1977–78 European Cup

European football tournament handball 1977–78 European Cup (handball) European Cup 1977–78 The old Wembley Stadium (cropped).jpg 275px Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final. 19 August 1977 – 10 May 1978 31 ENG Liverpool 2 BEL Club Brugge 59 162 1787690 Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)5 goals 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge. The match finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after 90 minutes, five of them won by English clubs. Teams AUT Wacker (1st)BEL Club Brugge (1st)BUL 1971 Levski-Spartak (1st)CYP 1960 Omonia (1st)TCH Dukla Prague (1st)DEN Boldklubben 1903 (1st)ENG Liverpool (1st)THFIN KuPS (1st)FRA 1830 Nantes (1st)GDR Dynamo Dresden (1st)FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach (1st)GRE old Panathinaikos (1st)HUN Vasas (1st)ISL Valur (1st)IRL Sligo Rovers (1st)ITA Juventus (1st)LUX Jeunesse Esch (1st)MLT Floriana (1st)NED Ajax (1st)NIR Glentoran (1st)NOR Lillestrøm (1st)POL 1928 Śląsk Wrocław (1st)POR Benfica (1st)ROU 1965 Dinamo București (1st)SCO Celtic (1st)ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid (1st)SWE Halmstad (1st)SUI Basel (1st)TUR Trabzonspor (1st)URS Torpedo Moscow (1st)YUG Red Star Belgrade (1st) Bracket 2/2/2/2/1 y n n y 1 First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final BUL 1971 Levski-Spartak 3 2 5 POL 1928 Śląsk Wrocław 0 2 2 NOR Lillestrøm 2 0 2 NED Ajax 0 4 4 ISL Valur 1 0 1 NIR Glentoran 0 2 2 CYP 1960 Omonia 0 0 0 ITA Juventus 3 2 5 FIN KuPS 0 2 2 BEL Brugge 4 5 9 MLT Floriana 1 0 1 GRE old Panathinaikos 1 4 5 TCH Dukla Prague 1 0 1 FRA 1974 Nantes (a) 1 0 1 ROU 1965 Dinamo București 2 0 2 ESP 1977 Atlético Madrid 1 2 3 SCO Celtic 5 6 11 LUX Jeunesse Esch 0 1 1 SUI Basel 1 1 2 AUT Wacker 3 0 3 Yugoslavia 1946 Red Star Belgrade 3 3 6 IRL Sligo Rovers 0 0 0 HUN 1957 Vasas 0 1 1 FRG B. M'gladbach 3 1 4 POR Benfica (p) 0 0 0 (4) URS 1955 Torpedo Moscow 0 0 0 (1) TUR Trabzonspor 1 0 1 DEN Boldklubben 1903 0 2 2 GDR Dynamo Dresden 2 1 3 SWE Halmstad 0 2 2 BUL 1971 Levski-Spartak 1 1 2 NED Ajax 2 2 4 NIR Glentoran 0 0 0 ITA Juventus 1 5 6 BEL Club Brugge 2 0 2 GRE old Panathinaikos 0 1 1 FRA 1974 Nantes 1 1 2 ESP 1977 Atlético Madrid 1 2 3 SCO Celtic 2 0 2 AUT Wacker 1 3 4 Yugoslavia 1946 Red Star Belgrade 0 1 1 FRG B. M'gladbach 3 5 8 POR Benfica 1 1 2 DEN Boldklubben 1903 0 0 0 ENG Liverpool 5 1 6 GDR Dynamo Dresden 1 2 3 NED Ajax 1 1 2 (0) ITA Juventus 1 1 2 (3) BEL Brugge 2 2 4 ESP 1977 Atlético Madrid 0 3 3 AUT Wacker 3 0 3 FRG B. M'gladbach (a) 1 2 3 POR Benfica 1 1 2 ENG Liverpool 2 4 6 ITA Juventus 1 0 1 BEL Brugge 0 2 2 FRG B. M'gladbach 2 0 2 ENG Liverpool 1 3 4 BEL Brugge 0 ENG Liverpool 1 First round Celtic SCO 11–1 Jeunesse Esch LUX 5–0 6–1 Basel SUI 2–3 Wacker AUT 1–3 1–0 Red Star Belgrade YUG 6–0 Sligo Rovers IRL 3–0 3–0 Vasas HUN 1957 1–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 0–3 1–1 Benfica POR 0–0 4–1 Torpedo Moscow URS 1955 0–0 0–0 Trabzonspor TUR 1–2 Boldklubben 1903 DEN 1–0 0–2 Liverpool ENG Bye – – Dynamo Dresden GDR 3–2 Halmstad SWE 2–0 1–2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 5–2 Śląsk Wrocław POL 1928 3–0 2–2 Lillestrøm NOR 2–4 Ajax NED 2–0 0–4 Valur ISL 1–2 Glentoran NIR 1–0 0–2 Omonia CYP 1960 0–5 Juventus ITA 0–3 0–2 KuPS FIN 2–9 Club Brugge BEL 0–4 2–5 Floriana MLT 1–5 Panathinaikos GRE old 1–1 0–4 Dukla Prague TCH 1–1 (a) Nantes FRA 1974 1–1 0–0 Dinamo București ROU 1965 2–3 Atlético Madrid ESP 1977 2–1 0–2 |} First leg 14 September 1977 Celtic SCO 5–0 Report LUX Jeunesse Esch MacDonald 15Craig 33 58Wilson 36McLaughlin 83 Celtic Park, Glasgow 22,000 Eamonn Farrell (Ireland) 14 September 1967 Basel SUI 1–3 Report AUT Wacker Von Wartburg 22 Welzl 41 45 pen.Constantini 51 St. Jakob Stadion, Basel 17,36163406 Basel v Wacker, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Achille Verbecke (France) 14 September 1977 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 1946 3–0 Report IRL Sligo Rovers Džajić 54 80Filipović 67 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 22,64763400 Red Star Belgrade v Sligo Rovers, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece) 14 September 1977 Vasas HUN 1957 0–3 Report FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach Schäfer 17Simonsen 34Wohlers 45 Népstadion, Budapest 27,00063404 Vasas v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Jean Dubach (Switzerland) 14 September 1977 Benfica POR 0–0 Report URS 1955 Torpedo Moscow Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 60,000 Robert Wurtz (France) 14 September 1977 Trabzonspor TUR 1–0https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63408--trabzonspor-vs-b-1903/ Trabzonspor vs. Boldklubben UEFA 30 August 2024 Report DEN Boldklubben 1903 Ergün 75 Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu, Trabzon 15,000 Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia) 14 September 1977 Dynamo Dresden GDR 2–0 Report SWE Halmstad Heidler 70Schade 84 Dynamostadion, Dresden 29,70863416 Dynamo Dresden v Halmstad, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Panayotis Koliropoulos (Greece) 14 September 1977 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 3–0 Report POL 1928 Śląsk Wrocław Panov 20Milanov 40 43 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia 40,000 Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union) 14 September 1977 Lillestrøm NOR 2–0 Report NED Ajax Lønstad 1Johansen 13 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 20,03563402 Lillestrøm v Ajax, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 William Anderson (Scotland) 15 September 1977 Valur ISL 1–0 Report NIR Glentoran Bergs 38 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 3,116 Rolf Haugen (Norway) 14 September 1977 Omonia CYP 1960 0–3 Report ITA Juventus Bettega 34Fanna 42Virdis 59 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 7,50063394 Omonia v Juventus, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria) 14 September 1977 KuPS FIN 0–4 Report BEL Club Brugge Vandereycken 49Cools 51Lambert 64Davies 78 Väinölänniemi, Kuopio 2,56063396 KuPS v Club Brugge, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Eldar Zade (Soviet Union) 14 September 1977 Floriana MLT 1–1 Report GRE old Panathinaikos Xuereb 16 Aslanidis 26 Empire Stadium, Gżira 7,88863412 Floriana v Panathinaikos, 14 September 1977 17 March 2022 Dusan Maksimović (Yugoslavia) 14 September 1977 Dukla Prague TCH 1–1 Report FRA 1974 Nantes Vízek 54 Amisse 35 Stadion Juliska, Prague 13,885 Werner Spiegl (Austria) 15 September 1977 Dinamo București ROU 1965 2–1 Report ESP 1977 Atlético Madrid Vrînceanu 14Georgescu 73 Pereira 58 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 45,000 Hilmi Ok (Turkey) Second leg 28 September 1977 Jeunesse Esch LUX 1–6 Report SCO Celtic Giuliani 1 Lennox 30Glavin 52 60Craig 56Eðvaldsson 66 76 Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette 3,58063399 Jeunesse Esch v Celtic, 28 September 1977 17 March 2022 Siem Wellinga (Netherlands) Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Wacker AUT 0–1 Report SUI Basel Maissen 62 Stadion Lehen, Salzburg 14,000 Adolf Prokop (East Germany) Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Sligo Rovers IRL 0–3 Report Yugoslavia 1946 Red Star Belgrade Filipović 55 60Jovanović 43 The Showgrounds, Sligo 10,000 John Gow (Wales) Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 1–1 Report HUN 1957 Vasas Simonsen 64 Izsó 77 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach 15,000 Alfred Delcourt (Belgium) Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Torpedo Moscow URS 1955 0–0 yes Report POR Benfica Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow 25,000 Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) Yurin Nikonov Belenkov 1–4 Pietra José Luís Chalana Bento 0–0 on aggregate; Benfica won on penalties. 28 September 1977 Boldklubben 1903 DEN 2–0https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63409--b-1903-vs-trabzonspor/ Boldklubben vs. Trabzonspor UEFA 30 August 2024 Report TUR Trabzonspor Francker 40 82 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 6,700 Rolf Ericsson (Sweden) Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Halmstad SWE 2–1 Report GDR Dynamo Dresden Johansson 17Larsson 88 Heidler 64 Örjans Vall, Halmstad 5,600 Alf Grey (England) Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Śląsk Wrocław POL 1928 2–2 Report BUL 1971 Levski-Spartak Pawłowski 22Kopycki 75 Panov 29 58 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław 25,000 Károly Palotai (Hungary) Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Ajax NED 4–0 Report NOR Lillestrøm Birkelund 10 o.g.Geels 31Ling 51 72 De Meer, AmsterdamAjax - Lillestrom SK 4 - 0 (28-9-1977) https://www.afc-ajax.info/nl/wedstrijd/1977-9-28-Ajax-Lillestrom-SK AFC-Ajax.info 18 August 2025 nl 28 September 1977 16,500 Anders Mattsson (Finland) Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate. 29 September 1977 Glentoran NIR 2–0 Report ISL Valur Robson 18Jamison 73 The Oval, Belfast 7,000 Johannes-Frederik Beck (Netherlands) Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Juventus ITA 2–0 Report CYP 1960 Omonia Boninsegna 11Virdis 75 Stadio Comunale, Turin 13,984 Marcel Hermann (Luxembourg) Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Club Brugge BEL 5–2 Report FIN KuPS Davies 17 35Vandereycken 33Simoen 47Maes 85 Mönkkönen 20Loikkanen 63 Olympiastadion, Bruges 12,145 Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain) Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Panathinaikos GRE old 4–0 Report MLT Floriana Álvarez 24Antoniadis 35 40 pen.Gonios 85 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 10,838 Constantin Dinulescu (Romania) Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Nantes FRA 1974 0–0 Report TCH Dukla Prague Stade Marcel-Saupin, Nantes 16,353 António Garrido (Portugal) 1–1 on aggregate; Nantes won on away goals. 28 September 1977 Atlético Madrid ESP 1977 2–0 Report ROU 1965 Dinamo București Benegas 67Cano 81 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 50,000 Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany) Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate. Second round Celtic SCO 2–4 Wacker AUT 2–1 0–3 Red Star Belgrade YUG 1–8 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 0–3 1–5 Benfica POR 2–0 Boldklubben 1903 DEN 1–0 1–0 Liverpool ENG 6–3 Dynamo Dresden GDR 5–1 1–2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 2–4 Ajax NED 1–2 1–2 Glentoran NIR 0–6 Juventus ITA 0–1 0–5 Club Brugge BEL 2–1 Panathinaikos GRE old 2–0 0–1 Nantes FRA 1974 2–3 Atlético Madrid ESP 1977 1–1 1–2 |} First leg 19 October 1977 Celtic SCO 2–1 Report AUT Wacker Craig 49Burns 78 Kriess 54 Celtic Park, Glasgow 25,500 Rolf Nyhus (Norway) 19 October 1977 Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 1946 0–3 Report FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach Schäfer 16Heynckes 45Simonsen 76 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade 72,000 Orhan Cebe (Turkey) 19 October 1977 Benfica POR 1–0 Report DEN Boldklubben 1903 Pietra 49 pen. Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 40,000 John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland) 19 October 1977 Liverpool ENG 5–1 Report GDR Dynamo Dresden Hansen 14Case 21 57Neal 44 pen.Kennedy 66 Häfner 76 Anfield, Liverpool 39,876 António Garrido (Portugal) 19 October 1977 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 1–2 Report NED Ajax Voynov 80 pen. Geels 30Erkens 79 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 70,000 Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) 19 October 1977 Glentoran NIR 0–1 Report ITA Juventus Causio 38 The Oval, Belfast 30,000 Frans Derks (Netherlands) 19 October 1977 Club Brugge BEL 2–0 Report GRE old Panathinaikos Davies 24 pen.Sørensen 72 Olympiastadion, Bruges 22,000 John Gordon (Scotland) 19 October 1977 Nantes FRA 1974 1–1 Report ESP 1977 Atlético Madrid Lacombe 48 Marcial 42 Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes 23,94863436 Nantes v Atlético Madrid, 19 October 1977 17 March 2022 Clive Thomas (Wales) Second leg 2 November 1977 Wacker AUT 3–0 Report SCO Celtic Welzl 4Stering 21Oberacher 27 Lehener Stadion, Salzburg 18,000 Cesare Gussoni (Italy) Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 5–1 Report Yugoslavia 1946 Red Star Belgrade Simonsen 17 32Heynckes 60Nikolić 62 o.g.Wittkamp 87 Sušić 44 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach 16,00063431 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Red Star Belgrade, 2 November 1977 17 March 2022 John Homewood (England) Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Boldklubben 1903 DEN 0–1 Report POR Benfica Pietra 50 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 17,10063439 Boldklubben 1903 v Benfica, 2 November 1977 17 March 2022 Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia) Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Dynamo Dresden GDR 2–1 Report ENG Liverpool Kotte 47Sachse 52 Heighway 67 Dynamostadion, Dresden 34,10063425 Dynamo Dresden v Liverpool, 2 November 1977 17 March 2022 Charles Corver (Netherlands) Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Ajax NED 2–1 Report BUL 1971 Levski-Spartak Lerby 42Geels 53 Milanov 44 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 15,50063429 Ajax v Levski-Spartak, 2 November 1977 17 March 2022 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Juventus ITA 5–0 Report NIR Glentoran Virdis 10 20Boninsegna 53Fanna 70Benetti 77 Stadio Comunale, Turin 23,06463433 Juventus v Glentoran, 2 November 1977 17 March 2022 Francisc Coloşi (Romania) Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Panathinaikos GRE old 1–0 Report BEL Club Brugge Gonios 82 Leofóros, Athens 25,000 Adolf Prokop (East Germany) Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Atlético Madrid ESP 1977 2–1 Report FRA 1974 Nantes Cano 76Pereira 80 Lacombe 31 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid 54,00063437 Atlético Madrid v Nantes, 2 November 1977 17 March 2022 Károly Palotai (Hungary) Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Wacker AUT 3–3 (a) Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 3–1 0–2 Benfica POR 2–6 Liverpool ENG 1–2 1–4 Ajax NED 2–2 0–3 Juventus ITA 1–1 1–1 Club Brugge BEL 4–3 Atlético Madrid ESP 1977 2–0 2–3 |} First leg 1 March 1978 Wacker AUT 3–1 Report FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach Koncilia 8Kriess 23Schwarz 27 Heynckes 63 Tivoli, Innsbruck 17,000 Nicolae Rainea (Romania) 1 March 1978 Benfica POR 1–2 Report ENG Liverpool Nené 13 Case 36Hughes 71 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 80,000 Frans Derks (Netherlands) 1 March 1978 Ajax NED 1–1 Report ITA Juventus Van Dord 86 Causio 89 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam 37,00063444 Ajax v Juventus, 1 March 1978 17 March 2022 Adolf Prokop (East Germany) 1 March 1978 Club Brugge BEL 2–0 Report ESP 1977 Atlético Madrid Courant 44De Cubber 57 Olympiastadion, Bruges 28,00063442 Club Brugge v Atlético Madrid, 1 March 1978 17 March 2022 Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) Second leg 15 March 1978 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 2–0 Report AUT Wacker Bonhof 19 pen.Heynckes 32 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach 32,000 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) 3–3 on aggregate; Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals. 15 March 1978 Liverpool ENG 4–1 Report POR Benfica Callaghan 6Dalglish 17McDermott 78Neal 88 Nené 25 Anfield, Liverpool 48,364 Georges Konrath (France) Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate. 15 March 1978 Juventus ITA 1–1 yes Report NED Ajax Tardelli 21 Ling 80 Stadio Comunale, Turin 68,49763445 Juventus v Ajax, 15 March 1978 17 March 2022 Károly Palotai (Hungary) Gentile Benetti Cabrini Causio 3–0 Geels Van Dord Ling 2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won 3–0 on penalties. 15 March 1978 Atlético Madrid ESP 1977 3–2 Report BEL Club Brugge Benegas 20Pina 30 62 Cools 60Lambert 69 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid 70,000 Pat Partridge (England) Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate. Semi-finals Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 2–4 Liverpool ENG 2–1 0–3 Juventus ITA 1–2 Club Brugge BEL 1–0 0–2 |} First leg 29 March 1978 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 2–1 Report ENG Liverpool Hannes 28Bonhof 89 Johnson 88 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 62,00063448 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Liverpool, 29 March 1978 17 March 2022 Emilio Guruceta Muro (Spain) 29 March 1978 Juventus ITA 1–0 Report BEL Club Brugge Bettega 86 Stadio Comunale, Turin 62,34163450 Juventus v Club Brugge, 29 March 1978 17 March 2022 Jean Dubach (Switzerland) Second leg 12 April 1978 Liverpool ENG 3–0 Report FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach Kennedy 6Dalglish 35Case 56 Anfield, Liverpool 51,50063449 Liverpool v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 12 April 1978 17 March 2022 Károly Palotai (Hungary) Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate. 12 April 1978 Club Brugge BEL 2–0 (a.e.t.) Report ITA Juventus Bastijns 3Vandereycken 116 Olympiastadion, Bruges 32,000 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate. Final 1978 European Cup Final 10 May 1978 19:15 BST Club Brugge BEL 0–1 Report MatchCentre ENG Liverpool Dalglish 64 Wembley Stadium, London 92,50063452 Liverpool v Club Brugge, 10 May 1978 17 March 2022 Charles Corver (Netherlands) Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals1DEN Allan SimonsenFRG Borussia Mönchengladbach52ENG Jimmy CaseENG Liverpool4SCO Joe CraigSCO Celtic4ENG Roger DaviesBEL Club Brugge4FRG Jupp HeynckesFRG Borussia Mönchengladbach4ITA Pietro Paolo VirdisITA Juventus47SCO Kenny DalglishENG Liverpool3YUG Zoran FilipovićYUG Red Star Belgrade3NED Ruud GeelsNED Ajax3NED Tschen La LingNED Ajax3BUL 1971 Kiril MilanovBUL 1971 Levski-Spartak3BUL 1971 Pavel PanovBUL 1971 Levski-Spartak3ESP 1945 Marcial PinaESP 1945 Atlético Madrid3BEL René VandereyckenBEL Club Brugge3AUT Kurt WelzlAUT Wacker3 References 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 https://archive.today/20130702224753/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=1977/intro.html 1977/78 European Cup el - results and line-ups (archive) June 2017 Category:UEFA Champions League seasons 1