European Cup Winners' Cup 1975/76

European Cup Winners' Cup 1975/76

Cup winners	Belgium RSC Anderlecht (1st title)
Beginning	16th September 1975
final	May 5th 1976
Final stadium	Heysel Stadium , Brussels
Teams	32
Games	61
Gates	192 (ø 3.15 per game)
Top scorer	Netherlands Rob Rensenbrink (8)
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The 1975/76 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 16th edition of the European football cup winners' competition. 32 club teams from 32 nations took part in it, including 25 national cup winners and seven defeated cup finalists (Djurgårdens IF, Atlético Madrid, RC Lens, SK Sturm Graz, FK Borac Banja Luka, Panathinaikos Athens and Haladás Szombathely). Albania did not report any team. Defending champion Dynamo Kiev had won the championship of the Soviet Union in 1974 and thus qualified for the European Cup of National Champions in 1975/76 . A title defense was therefore not possible.

From the Federal Republic of Germany there were DFB Cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt , from the GDR FDGB Cup winners BSG Sachsenring Zwickau , from Austria ÖFB Cup finalists SK Sturm Graz and from Switzerland FC Basel .

With its final victory in front of a home crowd in Brussels , RSC Anderlecht won the first European Cup for Belgium .

The top scorer was the Dutchman Rob Rensenbrink from the title winner RSC Anderlecht with a total of 8 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 16./17. September 30th, the second legs took place on September 30th to October 2nd, 1975.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Federal Republic	11: 30	Northern Ireland Coleraine FC	5: 1	6: 2
Valur Reykjavík Iceland	0: 9	Scotland Celtic Glasgow	0: 2	0: 7
Haladás Szombathely Hungary 1957	8: 1	Malta Valletta FC	7-0	1: 1
Skeid Oslo Norway	1: 8	Poland 1944 Stal Rzeszów	1: 4	0: 4
Rapid Bucharest Romania 1965	1: 2	Belgium RSC Anderlecht	1-0	0: 2
FC Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union 1955	10: 10	Cyprus 1960 Anorthosis Famagusta	9-0	1: 1
FC Basel Switzerland	2: 3	Spain 1945 Atlético Madrid	1: 2	1: 1
Panathinaikos Athens Greece 1975	0: 2	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	¹0: 0 ¹	0: 2
Wrexham AFC Wales	3: 2	Sweden Djurgårdens IF	2: 1	1: 1
Beşiktaş Istanbul Turkey	0: 6	Italy AC Florence	0: 3	0: 3
Home farm Ireland	1: 7	France RC Lens	1: 1	0: 6
Lahden Reipas Finland	2: 5	England West Ham United	2: 2	0: 3
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia	0: 3	Portugal Boavista Porto	0-0	0: 3
Vejle BK Denmark	0: 4	Netherlands FC Den Haag-ADO	0: 2	0: 2
SK Sturm Graz Austria	3: 2	Bulgaria 1971 Slavia Sofia	3: 1	0: 1
FK Borac Banja Luka Yugoslavia	14: 10	Luxembourg US Rumelange	9-0	5: 1

¹ The first leg took place in Patras.

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 22nd, the second leg on November 5, 1975.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Wrexham AFC Wales	3: 1	Poland 1944 Stal Rzeszów	2-0	1: 1
FC Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union 1955	2: 4	England West Ham United	1: 1	1: 3
Boavista Porto Portugal	1: 3	Scotland Celtic Glasgow	0-0	1: 3
Atlético Madrid Spain 1945	1: 3	Germany Federal Republic Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 2	0: 1
AC Florence Italy	1: 1 (4: 5 i. E.)	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
FC Den Haag-ADO Netherlands	6: 3	France RC Lens	3: 2	3: 1
RSC Anderlecht Belgium	3: 1	Yugoslavia FK Borac Banja Luka	3-0	0: 1
SK Sturm Graz Austria	3: 1	Hungary 1957 Haladás Szombathely	2-0	1: 1

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 3, the second leg on March 17, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SK Sturm Graz Austria	0: 3	Germany Federal Republic Eintracht Frankfurt	0: 2	0: 1
RSC Anderlecht Belgium	2: 1	Wales Wrexham AFC	1-0	1: 1
FC Den Haag-ADO Netherlands	(a)5: 5 ( a )	England West Ham United	4: 2	1: 3
Celtic Glasgow Scotland	1: 2	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1: 1	0: 1

Semifinals

The first leg took place on March 31, the second leg on April 14, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau Germany Democratic Republic 1949	0: 5	Belgium RSC Anderlecht	0: 3	0: 2
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Federal Republic	3: 4	England West Ham United	2: 1	1: 3