1977/78 UEFA Cup

1977/78 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	PSV Eindhoven (1st title)
Beginning	September 13, 1977
The End	May 9, 1978
Teams	64
Games	126
Gates	415  (ø 3.29 per game)
Top scorer	Gerrie Deykers ( PSV Eindhoven ), Raimondo Ponte ( Grasshopper Club Zurich ), 8 goals each
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The 1977/78 UEFA Cup was the 7th edition of the competition and was won by PSV Eindhoven .

From the FR of Germany , Eintracht Braunschweig , Eintracht Frankfurt , FC Bayern Munich and FC Schalke 04 took part in the competition, from the GDR the FC Carl Zeiss Jena and 1. FC Magdeburg , from Austria the Linz ASK and SK Rapid Wien , from Switzerland Servette Geneva and the two Zurich clubs FC and Grasshoppers . For Grasshoppers Zurich, reaching the semi-finals this season was the greatest success so far at European level.

mode

The competition was played in six rounds in two legs. In the event of a tie, the number of goals scored away first decided, followed by overtime and a penalty shoot-out.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	5-0	Sliema Wanderers	5-0	0-0
AZ'67 Alkmaar	16: 10	Red Boys Differdange	11: 10	5-0
Dundee United	1: 3	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	1-0	0: 3
Start Kristiansand	8-0	Fram Reykjavík	6-0	2-0
FC Barcelona	8: 2	Steaua Bucharest	5: 1	3: 1
Marek Dupnitsa	3: 2	Ferencváros Budapest	3-0	0: 2
Servette Geneva	1: 2	Athletic Bilbao	1-0	0: 2
SEC Bastia	5: 3	Sporting Lisbon	3: 2	2: 1
Bohemians Dublin	0: 4	Newcastle United	0-0	0: 4
Boavista Porto	1: 5	Lazio Rome	1-0	0: 5
UD Las Palmas	8: 4	FK Sloboda Tuzla	5-0	3: 4
Aston Villa	6-0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	4-0	2-0
Dynamo Kiev	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Eintracht Braunschweig	1: 1	0-0
Górnik Zabrze	5: 3	Haka Valkeakoski	5: 3	0-0
RC Lens	4: 3	Malmö FF	4: 1	0: 2
FC Bayern Munich	12: 00	Mjøndalen IF	8-0	4-0
RWD Molenbeek	2: 1	Aberdeen FC	0-0	2: 1
Manchester City	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Widzew Łódź	2: 2	0-0
BK Frem Copenhagen	1: 8	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 2	1: 6
Glenavon FC	02:11	PSV Eindhoven	2: 6	0: 5
Odra Opole	2: 3	1. FC Magdeburg	1: 2	1: 1
Landskrona BoIS	0: 6	Ipswich Town	0: 1	0: 5
FC Zurich	2: 1	CSKA Sofia	1-0	1: 1 a.d.
AS Armata Târgu Mureș	1: 3	AEK Athens	1-0	0: 3
Turin Calcio	4: 1	APOEL Nicosia	3-0	1: 1
Standard Liege	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Slavia Prague	1-0	2: 3
Linz ASK	3: 9	Újpesti Dózsa SC Budapest	3: 2	0: 7
Olympiacos Piraeus	4: 6	Dinamo Zagreb	3: 1	1: 5
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	6: 5	Altay İzmir	5: 1	1: 4
Inter Milan	0: 1	Dinamo Tbilisi	0: 1	0-0
AC Florence	1: 5	FC Schalke 04	00: 3 1	1: 2
SK Rapid Vienna	1: 3	Internacionál Bratislava	1-0	0: 3

¹ The game, which originally ended with 0: 0, was rated 3: 0 for FC Schalke 04, as Fiorentina had used an ineligible player.

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
AZ'67 Alkmaar	2: 2 (4: 5 on account)	FC Barcelona	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
1. FC Magdeburg	7: 3	FC Schalke 04	4: 2	3: 1
SEC Bastia	5: 2	Newcastle United	2: 1	3: 1
FC Zurich	3: 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	0: 3	3: 4
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	2: 6	Dinamo Tbilisi	1: 4	1: 2
Aston Villa	3: 1	Górnik Zabrze	2-0	1: 1
Lazio Rome	2: 6	RC Lens	2-0	0: 6 a.d.
Ipswich Town	4: 3	UD Las Palmas	1-0	3: 3
Start Kristiansand	1: 4	Eintracht Braunschweig	1-0	0: 4
RWD Molenbeek	2: 2 (5: 6 on behalf)	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Widzew Łódź	3: 6	PSV Eindhoven	3: 5	0: 1
FC Bayern Munich	3: 2	Marek stank Dimitrov	3-0	0: 2
Újpesti Dózsa SC Budapest	2: 3	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	0: 3 a.d.
AEK Athens	3: 6	Standard Liege	2: 2	1: 4
Turin Calcio	3: 2	Dinamo Zagreb	3: 1	0: 1
Internacionál Bratislava	2: 5	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1-0	1: 5

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	6: 1	FC Bayern Munich	4-0	2: 1
1. FC Magdeburg	4: 2	RC Lens	4-0	0: 2
Dinamo Tbilisi	1: 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1-0	0: 4
PSV Eindhoven	4: 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	2-0	2: 1
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	4: 1	Standard Liege	2-0	2: 1
SEC Bastia	5: 3	Turin Calcio	2: 1	3: 2
Aston Villa	3: 1	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	1: 1
Ipswich Town	3: 3 (1: 3 i. E.)	FC Barcelona	3-0	0: 3 a.d.

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 2	0: 1
Aston Villa	3: 4	FC Barcelona	2: 2	1: 2
1. FC Magdeburg	3: 4	PSV Eindhoven	1-0	2: 4
SEC Bastia	9: 6	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	7: 2	2: 4

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Grasshopper Club Zurich	(a)3: 3 ( a )	SEC Bastia	3: 2	0: 1
PSV Eindhoven	4: 3	FC Barcelona	3-0	1: 3

final

First leg

SEC Bastia		PSV Eindhoven
	April 26, 1978 in Bastia ( Stade Armand Cesari ) Result : 0-0 Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Dušan Maksimović ( Yugoslavia )
	Pierrick Hiard - André Burkhard - Jean-Louis Cazes , Charles Orlanducci , André Guesdon - Félix Lacuesta (55th François Félix ), Jean-François Larios , Claude Papi - Johnny Rep , Abdelkrim Merry , Yves Mariot Trainer: Pierre Cahuzac	Jan van Beveren - Adrie van Kraay - Kees Krijgh , Ernie Brandts , Huub Stevens - Jan Poortvliet , Harry Lubse , Willy van de Kerkhof , Willy van der Kuijlen - Gerrie Deijkers , René van de Kerkhof Trainer: Kees Rijvers

Return leg

PSV Eindhoven		SEC Bastia
	May 9, 1978 in Eindhoven ( Philips Stadium ) Result: 3: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Nicolae Rainea ( Romania )
	Jan van Beveren - Adrie van Kraay (79th Nick Deacy ) - Kees Krijgh , Ernie Brandts , Huub Stevens - Willy van de Kerkhof , Willy van der Kuijlen , Jan Poortvliet - René van de Kerkhof , Gerrie Deijkers , Harry Lubse Trainer: Kees Rijvers	Pierrick Hiard (75th Marc Weller ) - André Guesdon - Paul Marchioni , Charles Orlanducci , Jean-Louis Cazes - Félix Lacuesta , Jean-François Larios , Claude Papi - Johnny Rep , Abdelkrim Merry , Yves Mariot (57th Jean-Marie De Zerbi ) Coach: Pierre Cahuzac
	1-0 Willy van de Kerkhof (25th) 2-0 Gerrie Deijkers (64th) 3-0 Willy van der Kuijlen (67th)
	Adrie van Kraay

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Gerrie Deijkers	PSV Eindhoven	9
2	Raimondo Ponte	Grasshopper Club Zurich	8th
3	Claude Papi	SC Bastia	7th
4th	Trevor Whymark	Ipswich Town	6th
	Kees Kist	AZ Alkmaar	6th
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	FC Bayern Munich	6th
	Harry Lubse	PSV Eindhoven	6th
8th	Carlos Morete	UD Las Palmas	5
	John Deehan	Aston Villa	5
	François Félix	SC Bastia	5
	Bernd Hölzenbein	Eintracht Frankfurt	5
	Jürgen Sparwasser	1. FC Magdeburg	5
	Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	5
	Ruedi Elsener	Grasshopper Club Zurich	5
	Willy van der Kuijlen	PSV Eindhoven	5

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used PSV Eindhoven

1.

PSV Eindhoven

Goal: Jan van Beveren (12 / -); Ton van Engelen (1 / -) Defense: Ernie Brandts (12/2); Adrie van Kraay (12/1); Jan Poortvliet (12 / -); Huub Stevens (11 / -); Kees Krijgh (10/1) Midfield: Gerrie Deijkers (12/8); Willy van de Kerkhof (12/1); Willy van der Kuijlen (11/5); Tom Smits (1 / -) Attack: Harry Lubse (12/6); René van de Kerkhof (10 / -); Nick Deacy (8/3); Guy François (4/2); Paul Postuma (4/1) Coach: Kees Rijvers

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1977/78
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1977/78

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1977/78 season
• Game details for the 1977/78 season at fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com