1973–74 European Cup

1973–74 European Cup

The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 September 1973 - 17 May 1974
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (1st title)
Runners-up	Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	180 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gerd Müller (8 goals)

The 1973–74 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Bayern Munich, beginning their own three-year period of domination, in a replayed final against Atlético Madrid. This was the first time the cup went to Germany, and the first European Cup final to require a replay after the first match was drawn 1–1 after extra time.

Ajax, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA September Flag in the second round.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking	1–3	Spartak Trnava	1–2	0–1
Zorya Voroshilovgrad	3–0	APOEL	2–0	1–0
Benfica	2–0	Olympiacos	1–0	1–0
Waterford United	2–6	Újpesti Dózsa	2–3	0–3
Bayern Munich	4–4 (4–3p)	Åtvidaberg	3–1	1–3
Dynamo Dresden	4–3	Juventus	2–0	2–3
Ajax	Bye	–	–	–
CSKA September Flag	4–0	Wacker	3–0	1–0
Club Brugge	10–0	Floriana	8–0	2–0
Basel	11–2	Fram	5–0	6–2
TPS	1–9	Celtic	1–6	0–3
Vejle	3–2	Nantes	2–2	1–0
Red Star Belgrade	3–1	Stal Mielec	2–1	1–0
Jeunesse Esch	1–3	Liverpool	1–1	0–2
Crusaders	0–12	Dinamo Bucharest	0–1	0–11
Atlético Madrid	1–0	Galatasaray	0–0	1–0

First leg

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Second leg

Spartak Trnava won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Zorya Voroshilovgrad won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dózsa won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich 4–4 Åtvidaberg on aggregate. Bayern Munich won on penalties.

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Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.

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CSKA won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 10–0 on aggregate.

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Basel won 11–2 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Vejle won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Bucharest won 12–0 on aggregate.

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Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	1–0	Zorya Voroshilovgrad	0–0	1–0
Benfica	1–3	Újpesti Dózsa	1–1	0–2
Bayern Munich	7–6	Dynamo Dresden	4–3	3–3
Ajax	1–2	CSKA September Flag	1–0	0–2
Club Brugge	6–7	Basel	2–1	4–6
Celtic	1–0	Vejle	0–0	1–0
Red Star Belgrade	4–2	Liverpool	2–1	2–1
Dinamo Bucharest	2–4	Atlético Madrid	0–2	2–2

First leg

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Second leg

Spartak Trnava won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 7–6 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	2–2 (3–4p)	Újpesti Dózsa	1–1	1–1
Bayern Munich	5–3	CSKA September Flag	4–1	1–2
FC Basel	5–6	Celtic	3–2	2–4
Red Star Belgrade	0–2	Atlético Madrid	0–2	0–0

First leg

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Second leg

Újpesti Dózsa 2–2 Spartak Trnava on aggregate. Újpesti Dózsa won on penalties.

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Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Újpesti Dózsa	1–4	Bayern Munich	1–1	0–3
Celtic	0–2	Atlético Madrid	0–0	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate

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Atlético Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate

Final

Replay

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1973–74 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	8
2	Raoul Lambert	Club Brugge	6
	Conny Torstensson	Åtvidaberg / Bayern Munich	6
4	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo Bucharest	5
	Ottmar Hitzfeld	Basel	5
	Uli Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	5
7	Walter Balmer	Basel	4
	Pierre Carteus	Club Brugge	4
	Radu Nunweiller	Dinamo Bucharest	4
10	Tommy Callaghan	Celtic	3
	John Deans	Celtic	3
	László Fazekas	Újpesti Dózsa	3
	Jimmy Johnstone	Celtic	3
	Dimitar Marashliev	CSKA Sofia	3
	Stanislav Martinkovič	Spartak Trnava	3

External links

• 1973–74 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1973–74 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1973-74 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1973-74 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1973-74 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1973–74 European Cup