The 1981–82 European Cup was the 27th season of the
European Cup
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,
UEFA
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's premier club
football
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competition. The tournament was won for the only time by
Aston Villa
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in the final against
Bayern Munich. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition.
Liverpool
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, the defending champions, were eliminated by
CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.
The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in
goalkeeper
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Nigel Spink
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He played as a goalkeeper from 1976 until 2001. He made his name at Aston Villa and also made one appearance for England at international l ...
who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players.
Villa's winning goal came from
Peter Withe who converted
Tony Morley
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's cross in off the post.
Teams
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
''BFC Dynamo won 3–1 on aggregate''
Bracket
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.''
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''Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.''
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''AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; KB won on away goals.''
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''Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.''
Second Round
First leg
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Second leg
''Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Aston Villa won on away goals.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.''
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''Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Notes
References
External links
1981–82 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 1981–82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA
- results and line-ups (archive)
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UEFA Champions League seasons
European Cup
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Cup
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