1982–83 European Cup Explained

Tourney Name:European Cup
Year:1982–83
Size:300px
Dates:25 August 1982 – 25 May 1983
Num Teams:33
Champion Other: Hamburg
Count:1
Second Other: Juventus
Matches:61
Goals:180
Attendance:1812492
Top Scorer:Paolo Rossi (Juventus)
6 goals
Prevseason:1981–82
Nextseason:1983–84

The 1982–83 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Hamburg, who beat Juventus 1–0 in the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium. It was the first time since 1976 that the trophy was not won by an English club.

Aston Villa, the defending champions, were eliminated by Juventus in the quarter-finals. Villa's 3–1 first round victory over Beşiktaş[1] was played behind closed doors due to trouble from the Villa crowd against Anderlecht in the previous season’s semi-final in Brussels.[2]

Liverpool, the other English side in the tournament, were defeated by Polish champions Widzew Lodz, also in the quarter-finals.

Preliminary round

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Second leg

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

Hamburg won 3–1 on aggregate----Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate----2–2 on aggregate; 17 Nëntori Tirana won on away goals----Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate----Sporting CP won 3–1 on aggregate----CSKA September Flag won 2–0 on aggregate----Celtic won 4–3 on aggregate----Real Sociedad won 4–2 on aggregate----Widzew Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate----Rapid Wien won 13–0 on aggregate----HJK Helsinki won 3–2 on aggregate----Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate----Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate----Dinamo București won 3–2 on aggregate----Standard Liège won 5–3 on aggregate----Juventus won 7–4 on aggregate

Second round

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First leg

----------------------------17 Nëntori Tirana withdrew, Dynamo Kyiv awarded the victory.

Second leg

Hamburg won 5–0 on aggregate----2–2 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals.----Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate----Widzew Łódź won 6–5 on aggregate----Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate----Aston Villa won 6–2 on aggregate----Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate----Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate----Widzew Łódź won 4–3 on aggregate----Juventus won 5–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate----Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate

Final

See main article: 1983 European Cup Final.

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1982–83 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Paolo Rossi Juventus6
2 Michel Platini Juventus5
Gary Shaw Aston Villa5
4 Lars Bastrup Hamburg4
Hans Krankl Rapid Vienna4
Mirosław Tłokiński Widzew Łódź4
Pedro Uralde Real Sociedad4
8 António Oliveira Sporting CP3
Marek Filipczak Widzew Łódź3
Atik Ismail HJK Helsinki3
Christian Keglevits Rapid Vienna3
Jesús María Satrústegui Real Sociedad3
Krzysztof Surlit Widzew Łódź3
Ronnie Whelan Liverpool3
Gerald Willfurth Rapid Vienna3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Richard Eaton. "Villa descend from surreal to reality." The Times, 16 September 1982: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 24 February 2017.
  2. Web site: 622 Pat Heard – on Cloud Seven . 20 July 2020 .