1976–77 European Cup

1976–77 European Cup
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (1st title)
Runners-up	Borussia Mönchengladbach
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Liverpool in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Three-time defending champions Bayern Munich were knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv in the quarter-finals. It was only the second time an English side won the tournament, but it started a run of six consecutive wins by English clubs. Including this one, Liverpool reached five finals in nine years, of which they won four.

1 First round
- 1.1 First leg
- 1.2 Second leg
2 Second round
- 2.1 First leg
- 2.2 Second leg
3 Quarter finals
- 3.1 First leg
- 3.2 Second leg
4 Semifinals
- 4.1 First leg
- 4.2 Second leg
5 Final
6 Top scorers
7 External links

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	1–2	Zürich	1–1	0–1
Sliema Wanderers	2–2¹	TPS	2–1	0–1
Ferencváros	11–3	Jeunesse Esch	5–1	6–2
Dynamo Dresden	2–0	Benfica	2–0	0–0
CSKA September Flag	0–1	Saint-Étienne	0–0	0–1
Dundalk	1–7	PSV	1–1	0–6
ÍA	3–6	Trabzonspor	1–3	2–3
Liverpool	7–0	Crusaders	2–0	5–0
Viking	2–3	Baník Ostrava	2–1	0–2
Køge	1–7	Bayern Munich	0–5	1–2
Dynamo Kyiv	5–0	Partizan	3–0	2–0
Omonia	1–3	PAOK	0–2	1–1
Torino	3–2	Malmö FF	2–1	1–1
Austria Vienna	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	0–3
Stal Mielec	1–3	Real Madrid	1–2	0–1
Club Brugge	3–2	Steaua Bucureşti	2–1	1–1

¹ TPS progressed to the Second round on away goals.

First leg

15 September 1976	Rangers	1 – 1	Zürich
	Parlane 34'	Report Gamesheet	Cucinotta 1'

14 September 1976	Sliema Wanderers	2 – 1	TPS
	Aquilina 60', 76'	Report Gamesheet	Manninen 70'

15 September 1976	Ferencváros	5 – 1	Jeunesse Esch
	Nyilasi 14', 22' Magyar 35' Onhausz 48' Ebedli 79'	Report Gamesheet	Giuliani 11'

15 September 1976	Dynamo Dresden	2 – 0	Benfica
	Kotte 74' Riedel 78'	Report Gamesheet

15 September 1976	CSKA September Flag	0 – 0	Saint-Étienne	Sofia
		Report Gamesheet		Sofia

15 September 1976	Dundalk	1 – 1	PSV
	McDowall 6'	Report Gamesheet	van der Kuijlen 75'

15 September 1976	ÍA	1 – 3	Trabzonspor
	Sveinsson 56'	Report Gamesheet	Perekli 35' Denizci 85', 87'

14 September 1976	Liverpool	2 – 0	Crusaders
	Neal 18' (pen.) Toshack 64'	Report Gamesheet

15 September 1976	Viking	2 – 1	Baník Ostrava
	Valen 13' Johannessen 28'	Report Gamesheet	Slaný 81'

14 September 1976	Køge	0 – 5	Bayern Munich
		Report Gamesheet	Torstensson 3', 23' Müller 19', 33' Dürnberger 63'

15 September 1976	Dynamo Kyiv	3 – 0	Partizan
	Onyshchenko 7' Troshkin 80' Blokhin 88' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

15 September 1976	Omonia	0 – 2	PAOK
		Report Gamesheet	Koudas 38' Sarafis 87'

15 September 1976	Torino	2 – 1	Malmö FF	Turin
	Mozzini 44' Graziani 90'	Report Gamesheet	K. Jönsson 87'	Turin

15 September 1976	Austria Vienna	1 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Daxbacher 23'	Report Gamesheet

15 September 1976	Stal Mielec	1 – 2	Real Madrid
	Sekulski 74'	Report Gamesheet	Santillana 6' del Bosque 52'

15 September 1976	Club Brugge	2 – 1	Steaua Bucureşti
	Davies 55' (pen.) Verheecke 81'	Report Gamesheet	Troi 60'

Second leg

29 September 1976	Zürich	1 – 0	Rangers
	Martinelli 8'	Report Gamesheet

Zürich beat Rangers 2–1 on aggregate.

28 September 1976	TPS	1 – 0	Sliema Wanderers
	Suhonen 85'	Report Gamesheet

TPS beat Sliema Wanderers 2–2 on away goals.

29 September 1976	Jeunesse Esch	2 – 6	Ferencváros
	Zwally 45', 47'	Report Gamesheet	Nyilasi 2', 27' Pusztai 43', 90' Szabó 65', 67' (pen.)

Ferencváros beat Jeunesse Esch 11–3 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Benfica	0 – 0	Dynamo Dresden
		Report Gamesheet

Dynamo Dresden beat Benfica 2–0 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Saint-Étienne	1 – 0	CSKA September Flag	Saint-Étienne
	Piazza 31'	Report Gamesheet		Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne beat CSKA September Flag 1–0 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	PSV	6 – 0	Dundalk
	van der Kuijlen 19' Postuma 33' van de Kerkhof 38', 52', 59', 90'	Report Gamesheet

PSV beat Dundalk 7–1 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Trabzonspor	3 – 2	ÍA
	Tok 8', 49' Çınar 70'	Report Gamesheet	Thordarson 18', 55' (pen.)

Trabzonspor beat ÍA 6–3 on aggregate.

28 September 1976	Crusaders	0 – 5	Liverpool
		Report Gamesheet	Keegan 34' Johnson 81', 90' McDermott 84' Heighway 87'

Liverpool beat Crusaders 7–0 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Baník Ostrava	2 – 0	Viking
	Vojáček 28', 54'	Report Gamesheet

Baník Ostrava beat Viking 3–2 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Bayern Munich	2 – 1	Køge
	Beckenbauer 7' Torstensson 74'	Report Gamesheet	Poulsen 34'

Bayern Munich beat Køge 7–1 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Partizan	0 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv
		Report Gamesheet	Muntyan 11' (pen.) Slobodyan 65'

Dynamo Kyiv beat Partizan 7–1 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	PAOK	1 – 1	Omonia
	Sarafis 72'	Report Gamesheet	Dimitriou 33' (pen.)

PAOK beat Omonia 3–1 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Malmö FF	1 – 1	Torino	Malmö
	Ljungberg 57' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	P. Sala 3'	Malmö

Torino beat Malmö FF 3–2 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 0	Austria Vienna
	Stielike 39' Bonhof 54' (pen.) Heynckes 57'	Report Gamesheet

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Austria Vienna 3–1 on aggregate.

29 September 1976	Real Madrid	1 – 0	Stal Mielec
	Pirri 64'	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid beat Stal Mielec 3–1 on aggregate.

15 September 1976	Steaua Bucureşti	1 – 1	Club Brugge
	Vigu 25'	Report Gamesheet	Lambert 71'

Club Brugge beat Steaua Bucureşti 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	3–0	TPS	2–0	1–0
Ferencváros	1–4	Dynamo Dresden	1–0	0–4
Saint-Étienne	1–0	PSV	1–0	0–0
Trabzonspor	1–3	Liverpool	1–0	0–3
TJ Baník OKD Ostrava	2–6	Bayern Munich	2–1	0–5
Dynamo Kyiv	6–0	PAOK	4–0	2–0
Torino	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	0–0
Real Madrid	0–2	Club Brugge	0–0	0–2

First leg

20 October 1976	Zürich	2 – 0	TPS
	Cucinotta 17' Scheiwiler 71'	Report Gamesheet

20 October 1976	Ferencváros	1 – 0	Dynamo Dresden
	Onhausz 34'	Report Gamesheet

20 October 1976	Saint-Étienne	1 – 0	PSV
	Piazza 61'	Report Gamesheet

20 October 1976	Trabzonspor	1 – 0	Liverpool
	Usta 62' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

20 October 1976	TJ Baník OKD Ostrava	2 – 1	Bayern Munich
	Lorenc 11' Lička 27'	Report Gamesheet	Müller 53'

20 October 1976	Dynamo Kyiv	4 – 0	PAOK
	Buryak 12', 22' Kolotov 27' Slobodyan 60'	Report Gamesheet

20 October 1976	Torino	1 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Turin
	P. Sala 64'	Report Gamesheet	Vogts 28' Klinkhammer 79'	Turin

20 October 1976	Real Madrid	0 – 0	Club Brugge
		Report Gamesheet

Second leg

3 November 1976	TPS	0 – 1	Zürich
		Report Gamesheet	Cucinotta 70'

Zürich beat TPS 3–0 on aggregate.

3 November 1976	Dynamo Dresden	4 – 0	Ferencváros
	Heidler 42' Schmuck 52' Riedel 59' Kotte 73'	Report Gamesheet

Dynamo Dresden beat Ferencváros 4–1 on aggregate.

3 Novvember 1976	PSV	0 – 0	Saint-Étienne
		Report Gamesheet

Saint-Étienne beat PSV 1–0 on aggregate.

3 November 1976	Liverpool	3 – 0	Trabzonspor
	Heighway 8' Johnson 10' Keegan 19'	Report Gamesheet

Liverpool beat Trabzonspor 3–1 on aggregate.

3 November 1976	Bayern Munich	5 – 0	TJ Baník OKD Ostrava
	Müller 15', 49' Rummenigge 37' Kapellmann 71' Torstensson 74'	Report Gamesheet

Bayern Munich beat TJ Baník OKD Ostrava 6–2 on aggregate.

3 November 1976	PAOK	0 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv
		Report Gamesheet	Kolotov 73' Blokhin 82'

Dynamo Kyiv beat PAOK 6–0 on aggregate.

3 November 1976	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 0	Torino	Düsseldorf
		Report Gamesheet		Düsseldorf

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Torino 2–1 on aggregate.

3 November 1976	Club Brugge	2 – 0	Real Madrid
	le Fevre 18' Rubiñán 45' (o.g.)	Report Gamesheet

Club Brugge beat Real Madrid 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	4–4¹	Dynamo Dresden	2–1	2–3
Saint-Étienne	2–3	Liverpool	1–0	1–3
Bayern Munich	1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	0–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Club Brugge	2–2	1–0

¹ Zürich progressed to the Semifinals on away goals.

First leg

2 March 1977	Zürich	2 – 1	Dynamo Dresden
	Cucinotta 41' Risi 90'	Report Gamesheet	Kreische 77'

2 March 1977	Saint-Étienne	1 – 0	Liverpool	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 40,000
	Bathenay 78'	Report Gamesheet		Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 40,000

2 March 1977	Bayern Munich	1 – 0	Dynamo Kyiv
	Künkel 43'	Report Gamesheet

2 March 1977	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	Club Brugge
	Kulik 43' Simonsen 62'	Report Gamesheet	Cools 23' Courant 38'

Second leg

16 March 1977	Dynamo Dresden	3 – 2	Zürich
	Schade 18' (pen.) Kreische 54', 63'	Report Gamesheet	Cucinotta 37' Risi 64'

Zürich beat Dynamo Dresden 4–4 on away goals.

16 March 1977	Liverpool	3 – 1	Saint-Étienne	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 55,043
	Keegan 2' Kennedy 59' Fairclough 84'	Report Gamesheet	Bathenay 50'	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 55,043

Liverpool beat Saint-Étienne 3–2 on aggregate.

16 March 1977	Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 0	Bayern Munich
	Buryak 83' (pen.) Slobodyan 88'	Report Gamesheet

Dynamo Kyiv beat Bayern Munich 2–1 on aggregate.

2 March 1977	Club Brugge	0 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Report Gamesheet	Hannes 84'

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Club Brugge 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	1–6	Liverpool	1–3	0–3
Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	0–2

First leg

6 April 1977	Zürich	1 – 3	Liverpool	Letzigrund, Zürich Attendance: 30,000
	Risi 6' (pen)	Report Gamesheet	Neal 14', 67' (pen.) Heighway 48'	Letzigrund, Zürich Attendance: 30,000

6 April 1977	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Central Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
	Onyshchenko 71'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

20 April 1977	Liverpool	3 – 0	Zürich	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 50,611
	Case 33', 79' Keegan 83'	Report Gamesheet		Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 50,611

20 April 1977	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 0	Dynamo Kyiv	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 72,000
	Bonhof 31' Wittkamp 82'	Report Gamesheet		Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 72,000

Final

Main article: 1977 European Cup Final

25 May 1977	Liverpool	3 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
	McDermott 28' Smith 64' Neal 82' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Simonsen 52'

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1976-77 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Franco Cucinotta	Zürich	5
1	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	5
3	Kevin Keegan	Liverpool	4
	René van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	4
	Phil Neal	Liverpool	4
	Tibor Nyilasi	Ferencváros	4
	Conny Torstensson	Bayern Munich	4
8	Leonid Buryak	Dynamo Kyiv	3
	Steve Heighway	Liverpool	3
	David Johnson	Liverpool	3
	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	Dynamo Dresden	3
	Peter Risi	Zürich	3
	Petro Slobodyan	Dynamo Kyiv	3

External links

1976–77 All matches - season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1976-77 European Cup according to protocols UEFA

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See also International club women's football.

1976–77 European Cup

Contents

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter finals

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

External links