The 1983–84 European Cup was the 29th season of the

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's premier club

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competition. The tournament was won for a fourth time by

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in a penalty shootout in the final against Roma. The game had finished 1–1. Phil Neal had scored for Liverpool and

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for Roma. It was the seventh title in eight seasons for English clubs.

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, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dinamo București in the second round.

Teams

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rába ETO Győr won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bohemians Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rapid Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 11–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.'' ---- ''Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Berlin won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Minsk won 9–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Dundee United won on away goals.'' ---- ''Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The tie between Roma and

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was controversial; it was later alleged that Roma had bribed Michel Vautrot, the referee for the second leg.

First leg

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Second leg

''Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

1983/84 European Champions Clubs' Cup - Matches
UEFA.com

Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
1983/84 European Champions Clubs' Cup - Scorers
UEFA.com

– results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1983-84 – results, protocols, players statistics
* website eurocups-uefa.r
European Cup 1983-84 – results, protocols
* website Football Archiv

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Teams

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

See also

References

External links