The 1984–85 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
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was won by
Everton in the final against
Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...
.
Everton also won the English Football League that season and would therefore have entered the
European Cup the
following season. However, Everton were unable to do so due to the newly enacted 5-year ban on English clubs participating in European competitions as a consequence of the
Heysel stadium disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster ( it, Strage dell'Heysel ; german: link=no, Katastrophe von Heysel ; french: Drame du Heysel ; nl, Heizeldrama ) was a crowd disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach by L ...
in May of the same year. Everton's 1985 trophy win was therefore the last English club success in European competition until
Manchester United won this competition again in
1991
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.
This would also be the last time Everton participated in European competition until the
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The 1995–96 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 in the final against Austrian entrants Rapid Wien in Brussels on 8 May 1996.
The 1995–96 season also saw the return of Yugoslav clubs on the international s ...
, following its
1994–95 FA Cup
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win.
First round
1The return leg of the Dynamo Moscow-Hajduk Split tie was played at
Gradski Vrt Stadium in
Osijek instead of Hajduk Split's
home ground
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in
Split
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* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, entertai ...
due to the club being punished by UEFA over a bizarre incident before their
1983–84 UEFA Cup
The 1983–84 UEFA Cup was the 13th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won by English club Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Belgian side Anderlecht ...
semifinal
first leg match against
Tottenham Hotspur
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, when a Hajduk fan ran onto the pitch prior to kickoff with a live
rooster
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and killed it by snapping its neck.
Part of the punishment for Hajduk Split was being required to play home matches at least 300 km away from their home stadium.
First leg
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Second leg
''Ħamrun Spartans won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Everton won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Trakia Plovdiv won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Roma won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate. Wrexham won on away goals.''
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''Fortuna Sittard won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Wisła Kraków won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Metz won 6–5 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid Wien won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''AELwon 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Servette won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Moscow won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Second round
;Notes
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Note 1: The 2nd leg in the Rapid Wien–Celtic tie was replayed at
Old Trafford,
Manchester
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, after a Rapid player Rudolf Weinhofer claimed to have been injured by an object thrown by a Celtic supporter. Celtic had won the original tie 3–0 with
McClair,
MacLeod
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, and
Burns in the 32nd, 45th, and 68th minutes respectively.
Report
First leg
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Second leg
''Bayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Roma won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Everton won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Fortuna Sittard won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''AEL won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Moscow won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''The match was voided following a disciplinary investigation by UEFA and a series of appeals due to reported incidents during the contest. Over a month later, a replay was ordered at a neutral venue at least 300km away from Glasgow.''
''Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Everton won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid Wien won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Everton won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1984–85 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
See also
*
1984–85 European Cup
The 1984–85 season of the European Cup club football 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 in a 1–0 win against defending champi ...
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1984–85 UEFA Cup
References
External links
1984-85 competition at UEFA website*
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons