1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup was the 16th season of the European Cup Winners' Cup, a club football tournament organised by UEFA for the winners of its member associations' domestic cup competitions. It was won by Anderlecht of Belgium, who beat West Ham United of England in the final. Anderlecht went on to reach the next two finals as well, and won the second of them.

1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Anderlecht (1st title)
Runners-up	West Ham United
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	0–3	Boavista	0–0	0–3
Valur	0–9	Celtic	0–2	0–7
Beşiktaş	0–6	Fiorentina	0–3	0–3
Panathinaikos	0–2	Sachsenring Zwickau	0–0	0–2
Rapid București	1–2	Anderlecht	1–0	0–2
Borac Banja Luka	14–1	Rumelange	9–0	5–1
Wrexham	3–2	Djurgården	2–1	1–1
Skeid	1–8	Stal Rzeszów	1–4	0–4
Sturm Graz	3–2	Slavia Sofia	3–1	0–1
Haladás	8–1	Valletta	7–0	1–1
Basel	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–2	1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	11–3	Coleraine	5–1	6–2
Vejle	0–4	Den Haag	0–2	0–2
Home Farm	1–7	Lens	1–1	0–6
Ararat Yerevan	10–1	Anorthosis Famagusta	9–0	1–1
Reipas Lahti	2–5	West Ham United	2–2	0–3

First leg

17 September 1975

Rapid București	1–0	Anderlecht
Thissen   20' (o.g.)

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

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17 September 1975

Beşiktaş	0–3	Fiorentina
		Caso   42', 49' Casarsa   76'

Istanbul

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17 September 1975

20:00

Basel	1 – 2	Atlético Madrid
Schönenberger   3'	FCB Summary	Gárate   65' Ayala   68'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Second leg

1 October 1975

Anderlecht	2–0	Rapid București
Van Binst   38' Rensenbrink   50' (pen.)

Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 17,361

Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

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1 October 1975

Fiorentina	3–0	Beşiktaş
Caso   32', 36' Casarsa   88'

Florence

Fiorentina won 6–0 on aggregate.

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1 October 1975

21:00

Atlético Madrid	1 – 1	Basel
Bezerra   74'	Summary	Demarmels   89'

Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boavista	1–3	Celtic	0–0	1–3
Fiorentina	1–1 (4–5p)	Sachsenring Zwickau	1–0	0–1
Anderlecht	3–1	Borac Banja Luka	3–0	0–1
Wrexham	3–1	Stal Rzeszów	2–0	1–1
Sturm Graz	3–1	Haladás VSE	2–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	0–1
Den Haag	6–3	Lens	3–2	3–1
Ararat Yerevan	2–4	West Ham United	1–1	1–3

First leg

22 October 1975

Fiorentina	1–0	Sachsenring Zwickau
Speggiorin   71'

Florence

Second leg

5 November 1975

Sachsenring Zwickau	1–0	Fiorentina
J. Schykowski   32'
Penalties
J. Schykowski   Leuschner   H. Schykowski   Lippmann   Croy	5–4	Caso   Guerini   Antognoni   Roggi   Bresciani

Zwickau

1–1 on aggregate; Sachsenring Zwickau won 5–4 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	1–2	Sachsenring Zwickau	1–1	0–1
Anderlecht	2–1	Wrexham	1–0	1–1
Sturm Graz	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	0–1
Den Haag	5–5(a)	West Ham United	4–2	1–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sachsenring Zwickau	0–5	Anderlecht	0–3	0–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–4	West Ham United	2–1	1–3

Final

Main article: 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

5 May 1976

West Ham United	2–4	Anderlecht
Holland   28' Robson   68'		Rensenbrink   42', 73' Van der Elst   48', 88'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 51,296

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

See also

• 1975–76 European Cup
• 1975–76 UEFA Cup

External links

• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation