1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Anderlecht (1st title)
Runners-up	West Ham United
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	0–3	Boavista	0–0	0–3
Valur	0–9	Celtic	0–2	0–7
Beşiktaş	0–6	Fiorentina	0–3	0–3
Panathinaikos	0–2	Sachsenring Zwickau	0–0	0–2
Rapid București	1–2	Anderlecht	1–0	0–2
Borac Banja Luka	14–1	Rumelange	9–0	5–1
Wrexham	3–2	Djurgården	2–1	1–1
Skeid	1–8	Stal Rzeszów	1–4	0–4
Sturm Graz	3–2	Slavia Sofia	3–1	0–1
Haladás	8–1	Valletta	7–0	1–1
Basel	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–2	1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	11–3	Coleraine	5–1	6–2
Vejle	0–4	Den Haag	0–2	0–2
Home Farm	1–7	Lens	1–1	0–6
Ararat Yerevan	10–1	Anorthosis Famagusta	9–0	1–1
Reipas Lahti	2–5	West Ham United	2–2	0–3

First leg

Spartak Trnava	0–0	Boavista
	Report

17 September 1975

Stadion Spartaka, Trnava

Attendance: 14,890

Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

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Rapid București	1–0	Anderlecht
Thissen 20' (o.g.)

17 September 1975

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

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Beşiktaş	0–3	Fiorentina
		Caso 42', 49' Casarsa 76'

17 September 1975

Istanbul

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Basel	1 – 2	Atlético Madrid
Schönenberger 3'	FCB Summary	Gárate 65' Ayala 68'

17 September 1975

20:00

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

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Ararat Yerevan	9–0	Anorthosis Famagusta
Markarov 4' (pen.) Oganesian 52', 84' Petrosyan 72' Bondarenko 87'	Report

17 September 1975

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 12,893

Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

Second leg

Boavista	3–0	Spartak Trnava
Mané 35' Celso 62' Salvador 79'	Report

1 October 1975

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 9,387

Referee: Jacques Van Melkebeeke (Belgium)

Boavista won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht	2–0	Rapid București
Van Binst 38' Rensenbrink 50' (pen.)

1 October 1975

Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 17,361

Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Fiorentina	3–0	Beşiktaş
Caso 32', 36' Casarsa 88'

1 October 1975

Florence

Fiorentina won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid	1 – 1	Basel
Bezerra 74'	Summary	Demarmels 89'

1 October 1975

21:00

Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Anorthosis Famagusta	1–1	Ararat Yerevan
Vrahimis 66' (pen.)	Report	Bondarenko 65'

1 October 1975

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Constantin Ghita (Romania)

Ararat Yerevan won 9-1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boavista	1–3	Celtic	0–0	1–3
Fiorentina	1–1 (4–5p)	Sachsenring Zwickau	1–0	0–1
Anderlecht	3–1	Borac Banja Luka	3–0	0–1
Wrexham	3–1	Stal Rzeszów	2–0	1–1
Sturm Graz	3–1	Haladás VSE	2–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	0–1
Den Haag	6–3	Lens	3–2	3–1
Ararat Yerevan	2–4	West Ham United	1–1	1–3

First leg

Boavista	0–0	Celtic
	Report

22 October 1975

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark)

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Fiorentina	1–0	Sachsenring Zwickau
Speggiorin 71'	Report

22 October 1975

Stadio Comunale Giovanni Berta, Florence

Attendance: 12,871

Referee: Milos Cajićz (Yugoslavia)

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Anderlecht	3–0	Borac Banja Luka
Rensenbrink 11', 54' Coeck 53'	Report

22 October 1975

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 20,789

Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

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Wrexham	2–0	Stal Rzeszów
Ashcroft 10', 34'	Report

22 October 1975

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 9,613

Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

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Sturm Graz	2–0	Haladás VSE
Stendal 55' Steiner 67' (pen.)	Report

22 October 1975

Liebenauer Stadium, Graz

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

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Atlético Madrid	1-2	Eintracht Frankfurt
Capón 50'	Report	Hölzenbein 6', 14'

22 October 1975

Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Attendance: 31,147

Referee: Ken Burns (England)

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Den Haag	3-2	Lens
Schoenmaker 46' van Vliet 49' van Leeuwen 65'	Report	Zuraszek 18' Janković 19'

22 October 1975

Zuiderparkstadion, The Hague

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

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Ararat Yerevan	1-1	West Ham United
S. Petrosyan 68'	[citation needed]	Taylor 56'

22 October 1975

Dinamo Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 66,662

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

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Second leg

Celtic	3–1	Boavista
Dalglish 1' Eðvaldsson 21' Deans 85'	Report	Mané 39'

5 November 1975

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Sachsenring Zwickau	1–0	Fiorentina
J. Schykowski 32'	Report
Penalties
J. Schykowski Leuschner H. Schykowski Lippmann Croy	5–4	Caso Guerini Antognoni Roggi Bresciani

5 November 1975

Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

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

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Borac Banja Luka	1–0	Anderlecht
Ibrahimbegović 37'	Report

5 November 1975

Gradski, Banja Luka

Attendance: 6,740

Referee: Cesare Gussoni (Italy)

Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Stal Rzeszów	1-1	Wrexham
Kozerski 68'	Report	Sutton 82'

5 November 1975

Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Antoine Quedeville (Luxembourg)

Wrexham won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Haladás VSE	1-1	Sturm Graz
Horváth 51'	Report	Jurtin 90'

5 November 1975

Haladás Stadion, Szombathely

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Sturm Graz won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Frankfurt	1-0	Atlético Madrid
Reichel 88'	Report

5 November 1975

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Lens	1-3	Den Haag
Mujica 40' (pen.)	Report	Schoenmaker 28', 89' van Leeuwen 29'

5 November 1975

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 26,205

Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)

Den Haag won 6-3 on aggregate.

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West Ham United	3-1	Ararat Yerevan
Paddon 16' Robson 27' Taylor 59'		N. Petrosyan 48'

5 November 1975

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 30,399

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

West Ham United won 4-2 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

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

First leg

Celtic	1-1	Sachsenring Zwickau
Dalglish 41'	Report	Blank 89'

3 March 1976

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

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Anderlecht	1-0	Wrexham
Van Binst 10'	Report

3 March 1976

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 23,055

Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

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Sturm Graz	0-2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Report	Hölzenbein 74' Wenzel 87'

2 March 1976

Liebenauer Stadium, Graz

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Cesare Gussoni (Italy)

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Den Haag	4-2	West Ham United
Mansveld 12', 16' (pen.), 39' Schoenmaker 44'	Report	Jennings 51', 59'

3 March 1976

Zuiderparkstadion, The Hague

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

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Second leg

Sachsenring Zwickau	1-0	Celtic
Blank 4'	Report

17 March 1976

Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt

Attendance: 40,024

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Sachsenring Zwickau won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

17 March 1976

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 19,668

Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Frankfurt	1-0	Sturm Graz
Hölzenbein 85'	Report

16 March 1976

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 17,022

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3-0 on aggregate.

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West Ham United	3-1	Den Haag
Taylor 29' Lampard 32' Bonds 35' (pen.)	Report	Schoenmaker 59'

17 March 1976

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 29,829

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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

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Semi-finals

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

First leg

Sachsenring Zwickau	0-3	Anderlecht
	Report	van der Elst 26', 38' Rensenbrink 67'

31 March 1976

Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt

Attendance: 36,246

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

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Eintracht Frankfurt	2-1	West Ham United
Neuberger 29' Kraus 47'	Report	Paddon 9'

31 March 1976

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union)

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Second leg

Anderlecht	2-0	Sachsenring Zwickau
Rensenbrink 43' van der Elst 58'	Report

14 April 1976

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Anderlecht won 5-0 on aggregate.

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West Ham United	3-1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Brooking 49', 77' Robson 68'	Report	Beverungen 88'

14 April 1976

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 39,202

Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

West Ham United won 4-3 on aggregate.

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Final

Main article: 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final

West Ham United	2–4	Anderlecht
Holland 28' Robson 68'		Rensenbrink 42', 73' Van der Elst 48', 88'

5 May 1976

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 51,296

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

See also

• 1975–76 European Cup
• 1975–76 UEFA Cup

External links

• 1975–76 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation