1974–75 European Cup

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.

1974–75 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates18 September 1974 – 28 May 1975
Teams30 (29 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Bayern Munich (2nd title)
Runners-upEngland Leeds United
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored174 (3.16 per match)
Attendance1,484,032 (26,982 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eduard Markarov (Ararat Yerevan)
Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
5 goals each

Teams

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  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

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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

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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

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Hvidovre  0–0  Ruch Chorzów
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Jeunesse Esch  2–3  Fenerbahçe
Mond   56'
Giuliani   76'
Report Arpacıoğlu   22'
Turan   48'
Konca   72'

Hajduk Split  7–1  Keflavík
Žungul   2', 52'
Oblak   32'
Šurjak   57'
Jerković   63'
Buljan   70'
Boljat   83'
Report Jóhannsson   41'
Attendance: 13,005


Viking  0–2  Ararat Yerevan
Report Markarov   51', 81'
Attendance: 10,642

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

Leeds United  4–1  FC Zürich
Clarke   15', 42'
Lorimer   25' (pen.)
Jordan   48'
Report Katić   89'
Attendance: 20,012

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

Celtic  1–1  Olympiacos
Wilson   80' Report Persidis   16'
Attendance: 36,828

Feyenoord  7–0  Coleraine
Schoenmaker   23'
Kreuz   27', 82', 86'
Van Hanegem   35', 54'
Ressel   60'
Report
Attendance: 17,483

VÖEST Linz  0–0  Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Valletta  1–0  HJK
Magro   6' Report
Attendance: 8,612

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

Second leg

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

Ruch Chorzów won 2–1 on aggregate.


Fenerbahçe  2–0  Jeunesse Esch
Turan   31' (pen.)
Şen   69'
Report
Attendance: 29,734

Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.


Keflavík  0–2  Hajduk Split
Report Džoni   4'
Mijač   52'
Attendance: 7,875

Hajduk Split won 9–1 on aggregate.


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

Saint-Étienne won 3–1 on aggregate.


Ararat Yerevan  4–2  Viking
Markarov   29', 50', 59'
Bondarenko   83'
Report Nilsen   41'
Berland   42'
Attendance: 31,348

Ararat Yerevan won 6–2 on aggregate.


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

Újpesti Dózsa won 7–1 on aggregate.


FC Zürich  2–1  Leeds United
Katić   37'
Rutschmann   42' (pen.)
Report Clarke   36'
Attendance: 13,382[1]

Leeds United won 5–3 on aggregate.


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

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


Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.


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

Feyenoord won 11–1 on aggregate.


Barcelona  5–0  VÖEST Linz
Asensi   22'
Clares   30', 33'
Juan Carlos   50'
Rexach   76' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 70,000[2]

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.


HJK  4–1  Valletta
Rahja   8'
Peltoniemi   17'
Hämäläinen   37'
Forssell   81'
Report Giglio   89'
Attendance: 1,647
Referee: Rolf Arnshed (Sweden)

HJK won 4–2 on aggregate.


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

Åtvidaberg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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1. FC Magdeburg v. Bayern Munich
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

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

Hajduk Split  4–1  Saint-Étienne
Jerković   29', 65'
Žungul   57'
Mijač   81'
Report H. Revelli   35'
Attendance: 15,527

Bayern Munich  3–2  Magdeburg
Müller   51' (pen.), 63'
Wunder   69'
Report Hansen   1' (o.g.)
Sparwasser   44'
Attendance: 63,349

Cork Celtic  1–2  Ararat Yerevan
Tambling   90' Report Zanazanyan   25'
Ghazaryan   65'
Attendance: 5,000[3]
Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)

Újpesti Dózsa  1–2  Leeds United
Fazekas   19' (pen.) Report Lorimer   7'
McQueen   22'
Attendance: 24,389

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

Feyenoord  0–0  Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 58,077

HJK  0–3  Åtvidaberg
Report Almqvist   15', 75'
Hasselberg   65'
Attendance: 668
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Second leg

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Fenerbahçe  0–2  Ruch Chorzów
Report Kopicera   16'
Benigier   42'
Attendance: 21,018

Ruch Chorzów won 4–1 on aggregate.


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

Saint-Étienne won 6–5 on aggregate.


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

Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.


Ararat Yerevan  5–0  Cork Celtic
Poghosyan   29', 67'
Zanazanyan   54'
Ishtoyan   62'
Andreasyan   74'
Report
Attendance: 23,000

Ararat Yerevan won 7–1 on aggregate.


Leeds United  3–0  Újpesti Dózsa
McQueen   28'
Bremner   46'
Yorath   65'
Report
Attendance: 28,091

Leeds United won 5–1 on aggregate.


Olympiacos  3–0  Anderlecht
Galakos   18', 68', 82' Report
Attendance: 8,290

Anderlecht won 5–4 on aggregate.


Barcelona  3–0  Feyenoord
Rexach   33', 39', 70' Report
Attendance: 39,475
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.


Åtvidaberg  1–0  HJK
Almqvist   90' Report

Åtvidaberg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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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

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


Leeds United  3–0  Anderlecht
Jordan   10'
McQueen   42'
Lorimer   89'
Report
Attendance: 43,195

Barcelona  2–0  Åtvidaberg
Marinho   42'
Clares   81'
Report
Attendance: 10,988

Second leg

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Saint-Étienne won 4–3 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.


Anderlecht  0–1  Leeds United
Report Bremner   74'

Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.


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

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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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

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Leeds United  2–1  Barcelona
Bremner   9'
Clarke   78'
Report Asensi   66'
Attendance: 50,393

Second leg

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Bayern Munich  2–0  Saint-Étienne
Beckenbauer   2'
Dürnberger   70'
Report
Attendance: 72,919

Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.


Barcelona  1–1  Leeds United
Clares   69' Report Lorimer   7'
Attendance: 100,000[5]

Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Bayern Munich  2–0  Leeds United
Roth   71'
Müller   81'
Report MatchCentre
Attendance: 48,374[6]

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Eduard Markarov   Ararat Yerevan 5
  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

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  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.
  6. ^ "Bayern Munich v Leeds United, 28 May 1975" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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