1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1975–76 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by R.S.C. Anderlecht of Belgium in an entertaining final against West Ham United of England. Anderlecht went on to reach the next two finals as well, and won the second of them.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	0–3	Boavista FC	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Valur	0–9	Celtic	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–7 (Report) (Report 2)
Beşiktaş J.K.	0–6	Fiorentina	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Panathinaikos FC	0–2	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Rapid Bucureşti	1–2	R.S.C. Anderlecht	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
FK Borac Banja Luka	14–1	US Rumelange	9–0 (Report) (Report 2)	5–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Wrexham F.C.	3–2	Djurgårdens IF	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Skeid	1–8	Stal Rzeszów	1–4 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
SK Sturm Graz	3–2	PFC Slavia Sofia	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Haladás VSE	8–1	Valletta	7–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
FC Basel	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Eintracht Frankfurt	11–3	Coleraine F.C.	5–1 (Report) (Report 2)	6–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Vejle BK	0–4	FC Den Haag	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Home Farm F.C.	1–7	RC Lens	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–6 (Report) (Report 2)
Ararat Yerevan	10–1	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	9–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Lahden Reipas	2–5	West Ham United	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

Beşiktaş J.K. v Fiorentina

17 September 1975

Beşiktaş J.K.	0–3	Fiorentina
		Caso 42' 49' Casarsa 76'

Istanbul

Second leg

Fiorentina v Beşiktaş J.K.

1 October 1975

Fiorentina	3–0	Beşiktaş J.K.
Caso 32' 36' Casarsa 88'

Florence

Fiorentina won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boavista FC	1–3	Celtic FC	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Fiorentina	1 – 1(p)	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
R.S.C. Anderlecht	3–1	FK Borac Banja Luka	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Wrexham F.C.	3–1	Stal Rzeszów	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
SK Sturm Graz	3–1	Haladás VSE	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Atlético Madrid	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
FC Den Haag	6–3	RC Lens	3–2 (Report) (Report 2)	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Ararat Yerevan	2–4	West Ham United	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

Fiorentina v BSG Sachsenring Zwickau

22 October 1975

Fiorentina	1–0	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
Speggiorin 71'

Florence

Second leg

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau v Fiorentina

5 November 1975

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1–0	Fiorentina
J. Schykowski 32'
	Penalties
J. Schykowski Leuschner H. Schykowski Lippmann Croy	5–4	Caso Guerini Antognoni Roggi Bresciani

Zwickau

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 1–1 Fiorentina on aggregate. BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won 5–4 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic FC	1–2	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
R.S.C. Anderlecht	2–1	Wrexham F.C.	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
SK Sturm Graz	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
FC Den Haag	5 – 5(a)	West Ham United	4–2 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	0–5	R.S.C. Anderlecht	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–4	West Ham United	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)

Final

Main article: 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

West Ham United v Anderlecht

5 May 1976

West Ham United	2–4	Anderlecht
Holland 28' Robson 68'	Report Report 2	Rensenbrink 42' 73' Van der Elst 48' 88'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 51,296
Referee: Robert Wurtz

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1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

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