1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup Explained

Tourney Name:European Cup Winners' Cup
Year:1984–85
Dates:19 September 1984 – 15 May 1985
Num Teams:32
Champion Other: Everton
Count:1
Second Other: Rapid Wien
Matches:62
Goals:163
Attendance:1174964
Top Scorer:Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)
Andy Gray (Everton)
Antonín Panenka (Rapid Wien)
5 goals each
Prevseason:1983–84
Nextseason:1985–86

The 1984–85 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Everton in the final against Rapid Wien.

Everton also won the English Football League that season and would therefore have entered the European Cup the following season. However, Everton were unable to do so due to the newly enacted 5-year ban on English clubs participating in European competitions as a consequence of the Heysel stadium disaster in May of the same year. Everton's 1985 trophy win was therefore the last English club success in European competition until Manchester United won this competition again in 1991.

This would also be the last time Everton participated in European competition until the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, following its 1994–95 FA Cup win.

First round

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1The return leg of the Dynamo Moscow-Hajduk Split tie was played at Gradski Vrt Stadium in Osijek instead of Hajduk Split's home ground in Split due to the club being punished by UEFA over a bizarre incident before their 1983–84 UEFA Cup semifinal first leg match against Tottenham Hotspur, when a Hajduk fan ran onto the pitch prior to kickoff with a live rooster and killed it by snapping its neck.[1] Part of the punishment for Hajduk Split was being required to play home matches at least 300 km away from their home stadium.

First leg

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Second leg

Ħamrun Spartans won 3–1 on aggregate.----Everton won 1–0 on aggregate.----Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.----Trakia Plovdiv won 5–1 on aggregate.----Roma won 1–0 on aggregate.----4–4 on aggregate. Wrexham won on away goals.----Fortuna Sittard won 3–0 on aggregate.----Wisła Kraków won 7–3 on aggregate.----Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.----Metz won 6–5 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 5–2 on aggregate.----Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.----AELwon 3–1 on aggregate.----Servette won 6–1 on aggregate.----Dynamo Moscow won 6–2 on aggregate.----Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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Notes
Note 1: The 2nd leg in the Rapid Wien–Celtic tie was replayed at Old Trafford, Manchester, after a Rapid player Rudolf Weinhofer claimed to have been injured by an object thrown by a Celtic supporter. Celtic had won the original tie 3–0 with goals from McClair, MacLeod, and Burns in the 32nd, 45th, and 68th minutes respectively. (Report)

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.----Roma won 3–0 on aggregate.----Everton won 4–0 on aggregate.----Fortuna Sittard won 3–2 on aggregate.----Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.----AEL won 3–1 on aggregate.----Dynamo Moscow won 6–0 on aggregate.----

The match was voided following a disciplinary investigation by UEFA and a series of appeals due to reported incidents during the contest. Over a month later, a replay was ordered at a neutral venue at least 300km away from Glasgow.

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.----Everton won 5–0 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 5–3 on aggregate.----Dynamo Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Everton won 3–1 on aggregate.----Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup final.

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1984–85 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Valery Gazzaev Dynamo Moscow5
Andy Gray Everton5
Antonín Panenka Rapid Wien5
4 Hans Krankl Rapid Wien4
Tony Kurbos Metz4
Peter Pacult Rapid Wien4
Graeme Sharp Everton4
Roland Wohlfarth Bayern Munich4
9 Marek Banaszkiewicz Wisła Kraków3
Arthur Hoyer Fortuna Sittard3
Andrzej Iwan Wisła Kraków3
Leo Lainer Rapid Wien3
Raymond Xuereb Ħamrun Spartans3

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wright. Chris. TOTTENHAM’S 1984 UEFA CUP ‘CHICKEN-CHOKER MYSTERY’ SOLVED: HADJUK SPLIT FAN CONFESSES TO MURDER MOST FOWL. Who Ate All the Pies?. 7 August 2012. 4 April 2020.