1981–82 European Cup

1981–82 European Cup

De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	26 August 1981 – 26 May 1982
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Aston Villa (1st title)
Runners-up	Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	170 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dieter Hoeneß (7 goals)

The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.

Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA September Flag in the quarter-finals.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saint-Étienne	1–3	Dynamo Berlin	1–1	0–2

First leg

Second leg

Dynamo Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Austria Wien	3–2	Partizani Tirana	3–1	0–1
Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Trabzonspor	1–0	1–1
Dynamo Berlin	3–3 (a)	Zürich	2–0	1–3
Aston Villa	7–0	Valur	5–0	2–0
Widzew Łódź	2–6	Anderlecht	1–4	1–2
Celtic	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2
Ferencváros	3–5	Baník Ostrava	3–2	0–3
Hibernians	2–10	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	1–8
Start	1–4	AZ	1–3	0–1
OPS	0–8	Liverpool	0–1	0–7
CSKA Sofia	1–0	Real Sociedad	1–0	0–0
Progrès Niedercorn	1–5	Glentoran	1–1	0–4
KB	3–3 (a)	Athlone Town	1–1	2–2
Universitatea Craiova	3–2	Olympiacos	3–0	0–2
Benfica	4–0	Omonia	3–0	1–0
Öster	0–6	Bayern Munich	0–1	0–5

First leg

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Second leg

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Berlin 3–3 Zürich on aggregate. Dynamo Berlin won on away goals.

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Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.

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AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.

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KB 3–3 Athlone Town on aggregate. KB won on away goals.

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Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Austria Wien	1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	1–1
Dynamo Berlin	2–2 (a)	Aston Villa	1–2	1–0
Anderlecht	4–2	Juventus	3–1	1–1
Baník Ostrava	3–4	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	0–3
AZ	4–5	Liverpool	2–2	2–3
CSKA Sofia	3–2	Glentoran	2–0	1–2
KB	2–4	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	1–4
Benfica	1–4	Bayern Munich	0–0	1–4

First leg

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Second leg

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Berlin 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Aston Villa won on away goals.

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Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Aston Villa	0–0	0–2
Anderlecht	4–2	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	2–1
Liverpool	1–2	CSKA Sofia	1–0	0–2
Universitatea Craiova	1–3	Bayern Munich	0–2	1–1

First leg

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Second leg

Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aston Villa	1–0	Anderlecht	1–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	4–7	Bayern Munich	4–3	0–4

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.

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Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Dieter Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	7
2	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich	6
3	Paul Breitner	Bayern Munich	5
	Willy Geurts	Anderlecht	5
5	Lubomir Knapp	Baník Ostrava	4
	Tony Morley	Aston Villa	4
	Dušan Savić	Red Star Belgrade	4
8	Jurica Jerković	Zürich	3
	Kees Kist	AZ	3
	Verner Lička	Baník Ostrava	3
	Juan Lozano	Anderlecht	3
	Terry McDermott	Liverpool	3
	Vladimir Petrović	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Gary Shaw	Aston Villa	3
	Peter Withe	Aston Villa	3
	Tsvetan Yonchev	CSKA Sofia	3

External links

• 1981–82 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
• 1981-82 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)