The 1982 European Cup final was played on 26 May 1982 at the end of the 1981–82 European Cup season. Football League First Division winners Aston Villa defeated Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first European Cup; this continued the streak of English teams winning the competition in six straight seasons. This was the only time Villa won a European final until 44 years later.
Route to the final
Bayern MunichRound Aston VillaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Östers IF6–01–0 (A)5–0 (H)First round Valur7–05–0 (H)2–0 (A) Benfica4–10–0 (A)4–1 (H)Second round Dynamo Berlin2–2 (a)2–1 (A)0–1 (H) Universitatea Craiova3–12–0 (A)1–1 (H)Quarter-finals Dynamo Kyiv2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H) CSKA Sofia7–43–4 (A)4–0 (H)Semi-finals Anderlecht1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A)
Match
Summary
After 10 minutes, Aston Villa goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer suffered a repeat of a recurring shoulder injury. His replacement, Nigel Spink, subsequently made his second first team appearance for the club. His performance in helping prevent Bayern from scoring throughout the match was highly praised, and is seen by many as the making of a player who would be Villa's first choice goalkeeper for the following 10 seasons.
Bayern did find the net with three minutes of play remaining, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Villa also got the ball in the net for a second time a few seconds before the end of the match but this goal was also disallowed.
Brian Moore's commentary on the winning goal is displayed on a giant banner across the Doug Ellis Stand of Villa Park:
As defending European champions, Villa were invited into the European Cup, European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup for the following season. Their defence of the European Cup ended in a quarter-final defeat to Juventus. They beat Barcelona 3–1 on aggregate to win the Super Cup, but lost 2–0 to Uruguayan club Peñarol for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
After the game, a number of players swapped shirts; Peter Withe and Nigel Spink later received their shirts back. As of 2024, captain Dennis Mortimer was still looking for his shirt.
Details
GK 1 Manfred MüllerRB 2 Wolfgang DremmlerCB 4 Hans WeinerCB 5 Klaus AugenthalerLB 8 Paul Breitner (c)RM 10 Reinhold Mathy CM 6 Wolfgang Kraus CM 7 Bernd DürnbergerLM 3 Udo HorsmannCF 9 Dieter HoeneßCF 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Substitutes:GK 12 Walter JunghansMF 13 Kurt Niedermayer DF 14 Hans PflüglerMF 15 Ásgeir SigurvinssonMF 16 Günter Güttler Manager: Pál Csernai GK 1 Jimmy Rimmer RB 2 Kenny SwainCB 5 Ken McNaughtCB 4 Allan EvansLB 3 Gary Williams CM 6 Dennis Mortimer (c)CM 10 Gordon CowansCM 7 Des BremnerRF 8 Gary ShawCF 9 Peter WitheLF 11 Tony MorleySubstitutes:MF 12 Pat HeardMF 13 Andy BlairFW 14 David GeddisDF 15 Colin GibsonGK 16 Nigel Spink Manager: Tony Barton Match officials Linesman (red flag): Joel Quiniou (France) Linesman (yellow flag): Rene Lopez (France)
See also 1981–82 FC Bayern Munich season 1981–82 Aston Villa F.C. season 1982 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1982 European Super Cup 1982 UEFA Cup final FC Bayern Munich in international football Aston Villa F.C. in European football
References
External links 1981–82 season at UEFA website