1975–76 UEFA Cup
5th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1975–76 UEFA Cup was the fifth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England and at the Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium. It was won by Liverpool of England, who defeated Club Brugge of Belgium by an aggregate result of 4–3 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 14 September 1975 – 19 May 1976 |
Teams | 64 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Liverpool (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Club Brugge |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 384 (3.05 per match) |
Attendance | 2,744,090 (21,778 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ruud Geels (Ajax) 11 goals |
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This was the first of only two times in the history of the UEFA Cup, its unofficial predecessor Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, or its successor UEFA Europa League where both finalists won their national championship in the same season. Until then, this had only happened twice in the European Cup, and it would only happen once in the European Cup Winners Cup.
Club Brugge was the first Belgian team to reach a UEFA Cup final, six years after Anderlecht also reached the final in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, its predecessor tournament. The final's first leg was the last major final held at Anfield in one of the three premier European club championships, although the stadium would also host two UEFA Super Cup legs in later finals.