The 1981–82 season of the

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in the final against Bayern Munich. 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. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition.

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, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.

Bracket

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

''BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate''

First round

First leg

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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 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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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

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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

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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:

Notes

References

External links

1981–82 All matches – season at UEFA website

* All scorers 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA
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