1981–82 European Cup


The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition.
Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
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BFC Dynamo 3–3 Zürich on aggregate. BFC Dynamo won on away goals.
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Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.
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AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.
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CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.
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KB 3–3 Athlone Town on aggregate. KB won on away goals.
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Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
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BFC Dynamo 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Aston Villa won on away goals.
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Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.
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CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
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CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Dieter Hoeneß Bayern Munich7
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich6
3 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich5
3 Willy Geurts Anderlecht5
5 Lubomir Knapp Baník Ostrava4
5 Tony Morley Aston Villa4
5 Dušan Savić Red Star Belgrade4
8 Jurica Jerković Zürich3
8 Kees Kist AZ3
8 Verner Lička Baník Ostrava3
8 Juan Lozano Anderlecht3
8 Terry McDermott Liverpool3
8 Vladimir Petrović Red Star Belgrade3
8 Gary Shaw Aston Villa3
8 Peter Withe Aston Villa3
8 Tsvetan Yonchev CSKA Sofia3