1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
ChampionsBelgium Anderlecht (1st title)
Runners-upEngland West Ham United

The 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup was the 16th season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a club football tournament organised by UEFA for the winners of its member associations' domestic cup competitions. It was won by Anderlecht of Belgium, who beat West Ham United of England in the final. Anderlecht went on to reach the next two finals as well, and won the second of them.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 0–3 Portugal Boavista 0–0 0–3
Valur Iceland 0–9 Scotland Celtic 0–2 0–7
Beşiktaş Turkey 0–6 Italy Fiorentina 0–3 0–3
Panathinaikos Greece 0–2 East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau 0–0 0–2
Rapid București Romania 1–2 Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 0–2
Borac Banja Luka Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 14–1 Luxembourg Rumelange 9–0 5–1
Wrexham Wales 3–2 Sweden Djurgården 2–1 1–1
Skeid Norway 1–8 Poland Stal Rzeszów 1–4 0–4
Sturm Graz Austria 3–2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 3–1 0–1
Haladás Hungary 8–1 Malta Valletta 7–0 1–1
Basel Switzerland 2–3 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–2 1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 11–3 Northern Ireland Coleraine 5–1 6–2
Vejle Denmark 0–4 Netherlands Den Haag 0–2 0–2
Home Farm Republic of Ireland 1–7 France Lens 1–1 0–6
Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union 10–1 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 9–0 1–1
Reipas Lahti Finland 2–5 England West Ham United 2–2 0–3

First leg

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia0–0Portugal Boavista
Attendance: 14,890
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

Rapid București Romania1–0Belgium Anderlecht
Thissen 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Beşiktaş Turkey0–3Italy Fiorentina
Caso 42', 49'
Casarsa 76'

Basel Switzerland1 – 2Spain Atlético Madrid
Schönenberger 3' FCB Summary Gárate 65'
Ayala 68'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union9–0Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
Markarov 4' (pen.)
Oganesian 52', 84'
Petrosyan 72'
Bondarenko 87'
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

Borac Banja Luka Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia9–0Luxembourg Rumelange
  • Cetina 6', 16', 60'
  • Ibrahimbegović 14', 48', 57', 58', 86'
  • Jurković 82'
Report
Attendance: 6,270
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)


Second leg

Boavista Portugal3–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Mané 35'
Celso 62'
Salvador 79'
Attendance: 9,387
Referee: Jacques Van Melkebeeke (Belgium)

Boavista won 3–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium2–0Romania Rapid București
Attendance: 17,361
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.


Fiorentina Italy3–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Caso 32', 36'
Casarsa 88'

Fiorentina won 6–0 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid Spain1 – 1Switzerland Basel
Bezerra 74' Summary Demarmels 89'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.


Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus1–1Soviet Union Ararat Yerevan
Vrahimis 66' (pen.) Bondarenko 65'
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Constantin Ghita (Romania)

Ararat Yerevan won 9–1 on aggregate.


Rumelange Luxembourg1–5Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borac Banja Luka
Report
Attendance: 836
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Borac Banja Luka won 14–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Boavista Portugal 1–3 Scotland Celtic 0–0 1–3
Fiorentina Italy 1–1 (4–5p) East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau 1–0 0–1
Anderlecht Belgium 3–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borac Banja Luka 3–0 0–1
Wrexham Wales 3–1 Poland Stal Rzeszów 2–0 1–1
Sturm Graz Austria 3–1 Hungary Haladás VSE 2–0 1–1
Atlético Madrid Spain 1–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 0–1
Den Haag Netherlands 6–3 France Lens 3–2 3–1
Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union 2–4 England West Ham United 1–1 1–3

First leg

Boavista Portugal0–0Scotland Celtic
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark)

Fiorentina Italy1–0East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau
Speggiorin 71' Report
Attendance: 12,871
Referee: Milos Cajićz (Yugoslavia)

Anderlecht Belgium3–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borac Banja Luka
Rensenbrink 11', 54'
Coeck 53'
Report
Attendance: 20,789
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Wrexham Wales2–0Poland Stal Rzeszów
Ashcroft 10', 34' Report
Attendance: 9,613
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

Sturm Graz Austria2–0Hungary Haladás VSE
Stendal 55'
Steiner 67' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Atlético Madrid Spain1-2Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Capón 50' Report Hölzenbein 6', 14'
Attendance: 31,147
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Den Haag Netherlands3-2France Lens
Schoenmaker 46'
van Vliet 49'
van Leeuwen 65'
Report Zuraszek 18'
Janković 19'

Ararat Yerevan Soviet Union1-1England West Ham United
S. Petrosyan 68' Taylor 56'
Attendance: 66,662
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

Second leg

Celtic Scotland3–1Portugal Boavista
Dalglish 1'
Eðvaldsson 21'
Deans 85'
Mané 39'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sachsenring Zwickau East Germany1–0Italy Fiorentina
J. Schykowski 32' Report
Penalties
J. Schykowski soccer ball with check mark
Leuschner soccer ball with check mark
H. Schykowski soccer ball with check mark
Lippmann soccer ball with check mark
Croy soccer ball with check mark
5–4 soccer ball with check mark Caso
soccer ball with check mark Guerini
soccer ball with red X Antognoni
soccer ball with check mark Roggi
soccer ball with check mark Bresciani
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

1–1 on aggregate; Sachsenring Zwickau won 5–4 on penalties.


Borac Banja Luka Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Belgium Anderlecht
Ibrahimbegović 37' Report
Attendance: 6,740

Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.


Stal Rzeszów Poland1-1Wales Wrexham
Kozerski 68' Report Sutton 82'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Antoine Quedeville (Luxembourg)

Wrexham won 3–1 on aggregate.


Haladás VSE Hungary1-1Austria Sturm Graz
Horváth 51' Report Jurtin 90'
Attendance: 16,000

Sturm Graz won 3–1 on aggregate.


Eintracht Frankfurt Germany1-0Spain Atlético Madrid
Reichel 88' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.


Lens France1-3Netherlands Den Haag
Mujica 40' (pen.) Report Schoenmaker 28', 89'
van Leeuwen 29'
Attendance: 26,205
Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)

Den Haag won 6–3 on aggregate.


West Ham United England3-1Soviet Union Ararat Yerevan
Paddon 16'
Robson 27'
Taylor 59'
N. Petrosyan 48'
Attendance: 30,399

West Ham United won 4–2 on aggregate.


Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celtic Scotland 1–2 East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau 1–1 0–1
Anderlecht Belgium 2–1 Wales Wrexham 1–0 1–1
Sturm Graz Austria 0–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 0–1
Den Haag Netherlands 5–5(a) England West Ham United 4–2 1–3

First leg

Celtic Scotland1-1East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau
Dalglish 41' Report Blank 89'
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

Anderlecht Belgium1-0Wales Wrexham
Van Binst 10' Report
Attendance: 23,055
Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

Sturm Graz Austria0-2Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Report Hölzenbein 74'
Wenzel 87'
Attendance: 12,000

Den Haag Netherlands4-2England West Ham United
Mansveld 12', 16' (pen.), 39'
Schoenmaker 44'
Report Jennings 51', 59'

Second leg

Sachsenring Zwickau East Germany1-0Scotland Celtic
Blank 4' Report

Sachsenring Zwickau won 2–1 on aggregate.


Wrexham Wales1-1Belgium Anderlecht
Lee 60' Report Rensenbrink 76'

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.


Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–0 on aggregate.


West Ham United England3-1Netherlands Den Haag
Taylor 29'
Lampard 32'
Bonds 35' (pen.)
Report Schoenmaker 59'
Attendance: 29,829

5-5 draw on aggregate, West Ham United advance on away goals.


Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sachsenring Zwickau East Germany 0–5 Belgium Anderlecht 0–3 0–2
Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 3–4 England West Ham United 2–1 1–3

First leg


Eintracht Frankfurt Germany2-1England West Ham United
Neuberger 29'
Kraus 47'
Report Paddon 9'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union)

Second leg

Anderlecht Belgium2-0East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau
Rensenbrink 43'
van der Elst 58'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Anderlecht won 5–0 on aggregate.


West Ham United England3-1Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Brooking 49', 77'
Robson 68'
Report Beverungen 88'

West Ham United won 4–3 on aggregate.


Final

West Ham United England2–4Belgium Anderlecht
Holland 28'
Robson 68'
Rensenbrink 42', 73'
Van der Elst 48', 88'
Attendance: 51,296
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

See also