European Champion Clubs' Cup 1976/77

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1976/77
Cup winners	Liverpool FC (1st title)
Beginning	September 14, 1976
final	May 25, 1977
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Rome
Teams	32
Games	61
Gates	155  (ø 2.54 per game)
Top scorer	Franco Cucinotta Gerd Müller (5 each)
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The 1976/77 European Cup was the 22nd edition of the competition and was won for the first time by Liverpool FC in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach . 32 club teams took part, including 31 national champions from the previous season and with FC Bayern Munich the three-time defending champions who failed in the quarter-finals at Dynamo Kiev . The venue for the final was the Olympic Stadium in Rome on May 25, 1977 .

It was only the second title win by an English team, but five more should follow in a row. Including this, Liverpool reached five finals in nine years, of which he won four.

mode

The participants played in a pure cup mode with (except for the finals) back and forth games for the crown of European club football. In the case of a tie, the higher number of goals scored away counted first; if there was also a tie, the second leg was extended and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out was played immediately afterwards.

1 round

The first legs took place on September 14th (Liverpool vs. Crusaders) and September 15, the second legs on September 28th (Crusaders vs. Liverpool) and September 29, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Liverpool FC	7-0	Crusaders FC	2-0	5-0
FKS Stal Mielec	1: 3	real Madrid	1: 2	0: 1
Ferencváros Budapest	11: 30	Jeunesse Esch	5: 1	6: 2
CSKA Sofia	0: 1	AS Saint-Etienne	0-0	0: 1
Dundalk FC	1: 7	PSV Eindhoven	1: 1	0: 6
FK Austria Vienna	1: 3	Borussia Monchengladbach	1-0	0: 3
Dynamo Dresden	2-0	Benfica Lisbon	2-0	0-0
Dynamo Kiev	5-0	Partizan Belgrade	3-0	2-0
Glasgow Rangers	1: 2	FC Zurich	1: 1	0: 1
Køge BK	1: 7	FC Bayern Munich	0: 5	1: 2
Club Bruges	3: 2	Steaua Bucharest	2: 1	1: 1
Omonia Nicosia	1: 3	PAOK Saloniki	0: 2	1: 1
AC Turin	3: 2	Malmö FF	2: 1	1: 1
ÍA Akranes	3: 6	Trabzonspor	1: 3	2: 3
Viking Stavanger	2: 3	Baník Ostrava	2: 1	0: 2
Sliema Wanderers	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Turun Palloseura	2: 1	0: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 20, the second leg on November 3, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Trabzonspor	1: 3	Liverpool FC	1-0	0: 3
Ferencváros Budapest	1: 4	Dynamo Dresden	1-0	0: 4
Baník Ostrava	2: 6	FC Bayern Munich	2: 1	0: 5
Dynamo Kiev	6-0	PAOK Saloniki	4-0	2-0
AC Turin	1: 2	Borussia Monchengladbach	1: 2	00: 0 1
AS Saint-Etienne	1-0	PSV Eindhoven	1-0	0-0
FC Zurich	3-0	Turun Palloseura	2-0	1-0
real Madrid	0: 2	Club Bruges	00: 0 2	0: 2

¹ The second leg took place in Düsseldorf.

² The first leg took place in Málaga.

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 2, the second leg on March 16, 1977.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Bayern Munich	1: 2	Dynamo Kiev	1-0	0: 2
AS Saint-Etienne	2: 3	Liverpool FC	1-0	1: 3
Borussia Monchengladbach	3: 2	Club Bruges	02: 2 3	1-0
FC Zurich	( a ) 4: 4(a)	Dynamo Dresden	2: 1	2: 3

³ The first leg took place in Düsseldorf.

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 6, the second leg on April 20, 1977.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dynamo Kiev	1: 2	Borussia Monchengladbach	1-0	00: 2 4
FC Zurich	1: 6	Liverpool FC	1: 3	0: 3

^4th The second leg took place in Düsseldorf.

final

Liverpool FC		Borussia Monchengladbach
	May 25, 1977 in Rome ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 3: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 52,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz ( France )
	Ray Clemence - Phil Neal , Tommy Smith , Emlyn Hughes , Joey Jones - Jimmy Case , Terry McDermott , Ray Kennedy , Ian Callaghan - Kevin Keegan , Steve Heighway Trainers: Bob Paisley	Wolfgang Kneib - Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp - Berti Vogts , Frank Schäffer , Hans Klinkhammer - Herbert Wimmer (24th Christian Kulik ), Rainer Bonhof , Horst Wohlers (79th Wilfried Hannes ), Uli Stielike - Allan Simonsen , Jupp Heynckes Trainer: Udo Lattek
	1-0 Terry McDermott (28th) 2-1 Tommy Smith (65th) 3-1 Phil Neal (83rd, penalty kick)	1: 1 Allan Simonsen (51st)
		Uli Stielike

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Franco Cucinotta	FC Zurich	5
	Gerd Müller	FC Bayern Munich	5
3	Kevin Keegan	Liverpool FC	4th
	Phil Neal	Liverpool FC	4th
	Tibor Nyilasi	Ferencváros Budapest	4th
	Conny Torstensson	FC Bayern Munich	4th
	René van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used Liverpool FC

1.	Liverpool FC
	Goal : Ray Clemence (9 / -) Defense : Emlyn Hughes (9 / -); Joey Jones (9 / -); Phil Neal (8/4); Tommy Smith (7/1); Phil Thompson (3 / -) Midfield : Steve Heighway (9/3); Ray Kennedy (9/1); Terry McDermott (7/2); Ian Callaghan (7 / -); Jimmy Case (6/2) Attack : Kevin Keegan (8/4); David Johnson (6/3); John Toshack (4/1); David Fairclough (3/1); Alan Waddle (1 / -) Trainer : Bob Paisley

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1976/77
• 1976/77 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1976/77 European Cup
• Game details for the 1976/77 season at rsssf.com