The 1981–82 European Cup was the 27th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition. Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.
The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.
Teams Partizani Austria Wien Anderlecht CSKA Sofia Omonia Baník Ostrava KB Aston Villa Liverpool TH OPS Saint-Étienne BFC Dynamo Bayern Munich Olympiacos Ferencváros Valur Athlone Town Juventus Progrès Niedercorn Hibernians AZ Glentoran Start Widzew Łódź Benfica Universitatea Craiova Celtic Real Sociedad Öster Zürich Trabzonspor Dynamo Kyiv Red Star Belgrade
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
BFC Dynamo won 3-1 on aggregate
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.
Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.
AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; KB won on away goals.
Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second Round
First leg
Second leg
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Aston Villa won on away goals.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Dieter Hoeneß Bayern Munich72 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich63 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich5 Willy Geurts Anderlecht55 Lubomír Knapp Baník Ostrava4 Tony Morley Aston Villa4 Dušan Savić Red Star Belgrade48 Jurica Jerković Zürich3 Kees Kist AZ3 Verner Lička Baník Ostrava3 Juan Lozano Anderlecht3 Terry McDermott Liverpool3 Vladimir Petrović Red Star Belgrade3 Gary Shaw Aston Villa3 Peter Withe Aston Villa3 Tsvetan Yonchev CSKA Sofia3
Notes
References
External links
1981–82 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA - results and line-ups (archive)