1977–78 European Cup

1977–78 European Cup

The Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 August 1977 - 10 May 1978
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (2nd title)
Runners-up	Club Brugge
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	162 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Allan Simonsen (5 goals)

The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge. The game finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after ninety minutes, five of them won by English clubs.

Bracket

Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
Celtic	5	6	11
Jeunesse Esch	0	1	1			Celtic	2	0	2
Basel	1	1	2			Wacker	1	3	4
Wacker	3	0	3									Wacker	3	0	3
Red Star Belgrade	3	3	6									Borussia Mönchengladbach	1	2	3 a
Sligo Rovers	0	0	0			Red Star Belgrade	0	1	1
Vasas	0	1	1			Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	5	8
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	1	4															Borussia Mönchengladbach	2	0	2
Benfica	0	0	0															Liverpool	1	3	4
Torpedo Moscow (p)	0	0	0			Benfica	1	1	2
Trabzonspor	1	0	1			Boldklubben 1903	0	0	0
Boldklubben 1903	0	2	2									Benfica	1	1	2
Liverpool												Liverpool	2	4	6
bye						Liverpool	5	1	6
Dynamo Dresden	2	1	3			Dynamo Dresden	1	2	3
Halmstad	0	2	2																					Liverpool	1
Levski-Spartak	3	2	5																					Club Brugge	0
Slask Wroclaw	0	2	2			Levski-Spartak	1	1	2
Lillestrøm	2	0	2			Ajax	2	2	4
Ajax	0	4	4									Ajax	1	1	2
Valur	1	0	1									Juventus	1	1	2 p
Glentoran	0	2	2			Glentoran	0	0	0
Omonia	0	0	0			Juventus	1	5	6
Juventus	3	2	5															Juventus	1	0	1
KuPS	0	2	2															Club Brugge	0	2	2
Club Brugge	4	5	9			Club Brugge	2	0	2
Floriana	1	0	1			Panathinaikos	0	1	1
Panathinaikos	1	4	5									Club Brugge	2	2	4
Dukla Prague	1	0	1									Atlético Madrid	0	3	3
Nantes (a)	1	0	1			Nantes	1	1	2
Dinamo Bucuresti	2	0	2			Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
Atlético Madrid	1	2	3

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	5–0	6–1
Basel	2–3	Wacker	1–3	1–0
Red Star Belgrade	6–0	Sligo Rovers	3–0	3–0
Vasas	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–1
Benfica	0–0 (p)	Torpedo Moscow	0–0	0–0
Trabzonspor	1–2	Boldklubben 1903	1–0	0–2
Liverpool	Bye		–	–
Dynamo Dresden	3–2	Halmstad	2–0	1–2
Levski-Spartak	5–2	Śląsk Wrocław	3–0	2–2
Lillestrøm	2–4	Ajax	2–0	0–4
Valur	1–2	Glentoran	1–0	0–2
Omonia	0–5	Juventus	0–3	0–2
KuPS	2–9	Club Brugge	0–4	2–5
Floriana	1–5	Panathinaikos	1–1	0–4
Dukla Prague	1–1 (a)	Nantes	1–1	0–0
Dinamo Bucureşti	2–3	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica 0–0 Torpedo Moscow on aggregate. Benfica won on penalties.

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Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague 1–1 Nantes. Nantes won on away goals.

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Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	2–4	Wacker	2–1	0–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–5
Benfica	2–0	Boldklubben 1903	1–0	1–0
Liverpool	6–3	Dynamo Dresden	5–1	1–2
Levski-Spartak	2–4	Ajax	1–2	1–2
Glentoran	0–6	Juventus	0–1	0–5
Club Brugge	2–1	Panathinaikos	2–0	0–1
Nantes	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wacker	3–3 (a)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	0–2
Benfica	2–6	Liverpool	1–2	1–4
Ajax	2–2 (0–3p)	Juventus	1–1	1–1
Club Brugge	4–3	Atlético Madrid	2–0	2–3

First leg

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Second leg

Wacker 3–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate. Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.

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Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Ajax 2–2 Juventus on aggregate. Juventus won 3–0 on penalties.

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Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–4	Liverpool	2–1	0–3
Juventus	1–2	Club Brugge	1–0	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1977–78 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
2	Jimmy Case	Liverpool	4
	Roger Davies	Club Brugge	4
	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Juventus	4
6	Julien Cools	Club Brugge	3
	Joe Craig	Celtic	3
	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool	3
	Ruud Geels	Ajax	3
	Tschen La Ling	Ajax	3
	Kiril Milanov	Levski-Spartak	3
	Pavel Panov	Levski-Spartak	3
	René Vandereycken	Club Brugge	3
	Kurt Welzl	Wacker	3

External links

• 1977–78 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1977–78 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1977/78 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)