European Cup Winners' Cup 1973/74

European Cup Winners' Cup 1973/74
Cup winners	1. FC Magdeburg (1st title)
Beginning	19th September 1973
final	May 8, 1974
Final stadium	De Kuip , Rotterdam
Teams	32
Games	61
Gates	169  (ø 2.77 per game)
Top scorer	Jupp Heynckes (8)
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1. FC Magdeburg after winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1973/74

1. FC Magdeburg after winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1973/74

The 1973/74 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 14th draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 32 club teams from 32 associations took part in the competition. Among them were 26 national cup winners, including defending champion AC Milan, who had also become Italian cup winner again, as well as 6 defeated cup finalists (CS Fola Esch, SK Rapid Wien, Pezoporikos Larnaka, PAOK Thessaloniki, Beroe Stara Sagora and MKE Ankaragücü). Since the cup finalist Juventus Turin had become Italian champions and thus qualified for the 1973/74 European Cup , Italy was only represented by one team. Albania have not reported any team this season.

From Germany, the DFB Cup winner Borussia Mönchengladbach and the FDGB Cup winner 1. FC Magdeburg , from Austria ÖFB Cup finalist SK Rapid Wien and from Switzerland FC Zurich at the start.

This European Cup season brought the only success of a team from the GDR in the European Cup. 1. FC Magdeburg, coached by Heinz Krügel , defeated AC Milan in the final, preventing them from defending their title. The final in Rotterdam took place in front of 4641 spectators. This is the smallest crowd to date at a European Cup final.

The top scorer was Jupp Heynckes from Borussia Mönchengladbach with a total of eight goals.

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was also the same, extra time took place in the second leg, in which the away goals rule also applied. If there was still a tie at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot- out was carried out. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, the winner would also have been determined in a penalty shoot-out.

1 round

The first legs took place on 19./20. September, the second legs took place on September 22nd and October 3rd, 1973.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Beroe Stara Sagora	11: 10	CS Fola Esch	7-0	4: 1
Lahden Reipas	0: 2	Olympique Lyon	0-0	0: 2
Freja Randers	1: 2	SK Rapid Vienna	0-0	1: 2
AC Milan	4: 1	Dinamo Zagreb	3: 1	1-0
Gżira United	0: 9	Brann Bergen	0: 2	0: 7
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2: 4	Glentoran FC	2: 2	0: 2
Torpedo Moscow	0: 2	Atlético Bilbao	0-0	0: 2
Vasas Budapest	0: 3	Sunderland AFC	0: 2	0: 1
Legia Warsaw	1: 2	PAOK Thessaloniki	1: 1	0: 1
Pezoporikos Larnaka	00:11	Malmö FF	0-0	00:11
Cardiff City	1: 2	Sporting Lisbon	0-0	1: 2
Baník Ostrava	3: 1	Cork Hibernians	1-0	2: 1
NAC Breda	0: 2	1. FC Magdeburg	10: 0 1	0: 2
MKE Ankaragücü	0: 6	Glasgow Rangers	0: 2	0: 4
RSC Anderlecht	(a)4: 4 ( a )	FC Zurich	3: 2	1: 2
ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	01:16	Borussia Monchengladbach	0: 7	1: 9

¹ The game took place in Rotterdam.

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 24, the second leg on November 7, 1973.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Zurich	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Malmö FF	0-0	1: 1
Sunderland AFC	2: 3	Sporting Lisbon	2: 1	0: 2
AC Milan	2-0	SK Rapid Vienna	0-0	2-0
Borussia Monchengladbach	5: 3	Glasgow Rangers	3-0	2: 3
Beroe Stara Sagora	3: 1	Atlético Bilbao	3-0	0: 1
Brann Bergen	2: 4	Glentoran FC	1: 1	1: 3
Baník Ostrava	2: 3	1. FC Magdeburg	2-0	0: 3 a.d.
Olympique Lyon	3: 7	PAOK Thessaloniki	3: 3	0: 4

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 5./6. March (Milan versus Saloniki on the 13th), the second leg on March 20, 1974.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Glentoran FC	0: 7	Borussia Monchengladbach	0: 2	0: 5
1. FC Magdeburg	3: 1	Beroe Stara Sagora	2-0	1: 1
Sporting Lisbon	4: 1	FC Zurich	3-0	1: 1
AC Milan	5: 2	PAOK Thessaloniki	3-0	2: 2

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 10, the second leg on April 24, 1974.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting Lisbon	2: 3	1. FC Magdeburg	1: 1	1: 2
AC Milan	2: 1	Borussia Monchengladbach	2-0	0: 1

final

1. FC Magdeburg		AC Milan		Lineup
	May 8, 1974 in Rotterdam ( De Kuip ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 4,641 Referee: Arie van Gemert ( Netherlands )
	Ulrich Schulze - Manfred Zapf - Detlef Enge , Wolfgang Abraham - Wolfgang Seguin , Jürgen Pommerenke , Helmut Gaube , Axel Tyll - Detlef Raugust , Jürgen Sparwasser , Martin Hoffmann Trainer: Heinz Krügel	Pierluigi Pizzaballa - Karl-Heinz Schnellinger - Angelo Anquilletti , Enrico Lanzi , Giuseppe Sabadini - Franco Bergamaschi (60th Alessandro Turini ), Romeo Benetti , Gianni Rivera , Aldo Maldera - Alberto Bigon , Carlo Tresoldi Trainer: Giovanni Trapattoni
	1-0 Enrico Lanzi (40th, own goal) 2-0 Wolfgang Seguin (74th)

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1973/74
• 1973/74 UEFA Cup

Web links

Commons : European Cup Winners' Cup 1973/74  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official UEFA website for the 1973/74 season
• Game details on fussballdaten.de