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was played over two legs at the Sóstói Stadion,

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. The competition was won by

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of Spain, who defeated Videoton of Hungary by an aggregate result of 3–1 to claim their first UEFA Cup title. Real Madrid became the first Spanish side to win the UEFA Cup since its foundation in 1971. Three Spanish teams had won the predecessor tournament, the Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup, but UEFA does not recognise it as an official competition within its records. The last Spanish title at this level was achieved 18 years before, by long-time rivals

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in 1966.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31

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member associations participated in the 1984–85 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: * Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. * Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify. * Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify. * Associations 22–33 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 1984–85 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1983 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1978–79 to 1982–83.

Teams

The labels in 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 Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Videoton won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Queens Park Rangers won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Universitatea Craiova won 5–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''Lokomotive Leipzig won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Željezničar won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moskva won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Minsk won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Partizan won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rijeka won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''CSKA Septemvriysko Zname won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bohemians ČKD Praha won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Manchester United won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Widzew Łódź won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fiorentina won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Linzer ASK won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hamburg won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ajax won 14–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Paris Saint-Germain won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tottenham Hotspur won 9–0 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''Spartak Moskva won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo Minsk won 5–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Bohemians ČKD Praha won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals.'' ---- ''Hamburg won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''6–6 on aggregate; Partizan won on away goals.'' ---- ''Universitatea Craiova won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Željezničar won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Manchester United won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

''Željezničar won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tottenham Hotspur won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.'' ---- ''Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 6–4 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''1–1 on aggregate; Videoton won 5–4 on penalties.'' ---- ''Željezničar won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Videoton won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

''Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.''

References

External links

1984–85 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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