1976–77 UEFA Cup

Tournament details
Dates	8 September 1976 – 18 May 1977
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Juventus (1st title)
Runners-up	Athletic Bilbao
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	399 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	2,810,845 (22,308 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stan Bowles (Queens Park Rangers) 11 goals
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 UEFA Cup was the sixth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy, and at San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain. It was won by Juventus of Italy, who defeated Athletic Bilbao of Spain on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

This was the first major European conquest for Juventus, having previously lost one European Cup final and two Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup finals. It was the first time that a team from Southern Europe had won the competition, and the last European title for an Italian team for seven years, which was their biggest international drought at club level until 2018. ^[1]

In their first European final, Athletic Bilbao was the first Spanish finalist in the UEFA Cup, and the only one until 1985. A Spanish club last reached the Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup final in 1966, which was also the last year with an Spanish title in Europe. Athletic became the fourth different Spanish side to lose at this stage in European competition ever since.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:

• 3 associations have four teams qualify.
• 3 associations have three teams qualify.
• 18 associations have two teams qualify.
• 7 associations have one team qualify.

Hungary and Romania were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while the Soviet Union and Sweden went back to two qualified teams.

Associations in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup

Four teams England West Germany Italy Three teams Spain Hungary Romania

Two teams Netherlands East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia Scotland Portugal Czechoslovakia Belgium Poland Greece France Bulgaria Sweden Switzerland Austria Turkey Denmark Norway

One team Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Malta Finland Iceland Cyprus Luxembourg

Did not compete Wales [Note WAL] Albania [Note ALB]

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Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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Albania: Albanian teams were absent from European competition from 1973 to 1978 due to the international isolation of the country during the communist rule of Enver Hoxha. ^[2] Vllaznia would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners

Qualified teams for 1976–77 UEFA Cup

Queens Park Rangers ( 2nd)	Manchester United ( 3rd)	Derby County ( 4th)	Manchester City ( LC)
Köln ( 4th)	Eintracht Braunschweig ( 5th)	Schalke 04 ( 6th)	Kaiserslautern ( 7th)
Juventus ( 2nd)	Milan ( 3rd)	Inter Milan ( 4th)	Cesena ( 6th)
Barcelona ( 2nd)	Español ( 4th)	Athletic Bilbao ( 5th)	Videoton ( 2nd)
Újpest Dosza ( 3rd)	Budapest Honvéd ( 4th)	Dinamo București ( 2nd)	Târgu Mureș ( 3rd)
Sportul Studențesc ( 4th)	Feyenoord ( 2nd)	Ajax ( 3rd)	BFC Dynamo ( 2nd)
Magdeburg ( 3rd)	Shakhtar Donetsk ( 2nd)	Dynamo Moscow ( 3rd)	Dinamo Zagreb ( 3rd)
Red Star Belgrade ( 4th)	Celtic ( 2nd)	Hibernian ( 3rd)	Belenenses ( 3rd)
Porto ( 4th)	Slovan Bratislava ( 2nd)	Slavia Prague ( 3rd)	Molenbeek ( 3rd)
Lokeren ( 4th)	Tychy ( 2nd)	Wisła Kraków ( 3rd)	AEK Athens ( 2nd)
Olympiacos ( 3rd)	Nice ( 2nd)	Sochaux ( 3rd)	Akademik Sofia ( 3rd)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( 4th)	Östers ( 2nd)	Djurgårdens ( 3rd)	Basel ( 3rd)
Grasshoppers ( 4th)	Wacker Innsbruck ( 2nd)	Austria Salzburg ( 4th)	Fenerbahçe ( 2nd)
Adanaspor ( 4th)	Holbæk ( 2nd)	Næstved ( 3rd)	Brann ( 2nd)
IK Start ( 3rd)	Finn Harps ( 2nd)	Glentoran ( 2nd)	Hibernians ( 3rd)
KuPS Kuopio ( 2nd)	Fram ( 2nd)	Enosis Neon Paralimni ( 3rd)	Red Boys Differdange ( 2nd)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Schedule for 1976–77 UEFA Cup

Round	First leg	Second leg
First round	8–16 September 1976	28–30 September 1976
Second round	20 October 1976	3–4 November 1976
Third round	24 November 1976	7–8 December 1976
Quarter-finals	2–3 March 1977	16 March 1977
Semi-finals	6 April 1977	20 April 1977
Final	4 May 1977	18 May 1977

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	4–5	Schalke 04	2–2	2–3
Fram	0–8	Slovan Bratislava	0–3	0–5
Glentoran	3–5	Basel	3–2	0–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni	1–11	Kaiserslautern	1–3	0–8
AEK Athens	3–2	Dynamo Moscow	2–0	1–2 ( a.e.t.)
Ajax	1–2	Manchester United	1–0	0–2
Austria Salzburg	5–2	Adanaspor	5–0	0–2
Belenenses	4–5	Barcelona	2–2	2–3
Celtic	2–4	Wisła Kraków	2–2	0–2
Derby County	16–1	Finn Harps	12–0	4–1
Dinamo București	1–2	Milan	0–0	1–2
Eintracht Braunschweig	7–1	Holbæk	7–0	0–1
Espanyol	4–3	Nice	3–1	1–2
Feyenoord	4–2	Djurgården	3–0	1–2
Fenerbahçe	2–5	Videoton	2–1	0–4
Grasshoppers	9–0	Hibernians	7–0	2–0
Hibernian	1–0	Sochaux	1–0	0–0
Inter Milan	1–2	Budapest Honvéd	0–1	1–1
Köln	3–1	Tychy	2–0	1–1
KuPS	3–4	Öster	3–2	0–2
Magdeburg	4–3	Cesena	3–0	1–3
Manchester City	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2
Næstved	0–7	Molenbeek	0–3	0–4
Queens Park Rangers	11–0	Brann	4–0	7–0
Red Boys Differdange	1–6	Lokeren	0–3	1–3
Slavia Prague	2–3	Akademik Sofia	2–0	0–3 ( a.e.t.)
Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	BFC Dynamo	3–0	1–1
Sportul Studențesc	4–2	Olympiacos	3–0	1–2
Wacker Innsbruck	7–1	Start	2–1	5–0
Târgu Mureș	0–4	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	0–3
Újpest	1–5	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	0–5
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–5	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	1–4

First leg

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Second leg

Schalke 04 won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Slovan Bratislava won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Kaiserslautern won 11–1 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Austria Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 5-4 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków won 4-2 on aggregate.

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Derby County won 16–1 on aggregate.

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Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Espanyol won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Grasshoppers won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Hibernian won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Budapest Honvéd won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Magdeburg won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Molenbeek won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Queens Park Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

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Lokeren won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Akademik Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Sportul Studențesc won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Wacker Innsbruck won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Athletic Bilbao won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	5–2	Derby County	2–0	3–2
Akademik Sofia	4–5	Milan	4–3	0–2
Austria Salzburg	2–2 ( a)	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	0–1
Barcelona	3–2	Lokeren	2–0	1–2
Basel	2–4	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	1–3
Eintracht Braunschweig	2–3	Espanyol	2–1	0–2
Hibernian	3–4	Öster	2–0	1–4
Wacker Innsbruck	1–2	Videoton	1–1	0–1
Kaiserslautern	2–7	Feyenoord	2–2	0–5
Köln	5–2	Grasshoppers	2–0	3–2
Magdeburg	4–2	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	2–2
Manchester United	1–3	Juventus	1–0	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–2	Budapest Honvéd	3–0	3–2
Slovan Bratislava	5–8	Queens Park Rangers	3–3	2–5
Sportul Studențesc	0–5	Schalke 04	0–1	0–4
Wisła Kraków	2–2 (4–5 p)	Molenbeek	1–1	1–1 ( a.e.t.)

First leg

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Second leg

AEK Athens won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

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Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Videoton won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Magdeburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Queens Park Rangers won 8–5 on aggregate.

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Schalke 04 won 5–0 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate; Molenbeek won 5–4 on penalties.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	3–3 ( a)	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	1–3
Athletic Bilbao	5–4	Milan	4–1	1–3
Espanyol	0–3	Feyenoord	0–1	0–2
Juventus	3–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	0–1
Magdeburg	5–1	Videoton	5–0	0–1
Öster	1–8	Barcelona	0–3	1–5
Queens Park Rangers	4–4 ( a)	Köln	3–0	1–4
Molenbeek	2–1	Schalke 04	1–0	1–1

First leg

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Second leg

3–3 on aggregate; AEK Athens won on away goals.

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Athletic Bilbao won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Magdeburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 8–1 on aggregate.

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4–4 on aggregate; Queens Park Rangers won on away goals.

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Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao	4–3	Barcelona	2–1	2–2
Feyenoord	1–2	Molenbeek	0–0	1–2
Magdeburg	1–4	Juventus	1–3	0–1
Queens Park Rangers	3–3 (6–7 p)	AEK Athens	3–0	0–3 ( a.e.t.)

First leg

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Second leg

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 4–1 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate; AEK Athens won 7–6 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Molenbeek	1–1 ( a)	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	0–0
Juventus	5–1	AEK Athens	4–1	1–0

First leg

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Second leg

1–1 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

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Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.

References

External links

• 1976–77 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
• Official Site
• Results at RSSSF.com
• All scorers 1976–77 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1976/77 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)