The 1976–77 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Liverpool in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Three-time defending champions Bayern Munich were knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv in the quarter-finals. It was only the second time that an English side won the tournament, but it started a run of six consecutive wins by English clubs and an eight-year run during which the trophy was won by English clubs on seven occasions. Including this one, Liverpool reached five finals in nine years, of which they won four.
Teams Austria Vienna Club Brugge CSKA Sofia Omonia Baník Ostrava Køge Liverpool TPS Saint-Étienne Dynamo Dresden Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich TH PAOK Ferencváros ÍA Dundalk Torino Jeunesse Esch Sliema Wanderers PSV Eindhoven Crusaders Viking Stal Mielec Benfica Steaua București Rangers Real Madrid Malmö FF Zürich Trabzonspor Dynamo Kyiv Partizan
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; TPS won on away goals.
Ferencváros won 11–3 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.
Saint-Étienne won 1–0 on aggregate.
PSV won 7–1 on aggregate.
Trabzonspor won 6–3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 7–0 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 3–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 5–0 on aggregate.
PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.
Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Zürich won 3–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–1 on aggregate.
Saint-Étienne won 1–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
4–4 on aggregate; Zürich won on away goals.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Franco Cucinotta Zürich5 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich53 Kevin Keegan Liverpool4 René van de Kerkhof PSV Eindhoven4 Phil Neal Liverpool4 Tibor Nyilasi Ferencváros4 Conny Torstensson Bayern Munich48 Leonid Buryak Dynamo Kyiv3 Steve Heighway Liverpool3 David Johnson Liverpool3 Hans-Jürgen Kreische Dynamo Dresden3 Peter Risi Zürich3 Petro Slobodyan Dynamo Kyiv3
Notes
References
External links 1976–77 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1976–77 European Cup according to protocols UEFA - results and line-ups (archive)