The 1982–83 UEFA Cup was the 12th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, and at the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, between Anderlecht of Belgium and Benfica of Portugal. Anderlecht won by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their first and only UEFA Cup title.

As of 2024, Anderlecht remains the only Belgian team to have won either the UEFA Cup or its successor tournament, the UEFA Europa League. It was also their third and final win in a European competition, following the 1975–76 and 1977–78 editions of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Association team allocation A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1982–83 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 22–32 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking For the 1982–83 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1981 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1976–77 to 1980–81.

+Association ranking for 1982–83 UEFA CupRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1 West Germany52.28442 England38.7603 Spain36.9994 Netherlands35.91635 Belgium31.9666 France30.2507 East Germany28.6008 Soviet Union27.0509 Italy26.16510 Czechoslovakia24.550211 Yugoslavia24.30012 Switzerland21.65013 Hungary19.40014 Scotland18.50015 Portugal18.000- Wales17.000016 Bulgaria16.9502RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes17 Greece14.750218 Sweden14.00019 Poland13.85020 Austria13.50021 Romania13.30022 Denmark13.000123 Republic of Ireland8.66524 Turkey7.75025 Norway7.08326 Cyprus4.99827 Northern Ireland4.66628 Malta3.99729 Luxembourg3.66630 Albania3.500031 Finland3.499132 Iceland3.331

Teams The labels in the 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

+ Qualified teams for 1982–83 UEFA Cup Köln Kaiserslautern Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Ipswich Town Manchester United Arsenal Southampton Athletic Bilbao Valencia Real Betis Sevilla PSV Eindhoven HFC Haarlem Utrecht Anderlecht Gent Lokeren Saint-Étienne Sochaux Bordeaux Lokomotive Leipzig Vorwärts Frankfurt Carl Zeiss Jena Spartak Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Dynamo Moscow Fiorentina Roma Napoli Baník Ostrava Bohemians Hajduk Split Sarajevo Servette Zürich Ferencváros Tatabánya Rangers Dundee United Benfica Porto Levski Sofia Slavia Sofia PAOK AEK Athens IFK Norrköping Brage Śląsk Wrocław Stal Mielec GAK Admira Wacker Universitatea Craiova Corvinul Hunedoara Lyngby Shamrock Rovers Trabzonspor Viking Pezoporikos Larnaca Glentoran Zurrieq Progrès Niederkorn KPT Kuopio Fram

Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. +Schedule for 1982–83 UEFA CupRoundFirst legSecond legFirst round8–29 September 198228 September – 6 October 1982Second round20–21 October 19823–4 November 1982Third round24 November 19828 December 1982Quarter-finals2 March 198316 March 1983Semi-finals6 April 198320 April 1983Final4 May 198318 May 1983

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Sevilla won 6–1 on aggregate.

Bohemians won 7–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate; KSC Lokeren won on away goals.

Corvinul Hunedoara won 4–1 on aggregate.

Kaiserslautern won 6–0 on aggregate.

Saint-Étienne won 4–1 on aggregate.

FK Sarajevo won 6–4 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split won 8–1 on aggregate.

Baník Ostrava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław won 3–2 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Viking won on away goals.

Anderlecht won 6–1 on aggregate.

IK Brage won 4–3 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; IFK Norrköping won on away goals.

Bordeaux won 6–3 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Werder Bremen won on away goals.

Ferencvárosi won 3–2 on aggregate.

HFC Haarlem won 5–4 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; PAOK won on away goals.

Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Roma won 4–3 on aggregate.

Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.

Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Napoli won on away goals.

Servette won 4–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow won 8–4 on aggregate.

Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.

Valencia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Porto won 3–0 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers won 7–0 on aggregate.

Köln won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Universitatea Craiova won 5–0 on aggregate.

FK Sarajevo won 8–4 on aggregate.

Valencia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Bohemians won 4–0 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen won 8–2 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Roma won 4–2 on penalties.

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bordeaux won 5–4 on aggregate.

FC Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.

Kaiserslautern won 4–1 on aggregate.

Köln won 6–2 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 6–3 on aggregate.

Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

Third round

First leg

Second leg

Universitatea Craiova won 2–1 on aggregate.

Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.

Bohemians won 4–3 on aggregate.

Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Dundee United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Kaiserslautern won 4–1 on aggregate.

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

3–3 on aggregate; Universitatea Craiova won on away goals.

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Bohemians won 1–0 on aggregate.

Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

1–1 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.

Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate

Final

First leg

Second leg

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Zoran Filipović Benfica82 Erwin Vandenbergh Anderlecht73 Alain Giresse Bordeaux64 Husref Musemić Sarajevo5 Kenneth Brylle Larsen Anderlecht Klaus Allofs Köln Norbert Meier Werder Bremen Rudi Völler Werder Bremen Michel Decastel Servette Hans-Peter Briegel Kaiserslautern Nené Benfica Juan Lozano Anderlecht

References

External links 1982–83 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1982–83 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA 1982/83 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)