The 1984–85 European Cup was the 30th season of the
European Cup,
UEFA
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's premier club
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competition. The tournament was won for the first time by
Juventus in a
1–0 win against defending champions
Liverpool
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. Juventus became the first club to have
won all three major European trophies at the time (European Cup/UEFA Champions League,
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the
Cup Winners' Cup), as well ''
a posteriori'' as the one that needed the shortest amount of time to complete this (8 years).
This edition of the tournament was overshadowed by the
Heysel Stadium disaster that happened prior to the final match. Following the disaster, English clubs received a five-year ban from entering any European competition, thus ending a period of great success for English clubs in the European Cup which had seen three clubs winning seven finals since
1977, including six successive finals up to
1982. Liverpool, English champions in
1989–90, were given an extra year's ban.
Teams
Bracket
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Austria Wien won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Linfield won on away goals.''
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''Sparta Praha won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Lyngby won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''IFK Göteborg won 17–0 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo Bucharest won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Levski-Spartak won on away goals.''
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''Beveren won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''3–3 on aggregate; Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won on away goals.''
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''Bordeaux won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Sparta Praha won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; IFK Göteborg won on away goals.''
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''Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Bordeaux won 5–3 on penalties.''
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''Panathinaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
Notes
References
External links
1984–85 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 1984–85 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA
– results and line-ups (archive)
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UEFA Champions League seasons
European Cup
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