The 1974–75 season was the 20th season of the European Cup, an annual football tournament for the champion clubs of the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It was won for the second consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Leeds United, the first English side to reach the final since Manchester United won it seven years earlier and only the second in the history of the competition.
Teams VÖEST Linz Anderlecht Levski-Spartak Omonia Slovan Bratislava Hvidovre Leeds United HJK Saint-Étienne Magdeburg Bayern Munich TH Olympiacos Újpesti Dózsa Keflavík Cork Celtic Jeunesse Esch Valletta Feyenoord Coleraine Viking Ruch Chorzów Sporting CP Universitatea Craiova Celtic Barcelona Åtvidaberg Zürich Fenerbahçe Ararat Yerevan Hajduk Split
Bracket
First round
Byes: Bayern Munich (West Germany), Magdeburg (GDR), and Cork Celtic (Ireland, drawn against Omonia, who withdrew due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus).
Italian club Lazio was disqualified before the draw.
First leg
Second leg
Ruch Chorzów won 2–1 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 9–1 on aggregate.
Saint-Étienne won 3–1 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 6–2 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 7–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 5–3 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 11–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 4–2 on aggregate.
Åtvidaberg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Ruch Chorzów won 4–1 on aggregate.
Saint-Étienne won 6–5 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 7–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 5–4 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.
Åtvidaberg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Saint-Étienne won 4–3 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1974–75 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Eduard Markarov Ararat Yerevan5 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich53 Reine Almqvist Åtvidaberg4 Manuel Clares Barcelona4 Allan Clarke Leeds United4 Wilhelm Kreuz Feyenoord4 Peter Lorimer Leeds United4 Carles Rexach Barcelona4 Lex Schoenmaker Feyenoord4
References
External links
1974–75 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1974–75 European Cup according to protocols UEFA - results and line-ups (archive)