The 1983–84 European Cup was the 29th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The tournament was won for a fourth time by Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out in the final against Roma. The game had finished 1–1. Phil Neal had scored for Liverpool and Roberto Pruzzo for Roma. It was the seventh title in eight seasons for English clubs.
Hamburg, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dinamo București in the second round.
Teams Vllaznia Rapid Wien Standard Liège CSKA Sofia Omonia Bohemians Prague Odense Liverpool Kuusysi Nantes BFC Dynamo Hamburg TH Olympiacos Rába ETO Győr Víkingur Athlone Town Roma Jeunesse Esch Ħamrun Spartans Ajax Linfield Viking Lech Poznań Benfica Dinamo București Dundee United Athletic Bilbao Gothenburg Grasshopper Fenerbahçe Dinamo Minsk Partizan
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.
Rába ETO Győr won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 4–0 on aggregate.
Bohemians Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 11–4 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 6–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 9–4 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 5–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.
Dundee United won 4–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Dundee United won on away goals.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals The tie between Roma and Dundee United was controversial; it was later alleged that Roma had bribed Michel Vautrot, the referee for the second leg.
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Viktor Sokol Dinamo Minsk62 Roberto Pruzzo Roma5 Ian Rush Liverpool54 Ralph Milne Dundee United45 Nikos Anastopoulos Olympiacos3 Ionel Augustin Dinamo București3 Kenny Dalglish Liverpool3 Diamantino Benfica3 Davie Dodds Dundee United3 Rainer Ernst BFC Dynamo3 Gheorghe Mulţescu Dinamo București3 Antonín Panenka Rapid Wien3 Gerard Plessers Standard Liège3 Derek Stark Dundee United3
See also 1984 European Super Cup 1984 Intercontinental Cup
References
External links
1983/84 European Champions Clubs' Cup - Matches UEFA.com European Champions' Cup 1983-84 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1983/84 European Champions Clubs' Cup - Scorers UEFA.com – results and line-ups (archive)
website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1983-84 – results, protocols website Football Archive