1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
Champions Anderlecht (1st title)
Runners-up West Ham United

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.

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
Attendance: 14,890
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

Rapid București 1–0 Anderlecht
Thissen 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

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

Basel 1 – 2 Atlético Madrid
Schönenberger 3' FCB Summary Gárate 65'
Ayala 68'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Ararat Yerevan 9–0 Anorthosis Famagusta
Markarov 4' (pen.)
Oganesian 52', 84'
Petrosyan 72'
Bondarenko 87'
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Béla Nagy (Hungary)

Borac Banja Luka 9–0 Rumelange
  • Cetina 6', 16', 60'
  • Ibrahimbegović 14', 48', 57', 58', 86'
  • Jurković 82'
Report
Attendance: 6,270
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)


Second leg

Boavista 3–0 Spartak Trnava
Mané 35'
Celso 62'
Salvador 79'
Attendance: 9,387
Referee: Jacques Van Melkebeeke (Belgium)

Boavista won 3–0 on aggregate.


Anderlecht 2–0 Rapid București
Attendance: 17,361
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.


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

Fiorentina won 6–0 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid 1 – 1 Basel
Bezerra 74' Summary Demarmels 89'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.


Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 Ararat Yerevan
Vrahimis 66' (pen.) Bondarenko 65'
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Constantin Ghita (Romania)

Ararat Yerevan won 9-1 on aggregate.


Rumelange 1–5 Borac Banja Luka
Report
Attendance: 836
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Borac Banja Luka won 14-1 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
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Edgar Pedersen (Denmark)

Fiorentina 1–0 Sachsenring Zwickau
Speggiorin 71' Report
Attendance: 12,871
Referee: Milos Cajićz (Yugoslavia)

Anderlecht 3–0 Borac Banja Luka
Rensenbrink 11', 54'
Coeck 53'
Report
Attendance: 20,789
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Wrexham 2–0 Stal Rzeszów
Ashcroft 10', 34' Report
Attendance: 9,613
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

Sturm Graz 2–0 Haladás VSE
Stendal 55'
Steiner 67' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Atlético Madrid 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Capón 50' Report Hölzenbein 6', 14'
Attendance: 31,147
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

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

Ararat Yerevan 1-1 West Ham United
S. Petrosyan 68' Taylor 56'
Attendance: 66,662
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

Second leg

Celtic 3–1 Boavista
Dalglish 1'
Eðvaldsson 21'
Deans 85'
Mané 39'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany)

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sachsenring Zwickau 1–0 Fiorentina
J. Schykowski 32' Report
Penalties
J. Schykowski
Leuschner
H. Schykowski
Lippmann
Croy
5–4 Caso
Guerini
Antognoni
Roggi
Bresciani
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

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


Borac Banja Luka 1–0 Anderlecht
Ibrahimbegović 37' Report
Attendance: 6,740

Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.


Stal Rzeszów 1-1 Wrexham
Kozerski 68' Report Sutton 82'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Antoine Quedeville (Luxembourg)

Wrexham won 3–1 on aggregate.


Haladás VSE 1-1 Sturm Graz
Horváth 51' Report Jurtin 90'
Attendance: 16,000

Sturm Graz won 3–1 on aggregate.


Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Atlético Madrid
Reichel 88' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.


Lens 1-3 Den Haag
Mujica 40' (pen.) Report Schoenmaker 28', 89'
van Leeuwen 29'
Attendance: 26,205
Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)

Den Haag won 6-3 on aggregate.


West Ham United 3-1 Ararat Yerevan
Paddon 16'
Robson 27'
Taylor 59'
N. Petrosyan 48'
Attendance: 30,399

West Ham United won 4-2 on aggregate.


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'
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)

Anderlecht 1-0 Wrexham
Van Binst 10' Report
Attendance: 23,055
Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

Sturm Graz 0-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Report Hölzenbein 74'
Wenzel 87'
Attendance: 12,000

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

Second leg

Sachsenring Zwickau 1-0 Celtic
Blank 4' Report

Sachsenring Zwickau won 2–1 on aggregate.


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

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.


Eintracht Frankfurt won 3-0 on aggregate.


West Ham United 3-1 Den Haag
Taylor 29'
Lampard 32'
Bonds 35' (pen.)
Report Schoenmaker 59'
Attendance: 29,829

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


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


Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 West Ham United
Neuberger 29'
Kraus 47'
Report Paddon 9'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union)

Second leg

Anderlecht 2-0 Sachsenring Zwickau
Rensenbrink 43'
van der Elst 58'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Anderlecht won 5-0 on aggregate.


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

West Ham United won 4-3 on aggregate.


Final

West Ham United 2–4 Anderlecht
Holland 28'
Robson 68'
Rensenbrink 42', 73'
Van der Elst 48', 88'
Attendance: 51,296
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

See also