1977–78 European Cup

The 1977–78 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge. The game finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after ninety minutes, five of them won by English clubs.

Bracket

First round

First leg

Celtic v Jeunesse Esch

Basel v Wacker

Red Star Belgrade v Sligo Rovers

Vasas v Borussia Mönchengladbach

Benfica v Torpedo Moscow

Trabzonspor v Boldklubben 1903

Dynamo Dresden v Halmstad

Levski-Spartak v Śląsk Wrocław

Lillestrøm v Ajax

Valur v Glentoran

Omonia v Juventus

KuPS v Club Brugge

Floriana v Panathinaikos

Dukla Prague v Nantes

Dinamo Bucureşti v Atlético Madrid

Second leg

Jeunesse Esch v Celtic

Celtic won 11–1 on aggregate.

Wacker v Basel

Wacker won 3–2 on aggregate.

Sligo Rovers v Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Vasas

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

Torpedo Moscow v Benfica

Benfica 0–0 Torpedo Moscow on aggregate. Benfica won on penalties.

1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1977-78 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by RSC Anderlecht in the final comfortably against FK Austria Wien. It was Anderlecht's third consecutive final, the best record in the competition, of which they won two.

Qualifying match

First round

First leg

Saint-Étienne v Manchester United

Real Betis v Milan

PFC Lokomotiv Sofia v RSC Anderlecht

Beşiktaş J.K. v Diósgyőri VTK

Rangers FC v FC Twente

1. FC Köln v Porto

Hamburger SV v Reipas Lahti

Dundalk FC v Hajduk Split

Coleraine F.C. v 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

PAOK FC v Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Second leg

Manchester United v Saint-Étienne

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Milan v Real Betis

Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

Porto v Manchester United

Second leg

Manchester United v Porto

Porto won 6–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply as the Champions League, is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champion (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of each UEFA national association. The final of the 2012–13 tournament was the most watched UEFA Champions League final to date, as well as the most watched annual sporting event worldwide in 2013, drawing 360 million television viewers.

Introduced in 1992, the competition replaced the European Champion Clubs' Cup, or simply European Cup, which had run since 1955, adding a group stage to the competition and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries. The pre-1992 competition was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champion club of each country. During the 1990s, the format was expanded, incorporating a round-robin group stage to include clubs that finished runner-up of some nations' top level league. While most of Europe's national leagues can still only enter their national league champion, Europe's strongest national leagues now provide up to four teams for the competition, and will provide up to five teams from the 2015–16 season onwards. Clubs that finish next-in-line in each nation's top level league, having not qualified for the UEFA Champions League competition, may be eligible for the next level UEFA Europa League competition.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (abbreviated as CWC) was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season — but not recognised by the governing body of European football until two years later. The final tournament was held in 1998–99, after which it was absorbed into the UEFA Cup.

Prior to its abolition, the Cup Winners' Cup was regarded as the second most prestigious European club competition out of the three major tournaments, behind the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and ahead of the UEFA Cup, although for a significant part of the sports press, its sportive level was less than that of the UEFA Cup. However, no club successfully defended the Cup Winners' Cup throughout its history. In the 1985–86 season, English clubs were banned from European competition. Consequently, Manchester United, Everton, Coventry City, Wimbledon and Liverpool were prevented from competing in the Cup Winners' Cup until the beginning of the 1990-91 season.

FA Cup Final

The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the fourth best attended domestic club championship event in the world and the second most attended domestic football event. It is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff City winning the Cup in 1927 and reaching the final in 2008.

The latest FA Cup Final was the final of the 2014-2015 Season which was held on 30 May 2015 at Wembley Stadium and played between Arsenal and Aston Villa with Arsenal winning 4-0 to retain the trophy after their win against Hull City in the previous final.

History

Early FA Cup Finals were held mainly in London at venues including Kennington Oval between 1874 and 1892 and Crystal Palace between 1895 and 1914. In the period from 1923 until 2000, the final was held at Wembley Stadium, English football's national stadium. From 2001–2005, the final was moved to Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium. Millennium Stadium was used again in 2006 due to construction delays in opening the new Wembley Stadium.