The 1984–85 season of the
European Cup
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tournament was overshadowed by the
Heysel Stadium disaster that happened prior to the final match. That edition was won for the first time by
Juventus
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in a
1–0 win against defending champions
Liverpool
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. At sporting level, with this result they became the first club to have
won all three major European trophies (European Cup/UEFA Champions League,
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the
Cup Winners' Cup
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), as well ''
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'' as the one that needed the shortest amount of time to complete this (8 years).
Following the disaster, English clubs received a five-year ban from entering any European competition, thus ending a period of great success for English clubs in the European Cup which had seen three clubs winning seven finals since
1977, including six successive finals up to
1982
Events January
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. Liverpool, English champions in
1989–90, were given an extra year's ban. There would be no English club to win the trophy until
1999
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, when
Manchester United
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beat
Bayern Munich
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2–1.
Bracket
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Austria Wien won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Linfield won on away goals.''
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''Sparta Praha won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Lyngby won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''IFK Göteborg won 17–0 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo Bucharest won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak won on away goals.''
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''Beveren won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''3–3 on aggregate; Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won on away goals.''
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''Bordeaux won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Sparta Praha won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; IFK Göteborg won on away goals.''
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''Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Bordeaux won 5–3 on penalties.''
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''Panathinaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
Notes
References
External links
1984–85 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 1984–85 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA
– results and line-ups (archive)
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1984–85 European Cup
1984–85 in European football
European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons