1977–78 UEFA Cup

1977–78 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 September 1977 – 9 May 1978
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands PSV (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Bastia
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored420 (3.33 per match)
Attendance2,896,229 (22,986 per match)
Top scorer(s)Gerrie Deijkers (PSV Eindhoven)
Raimondo Ponte (Grasshoppers)
8 goals each

The 1977–78 UEFA Cup was the seventh season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani, France, and at the Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It was won by PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands, who defeated Bastia of France by an aggregate result of 3–0 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

Playing in their first European final, PSV Eindhoven became the latest of the Grote Drie trio of big Dutch teams to win a European title. On the other hand, Bastia was the only French team to reach a UEFA Cup final until 1996.

Association team allocation[edit]

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

  • 3 associations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.

Poland and Switzerland were the two associations selected to have a third birth for this season, while Hungary and Romania went back to two qualified teams.






Associations in the 1977–78 UEFA Cup
Four teams
West Germany West Germany
England England
Italy Italy
Three teams
Spain Spain
Poland Poland
Switzerland Switzerland
Two teams
Netherlands Netherlands Soviet Union Soviet Union East Germany East Germany
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Hungary Hungary Portugal Portugal
Scotland Scotland Belgium Belgium Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
France France Romania Romania Bulgaria Bulgaria
Sweden Sweden Greece Greece Austria Austria
Turkey Turkey Denmark Denmark Norway Norway
One team
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Malta Malta
Finland Finland
Iceland Iceland
Cyprus Cyprus
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Did not compete
Wales Wales[Note WAL]
Albania Albania[Note ALB]
  • ^
    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  • ^
    Albania: Albanian teams were absent from European competition from 1973 to 1978 due to the international isolation of the country during the communist rule of Enver Hoxha.[1] Skënderbeu would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

    • Teams[edit]

    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

    • TH: Title holders
    • CW: Cup winners
    • CR: Cup runners-up
    • LC: League Cup winners
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
    • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
    Qualified teams for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
    West Germany Schalke 04 (2nd) West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig (3rd) West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (4th) West Germany Bayern Munich (7th)
    England Manchester City (2nd) England Ipswich Town (3rd) England Aston Villa (4th) England Newcastle United (5th)
    Italy Torino (2nd) Italy Fiorentina (3rd) Italy Inter Milan (4th) Italy Lazio (5th)
    Spain Barcelona (2nd) Spain Athletic Bilbao (3rd) Spain Las Palmas (4th) Poland Widzew Łódź (2nd)
    Poland Górnik Zabrze (3rd) Poland Odra Opole (LC) Switzerland Servette (2nd) Switzerland Zürich (3rd)
    Switzerland Grasshoppers (4th) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Netherlands AZ Alkmaar (3rd) Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)
    Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi (3rd) East Germany Magdeburg (2nd) East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena (3rd) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb (2nd)
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sloboda Tuzla (3rd) Hungary Újpest Dosza (2nd) Hungary Ferencváros (3rd) Portugal Sporting CP (2nd)
    Portugal Boavista (4th) Scotland Aberdeen (3rd) Scotland Dundee United (4th) Belgium Standard Liège (3rd)
    Belgium Molenbeek (4th) Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava (2nd) Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague (3rd) France Lens (2nd)
    France Bastia (3rd) Romania Steaua București (2nd) Romania Târgu Mureș (4th) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd)
    Bulgaria Marek Dupnitsa (3rd) Sweden Malmö (2nd) Sweden Landskrona (4th) Greece Olympiacos (2nd)
    Greece AEK Athens (4th) Austria Rapid Wien (2nd) Austria LASK (4th) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd)
    Turkey Altay (3rd) Denmark Frem (2nd) Denmark KB (3rd) Norway Mjøndalen IF (2nd)
    Norway IK Start (4th) Republic of Ireland Bohemian (2nd) Northern Ireland Glenavon (2nd) Malta Sliema Wanderers (2nd)
    Finland FC Haka (2nd) Iceland Fram (2nd) Cyprus APOEL (2nd) Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange (3rd)

    Schedule[edit]

    The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, except for five matches that were held on a Tuesday; one of them was the second leg of the final.

    Schedule for 1977–78 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    First round 13–14 September 1977 27–28 September 1977
    Second round 19 October 1977 2 November 1977
    Third round 23 November 1977 7 December 1977
    Quarter-finals 1 March 1978 14–15 March 1978
    Semi-finals 29 March 1978 12 April 1978
    Final 26 April 1978 9 May 1978

    First round[edit]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 5–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers 5–0 0–0
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 16–1 Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 11–1 5–0
    Aston Villa England 6–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe 4–0 2–0
    Barcelona Spain 8–2 Romania Steaua București 5–1 3–1
    Bastia France 5–3 Portugal Sporting CP 3–2 2–1
    Bayern Munich West Germany 12–0 Norway Mjøndalen 8–0 4–0
    Boavista Portugal 1–5 Italy Lazio 1–0 0–5
    Bohemians Republic of Ireland 0–4 England Newcastle United 0–0 0–4
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 6–5 Turkey Altay 5–1 1–4
    Dundee United Scotland 1–3 Denmark KB 1–0 0–3
    Fiorentina Italy 1–5 West Germany Schalke 04 0–3 1–2
    BK Frem Denmark 1–8 Switzerland Grasshoppers 0–2 1–6
    Glenavon Northern Ireland 2–11 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–6 0–5
    Górnik Zabrze Poland 5–3 Finland FC Haka 5–3 0–0
    Inter Milan Italy 0–1 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 0–1 0–0
    Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 1–1 (a) West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 0–0
    Landskrona BoIS Sweden 0–6 England Ipswich Town 0–1 0–5
    Las Palmas Spain 8–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sloboda Tuzla 5–0 3–4
    Lens France 4–3 Sweden Malmö FF 4–1 0–2
    LASK Austria 3–9 Hungary Újpest 3–2 0–7
    Odra Opole Poland 2–3 East Germany Magdeburg 1–2 1–1
    Olympiacos Greece 4–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 1–5
    Manchester City England 2–2 (a) Poland Widzew Łódź 2–2 0–0
    Marek Dupnitsa Bulgaria 3–2 Hungary Ferencváros 3–0 0–2
    Rapid Wien Austria 1–3 Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 1–0 0–3
    R.W.D. Molenbeek Belgium 2–1 Scotland Aberdeen 0–0 2–1
    Servette Switzerland 1–2 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–0 0–2
    Standard Liège Belgium 3–3 (a) Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague 1–0 2–3
    Start Norway 8–0 Iceland Fram 6–0 2–0
    ASA Târgu Mureş Romania 1–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–0 0–3
    Torino Italy 4–1 Cyprus APOEL 3–0 1–1
    Zürich Switzerland 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)

    First leg[edit]

    Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany5–0Malta Sliema Wanderers
    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,000
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands11–1Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange
    		 Report Christophe 54' (pen.)
    Attendance: 13,800
    Aston Villa England4–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
    		 Report
    Attendance: 30,351
    Barcelona Spain5–1Romania Steaua București
    		 Report
    Attendance: 68,000
    Bastia France3–2Portugal Sporting CP
    Félix 50', 75', 82' Report Jordão 42' (pen.)
    Fraguito 57'
    Attendance: 3,954
    Bayern Munich West Germany8–0Norway Mjøndalen
    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,500
    Boavista Portugal1–0Italy Lazio
    Gomes 35' Report
    Attendance: 10,500
    Bohemians Republic of Ireland0–0England Newcastle United
    Report
    Attendance: 20,000
    Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)
    Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany5–1Turkey Altay
    		 Report Denizli 24' (pen.)
    Attendance: 8,000
    Dundee United Scotland1–0Denmark KB
    Sturrock 66' Report
    Attendance: 8,406
    Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)
    Fiorentina Italy0–0West Germany Schalke 04
    Report
    Attendance: 38,659

    UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3–0 victory to Schalke 04 as Fiorentina fielded an ineligible player, Gianfranco Casarsa.

    BK Frem Denmark0–2Switzerland Grasshoppers
    Report
    Attendance: 1,956
    Glenavon Northern Ireland2–6Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
    		 Report
    Attendance: 3,000
    Górnik Zabrze Poland5–3Finland FC Haka
    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000
    Inter Milan Italy0–1Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
    Report Kipiani 77'
    Attendance: 29,000
    Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1–1West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
    Veremeyev 36' Report Frank 30'
    Attendance: 92,000
    Landskrona BoIS Sweden0–1England Ipswich Town
    Report Whymark 33'
    Attendance: 7,156
    Las Palmas Spain5–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sloboda Tuzla
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000
    Lens France4–1Sweden Malmö FF
    		 Report Sjöberg 34'
    Attendance: 23,657
    LASK Austria3–2Hungary Újpest
    		 Report Törőcsik 1', 15'
    Attendance: 11,000
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
    Odra Opole Poland1–2East Germany Magdeburg
    Decker 39' (o.g.) Report Sparwasser 59', 65'
    Attendance: 17,700
    Olympiacos Greece3–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
    		 Report Zajec 30'
    Attendance: 31,758
    Manchester City England2–2Poland Widzew Łódź
    		 Report Boniek 70', 76' (pen.)
    Attendance: 33,695
    Marek Dupnitsa Bulgaria3–0Hungary Ferencváros
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,000
    Rapid Wien Austria1–0Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava
    Walzer 63' Report
    Attendance: 9,750
    R.W.D. Molenbeek Belgium0–0Scotland Aberdeen
    Report
    Attendance: 12,000
    Servette Switzerland1–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
    Barberis 26' Report
    Attendance: 18,500
    Standard Liège Belgium1–0Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
    Nickel 80' Report
    Attendance: 24,000
    Start Norway6–0Iceland Fram
    		 Report
    Attendance: 1,345
    Referee: Sven Jonsson (Sweden)
    ASA Târgu Mureș Romania1–0Greece AEK Athens
    		 Report
    Attendance: 14,000
    Torino Italy3–0Cyprus APOEL
    Pulici 14', 40'
    C. Sala 54'    		 Report
    Attendance: 29,438
    Zürich Switzerland1–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
    Risi 4' Report
    Attendance: 8,500

    Second leg[edit]

    Sliema Wanderers Malta0–0West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
    Report
    Attendance: 2,066
    Referee: Giulio Ciacci (Italy)

    Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–0 on aggregate.

    Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg0–5Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
    Report
    Attendance: 2,300

    AZ Alkmaar won 16–1 on aggregate.

    Fenerbahçe Turkey0–2England Aston Villa
    Report
    Attendance: 9,637

    Aston Villa won 6–0 on aggregate.

    Steaua București Romania1–3Spain Barcelona
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,500

    Barcelona won 8–2 on aggregate.

    Sporting CP Portugal1–2France Bastia
    Fernandes 73' Report Rep 87'
    Félix 89'
    Attendance: 55,000

    Bastia won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Mjøndalen Norway0–4West Germany Bayern Munich
    Report
    Attendance: 7,000

    Bayern Munich won 12–0 on aggregate.

    Lazio Italy5–0Portugal Boavista
    Garlaschelli 7', 20'
    Giordano 13', 53', 87'    		 Report
    Attendance: 37,955

    Lazio won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Newcastle United England4–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
    Gowling 28', 68'
    Craig 65', 69'    		 Report
    Attendance: 19,046

    Newcastle United won 4–0 on aggregate.

    Altay Turkey4–1East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
    		 Report Lindemann 52'
    Attendance: 5,479

    Carl Zeiss Jena won 6–5 on aggregate.

    KB Denmark3–0Scotland Dundee United
    Andersen 49', 84', 89' Report
    Attendance: 9,000

    KB won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Schalke 04 West Germany2–1Italy Fiorentina
    Abramczik 17'
    H. Kremers 77'    		 Report Desolati 82'
    Attendance: 37,000

    Schalke 04 won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Grasshoppers Switzerland6–1Denmark BK Frem
    		 Report Mikkelsen 45'
    Attendance: 3,400

    Grasshoppers won 8–1 on aggregate.

    PSV Eindhoven Netherlands5–0Northern Ireland Glenavon
    		 Report
    Attendance: 10,500

    PSV Eindhoven won 11–2 on aggregate.

    FC Haka Finland0–0Poland Górnik Zabrze
    Report
    Attendance: 4,000

    Górnik Zabrze won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union0–0Italy Inter Milan
    Report
    Attendance: 80,000

    Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany0–0Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
    Report
    Attendance: 35,000

    1–1 on aggregate, Eintracht Braunschweig won on away goals.

    Ipswich Town England5–0Sweden Landskrona BoIS
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,741
    Referee: Ib Nielsen (Denmark)

    Ipswich Town won 6–0 on aggregate.

    Sloboda Tuzla Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–3Spain Las Palmas
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,000

    Las Palmas won 8–4 on aggregate.

    Malmö FF Sweden2–0France Lens
    		 Report
    Attendance: 6,534

    Lens won 4–3 on aggregate.

    Újpest Hungary7–0Austria LASK
    		 Report
    Attendance: 7,000

    Újpest won 9–3 on aggregate.

    Magdeburg East Germany1–1Poland Odra Opole
    Streich 11' Report Klose 38'
    Attendance: 18,000

    Magdeburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia5–1Greece Olympiacos
    		 Report Karavitis 37' (pen.)
    Attendance: 24,000
    Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

    Dinamo Zagreb won 6–4 on aggregate.

    Widzew Łódź Poland0–0England Manchester City
    Report
    Attendance: 20,000

    2–2 on aggregate, Widzew Łódź won on away goals rule.

    Ferencváros Hungary2–0Bulgaria Marek Dupnitsa
    		 Report
    Attendance: 18,700

    Marek Dupnitsa won 3–2 on aggregate.

    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia3–0Austria Rapid Wien
    		 Report
    Attendance: 4,500

    Inter Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.

    Aberdeen Scotland1–2Belgium R.W.D. Molenbeek
    Jarvie 78' Report
    Attendance: 26,000
    Referee: Alain Delmer (France)

    R.W.D. Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Athletic Bilbao Spain2–0Switzerland Servette
    		 Report
    Attendance: 20,000

    Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Slavia Prague Czechoslovakia3–2Belgium Standard Liège
    		 Report
    Attendance: 15,000

    3–3 on aggregate, Standard Liège won on away goals rule.

    Fram Iceland0–2Norway Start
    Report
    Attendance: 800

    Start won 8–0 on aggregate.

    AEK Athens Greece3–0Romania ASA Târgu Mureș
    		 Report
    Attendance: 14,730

    AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

    APOEL Cyprus1–1Italy Torino
    Markou 20' Report Garritano 76'
    Attendance: 5,107

    Torino won 4–1 on aggregate.

    CSKA Sofia Bulgaria1–1 (a.e.t.)Switzerland Zürich
    Markov 32' Report Cucinotta 105'
    Attendance: 20,000

    Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.

    Second round[edit]

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    AEK Athens Greece 3–6 Belgium Standard Liège 2–2 1–4
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 2–2 (4–5 p) Spain Barcelona 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    Aston Villa England 3–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–0 1–1
    Bastia France 5–2 England Newcastle United 2–1 3–1
    Bayern Munich West Germany 3–2 Bulgaria Marek Dupnitsa 3–0 0–2
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia 2–5 Switzerland Grasshoppers 1–0 1–5
    Ipswich Town England 4–3 Spain Las Palmas 1–0 3–3
    KB Denmark 2–6 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 1–4 1–2
    Lazio Italy 2–6 France Lens 2–0 0–6 (a.e.t.)
    Magdeburg East Germany 7–3 West Germany Schalke 04 4–2 3–1
    R.W.D. Molenbeek Belgium 2–2 (5–6 p) East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
    Start Norway 1–4 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 0–4
    Torino Italy 3–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 0–1
    Újpest Hungary 2–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
    Widzew Łódź Poland 3–6 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–5 0–1
    Zürich Switzerland 3–7 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–3 3–4

    First leg[edit]

    AEK Athens Greece2–2Belgium Standard Liège
    		 Report
    Attendance: 20,458
    Referee: Ken Burns (England)
    AZ Alkmaar Netherlands1–1Spain Barcelona
    Nygaard 41' Report Neeskens 46'
    Attendance: 20,019
    Aston Villa England2–0Poland Górnik Zabrze
    McNaught 11', 54' Report
    Attendance: 34,138
    Bastia France2–1England Newcastle United
    Papi 50', 89' Report Cannell 7'
    Attendance: 8,403
    Bayern Munich West Germany3–0Bulgaria Marek Dupnitsa
    		 Report
    Attendance: 14,000
    Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
    Inter Bratislava Czechoslovakia1–0Switzerland Grasshoppers
    Bauer 83' (o.g.) Report
    Attendance: 4,600
    Referee: William Gow (Wales)
    Ipswich Town England1–0Spain Las Palmas
    Gates 23' Report
    Attendance: 22,195
    KB Denmark1–4Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
    Laudrup 80' Report
    Attendance: 6,400
    Lazio Italy2–0France Lens
    Wilson 30'
    Giordano 31'    		 Report
    Attendance: 50,739
    Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
    Magdeburg East Germany4–2West Germany Schalke 04
    		 Report
    Attendance: 32,000
    Referee: