Runners-up Bayern Munich Dates 26 Aug 1981 – 26 May 1982 Teams 33 Matches played 63 | Champion Aston Villa F.C. Top scorer Dieter Hoeneß Goals scored 170 | |
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Champions Aston Villa (1st title) Similar 1980–81 European Cup, 1970–71 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1963–64 European Cup, 1965–66 European Cup | ||
The 1981–82 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.
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Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA September Flag in the quarter-finals.
Second leg
Dynamo Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate
Second leg
Austria Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin 3–3 Zürich on aggregate. Dynamo Berlin won on away goals.
Aston Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 5–3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 10–2 on aggregate.
AZ won 4–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 8–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Glentoran won 5–1 on aggregate.
KB 3–3 Athlone Town on aggregate. KB won on away goals.
Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Aston Villa won on away goals.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 5–4 on aggregate.
CSKA September Flag won 3–2 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Aston Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
CSKA September Flag won 2–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 7–4 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1981–82 European Cup are as follows: