1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions Milan. It was the first–and only–win for an East German side in a European tournament.

1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Magdeburg (1st title)
Runners-up	Milan
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

First round

Albania refused to play.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasas	0–3	Sunderland	0–2	0–1
Cardiff City	1–2	Sporting CP	0–0	1–2
Anderlecht	3–3 (a)	Zürich	3–2	0–1
Pezoporikos Larnaca	0–11	Malmö FF	0–0	0–11
Baník Ostrava	3–1	Cork Hibernians	1–0	2–1
NAC Breda	0–2	Magdeburg	0–0	0–2
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	11–1	Fola Esch	7–0	4–1
Torpedo Moscow	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	0–2
Milan	4–1	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	1–0
Randers Freja	1–2	Rapid Wien	0–0	1–2
Lahden Reipas	0–2	Lyon	0–0	0–2
Legia Warsaw	1–2	PAOK	1–1	0–1
Gżira United	0–9	Brann	0–2	0–7
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–4	Glentoran	2–2	0–2
ÍB Vestmannaeyja	1–16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–7	1–9
Ankaragücü	0–6	Rangers	0–2	0–4

First leg

19 September 1973

Vasas	0–2	Sunderland
		Hughes 68' Tueart 88'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 27,130

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

19 September 1973

Cardiff City	0–0	Sporting CP

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 13,300

Referee: Anthony Briguglio (Malta)

19 September 1973

Anderlecht	3–2	Zürich
Rensenbrink 46', 49', 52'		Stierli 21' Katić 29'

Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 14,729

Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)

19 September 1973

Pezoporikos Larnaca	0–0	Malmö FF

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Milos Cajić (Yugoslavia)

19 September 1973

NAC Breda	0–0	Magdeburg

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

19 September 1973

Baník Ostrava	1–0	Cork Hibernians
Albrecht 25'

Bazaly, Ostrava

Attendance: 7,388

Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)

13 September 1973

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	7–0	Fola Esch
Bonchev 1', 26', 68' Stoyanov 24' Petkov 43', 50', 80'

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 4,077

Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Georgia)

19 September 1973

Torpedo Moscow	0–0	Athletic Bilbao

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 13,278

Referee: Alois Kessler (Austria)

19 September 1973

Milan	3–1	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Bigon 10' 53' Chiarugi 16'		Lalić 70'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 47,428

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

19 September 1973

Randers	0–0	Rapid Wien

Randers Stadium, Randers

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland)

19 September 1973

Reipas Lahti	0–0	Lyon

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti

Attendance: 1,804

Referee: Valentin Lipatov (Soviet Union)

19 September 1973

Legia Warsaw	1–1	PAOK
Pieszko 56'		Terzanidis 47'

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 12,047

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

19 September 1973

Gżira United	0–2	Brann
		Blindheim 23', 89' (pen.)

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 1,914

Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

19 September 1973

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–2	Glentoran
Gojgaru 10', 22'		McCreery 28' Jamison 75'

Stadionul Municipal, Râmnicu Vâlcea

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kostas Xanthoulis (Cyprus)

20 September 1973

ÍB Vestmannaeyja	0–7	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Heynckes 8', 56', 75' Sigurgeirsson 37' (o.g.) Kulik 39', 48' Finnbogason 62' (o.g.)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 2,742

Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

19 September 1973

Ankaragücü	0–2	Rangers
		Conn 1' McLean 50'

Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Jan Lazowski (Poland)

Second leg

3 October 1973

Sunderland	1–0	Vasas
Tueart 55' (pen.)

Roker Park, Sunderland

Attendance: 22,462

Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)

Sunderland won 3-0 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Sporting CP	2–1	Cardiff City
Yazalde 23' Fraguito 50'		Villars 39'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Sporting CP won 2-1 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Zürich	1–0	Anderlecht
Rutschmann 29' (pen.)

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 19,658

Referee: Antonio Rigo Sureda (Spain)

3-3 on aggregate, Zürich won on away goals.

3 October 1973

Malmö FF	11–0	Pezoporikos Larnaca
Cervin 9', 15', 33', 89' Kristensson 10' Olsberg 13' Andersson 35' Larsson 50' Tapper 61', 74', 76'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 4,048

Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)

Malmö won 11-0 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Magdeburg	2–0	NAC Breda
Tyll 59' Hoffmann 62'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Georg Krutelev (Finland)

Magdeburg won 2-0 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Cork Hibernians	1–2	Baník Ostrava
Humphries 67'		Albrecht 4' Tondra 55'

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 4,519

Referee: William Gow (Wales)

Baník Ostrava won 3-1 on aggregate.

22 September 1973

Fola Esch	1–4	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
Melde 89'		Petkov 10' Belchev 50' Todorov 60' (pen.) Kirov 68'

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 5,010

Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Azerbaijan)

Beroe Stara Zagora won 11-1 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Torpedo Moscow
Astrain 30' Lasa 49'

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Attendance: 38,208

Referee: Heinz Aldinger (west Germany)

Athletic Bilbao won 2-0 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Milan
		Chiarugi 7'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 23,776

Referee: Alois Kessler (Austria)

AC Milan won 4-1 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Rapid Wien	2–1	Randers
Krankl 14' Lorenz 57'		Lykke 60'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Milos Cajić (Serbia)

Rapid Wien won 2-1 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Lyon	2–0	Reipas Lahti
Di Nallo 30', 67'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 2,784

Referee: Fernando Santos Leite (Portugal)

Lyon won 2-0 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

PAOK	1–0	Legia Warsaw
Paridis 80'

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 28,795

Referee: Gheorge Limona (Romania)

PAOK won 2-1 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Brann	7–0	Gżira United
Hauge 4' Osland 47' Espeseth 50', 84' Blindheim 57' Øyasæther 75' Larsen 89'

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 8,403

Referee: Kaj Sørensen (Denmark)

SK Brann won 9-0 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Glentoran	2–0	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Jamison 19' Craig 86'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Henk Pijper (Netherlands)

Glentoran won 4-2 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Borussia Mönchengladbach	9–1	ÍB Vestmannaeyja
Wimmer 3', 56' Valtýsson 23' (o.g.) Simonsen 28', 33', 68' Köppel 34', 39' Rupp 81'		Óskarsson 65'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 4,838

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16-1 on aggregate.

3 October 1973

Rangers	4–0	Ankaragücü
Greig 15', 20' Johnstone 35' O'Hara 68'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 21,040

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

Rangers won 6-0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sunderland	2–3	Sporting CP	2–1	0–2
Zürich	(a)1–1	Malmö FF	0–0	1–1
Baník Ostrava	2–3	Magdeburg	2–0	0–3
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	0–1
Milan	2–0	Rapid Wien	0–0	2–0
Lyon	3–7	PAOK	3–3	0–4
Brann	2–4	Glentoran	1–1	1–3
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–3	Rangers	3–0	2–3

First leg

24 October 1973

Sunderland	2–1	Sporting CP
Kerr 32' Horswill 64'		Yazalde 85'

Roker Park, Sunderland

Attendance: 31,568

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

23 October 1973

Zürich	0–0	Malmö FF

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 10,957

Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

24 October 1973

Baník Ostrava	2–0	Magdeburg
Albrecht 16' Klement 68'

Bazaly, Ostrava

Attendance: 4,834

Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria)

24 October 1973

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	3–0	Athletic Bilbao
Dimitrov 26' Jelev 56' Bonchev 80'

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 20,527

Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Greece)

24 October 1973

Milan	0–0	Rapid Wien

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 17,896

Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland)

24 October 1973

Lyon	3–3	PAOK
Lacombe 10' Di Nallo 51' Ravier 67'		Aslanidis 45' Terzanidis 50' Sarafis 81'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 26,250

Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

24 October 1973

Brann	1–1	Glentoran
Jensen 10'		Feeney 79'

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 9,832

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

24 October 1973

Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	Rangers
Heynckes 21', 64' Rupp 87'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Second leg

7 November 1973

Sporting CP	2–0	Sunderland
Yazalde 26' Fraguito 69'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 41,434

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Sporting CP won 3-2 on aggregate.

4 November 1973

Malmö FF	1–1	Zürich
Malmberg 23'		Katić 68'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 7,469

Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

1-1 on aggregate, Zürich won on away goals.

7 November 1973

Magdeburg	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Baník Ostrava
Abraham 30' (pen.) Hoffmann 84' Sparwasser 104'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 12,015

Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Magdeburg won 3-2 on aggregate.

7 November 1973

Athletic Bilbao	1–0	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
Lasa 30'

San Mamés, Bilbao

Attendance: 33,839

Referee: Sándor Petri (Hungary)

Beroe Stara Zagora won 3-1 on aggregate.

7 November 1973

Rapid Wien	0–2	Milan
		Bigon 26', 41'

Pfarrwiese, Vienna

Attendance: 3,486

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (soviet Union)

AC Milan won 2-0 on aggregate.

7 November 1973

PAOK	4–0	Lyon
Paridis 26', 61' Aslanidis 38' (pen.) Terzanidis 83'

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

PAOK won 7-3 on aggregate.

7 November 1973

Glentoran	2–1	Brann
Feeney 7' Jamison 14', 67'		Osland 50'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

Glentoran won 4-2 on aggregate.

7 November 1973

Rangers	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Conn 11' Jackson 32' MacDonald 61'		Jensen 27', 71'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5-3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	4–1	Zürich	3–0	1–1
Magdeburg	3–1	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	2–0	1–1
Milan	5–2	PAOK	3–0	2–2
Glentoran	0–7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	0–5

First leg

6 March 1974

Sporting CP	3–0	Zürich
Nélson 55' Marinho 57' Yazalde 80'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 41,280

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

6 March 1974

Magdeburg	2–0	PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
Hermann 70' Mewes 73'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 20,352

Referee: Alistair McKenzie (Scotland)

13 March 1974

Milan	3–0	PAOK
Bigon 13' Benetti 38' Chiarugi 86'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 25,963

Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

5 March 1974

Glentoran	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Heynckes 8' Köppel 70'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 7,066

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Second leg

20 March 1974

Zürich	1–1	Sporting CP
Botteron 7'		Baltasar 18'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 13,697

Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)

Sporting CP won 4-1 on aggregate.

20 March 1974

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora	1–1	Magdeburg
Vutov 72' (pen.)		Hermann 81'

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 13,995

Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)

Magdeburg won 3-1 on aggregate.

20 March 1974

PAOK	2–2	Milan
Sarafis 29', 72'		Bigon 54' Tresoldi 78'

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 28,350

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Milan won 5-2 on aggregate.

20 March 1974

Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	Glentoran
Wimmer 20' Heynckes 22', 63' Köppel 57' Vogts 60'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 11,332

Referee: Bohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7-0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	2–3	Magdeburg	1–1	1–2
Milan	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	0–1

First leg

10 April 1974

Sporting CP	1–1	Magdeburg
Manaca 76'		Sparwasser 62'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 29,422

Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

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10 April 1974

Milan	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bigon 18' Chiarugi 52'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 61,285

Referee: Erich Linemayr, (Austria)

Second leg

24 April 1974

Magdeburg	2–1	Sporting CP
Pommerenke 9' Sparwasser 70'		Marinho 78'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 34,643

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Magdeburg won 3-2 on aggregate.

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24 April 1974

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Milan
Sabadini 23' (o.g.)

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 67,081

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Milan won 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup final

8 May 1974

20:30

Magdeburg	2–0	Milan
Lanzi 42' (o.g.) Seguin 74'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 4,641

Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

See also

• 1973–74 European Cup
• 1973–74 UEFA Cup

External links

• 1973-74 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1973-74–results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1973–74 Cup Winners Cup^{[dead link]}