1985 European Cup Winners' Cup final

1985 European Cup Winners' Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup
Everton Rapid Wien 3 1
Date	15 May 1985
Venue	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Referee	Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Attendance	38,500

The 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Everton of England and Rapid Wien of Austria. It was the final match of the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 25th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 15 May 1985. Everton, which dominated throughout, won the match 3–1 thanks to goals by Andy Gray, Trevor Steven and Kevin Sheedy. Everton were unable to defend the trophy: as league champions they would have entered the 1985–86 European Cup, but they were not permitted to play in either competition following the events at the Heysel Stadium, which saw all English clubs banned from European competitions.

Route to the final

Further information: 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup

Everton					Rapid Wien
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
University College Dublin	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	First round	Beşiktaş	5–2	4–1 (H)	1–1 (A)
Internacionál Bratislava	5–0	1–0 (A)	4–0 (H)	Second round	Celtic	4–1	3–1 (H)	1–0 (A)
Fortuna Sittard	5–0	3–0 (H)	2–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Dynamo Dresden	5–3	0–3 (A)	5–0 (H)
Bayern Munich	3–1	0–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Dynamo Moscow	4–2	3–1 (H)	1–1 (A)

Match

Details

15 May 1985

20:15 CEST

Everton	3–1	Rapid Wien
Gray 58' Steven 73' Sheedy 86'	Report	Krankl 85'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 38,500

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Everton

Rapid Wien

GK 1 Neville Southall RB 2 Gary Stevens  43' CB 4 Kevin Ratcliffe (c) CB 5 Derek Mountfield LB 3 Pat Van Den Hauwe RM 7 Trevor Steven CM 6 Peter Reid CM 10 Paul Bracewell LM 11 Kevin Sheedy CF 8 Graeme Sharp CF 9 Andy Gray Substitutes: DF 12 Alan Harper DF 13 John Bailey MF 14 Kevin Richardson MF 15 Ian Atkins GK 16 Jim Arnold Manager: Howard Kendall

GK 1 Michael Konsel DF 2 Leo Lainer DF 3 Kurt Garger DF 4 Karl Brauneder DF 5 Heribert Weber  39' MF 6 Reinhard Kienast MF 7 Zlatko Kranjčar MF 8 Peter Hrstic FW 9 Hans Krankl (c) MF 10 Rudi Weinhofer  67' FW 11 Peter Pacult  60' Substitutes: MF 13 Antonín Panenka  67' FW 15 Johann Gröss  60' Manager: Otto Barić

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

• 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1985 European Cup Final
• 1985 UEFA Cup Final
• Everton F.C. in European football

External links

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation