1975/76 UEFA Cup

1975/76 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	Liverpool FC (2nd title)
Beginning	September 14, 1975
The End	May 19, 1976
Teams	64
Games	126
Gates	384  (ø 3.05 per game)
Top scorer	Ruud Geels , ( Ajax Amsterdam , 11 goals)
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↑ European Champion Clubs' Cup 1975/76

The 1975/76 UEFA Cup was the 5th edition of the competition and was won by Liverpool FC by beating Club Bruges in the final . The defending champion did not take part in the competition because Borussia Mönchengladbach competed in the European Cup.

The most successful German team this season was Hamburger SV , which made it to the semi-finals, but failed there against the Belgian club FC Bruges.

mode

The participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and away games. In the event of a tie, the away goals rule decided first , then there was an extension , after which the away goals rule came into force again and if there was still no winner, a penalty shoot-out followed .

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
MSV Duisburg	10: 30	Enosis Neon Paralimni	7: 1	3: 2
Glentoran FC	01:14	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 6	0: 8
Grasshopper Club Zurich	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Real Sociedad	3: 3	1: 1
PAOK Thessaloniki	2: 6	FC Barcelona	1-0	1: 6
Hibernian Edinburgh	2: 3	Liverpool FC	1-0	1: 3
AIK Solna	1: 2	Spartak Moscow	1: 1	0: 1
Hertha BSC	6: 2	HJK Helsinki	4: 1	2: 1
Holbæk B&I	1: 3	FKS Stal Mielec	0: 1	1: 2
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	4-0	Olympique Marseille	3-0	1-0
Royal Antwerp	5: 1	Aston Villa	4: 1	1-0
Molde FK	1: 6	Östers IF	1-0	0: 6
GAIS Gothenburg	4: 5	Śląsk Wrocław	2: 1	2: 4
1. FC Cologne	5: 2	Boldklubben 1903	2-0	3: 2 a.d.
Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 4	Ipswich Town	1: 2	0: 2
Olympique Lyon	4: 6	Club Bruges	4: 3	0: 3
FC Porto	10-00	FC Avenir Beggen	7-0	3-0
BSC Young Boys	2: 4	Hamburger SV	0-0	2: 4
Everton FC	0: 1	AC Milan	0-0	0: 1
Bohemians ČKD Praha	2: 3	Honvéd Budapest	1: 2	1: 1
AS Roma	2: 1	TDFS Dunav Russe	2-0	0: 1
Chornomorets Odessa	1: 3	Lazio Rome	1-0	0: 3 a.d.
SK Rapid Vienna	2: 3	Galatasaray Istanbul	1-0	1: 3
Vojvodina Novi Sad	1: 3	AEK Athens	0-0	1: 3
AS Armata Târgu Mureș	3: 6	Dynamo Dresden	2: 2	1: 4
SK VÖEST Linz	2: 4	Vasas Budapest	2-0	0: 4
Torpedo Moscow	5: 2	SSC Naples	4: 1	1: 1
CS Universitatea Craiova	2: 4	Red Star Belgrade	1: 3	1: 1
Athlone Town	4: 2	Vålerenga Oslo	3: 1	1: 1
DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	7: 1	Eskişehirspor	3-0	4: 1
Internacionál Bratislava	8: 2	Real Zaragoza	5-0	3: 2
ÍB Keflavík	0: 6	Dundee United	0: 2	0: 4
Sliema Wanderers	2: 5	Sporting Lisbon	1: 2	1: 3

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
MSV Duisburg	(a)4: 4 ( a )	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	3: 2	1: 2
Real Sociedad	1: 9	Liverpool FC	1: 3	0: 6
Ipswich Town	3: 4	Club Bruges	3-0	0: 4
Hertha BSC	2: 4	Ajax Amsterdam	1-0	1: 4
Dundee United	2: 3	FC Porto	1: 2	1: 1
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1: 1 (2: 3 i.E.)	FKS Stal Mielec	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Spartak Moscow	3-0	1. FC Cologne	2-0	1-0
Śląsk Wrocław	3: 2	Royal Antwerp	1: 1	2: 1
Athlone Town	0: 3	AC Milan	0-0	0: 3
Red Star Belgrade	1: 5	Hamburger SV	1: 1	0: 4
Vasas Budapest	4: 3	Sporting Lisbon	3: 1	1: 2
Östers IF	1: 2	AS Roma	1-0	0: 2
Galatasaray Istanbul	2: 7	Torpedo Moscow	2: 4	0: 3
Honvéd Budapest	2: 3	Dynamo Dresden	2: 2	0: 1
Lazio Rome	0: 7	FC Barcelona	0: 3	0: 4
Internacionál Bratislava	( a ) 3: 3(a)	AEK Athens	2-0	1: 3

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Śląsk Wrocław	1: 5	Liverpool FC	1: 2	0: 3
Club Bruges	2-0	AS Roma	1-0	1-0
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 3 (3: 5 in good condition)	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	2: 1	1: 2 a.d.
Dynamo Dresden	4: 3	Torpedo Moscow	3-0	1: 3
AC Milan	4: 2	Spartak Moscow	4-0	0: 2
FC Barcelona	4: 1	Vasas Budapest	3: 1	1-0
Hamburger SV	3: 2	FC Porto	2-0	1: 2
Internacionál Bratislava	1: 2	FKS Stal Mielec	1-0	0: 2

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dynamo Dresden	1: 2	Liverpool FC	0-0	1: 2
Club Bruges	3: 2	AC Milan	2-0	1: 2
FC Barcelona	8: 5	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	4-0	4: 5
Hamburger SV	2: 1	FKS Stal Mielec	1: 1	1-0

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Barcelona	1: 2	Liverpool FC	0: 1	1: 1
Hamburger SV	1: 2	Club Bruges	1: 1	0: 1

final

First leg

Liverpool FC		Club Bruges
	April 28, 1976 in Liverpool ( Anfield ) Result: 3: 2 (0: 2) Spectators: 56,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi ( BR Germany )
	Ray Clemence - Phil Neal , Tommy Smith , Phil Thompson , Ray Kennedy - Emlyn Hughes , Steve Heighway , Ian Callaghan - Kevin Keegan , David Fairclough , John Toshack (46th Jimmy Case ) Trainer: Bob Paisley	Birger Jensen - Fons Bastijns , Eduard Krieger , Georges Leekens , Jos Volders - Julien Cools , René Vandereycken , Daniël de Cubber - Roger Van Gool , Raoul Lambert , Ulrik le Fevre Trainer: Ernst Happel ( Austria )
	1-2 Ray Kennedy (60th) 2-2 Jimmy Case (61st) 3-2 Kevin Keegan (64th, penalty kick)	0: 1 Raoul Lambert (6th) 0: 2 Julien Cools (13th)

Return leg

Club Bruges		Liverpool FC
	May 19, 1976 in Bruges ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 33,000 Referee: Rudi Glöckner ( GDR )
	Birger Jensen - Fons Bastijns , Eddie Krieger , Georges Leekens , Jos Volders - Julien Cools , René Vandereycken , Daniël de Cubber (69th Dirk Hinderyckx ) - Roger Van Gool , Raoul Lambert (76th Dirk Sanders ), Ulrik le Fevre Trainer: Ernst Happel ( Austria )	Ray Clemence - Phil Neal , Tommy Smith , Phil Thompson , Ray Kennedy - Emlyn Hughes , Steve Heighway , Ian Callaghan - Kevin Keegan , Jimmy Case , John Toshack (64th David Fairclough ) Trainer: Bob Paisley
	1: 0 Raoul Lambert (11th, hand penalty)	1: 1 Kevin Keegan (15th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Ruud Geels	Ajax Amsterdam	10
2	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	9
3	Gert Heidler	Dynamo Dresden	8th
4th	Johan Neeskens	FC Barcelona	6th
	John Toshack	Liverpool FC	6th
6th	Emil Spasov	Levski Sofia	5
	Carles Rexach	FC Barcelona	5
	Jimmy Case	Liverpool FC	5
	Willi Reimann	Hamburger SV	5
	Raoul Lambert	Club Bruges	5
	René Vandereycken	Club Bruges	5

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used Liverpool FC

1.

Liverpool FC

Goal: Ray Clemence (12 / -) Defense: Phil Neal (12/1); Phil Thompson (11/2); Emlyn Hughes (11 / -); Tommy Smith (9 / -); Alec Lindsay (2 / -); Joey Jones (1 / -); Brian Kettle (1 / -); Chris Lawler (1 / -) Midfield: Ian Callaghan (12/1); Steve Heighway (11/2); Jimmy Case (9/5); Brian Hall (9 / -); Peter Cormack (4 / -); Phil Boersma (1 / -); Max Thompson (1 / -) Attack: John Toshack (11/6); Kevin Keegan (11/3); Ray Kennedy (10/4); David Fairclough (5/1) Trainer: Bob Paisley

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1975/76
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1975/76

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for the 1975/76 season
• Game details for the 1975/76 season at fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com