1977–78 European Cup


The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Brugge. The match finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after 90 minutes, five of them won by English clubs.

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.
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Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica 0–0 Torpedo Moscow on aggregate. Benfica won on penalties.
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Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Dukla Prague 1–1 Nantes. Nantes won on away goals.
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Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Wacker 3–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach on aggregate. Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.
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Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax 2–2 Juventus on aggregate. Juventus won 3–0 on penalties.
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Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1977–78 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach5
2 Jimmy Case Liverpool4
2 Roger Davies Club Brugge4
2 Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach4
2 Pietro Paolo Virdis Juventus4
6 Julien Cools Club Brugge3
6 Joe Craig Celtic3
6 Kenny Dalglish Liverpool3
6 Ruud Geels Ajax3
6 Tschen La Ling Ajax3
6 Kiril Milanov Levski-Spartak3
6 Pavel Panov Levski-Spartak3
6 René Vandereycken Club Brugge3
6 Kurt Welzl Wacker3