The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge. The match finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after 90 minutes, five of them won by English clubs.
Teams Wacker Club Brugge Levski-Spartak Omonia Dukla Prague Boldklubben 1903 Liverpool TH KuPS Nantes Dynamo Dresden Borussia Mönchengladbach Panathinaikos Vasas Valur Sligo Rovers Juventus Jeunesse Esch Floriana Ajax Glentoran Lillestrøm Śląsk Wrocław Benfica Dinamo București Celtic Atlético Madrid Halmstad Basel Trabzonspor Torpedo Moscow Red Star Belgrade
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.
Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Benfica won on penalties.
Boldklubben 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 3–2 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak won 5–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
Glentoran won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 9–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Nantes won on away goals.
Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Wacker won 4–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6–3 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 6–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
3–3 on aggregate; Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.
Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won 3–0 on penalties.
Club Brugge won 4–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 4–2 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach52 Jimmy Case Liverpool4 Joe Craig Celtic4 Roger Davies Club Brugge4 Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach4 Pietro Paolo Virdis Juventus47 Kenny Dalglish Liverpool3 Zoran Filipović Red Star Belgrade3 Ruud Geels Ajax3 Tschen La Ling Ajax3 Kiril Milanov Levski-Spartak3 Pavel Panov Levski-Spartak3 Marcial Pina Atlético Madrid3 René Vandereycken Club Brugge3 Kurt Welzl Wacker3
References
External links
1977–78 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1977–78 European Cup according to protocols UEFA - results and line-ups (archive)