1974–75 European Cup

1974–75 European Cup
	The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	18 September 1974 – 28 May 1975
Teams	30 (29 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (2nd title)
Runners-up	Leeds United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	174 (3.16 per match)
Attendance	1,484,032 (26,982 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eduard Markarov (Ararat Yerevan); Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich); 5 goals each
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season was the 20th season of the European Cup, an annual football tournament for the champion clubs of the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It was won for the second consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Leeds United, the first English side to reach the final since Manchester United won it seven years earlier and only the second in the history of the competition.

Teams

VÖEST Linz (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	Levski-Spartak (1st)
Omonia (1st)	Slovan Bratislava (1st)	Hvidovre (1st)
Leeds United (1st)	HJK (1st)	Saint-Étienne (1st)
Magdeburg (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)^TH	Olympiacos (1st)
Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	Keflavík (1st)	Cork Celtic (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Valletta (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)
Coleraine (1st)	Viking (1st)	Ruch Chorzów (1st)
Sporting CP (1st)	Universitatea Craiova (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Barcelona (1st)	Åtvidaberg (1st)	Zürich (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st)	Ararat Yerevan (1st)	Hajduk Split (1st)

Bracket

1st Round				2nd Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Hvidovre	0	1	1

Ruch Chorzów	0	2	2
				Ruch Chorzów	2	2	4

				Fenerbahçe	1	0	1
Jeunesse Esch	2	0	2

Fenerbahçe	3	2	5
								Ruch Chorzów	3	0	3

								Saint-Étienne	2	2	4
Hajduk Split	7	2	9

Keflavík	1	0	1
				Hajduk Split	4	1	5

				Saint-Étienne	1	5	6
Saint-Étienne	2	1	3

Sporting CP	0	1	1
												Saint-Étienne	0	0	0

												Bayern Munich	0	2	2



				Bayern Munich	3	2	5

				Magdeburg	2	1	3



								Bayern Munich	2	0	2

								Ararat Yerevan	0	1	1
Cork Celtic (w/o)	-	-	-

Omonia	-	-	-
				Cork Celtic	1	0	1

				Ararat Yerevan	2	5	7
Viking	0	2	2

Ararat Yerevan	2	4	6
																Bayern Munich	2

																Leeds United	0
Levski-Spartak	0	1	1

Újpesti Dózsa	3	4	7
				Újpesti Dózsa	1	0	1

				Leeds United	2	3	5
Leeds United	4	1	5

Zürich	1	2	3
								Leeds United	3	1	4

								Anderlecht	0	0	0
Slovan Bratislava	4	1	5

Anderlecht (a)	2	3	5
				Anderlecht	5	0	5

				Olympiacos	1	3	4
Celtic	1	0	1

Olympiacos	1	2	3
												Leeds United	2	1	3

												Barcelona	1	1	2
Feyenoord	7	4	11

Coleraine	0	1	1
				Feyenoord	0	0	0

				Barcelona	0	3	3
VÖEST Linz	0	0	0

Barcelona	0	5	5
								Barcelona	2	3	5

								Åtvidaberg	0	0	0
Valletta	1	1	2

HJK	0	4	4
				HJK	0	0	0

				Åtvidaberg	3	1	4
Universitatea Craiova	2	1	3

Åtvidaberg	1	3	4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hvidovre	1–2	Ruch Chorzów	0–0	1–2
Jeunesse Esch	2–5	Fenerbahçe	2–3	0–2
Hajduk Split	9–1	Keflavík	7–1	2–0
Saint-Étienne	3–1	Sporting CP	2–0	1–1
Viking	2–6	Ararat Yerevan	0–2	2–4
Levski-Spartak	1–7	Újpesti Dózsa	0–3	1–4
Leeds United	5–3	Zürich	4–1	1–2
Slovan Bratislava	5–5 (a)	Anderlecht	4–2	1–3
Celtic	1–3	Olympiacos	1–1	0–2
Feyenoord	11–1	Coleraine	7–0	4–1
VÖEST Linz	0–5	Barcelona	0–0	0–5
Valletta	2–4	HJK	1–0	1–4
Universitatea Craiova	3–4	Åtvidaberg	2–1	1–3

Byes: Bayern Munich (West Germany), Magdeburg (GDR), and Cork Celtic (Ireland, drawn against Omonia, who withdrew due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus).

Italian club Lazio was disqualified before the draw.

First leg

18 September 1974

Hvidovre	0–0	Ruch Chorzów
	Report

Hvidovre Stadion, Hvidovre

Attendance: 2,733

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

18 September 1974

Jeunesse Esch	2–3	Fenerbahçe
Mond 56' Giuliani 76'	Report	Arpacıoğlu 22' Turan 48' Konca 72'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 6,719

Referee: Jacques van Melkebeeke (Belgium)

19 September 1974

Hajduk Split	7–1	Keflavík
Žungul 2', 52' Oblak 32' Šurjak 57' Jerković 63' Buljan 70' Boljat 83'	Report	Jóhannsson 41'

Stari Plac, Split

Attendance: 13,005

Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)

18 September 1974

Saint-Étienne	2–0	Sporting CP
H. Revelli 15' Bereta 58'	Report

Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 21,724

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

18 September 1974

Viking	0–2	Ararat Yerevan
	Report	Markarov 51', 81'

Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 10,642

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

18 September 1974

Levski-Spartak	0–3	Újpesti Dózsa
	Report	Horváth 28' Bene 58' Dunai 76'

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 29,722

Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

18 September 1974

Leeds United	4–1	FC Zürich
Clarke 15', 42' Lorimer 25' (pen.) Jordan 48'	Report	Katić 89'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 20,012

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

18 September 1974

Slovan Bratislava	4–2	Anderlecht
Novotný 1' Masný 32', 44' Švehlík 63'	Report	Coeck 48' Van Himst 70'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 11,327

Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

18 September 1974

Celtic	1–1	Olympiacos
Wilson 80'	Report	Persidis 16'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 36,828

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

18 September 1974

Feyenoord	7–0	Coleraine
Schoenmaker 23' Kreuz 27', 82', 86' Van Hanegem 35', 54' Ressel 60'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 17,483

Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

18 September 1974

VÖEST Linz	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

Gugl-Oval, Linz

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

18 September 1974

Valletta	1–0	HJK
Magro 6'	Report

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 8,612

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

18 September 1974

Universitatea Craiova	2–1	Åtvidaberg
Oblemenco 15', 50' (pen.)	Report	Augustsson 6'

Stadionul Central, Craiova

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yuri Sergienko (Soviet Union)

Second leg

2 October 1974

Ruch Chorzów	2–1	Hvidovre
Bula 34', 63'	Report	Pedersen 55'

Stadion Miejski w Chorzowie, Chorzów

Attendance: 7,744

Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)

Ruch Chorzów won 2–1 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Fenerbahçe	2–0	Jeunesse Esch
Turan 31' (pen.) Şen 69'	Report

İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 29,734

Referee: Constantin Petrea (Romania)

Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.

24 September 1974

Keflavík	0–2	Hajduk Split
	Report	Džoni 4' Mijač 52'

Stari Plac, Split

Attendance: 7,875

Referee: Theodoris Aspris (Cyprus)

Hajduk Split won 9–1 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Sporting CP	1–1	Saint-Étienne
Yazalde 37'	Report	Synaeghel 25'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 18,257

Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

Saint-Étienne won 3–1 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Ararat Yerevan	4–2	Viking
Markarov 29', 50', 59' Bondarenko 83'	Report	Nilsen 41' Berland 42'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 31,348

Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria)

Ararat Yerevan won 6–2 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Újpesti Dózsa	4–1	Levski-Spartak
Bene 13', 70' Dunai 58', 65'	Report	Voynov 19'

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 8,763

Referee: Gheorghi Bakanidze (Soviet Union)

Újpesti Dózsa won 7–1 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

FC Zürich	2–1	Leeds United
Katić 37' Rutschmann 42' (pen.)	Report	Clarke 36'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 13,382^[1]

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Leeds United won 5–3 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Anderlecht	3–1	Slovan Bratislava
Van Himst 10' Coeck 12' Thissen 89'	Report	Masný 54'

Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht

Attendance: 32,487

Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

5–5 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.

2 October 1974

Olympiacos	2–0	Celtic
Kritikopoulos 2' Stavropoulos 24'	Report

Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Coleraine	1–4	Feyenoord
Simpson 65'	Report	Schoenmaker 27', 44', 66' (pen.) Kreuz 56'

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Attendance: 2,565

Referee: Hannes Sigurðsson (Iceland)

Feyenoord won 11–1 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

Barcelona	5–0	VÖEST Linz
Asensi 22' Clares 30', 33' Juan Carlos 50' Rexach 76' (pen.)	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 70,000^[2]

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

2 October 1974

HJK	4–1	Valletta
Rahja 8' Peltoniemi 17' Hämäläinen 37' Forssell 81'	Report	Giglio 89'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 1,647

Referee: Rolf Arnshed (Sweden)

HJK won 4–2 on aggregate.

3 October 1974

Åtvidaberg	3–1	Universitatea Craiova
Andersson 19' Almqvist 29' Wallinder 87' (pen.)	Report	Bradin 40'

Kopparvallen, Åtvidaberg

Attendance: 3,234

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Åtvidaberg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ruch Chorzów	4–1	Fenerbahçe	2–1	2–0
Hajduk Split	5–6	Saint-Étienne	4–1	1–5
Bayern Munich	5–3	Magdeburg	3–2	2–1
Cork Celtic	1–7	Ararat Yerevan	1–2	0–5
Újpesti Dózsa	1–5	Leeds United	1–2	0–3
Anderlecht	5–4	Olympiacos	5–1	0–3
Feyenoord	0–3	Barcelona	0–0	0–3
HJK	0–4	Åtvidaberg	0–3	0–1

First leg

23 October 1974

Ruch Chorzów	2–1	Fenerbahçe
Kopicera 46' Benigier 61'	Report	Gülseven 38'

Stadion Miejski w Chorzowie, Chorzów

Attendance: 10,368

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

23 October 1974

Hajduk Split	4–1	Saint-Étienne
Jerković 29', 65' Žungul 57' Mijač 81'	Report	H. Revelli 35'

Stari plac, Split

Attendance: 15,527

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

23 October 1974

Bayern Munich	3–2	Magdeburg
Müller 51' (pen.), 63' Wunder 69'	Report	Hansen 1' (o.g.) Sparwasser 44'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 63,349

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

23 October 1974

Cork Celtic	1–2	Ararat Yerevan
Tambling 90'	Report	Zanazanyan 25' Ghazaryan 65'

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 5,000^[3]

Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)

23 October 1974

Újpesti Dózsa	1–2	Leeds United
Fazekas 19' (pen.)	Report	Lorimer 7' McQueen 22'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 24,389

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

23 October 1974

Anderlecht	5–1	Olympiacos
Rensenbrink 23', 33' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Van der Elst 25' Ladinsky 70'	Report	Viera 28' (pen.)

Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht

Attendance: 33,726

Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland)

22 October 1974

Feyenoord	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 58,077

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

23 October 1974

HJK	0–3	Åtvidaberg
	Report	Almqvist 15', 75' Hasselberg 65'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 668

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Second leg

6 November 1974

Fenerbahçe	0–2	Ruch Chorzów
	Report	Kopicera 16' Benigier 42'

İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 21,018

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Ruch Chorzów won 4–1 on aggregate.

6 November 1974

Saint-Étienne	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Hajduk Split
Larqué 36' Bathenay 61' Bereta 71' (pen.) Triantafyllos 82', 104'	Report	Jovanić 60'

Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 26,418

Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)

Saint-Étienne won 6–5 on aggregate.

6 November 1974

Magdeburg	1–2	Bayern Munich
Sparwasser 56'	Report	Müller 22', 55'

Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg

Attendance: 33,734

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.

6 November 1974

Ararat Yerevan	5–0	Cork Celtic
Poghosyan 29', 67' Zanazanyan 54' Ishtoyan 62' Andreasyan 74'	Report

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Gheorge Limona (Romania)

Ararat Yerevan won 7–1 on aggregate.

6 November 1974

Leeds United	3–0	Újpesti Dózsa
McQueen 28' Bremner 46' Yorath 65'	Report

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 28,091

Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Leeds United won 5–1 on aggregate.

6 November 1974

Olympiacos	3–0	Anderlecht
Galakos 18', 68', 82'	Report

Panachaiki Stadium, Patras

Attendance: 8,290

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Anderlecht won 5–4 on aggregate.

5 November 1974

Barcelona	3–0	Feyenoord
Rexach 33', 39', 70'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 39,475

Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.

6 November 1974

Åtvidaberg	1–0	HJK
Almqvist 90'	Report

Kopparvallen, Åtvidaberg

Attendance: 1,664

Referee: Leonardus van der Kroft (Netherlands)

Åtvidaberg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ruch Chorzów	3–4	Saint-Étienne	3–2	0–2
Bayern Munich	2–1	Ararat Yerevan	2–0	0–1
Leeds United	4–0	Anderlecht	3–0	1–0
Barcelona	5–0	Åtvidaberg	2–0	3–0

First leg

5 March 1975

Ruch Chorzów	3–2	Saint-Étienne
Maszczyk 9' Beniger 36' Bula 46' (pen.)	Report	Larqué 64' Triantafyllos 84'

Stadion Miejski w Chorzowie, Chorzów

Attendance: 26,710

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

5 March 1975

Bayern Munich	2–0	Ararat Yerevan
Hoeneß 78' Torstensson 83'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 65,000^[4]

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

5 March 1975

Leeds United	3–0	Anderlecht
Jordan 10' McQueen 42' Lorimer 89'	Report

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 43,195

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

4 March 1975

Barcelona	2–0	Åtvidaberg
Marinho 42' Clares 81'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 10,988

Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)

Second leg

19 March 1975

Saint-Étienne	2–0	Ruch Chorzów
Janvion 3' H. Revelli 84' (pen.)	Report

Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 37,904

Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)

Saint-Étienne won 4–3 on aggregate.

19 March 1975

Ararat Yerevan	1–0	Bayern Munich
Andreasyan 35'	Report

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 70,400

Referee: Theodorus Boosten (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.

19 March 1975

Anderlecht	0–1	Leeds United
	Report	Bremner 74'

Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht

Attendance: 33,948

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.

11 March 1975

Åtvidaberg	0–3	Barcelona
	Report	Olsson 28' (o.g.) Asensi 60' Neeskens 70'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 4,444

Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saint-Étienne	0–2	Bayern Munich	0–0	0–2
Leeds United	3–2	Barcelona	2–1	1–1

First leg

9 April 1975

Saint-Étienne	0–0	Bayern Munich
	Report

Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 35,210

Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

9 April 1975

Leeds United	2–1	Barcelona
Bremner 9' Clarke 78'	Report	Asensi 66'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 50,393

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Second leg

23 April 1975

Bayern Munich	2–0	Saint-Étienne
Beckenbauer 2' Dürnberger 70'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 72,919

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.

23 April 1975

Barcelona	1–1	Leeds United
Clares 69'	Report	Lorimer 7'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 100,000^[5]

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 1975

Bayern Munich	2–0	Leeds United
Roth 71' Müller 81'	Report MatchCentre

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 48,374^[6]

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1974–75 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Eduard Markarov	Ararat Yerevan	5
1	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	5
3	Reine Almqvist	Åtvidaberg	4
	Manuel Clares	Barcelona	4
	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	4
	Wilhelm Kreuz	Feyenoord	4
	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	4
	Carles Rexach	Barcelona	4
	Lex Schoenmaker	Feyenoord	4

References

^ "FC Zürich v Leeds United, 2 October 1974" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Barcelona v VÖEST Linz, 2 October 1974" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Cork Celtic v Ararat Yerevan, 23 October 1974" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Bayern Munich v Ararat Yerevan, 5 March 1975" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Barcelona v Leeds United, 23 April 1975" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "Bayern Munich v Leeds United, 28 May 1975" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

External links

1974–75 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1974–75 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
1974/75 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

[1] "FC Zürich v Leeds United, 2 October 1974" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[2] "Barcelona v VÖEST Linz, 2 October 1974" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[3] "Cork Celtic v Ararat Yerevan, 23 October 1974" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[4] "Bayern Munich v Ararat Yerevan, 5 March 1975" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[5] "Barcelona v Leeds United, 23 April 1975" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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