1974–75 UEFA Cup

1974–75 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 September 1974 – 21 May 1975
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (1st title)
Runners-upNetherlands Twente
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Goals scored388 (3.13 per match)
Attendance1,987,332 (16,027 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
11 goals

The 1974–75 UEFA Cup was the fourth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany, and at the Diekman Stadion, Enschede, the Netherlands. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated FC Twente of the Netherlands by an aggregate result of 5–1 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

No team from West Germany had ever won the UEFA Cup, or its unofficial predecessor Inter-Cities Fairs Cup before Borussia's first conquest, which came two years after reaching the final in 1973. In that edition, both teams had already faced in the semi-finals, which ended with the same aggregate score. For the first time since the 1966 edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, no English team reached the final.

Association team allocation

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A total of 63 teams from 30 UEFA member associations participate in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

  • 3 associations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.

The Netherlands and Austria were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while Scotland and Belgium went back to two qualified teams.

Associations in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup
Four teams
England England
Italy Italy
West Germany West Germany
Three teams
Netherlands Netherlands
Spain Spain
Austria Austria
Two teams
Hungary Hungary Scotland Scotland East Germany East Germany
Poland Poland Portugal Portugal Belgium Belgium
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Soviet Union Soviet Union
Romania Romania Greece Greece Turkey Turkey
Bulgaria Bulgaria Sweden Sweden Denmark Denmark
France France Switzerland Switzerland Norway Norway
One team
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Finland Finland
Malta Malta
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Iceland Iceland
Did not compete
Wales Wales[Note WAL]
Albania Albania[Note ALB]
Cyprus Cyprus[Note CYP]
  • ^
    Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  • ^
    Albania: Albanian teams were absent from European competition from 1973 to 1978 due to the international isolation of the country during the communist rule of Enver Hoxha.[1] Partizani would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.
  • ^
    Cyprus: Due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which took place during the summer of 1974, all Cypriot teams withdrew from European competitions after the first round draws were held.
  • Teams

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    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

    • TH: Title holders
    • CW: Cup winners
    • CR: Cup runners-up
    • LC: League Cup winners
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
    • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
    Qualified teams for 1974–75 UEFA Cup
    England Derby County (3rd) England Ipswich Town (4th) England Stoke City (5th) England Wolverhampton Wanderers (LC)
    Italy Juventus (2nd) Italy Napoli (3rd) Italy Inter Milan (4th) Italy Torino (5th)
    West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd) West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf (3rd) West Germany Köln (5th) West Germany Hamburg (CR)[Note GER]
    Netherlands Twente (2nd) Netherlands Ajax (3rd) Netherlands FC Amsterdam (5th) Spain Atlético Madrid (2nd)
    Spain Real Zaragoza (3rd) Spain Real Sociedad (4th) Austria Wacker Innsbruck (2nd) Austria Rapid Wien (3rd)
    Austria Sturm Graz (5th) Hungary Raba ETO Győr (2nd) Hungary Videoton (3rd) Scotland Hibernian (2nd)
    Scotland Dundee (LC) East Germany Dynamo Dresden (2nd) East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt (3rd) Poland Górnik Zabrze (2nd)
    Poland Legia Warsaw (4th)[Note POL] Portugal Vitória de Setúbal (3rd) Portugal Porto (4th) Belgium Antwerp (2nd)
    Belgium Molenbeek (3rd) Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague (2nd) Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava (4th) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež (2nd)
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (4th) Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow (3rd) Soviet Union Spartak Moscow (4th) Romania Dinamo București (2nd)
    Romania Steagul Roşu Brașov (3rd) Greece Panathinaikos (2nd) Greece Aris (3rd) Turkey Beşiktaş (2nd)
    Turkey Boluspor (3rd) Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3rd) Bulgaria Etar Veliko Tarnovo (4th) Sweden Östers (2nd)
    Sweden Djurgårdens (3rd) Denmark Randers (2nd) Denmark KB (3rd) France Nantes (2nd)
    France Lyon (3rd) Switzerland Grasshoppers (2nd) Switzerland Servette (3rd) Norway Rosenborg (2nd)
    Norway Start (3rd) Republic of Ireland Bohemians (2nd) Finland KPV Kokkola (2nd) Malta Hibernians (2nd)
    Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange (2nd) Northern Ireland Portadown (2nd) Iceland Valur (2nd) Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca (2nd)[Note CYP2]

    Notes

    1. ^
      West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Kaiserslautern, as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Hamburg, who had been runners-up in the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal.
    2. ^
      Poland: All spots for European competition were decided with three matchdays left in the league, which was interrupted at that point due to the scheduling of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. As the third-placed team at the time of matchday 27, Legia Warsaw earned the second UEFA Cup spot, but it would later finish fourth behind Stal Mielec.
    3. ^
      Cyprus: Pezoporikos Larnaca had already been drawn in the UEFA Cup against Dukla Prague before the mass withdrawal of all Cypriot teams, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The match-up was declared as a walk-over win for Dukla Prague.

    Schedule

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    The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the first round, both legs of the match-up between FC Amsterdam and Hibernians F.C. were played over five days in the Netherlands, with the second leg being held on a Sunday

    Schedule for 1974–75 UEFA Cup
    Round First leg Second leg
    First round 11–19 September 1974 22 September – 3 October 1974
    Second round 22–23 October 1974 5–13 November 1974
    Third round 27 November 1974 11 December 1974
    Quarter-finals 5 March 1975 19 March 1975
    Semi-finals 9–10 April 1975 22–23 April 1975
    Final 7 May 1975 21 May 1975

    First round

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Lyon France 11–1 Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange 7–0 4–1
    Valur Iceland 1–2 Northern Ireland Portadown 0–0 1–2
    Derby County England 6–2 Switzerland Servette 4–1 2–1
    Ipswich Town England 3–3 (a) Netherlands Twente 2–2 1–1
    Stoke City England 1–1 (a) Netherlands Ajax 1–1 0–0
    RWD Molenbeek Belgium 5–2 Scotland Dundee 1–0 4–2
    Rosenborg Norway 3–12 Scotland Hibernian 2–3 1–9
    Porto Portugal 5–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 1–3
    Etar Bulgaria 0–3 Italy Inter Milan 0–0 0–3
    Górnik Zabrze Poland 2–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2–2 0–3
    Start Norway 1–7 Sweden Djurgården 1–2 0–5
    Boluspor Turkey 0–4 Romania Dinamo București 0–1 0–3
    Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–3 (a) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar 3–1 0–2
    Beşiktaş Turkey 2–3 Romania Steagul Roșu Brașov 2–0 0–3
    Wacker Innsbruck Austria 2–4 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 0–3
    Sturm Graz Austria 2–2 (a) Belgium Royal Antwerp 2–1 0–1
    Randers Denmark 1–1 (a) East Germany Dynamo Dresden 1–1 0–0
    Hamburg West Germany 4–0 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 3–0 1–0
    Rapid Wien Austria 3–2 Greece Aris 3–1 0–1
    Real Sociedad Spain 0–5 Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 0–1 0–4
    Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 4–4 (4–5 p) Hungary Raba ETO Győr 3–1 1–3
    Öster Sweden 4–4 (a) Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 3–2 1–2
    Nantes France 3–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 2–2 1–0
    Napoli Italy 3–1 Hungary Videoton 2–0 1–1
    Vorwärts Frankfurt East Germany 2–4 Italy Juventus 2–1 0–3
    Grasshoppers Switzerland 3–2 Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 1–2
    Torino Italy 2–4 West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 1–3
    Köln West Germany 9–2 Finland KPV 5–1 4–1
    Amsterdam Netherlands 12–0 Malta Hibernians 5–0 7–0
    KB Denmark 3–6 Spain Atlético Madrid 3–2 0–4
    Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 1–5 Spain Real Zaragoza 1–1 0–4
    Dukla Prague Czech Republic (w/o) Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca

    First leg

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    Lyon France7–0Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange
    Maillard 10', 68', 77'
    Lacombe 23', 33', 34'
    Maneiro 53'
    Report
    Attendance: 6,172

    Valur Iceland0–0Northern Ireland Portadown
    Report

    Derby County England4–1Switzerland Servette
    Hector 14', 47'
    Daniel 38'
    Lee 44'
    Report Petrović 71'
    Attendance: 17,716

    Ipswich Town England2–2Netherlands Twente
    Hamilton 34'
    Talbot 38'
    Report Zuidema 23'
    Pahlplatz 83'

    Stoke City England1–1Netherlands Ajax
    Smith 78' Report Krol 27'

    RWD Molenbeek Belgium1–0Scotland Dundee
    Wellens 88' Report

    Rosenborg Norway2–3Scotland Hibernian
    Iversen 60', 89' Report Stanton 18'
    Gordon 37'
    Cropley 59'
    Attendance: 6,537
    Referee: Jan Peeters (Belgium)

    Porto Portugal4–1England Wolverhampton Wanderers
    McAlle 3' (o.g.)
    Cubillas 37'
    Flávio Minuano 41'
    Gomes 69'
    Report Bailey 63'
    Attendance: 21,909

    Etar Bulgaria0–0Italy Inter Milan
    Report
    Attendance: 13,119
    Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

    Górnik Zabrze Poland2–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
    Kurzeja 57'
    Kwaśny 68'
    Report Zavišić 72'
    Vukotić 86'
    Attendance: 18,774

    Start Norway1–2Sweden Djurgården
    Mathisen 82' Report Svensson 17'
    Skotte 54'

    Boluspor Turkey0–1Romania Dinamo București
    Report
    Attendance: 2,116
    Referee: Giulio Ciacci (Italy)


    Beşiktaş Turkey2–0Romania Steagul Roșu Brașov
    Report


    Sturm Graz Austria2–1Belgium Royal Antwerp
    Report
    Attendance: 4,369

    Randers Denmark1–1East Germany Dynamo Dresden
    Nielsen 69' Report Dörner 32'
    Attendance: 2,612

    Hamburg West Germany3–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
    Volkert 24' (pen.) 31'
    Kaltz 68'
    Report
    Attendance: 9,293
    Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

    Rapid Wien Austria3–1Greece Aris
    Report Alexiadis 88'
    Attendance: 11,974

    Real Sociedad Spain0–1Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
    Report Mička 62'
    Attendance: 28,069

    Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria3–1Hungary Raba ETO Győr
    Report Glázer 24'
    Attendance: 15,000

    Öster Sweden3–2Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
    Mattsson 13', 31'
    Nordenberg 74' (pen.)
    Report Kozlov 34'
    Pavlenko 39'
    Attendance: 5,398
    Referee: William Gow (Wales)

    Nantes France2–2Poland Legia Warsaw
    Ćmikiewicz 66' (o.g.)
    Michel 69' (pen.)
    Report Białas 18'
    Pieszko 50'
    Attendance: 13,156

    Napoli Italy2–0Hungary Videoton
    Massa 46'
    Pogliana 72'
    Report
    Attendance: 48,681
    Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)


    Grasshoppers Switzerland2–0Greece Panathinaikos
    Elsener 2'
    Grahn 83'
    Report
    Attendance: 8,200

    Torino Italy1–1West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
    Pulici 27' Report Zewe 56'

    Köln West Germany5–1Finland KPV
    Report Mäkelä 48'

    Amsterdam Netherlands5–0Malta Hibernians
    Report
    Attendance: 3,007

    KB Denmark3–2Spain Atlético Madrid
    Report

    Vitória de Setúbal Portugal1–1Spain Real Zaragoza
    Belmondo 34' Report Arrúa 85'

    Second leg

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    Lyon won 11–1 on aggregate.


    Portadown Northern Ireland2–1Iceland Valur
    McFall 59'
    Morrison 77' (pen.)
    Report Albertsson 73'
    Attendance: 6,000

    Portadown won 2–1 on aggregate.


    Servette Switzerland1–2England Derby County
    Martin 19' Report Lee 46'
    Hector 72'
    Attendance: 9,590

    Derby County won 6–2 on aggregate.


    Twente Netherlands1–1England Ipswich Town
    Bos 7' Report Hamilton 14'
    Attendance: 16,358

    3–3 on aggregate, Twente won on away goals rule.


    Ajax Netherlands0–0England Stoke City
    Report
    Attendance: 19,020

    1–1 on aggregate, Ajax won on away goals rule.


    Dundee Scotland2–4Belgium RWD Molenbeek
    Duncan 12'
    Scott 51'
    Report Teugels 33'
    Boskamp 39'
    Wellens 70'
    Koens 88'
    Attendance: 9,709

    RWD Molenbeek won 5–2 on aggregate.


    Hibernian Scotland9–1Norway Rosenborg
    Harper 19', 22'
    Munro 20', 33'
    Stanton 37', 85'
    Cropley 61' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
    Gordon 69'
    Report Iversen 16'
    Attendance: 12,379

    Hibernian won 12–3 on aggregate.


    Porto won 5–4 on aggregate.


    Inter Milan Italy3–0Bulgaria Etar
    Oriali 32'
    Boninsegna 51', 89' (pen.)
    Report
    Attendance: 19,778

    Inter Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.


    Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Poland Górnik Zabrze
    Vukotić 21'
    Đorđević 79'
    Todorović 89'
    Report
    Attendance: 4,000

    Partizan won 5–2 on aggregate.


    Djurgården Sweden5–0Norway Start
    Samuelsson 63'
    Stenbäck 65'
    Karlsson 70', 88'
    Skotte 87'
    Report

    Djurgården won 7–1 on aggregate.


    Dinamo București Romania3–0Turkey Boluspor
    Report
    Attendance: 8,100

    Dinamo București won 4–0 on aggregate.


    3–3 on aggregate, Velež Mostar won on away goals rule.


    Steagul Roșu Brașov Romania3–0Turkey Beşiktaş
    Report

    Steagul Roșu Brașov won 3–2 on aggregate.


    Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.


    Royal Antwerp Belgium1–0Austria Sturm Graz
    Report
    Attendance: 8,903

    2–2 on aggregate, Royal Antwerp won on away goal rules.


    Dynamo Dresden East Germany0–0Denmark Randers
    Report
    Attendance: 13,762
    Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

    1–1 on aggregate, Dynamo Dresden won on away goal rules.


    Bohemians Republic of Ireland0–1West Germany Hamburg
    Report Bertl 87'
    Attendance: 3,300

    Hamburg won 4–0 on aggregate.


    Aris Greece1–0Austria Rapid Wien
    Alexiadis 54' Report

    Rapid Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.


    Baník Ostrava Czechoslovakia4–0Spain Real Sociedad
    Report
    Attendance: 7,242

    Baník Ostrava won 5–0 on aggregate.


    4–4 on aggregate, Raba ETO Győr won 5–4 in penalty shoot-out.


    Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union2–1Sweden Öster
    Yevryuzhikhin 13'
    Petrushin 69'
    Report Svensson 48' (pen.)

    4–4 on aggregate, Dynamo Moscow won on away goals rule.


    Legia Warsaw Poland0–1France Nantes
    Report Rampillon 65'

    Nantes won 3–2 on aggregate.


    Videoton Hungary1–1Italy Napoli
    Wollek 9' Report Braglia 18'

    Napoli won 3–1 on aggregate.


    Juventus Italy3–0East Germany Vorwärts Frankfurt
    Anastasi 17'
    Hause 34' (o.g.)
    Altafini 83'
    Report
    Attendance: 44,914
    Referee: Ken Burns (England)

    Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.


    Panathinaikos Greece2–1Switzerland Grasshoppers
    Antoniadis 74', 82' Report Santrač 8'

    Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.


    Fortuna Düsseldorf West Germany3–1Italy Torino
    Zimmermann 10'
    Seel 21'
    Geye 73' (pen.)
    Report Agroppi 19'
    Attendance: 22,252

    Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–2 on aggregate.


    KPV Finland1–4West Germany Köln
    Lamberg 75' Report

    Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.


    Hibernians Malta0–7Netherlands Amsterdam
    Report

    Both legs were played in Amsterdam, the second leg was formally a 'home' game for Hibernians. Amsterdam won 12–0 on aggregate.


    Atlético Madrid Spain4–0Denmark KB
    Report

    Atlético Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.


    Real Zaragoza Spain4–0Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
    Report
    Attendance: 22,000

    Real Zaragoza won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Second round

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    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Derby County England 4–4 (7–6 p) Spain Atlético Madrid 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
    Hibernian Scotland 2–8 Italy Juventus 2–4 0–4
    Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6–1 Northern Ireland Portadown 5–0 1–1
    Nantes France 1–2 Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
    Dinamo București Romania 3–4 West Germany Köln 1–1 2–3
    Raba ETO Győr Hungary 2–3 West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 0–3
    Rapid Wien Austria 1–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar 1–1 0–1
    Dynamo Dresden East Germany 1–1 (4–3 p) Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
    Grasshoppers Switzerland 2–6 Spain Real Zaragoza 2–1 0–5
    Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 6–2 France Lyon 1–0 5–2
    Hamburg West Germany 10–1 Romania Steagul Roșu Brașov 8–0 2–1
    Twente Netherlands 3–1 Belgium RWD Molenbeek 2–1 1–0
    Djurgården Sweden 1–5 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 0–2 1–3
    Inter Milan Italy 1–2 Netherlands Amsterdam 1–2 0–0
    Napoli Italy 2–0 Portugal Porto 1–0 1–0
    Ajax Netherlands 2–2 (a) Belgium Royal Antwerp 1–0 1–2

    First leg

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    Derby County England2–2Spain Atlético Madrid
    Report
    Attendance: 25,347

    Hibernian Scotland2–4Italy Juventus
    Stanton 58'
    Cropley 64'
    Report Gentile 44'
    Altafini 69', 87'
    Cuccureddu 79'
    Attendance: 28,963

    Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia5–0Northern Ireland Portadown
    Report
    Attendance: 3,994

    Nantes France1–0Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava
    Bossis 19' Report
    Attendance: 10,439
    Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

    Dinamo București Romania1–1West Germany Köln
    Report

    Rába ETO Győr Hungary2–0West Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
    Varsányi 43'
    Stolcz