The 1973–74 UEFA Cup was the third season of the
UEFA Cup
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, the third-tier club
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competition organised by
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. The
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was played over two legs at
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,
London
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,
England
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, and at
De Kuip
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,
Rotterdam
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,
the Netherlands
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. It was won by
Feyenoord
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of
the Netherlands
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, who defeated
Tottenham Hotspur of
England
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by an aggregate result of 4–2 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the fifth consecutive year where a Dutch team won a European competition, and the first one outside of the
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. Feyenoord also broke a streak of six consecutive years of English clubs winning the UEFA Cup or the
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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.
Association team allocation
A total of 64 teams from 31
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member associations participate in the 1973–74 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.
Northern Ireland
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returned to the competition after a one-year absence.
Scotland
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and
Belgium
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were the two associations selected to have an extra third berth for this season, while
France
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,
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and
Portugal
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went back to two qualified teams.
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
Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition: Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays, including the first leg of the final. Both legs of the first round match phase between
VfB Stuttgart
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and
Olympiakos Nicosia
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were played in the same week over three days, with the first leg being held on a Monday. Two other matches in the first leg of the first round, three matches were held on a Thursday and a Saturday, respectively.
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Dynamo Kyiv won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Ruch Chorzów won 8–6 on aggregate.''
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''B 1903 won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''Leeds United won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Feyenoord won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Hibernian won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Nice won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Tottenham Hotspur won 9–2 on aggregate.''
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''Aberdeen won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Twente won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Molenbeek won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Marseille won 12–1 on aggregate.''
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''Vitória Setúbal won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Ipswich Town won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Lazio won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Lokomotiv Plovdiv won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Universitatea Craiova won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Gwardia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''VfB Stuttgart won 13–0 on aggregate.''
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''Tatran Prešov won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate. OFK Beograd won on away goals.''
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''2–2 on aggregate. Admira/Wacker won on away goals.''
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''Fenerbahçe won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Honvéd won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Lokomotive Leipzig won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''1. FC Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Panachaiki won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Standard Liège won 8–4 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Tottenham Hotspur won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–1 on aggregate.''
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''Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate. Lokomotive Leipzig won on away goals.''
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''Twente won 8–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate. Vitória Setúbal won on away goals.''
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''1. FC Köln won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Honvéd won 7–5 on aggregate.''
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''Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''VfB Stuttgart won 8–4 on aggregate.''
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''0–0 on aggregate. Leeds United won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Third round
First leg
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Second leg
''VfB Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Tottenham Hotspur won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Ipswich Town won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Ruch Chorzów won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Vitória Setúbal won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Lokomotive Leipzig won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate. Feyenoord won on away goals.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''1–1 on aggregate. Lokomotive Leipzig won 4–3 on penalties.''
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''Tottenham Hotspur won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''VfB Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Feyenoord won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Final
First leg
Second leg
''Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.''
References
External links
1973–74 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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