The 1974–75 season was the 20th season of the
European Cup, an annual
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
tournament for the champion clubs of the member nations of
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#A ...
(the Union of European Football Associations). It was won for the second consecutive time by
Bayern Munich in the final against
Leeds United, the first English side to reach the final since
Manchester United
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...
won it seven years earlier and only the second in the history of the competition.
Teams
Bracket
First round
Byes:
Bayern Munich (West Germany),
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river.
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
(GDR), and
Cork Celtic (Ireland, drawn against
Omonia, who withdrew due to the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish Cy ...
).
Italian club
Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
was disqualified before the draw.
First leg
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
Second leg
''Ruch Chorzów won 2–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Fenerbahçe won 5–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Hajduk Split won 9–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Saint-Étienne won 3–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Ararat Yerevan won 6–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Újpesti Dózsa won 7–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Leeds United won 5–3 on aggregate.''
----
''5–5 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.''
----
''Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Feyenoord won 11–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.''
----
''HJK won 4–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Åtvidaberg won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
Second leg
''Ruch Chorzów won 4–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Saint-Étienne won 6–5 on aggregate.''
----
''Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.''
----
''Ararat Yerevan won 7–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Leeds United won 5–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Anderlecht won 5–4 on aggregate.''
----
''Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Åtvidaberg won 4–0 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
----
----
----
Second leg
''Saint-Étienne won 4–3 on aggregate.''
----
''Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.''
----
''Leeds United won 4–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
----
Second leg
''Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.''
----
''Leeds United won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1974–75 European Cup are as follows:
References
External links
1974–75 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 1974–75 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA- results and line-ups (archive)
{{DEFAULTSORT:1974-75 European Cup
UEFA Champions League seasons
European Cup
Cup
A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...