1981–82 European Cup


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The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition. Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.

1981–82 European Cup

De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.

Tournament details
Dates26 August 1981 – 26 May 1982
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-upWest Germany Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored170 (2.7 per match)
Attendance1,675,358 (26,593 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern Munich)
7 goals

The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.

  Partizani (1st)   Austria Wien (1st)   Anderlecht (1st)
  CSKA Sofia (1st)   Omonia (1st)   Baník Ostrava (1st)
  KB (1st)   Aston Villa (1st)   Liverpool (5th)TH
  OPS (1st)   Saint-Étienne (1st)   BFC Dynamo (1st)
  Bayern Munich (1st)   Olympiacos (1st)   Ferencváros (1st)
  Valur (1st)   Athlone Town (1st)   Juventus (1st)
  Progrès Niedercorn (1st)   Hibernians (1st)   AZ (1st)
  Glentoran (1st)   Start (1st)   Widzew Łódź (1st)
  Benfica (1st)   Universitatea Craiova (1st)   Celtic (1st)
  Real Sociedad (1st)   Öster (1st)   Zürich (1st)
  Trabzonspor (1st)   Dynamo Kyiv (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saint-Étienne   1–3   BFC Dynamo 1–1 0–2

BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
  Austria Wien 3 0 3
  Partizani 1 1 2
  Austria Wien 0 1 1
  Dynamo Kyïv 1 1 2
  Dynamo Kyïv 1 1 2
  Trabzonspor 0 1 1
  Dynamo Kyïv 0 0 0
  Aston Villa 0 2 2
  BFC Dynamo (a) 2 1 3
  Zürich 0 3 3
  BFC Dynamo 1 1 2
  Aston Villa (a) 2 0 2
  Aston Villa 5 2 7
  Valur 0 0 0
  Aston Villa 1 0 1
  Anderlecht 0 0 0
  Widzew Łódź 1 1 2
  Anderlecht 2 4 6
  Anderlecht 3 1 4
  Juventus 1 1 2
  Celtic 1 0 1
  Juventus 0 2 2
  Anderlecht 2 2 4
  Crvena zvezda 1 1 2
  Ferencváros 3 0 3
  Baník Ostrava 2 3 5
  Baník Ostrava 3 0 3
  Crvena zvezda 1 3 4
  Hibernians 1 1 2
  Crvena zvezda 2 8 10
  Aston Villa 1
  Bayern Munich 0
  Start 1 0 1
  AZ 3 1 4
  AZ 2 2 4
  Liverpool 2 3 5
  OPS 0 0 0
  Liverpool 1 7 8
  Liverpool 1 0 1
  CSKA Sofia 0 2 2
  CSKA Sofia 1 0 1
  Real Sociedad 0 0 0
  CSKA Sofia 2 1 3
  Glentoran 0 2 2
  Progrès Niedercorn 1 0 1
  Glentoran 1 4 5
  CSKA Sofia 4 0 4
  Bayern Munich 3 4 7
  KB (a) 1 2 3
  Athlone Town 1 2 3
  KB 1 1 2
  Universitatea Craiova 0 4 4
  Universitatea Craiova 3 0 3
  Olympiacos 0 2 2
  Universitatea Craiova 0 1 1
  Bayern Munich 2 1 3
  Benfica 3 1 4
  Omonoia 0 0 0
  Benfica 0 1 1
  Bayern Munich 0 4 4
  Öster 0 0 0
  Bayern Munich 1 5 6
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien   3–2   Partizani 3–1 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv   2–1   Trabzonspor 1–0 1–1
BFC Dynamo   3–3 (a)   Zürich 2–0 1–3
Aston Villa   7–0   Valur 5–0 2–0
Widzew Łódź   2–6   Anderlecht 1–4 1–2
Celtic   1–2   Juventus 1–0 0–2
Ferencváros   3–5   Baník Ostrava 3–2 0–3
Hibernians   2–10   Red Star Belgrade 1–2 1–8
Start   1–4   AZ 1–3 0–1
OPS   0–8   Liverpool 0–1 0–7
CSKA Sofia   1–0   Real Sociedad 1–0 0–0
Progrès Niedercorn   1–5   Glentoran 1–1 0–4
KB   3–3 (a)   Athlone Town 1–1 2–2
Universitatea Craiova   3–2   Olympiacos 3–0 0–2
Benfica   4–0   Omonia 3–0 1–0
Öster   0–6   Bayern Munich 0–1 0–5















Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.


Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.


Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.


AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.


Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.


Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate; KB won on away goals.


Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien   1–2   Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 1–1
BFC Dynamo   2–2 (a)   Aston Villa 1–2 1–0
Anderlecht   4–2   Juventus 3–1 1–1
Baník Ostrava   3–4   Red Star Belgrade 3–1 0–3
AZ   4–5   Liverpool 2–2 2–3
CSKA Sofia   3–2   Glentoran 2–0 1–2
KB   2–4   Universitatea Craiova 1–0 1–4
Benfica   1–4   Bayern Munich 0–0 1–4







Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.


2–2 on aggregate; Aston Villa won on away goals.


Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.


Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.


Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv   0–2   Aston Villa 0–0 0–2
Anderlecht   4–2   Red Star Belgrade 2–1 2–1
Liverpool   1–2   CSKA Sofia 1–0 0–2
Universitatea Craiova   1–3   Bayern Munich 0–2 1–1



Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aston Villa   1–0   Anderlecht 1–0 0–0
CSKA Sofia   4–7   Bayern Munich 4–3 0–4

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.


Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Dieter Hoeneß   Bayern Munich 7
2   Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich 6
3   Paul Breitner   Bayern Munich 5
  Willy Geurts   Anderlecht 5
5   Lubomír Knapp   Baník Ostrava 4
  Tony Morley   Aston Villa 4
  Dušan Savić   Red Star Belgrade 4
8   Jurica Jerković   Zürich 3
  Kees Kist   AZ 3
  Verner Lička   Baník Ostrava 3
  Juan Lozano   Anderlecht 3
  Terry McDermott   Liverpool 3
  Vladimir Petrović   Red Star Belgrade 3
  Gary Shaw   Aston Villa 3
  Peter Withe   Aston Villa 3
  Tsvetan Yonchev   CSKA Sofia 3
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