won 6–3 on aggregate. 5 November 1975 West Ham United ENG 3-1 SOV Ararat Yerevan Paddon 16Robson 27Taylor 59 N. Petrosyan 48 Boleyn Ground, London 30,399 Robert Héliès (France) West Ham United won 4–2 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Celtic SCO 1–2 Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 1–1 0–1 Anderlecht BEL 2–1 Wrexham WAL 1–0 1–1 Sturm Graz AUT 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 0–2 0–1 Den Haag NED 5–5(a) West Ham United ENG 4–2 1–3 |} First leg 3 March 1976 Celtic SCO 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-celtic-fc-fsv-zwickau/ GDR Sachsenring Zwickau Dalglish 41 Blank 89 Celtic Park, Glasgow 46,000 Erik Axelryd (Sweden) 3 March 1976 Anderlecht BEL 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-rsc-anderlecht-wrexham-afc/ WAL Wrexham Van Binst 10 Stade Émile Versé, Brussels 23,055 Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia) 2 March 1976 Sturm Graz AUT 0–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-sturm-graz-eintracht-frankfurt/ GER Eintracht Frankfurt Hölzenbein 74Wenzel 87 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz 12,000 Cesare Gussoni (Italy) 3 March 1976 Den Haag NED 4–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-ado-den-haag-west-ham-united/ ENG West Ham United Mansveld 12 16 pen 39Schoenmaker 44 Jennings 51 59 Zuiderparkstadion, The Hague 26,000 Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) Second leg 17 March 1976 Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-fsv-zwickau-celtic-fc/ SCO Celtic Blank 4 Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt 40,024 Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain) Sachsenring Zwickau won 2–1 on aggregate. 17 March 1976 Wrexham WAL 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-wrexham-afc-rsc-anderlecht/ BEL Anderlecht Lee 60 Rensenbrink 76 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 19,668 Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany) Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate. 16 March 1976 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-eintracht-frankfurt-sturm-graz/ AUT Sturm Graz Hölzenbein 85 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 17,022 António Garrido (Portugal) Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–0 on aggregate. 17 March 1976 West Ham United ENG 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-viertelfinale-west-ham-united-ado-den-haag/ NED Den Haag Taylor 29Lampard 32Bonds 35 pen Schoenmaker 59 Boleyn Ground, London 29,829 Károly Palotai (Hungary) 5-5 draw on aggregate, West Ham United advance on away goals. Semi-finals Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 0–5 Anderlecht BEL 0–3 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 3–4 West Ham United ENG 2–1 1–3 |} First leg 31 March 1976 Sachsenring Zwickau GDR 0–3 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-halbfinale-fsv-zwickau-rsc-anderlecht/ BEL Anderlecht Van der Elst 26 38Rensenbrink 67 Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt 36,246 Robert Héliès (France) 31 March 1976 Eintracht Frankfurt GER 2–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-halbfinale-eintracht-frankfurt-west-ham-united/ ENG West Ham United Neuberger 29Kraus 47 Paddon 9 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 50,000 Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union) Second leg 14 April 1976 Anderlecht BEL 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-halbfinale-rsc-anderlecht-fsv-zwickau/ GDR Sachsenring Zwickau Rensenbrink 43Van der Elst 58 Stade Émile Versé, Brussels 25,000 Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) Anderlecht won 5–0 on aggregate. 14 April 1976 West Ham United ENG 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1975-1976-halbfinale-west-ham-united-eintracht-frankfurt/ GER Eintracht Frankfurt Brooking 49 77Robson 68 Beverungen 88 Boleyn Ground, London 39,202 Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland) West Ham United won 4–3 on aggregate. Final 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final 5 May 1976 West Ham United ENG 2–4 BEL Anderlecht Holland 28Robson 68 Rensenbrink 42 73Van der Elst 48 88 Heysel Stadium, Brussels 51,296 Robert Wurtz (France) See also 1975–76 European Cup 1975–76 UEFA Cup External links 1975–76 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup