1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup

European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 BEL Anderlecht 2 AUT Austria Wien 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Anderlecht in the final against Austria Wien. It was Anderlecht's third consecutive final, the best record in the competition, of which they won two. Qualifying match Rangers SCO 3–2 Young Boys SUI 1–0 2–2 |} First leg 17 August 1977 Rangers Scotland 1–0 Summary SUI Young Boys Greig Ibrox Park, Glasgow 30,000 Second leg 31 August 1977 Young Boys SUI 2–2 Summary SCO Rangers Johnstone o.g.Leuzinger Johnstone Smith Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 21,000 Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the competition. First round Progrès Niedercorn LUX 0–10 VB DEN 0–1 0–9 PAOK GRE old 4–0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec POL 1928 2–0 2–0 Rangers SCO 0–3 Twente NED 0–0 0–3 Brann NOR 5–0 ÍA Akranes ISL 1–0 4–0 Köln FRG 2–3 Porto POR 2–2 0–1 Saint-Étienne FRA 1–3 Manchester United ENG 1–1 0–2 Hamburg FRG 13–3 Lahden Reipas FIN 8–1 5–2 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1971 1–8 Anderlecht BEL 1–6 0–2 Coleraine NIR 3–6 Lokomotive Leipzig GDR 1–4 2–2 Real Betis ESP 1977 3–2 Milan ITA 2–0 1–2 Valletta MLT 0–7 Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 0–2 0–5 Olympiakos Nicosia CYP 1960 1–8 Universitatea Craiova ROU 1965 1–6 0–2 Cardiff City WAL 0–1 Austria Wien AUT 0–0 0–1 Lokomotiva Košice TCH 2–2 (a) Öster SWE 0–0 2–2 Beşiktaş TUR 2–5 Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc HUN 2–0 0–5 Dundalk IRL 1–4 Hajduk Split YUG 1–0 0–4 |} First leg 1977 09 14 yes Progrès Niedercorn LUX DNK VB 0–1 Thychosen 70 https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/co1385/uefa-cup-winners-cup/ma1930573/progres-niedercorn_vejle-bk/lineup/ Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn 1100 Jan Peeters (Belgium) 14 September 1977 Saint-Étienne FRA 1–1 ENG Manchester United Synaeghel 80 Hill 78 Saint-Étienne 33,678 14 September 1977 Real Betis ESP 1977 2–0 ITA Milan García Soriano 13Eulate 73 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville 37,000 Michel Kitabdjian (France) 13 September 1977 Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 1971 1–6 Belgium Anderlecht Kolev 57 Van der Elst 2 6 11 pen. 60Nielsen 32Van Poucke 89 Vasil Levski, Sofia Gonella (Italy) 14 September 1977 Beşiktaş Turkey 2–0 Hungary Diósgyőri VTK Zekeriya Alp 2Paunović 83 İnönü, Istanbul Josef Bucek (Austria) 14 September 1977 Rangers Scotland 0–0 Netherlands Twente Ibrox Park, Glasgow Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) 14 September 1977 Köln West Germany 2–2 Portugal Porto Löhr 5D. Müller 65 Gabriel 60Octavio 69 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 21,000 Clive Thomas (Wales) 14 September 1977 Hamburg West Germany 8–1 Finland Lahden Reipas Keller 6 34 38 73Volkert 19 pen.Buljan 60Steffenhagen 77Reimann 83 Sandberg 88 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Alozjiy Jargusz (Poland) 14 September 1977 Dundalk Ireland 1–0 SFR Yugoslavia Hajduk Split Flanagan 86 Oriel Park, Dundalk Jan Keizer (Netherlands) 14 September 1977 Coleraine Northern Ireland 1–4 East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig Tweed 52 Eichhorn 2Kühn 38Löwe 44 69 The Showgrounds, Coleraine Magnus Petursson (Iceland) 14 September 1977 PAOK Greece old 2–0 POL 1928 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Pellios 25Anastasiadis 80 Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki Alberto Michelotti (Italy) 14 September 1977 Brann NOR 1–0 https://branntall.no/1977/09/14/brann-akranes ISL ÍA Akranes Aase 37 Brann Stadion, Bergen 7,050 15 September 1977 Olympiakos Nicosia CYP 1–6 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1977_78/craiova_olympiakos_01.shtml ROU 1965 Universitatea Craiova Aristidou 84 pen. Balaci 12 54 Cârțu 51 Marcu 61 Crișan 81 Irimescu 86 GSP Stadium, Nicosia 4,000 Dimitar Parmakov (Bulgaria) Second leg 1977 09 28 yes VB DNK LUX Progrès Niedercorn 9–0 Sørensen 15 Østergaard 19 85 Eg 20 Nørregaard 50 59 64 Jacquet 77 Thychosen 80 https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/co1385/uefa-cup-winners-cup/ma1930574/vejle-bk_progres-niedercorn/lineup/ Vejle Stadium, Vejle 8400 Svein Thime (Norway) VB won 10–0 on aggregate 5 October 1977 Manchester United ENG 2–0 FRA Saint-Étienne Pearson 32Coppell 65 Home Park, Plymouth1 31,634 Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Milan ITA 2–1 ESP 1977 Real Betis Tosetto 34Capello 59 López 63 San Siro, Milan 60,000 Orhan Cebe (Turkey) Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 Porto Portugal 1–0 West Germany Köln Murca Cidade de Coimbra, Porto 30,000 Patrick Partridge (England) Porto won 3–2 on aggregate. 1977 9 28 y Universitatea Craiova ROU 1965 2–0 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1977_78/craiova_olympiakos_nicosia_02.shtml CYP Olympiakos Nicosia Marcu 15 Cârțu 83 Stadionul Central, Craiova 12,000 Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) Universitatea Craiova won 8–1 on aggregate. 28 September 1977 ÍA Akranes ISL 0–4 https://branntall.no/1977/09/28/akranes-brann NOR Brann Aase 36 76 Dalhaug 82 Tronstad 89 Akranesvöllur, Akranes 1,800 Brann won 5–0 on aggregate. Notes Manchester United were banned from playing within 200 km mi of Old Trafford, following crowd trouble in the first leg. Second round VB DEN 4–2 PAOK GRE old 3–0 1–2 Twente NED 4–1 Brann NOR 2–0 2–1 Porto POR 6–5 Manchester United ENG 4–0 2–5 Hamburg FRG 2–3 Anderlecht BEL 1–2 1–1 Lokomotive Leipzig GDR 2–3 Real Betis ESP 1977 1–1 1–2 Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 2–2 (3-0p) Universitatea Craiova ROU 1965 2–0 0–2 (aet) Austria Wien AUT 1–1 (a) Lokomotíva Košice TCH 0–0 1–1 Diósgyőri VTK Miskolc HUN 3–3 (3-4p) Hajduk Split YUG 2–1 1–2 (aet) |} First leg 19 October 1977 Porto POR 4–0 ENG Manchester United Duda 8 24 54Oliveira 60 Estádio das Antas, Porto 70,000 Ernst Dörflinger Switzerland 19 October 1977 Dynamo Moscow URS 2–0 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1977_78/craiova_dynamo_moscow_01.shtml ROU 1965 Universitatea Craiova Kazachyonok 23 Minayev 39 Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow 5,000 Timoleon Latsios (Greece) 19 October 1977 Twente NED 2–0 https://branntall.no/1977/10/19/twente-brann NOR Brann Gritter 42 57 Diekman Stadion, Enschede 13,000 Second leg 2 November 1977 Manchester United ENG 5–2 POR Porto Coppell 8 65Murça 39 o.g. 90 o.g.Nicholl 44 Seninho 29 85 Old Trafford, Manchester 51,831 Heinz Einbeck (East Germany) Porto won 6–5 on aggregate. 2 November 1977 Universitatea Craiova ROU 1965 2–0 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1977_78/craiova_dynamo_moscow_02.shtml URS Dynamo Moscow Cârțu 18 Beldeanu 27 Stadionul Central, Craiova yes Beldeanu Ștefănescu Negrilă 0–3 Kazachyonok Maksimenkov Petrushin 25,000 Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia) 2–2 on aggregate; Dynamo Moscow won on penalties. 2 November 1977 Brann NOR 1–2 https://branntall.no/1977/11/02/brann-twente NED Twente Tronstad 18 Gritter 55 Thoresen 86 Brann Stadion, Bergen 12,000 Twente won 4–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finals VB DEN 0–7 Twente NED 0–3 0–4 Porto POR 1–3 Anderlecht BEL 1–0 0–3 Real Betis ESP 1977 0–3 Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 0–0 0–3Played in Tbilisi for climate reasons Austria Wien AUT 2–2 (3-0p) Hajduk Split YUG 1–1 1–1 (aet) |} First leg 1 March 1978 POR Porto 1–0 April 2025 Anderlecht BEL Gomes 36 Estádio das Antas, Porto location 45,000 John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland) Second leg 15 March 1978 Anderlecht BEL 3–0 April 2025 POR Porto Rensenbrink 28 pen.Nielsen 31 Vercauteren 81 Stade Émile Versé, Brussels 28,228 Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland) Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate. Semi-finals Twente NED 0–3 Anderlecht BEL 0–1 0–2 Dynamo Moscow URS 1955 4–5 (p) Austria Wien AUT 2–1 1–2 (aet) |} Final 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup final 3 May 1978 Anderlecht BEL 4–0 Report Report 2 AUT Austria Wien Rensenbrink 13 44Van Binst 45 82 Parc des Princes, Paris 48,679 Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) See also 1977–78 European Cup 1977–78 UEFA Cup References External links 1977-78 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://archive.today/20130815155518/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1977/1978 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1977-78–results, protocols el website Football Archive 1977–78 Cup Winners CupJanuary 2025 medicmedic 1977–78 Cup Winners' Cup