European Champion Clubs' Cup 1983/84

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1983/84
Cup winners	Liverpool FC (4th title)
Beginning	September 14, 1983
final	May 30, 1984
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Rome
Teams	32
Games	59
Gates	165  (ø 2.8 per game)
Top scorer	Viktor Sokol (6)
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The 1983/84 European Cup was the 29th edition of the competition. 31 club teams took part, including 31 national champions from the previous season and the defending champions with Hamburger SV. Albania did not register its national champion KS Vllaznia Shkodra for the competition. UEFA selected Rome's Olympic Stadium as the final venue for May 30, 1984.

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

BYE: Hamburger SV 

The first leg took place on September 14th, the second leg on September 28th, 1983.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AS Roma	4: 2	IFK Gothenburg	3-0	1: 2
Athlone Town	04:11	Standard Liege	2: 3	2: 8
Ajax Amsterdam	0: 2	Olympiacos Piraeus	0-0	0: 2 a.d.
SK Rapid Vienna	4: 3	FC Nantes	3-0	1: 3
CSKA Sofia	( a ) 4: 4(a)	Omonia Nicosia	3-0	1: 4
Odense BK	0: 6	Liverpool FC	0: 1	0: 5
Benfica Lisbon	6: 2	Linfield FC	3-0	3: 2
BFC Dynamo	6: 1	Jeunesse Esch	4: 1	2-0
Partizan Belgrade	5: 1	Viking Stavanger	5: 1	0-0
Kuusysi Lahti	0: 4	Dinamo Bucharest	0: 1	0: 3
Ħamrun Spartans	0: 6	Dundee United	0: 3	0: 3
FK Dinamo Minsk	3: 2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1-0	2: 2
Rába ETO Győr	4: 1	Víkingur Reykjavík	2: 1	2-0
Lech poses	2: 4	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	0: 4
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0: 5	Bohemians Prague	0: 1	0: 4

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 19, the second leg on November 2, 1983.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Olympiacos Piraeus	1: 3	Benfica Lisbon	1-0	0: 3
Liverpool FC	1-0	Athletic Bilbao	0-0	1-0
Dinamo Bucharest	5: 3	Hamburger SV	3-0	2: 3
Bohemians Prague	(a)2: 2 ( a )	SK Rapid Vienna	2: 1	0: 1
Rába ETO Győr	4: 9	FK Dinamo Minsk	3: 6	1: 3
Standard Liege	0: 4	Dundee United	0-0	0: 4
CSKA Sofia	0: 2	AS Roma	0: 1	0: 1
BFC Dynamo	2: 1	Partizan Belgrade	2-0	0: 1

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 7, the second leg on March 21, 1984.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SK Rapid Vienna	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Dundee United	2: 1	0: 1
AS Roma	4: 2	BFC Dynamo	3-0	1: 2
FK Dinamo Minsk	1: 2	Dinamo Bucharest	( 1 )1: 1 ( 1 )	0: 1
Liverpool FC	5: 1	Benfica Lisbon	1-0	4: 1

¹ The first leg took place in Tbilisi .

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 11, the second legs on April 25, 1984.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dundee United	2: 3	AS Roma	2-0	0: 3
Liverpool FC	3: 1	Dinamo Bucharest	1-0	2: 1

final

Liverpool FC		AS Roma
	May 30, 1984 in Rome ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 1), 4: 2 i. E. Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson ( Sweden )
	Bruce Grobbelaar - Phil Neal , Alan Hansen , Mark Lawrenson , Alan Kennedy - Sammy Lee , Craig Johnston (72nd Steve Nicol ), Graeme Souness , Ronnie Whelan - Ian Rush , Kenny Dalglish (94th Michael Robinson ) Trainer: Joe Fagan	Franco Tancredi - Michele Nappi , Ubaldo Righetti , Dario Bonetti , Sebastiano Nela - Toninho Cerezo (115th Mark Tullio Strukelj ), Falcão , Agostino Di Bartolomei - Bruno Conti , Roberto Pruzzo (64th Odoacre Chierico ), Francesco Graziani Trainer: Nils Liedholm ( Sweden )
	1-0 Phil Neal (15th)	1: 1 Roberto Pruzzo (44th)
	penalties shoot
	Steve Nicol 1: 1 Phil Neal 2: 1 Graeme Souness 3: 2 Ian Rush 4: 2 Alan Kennedy	0-1 Agostino di Bartolomei Bruno Conti 2-2 Ubaldo Righetti Francesco Graziani
	Phil Neal	Agostino di Bartolomei

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Viktor Sokol	FK Dinamo Minsk	6th
2	Roberto Pruzzo	AS Roma	5
	Ian Rush	Liverpool FC	5
4th	Ralph Milne	Dundee United	4th
5	Nikolaos Anastopoulos	Olympiacos Piraeus	3
	Ionel Augustin	Dinamo Bucharest	3
	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Dinamo Bucharest	3
	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool FC	3
	Davie Dodds	Dundee United	3
	Rainer Ernst	BFC Dynamo	3
	Antonín Panenka	SK Rapid Vienna	3
	Gérard Plessers	Standard Liege	3

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC
	Goal : Bruce Grobbelaar (9 / -) Defense : Alan Hansen (9 / -); Alan Kennedy (9 / -); Mark Lawrenson (9 / -); Phil Neal (8/1); Steve Nicol (4 / -) Midfield : Sammy Lee (9/1); Graeme Souness (9 / -); Craig Johnston (8/1); Ronnie Whelan (5/2) Attack : Ian Rush (9/5); Kenny Dalglish (9/3); Michael Robinson (6/2); David Hodgson (2 / -) Trainer : Joe Fagan

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1983/84
• 1983/84 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1983/84 European Cup
• Game details for the 1983/84 season at rsssf.com