The 1977–78

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competition organised by

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was played over two legs at the Stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani,

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, and at the Philips Stadion,

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. It was won by

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, who defeated

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by an aggregate result of 3–0 to claim their first UEFA Cup title. Playing in their first European final, PSV Eindhoven became the latest of the Grote Drie trio of big Dutch teams to win a European title. On the other hand,

was the only French team to reach a UEFA Cup final until 1996.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31

member associations participate in the 1977–78 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.

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and

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were the two associations selected to have a third berth for this season, while

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and

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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

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, except for five matches that were held on a Tuesday; one of them was the second leg of the final.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AZ Alkmaar won 16–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aston Villa won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bastia won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lazio won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Newcastle United won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Carl Zeiss Jena won 6–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''KB won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Schalke 04 won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 11–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Górnik Zabrze won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate, Eintracht Braunschweig won on away goals.'' ---- ''Ipswich Town won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Las Palmas won 8–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lens won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Újpest won 9–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Magdeburg won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Zagreb won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate, Widzew Łódź won on away goals rule.'' ---- ''Marek Dupnitsa won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''R.W.D. Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate, Standard Liège won on away goals rule.'' ---- ''Start won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate, Barcelona won in a penalty shoot-out.'' ---- ''Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bastia won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ipswich Town won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lens won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Magdeburg won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate, Carl Zeiss Jena won in a penalty shoot-out.'' ---- ''Eintracht Braunschweig won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Athletic Bilbao won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Eintracht Frankfurt won 7–3 on aggregate.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

''Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bastia won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate, Barcelona won in a penalty shoot-out.'' ---- ''Magdeburg won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 4–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bastia won 9–6 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers won on away goals rule.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''3–3 on aggregate, Bastia won on away goals rule.'' ---- ''PSV won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

''PSV Eindhoven won 3–0 on aggregate''

References

External links

1977–78 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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