1982 European Cup final
{{Infobox football match
| title = 1982 European Cup final
| image = 1982 European Cup Final programme.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Match programme cover
| event = 1981–82 European Cup
| team1 = Bayern Munich
| team1association = {{fbaicon|FRG|size=30px}}
| team1score = 0
| team2 = Aston Villa
| team2association = {{fbaicon|ENG|size=30px}}
| team2score = 1
| details =
| date = 26 May 1982
| stadium = De Kuip
| city = Rotterdam
| man_of_the_match1a = Peter Withe (Aston Villa)
| referee = Georges Konrath (France)
| attendance = 46,000
| previous = 1981
| next = 1983
}}
The 1982 European Cup final was played on 26 May 1982 at the end of the 1981–82 European Cup season. Football League First Division winners Aston Villa defeated Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first (and to date only) European Cup; this continued the streak of English teams winning the competition in six straight seasons.
Route to the final
{{further|1981–82 European Cup}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich
!Round !colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa |
|---|
| style="background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent |Agg. |1st leg |2nd leg | |Opponent |Agg. |1st leg |2nd leg |
| align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Östers IF
|6–0 |1–0 (A) |5–0 (H) |style="background:#c1e0ff;"|First round |align=left|{{flagicon|ISL}} Valur |7–0 |5–0 (H) |2–0 (A) |
| align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Benfica
|4–1 |0–0 (A) |4–1 (H) |style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Second round |align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} Dynamo Berlin |2–2 (a) |2–1 (A) |0–1 (H) |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Universitatea Craiova
|3–1 |2–0 (A) |1–1 (H) |style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Quarter-finals |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Dynamo Kyiv |2–0 |0–0 (A) |2–0 (H) |
| align=left|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} CSKA Sofia
|7–4 |3–4 (A) |4–0 (H) |style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-finals |align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht |1–0 |1–0 (H) |0–0 (A) |
Match
=Summary=
{{multiple image
|total_width = 500
|image1 = FC Bayern Munchen tegen Aston Villa 0-1 Europa Cup. Hoeness, Breitner in aktie.jpg
|image2 = FC Bayern Munchen tegen Aston Villa 0-1 Europa Cup I blijde Aston Villa spelers , Bestanddeelnr 932-1812.jpg
|footer = Two moments of the match, (left): Des Bremner, Dieter Hoeneß, Paul Breitner, and Kenny Swain in action; (right): Players of Aston Villa celebrating their victory
}}
After 10 minutes, Aston Villa goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer suffered a repeat of a recurring shoulder injury. His replacement, Nigel Spink, subsequently made his second first team appearance for the club.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/17/how-aston-villa-won-the-1982-european-cup-bayern-munich-football|title=Billy Connolly, blisters and Bayern: how Aston Villa won the 1982 European Cup|date=17 September 2024|work=Guardian|accessdate=17 September 2024}}
His performance in helping prevent Bayern from scoring throughout the match was highly praised, and is seen by many as the making of a player who would be Villa's first choice goalkeeper for the following 10 seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2016/may/26/aston-villa-european-cup-relegated-1982|title=How Aston Villa won the European Cup (and were then relegated five years later)|date=26 May 2016|work=Guardian|access-date=27 May 2016}}
Bayern did find the net with three minutes of play remaining, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Villa also got the ball in the net for a second time a few seconds before the end of the match but this goal was also disallowed.
Brian Moore's commentary of the winning goal is displayed on a giant banner across the Doug Ellis Stand of Villa Park:
{{cquote|Shaw, Williams prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe.
}}
As defending European champions, Villa were invited into the European Cup, European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup for the following season. Their defence of the European Cup ended in a quarter-final defeat to Juventus. They beat Barcelona 3–1 on aggregate to win the Super Cup, but lost 2–0 to Uruguayan club Peñarol for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
After the game, a number of players swapped shirts; Peter Withe and Nigel Spink later received their shirts back.{{Cite web |title=FC Bayern Munchen: Peter Withe und Klaus Augenthaler tauschen Trikots |url=https://fcbayern.com/museum/de/news/2016/08/augenthaler-withe}}{{Cite web |title=FC Bayern Munchen: Villa legend Nigel Spink at the FC Bayern Erlebniswelt |url=https://fcbayern.com/museum/en/news/2018/6/nigel-spink-visits-the-erlebniswelt}} As of 2024, captain Dennis Mortimer is still looking for his shirt.{{Cite web |last1=Ridge |first1=James |first2=Arthur |last2=Renard |date=24 April 2024 |title=Former Aston Villa captain: 'I've been trying to find my European Cup Final shirt for a while now' |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/former-aston-villa-midfielder-ive-been-trying-to-find-my-european-cup-final-shirt-for-a-while-now |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en}}
=Details=
{{footballbox
|date=26 May 1982
|time=20:15 CEST
|team1=Bayern Munich {{fbaicon|FRG}}
|score=0–1
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1981/matches/round=1032/match=63804/index.html
|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Aston Villa
|goals1=
|goals2=Withe {{goal|67}}
|attendance=46,000
|referee=Georges Konrath (France)
}}
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Manfred Müller | ||
| RB | 2 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Wolfgang Dremmler | ||
| CB | 4 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Hans Weiner | ||
| CB | 5 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Klaus Augenthaler | ||
| LB | 3 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Udo Horsmann | ||
| RM | 10 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Reinhold Mathy | {{suboff|51}} | |
| CM | 6 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Wolfgang Kraus | {{suboff|78}} | |
| CM | 8 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Paul Breitner (c) | ||
| LM | 7 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Bernd Dürnberger | ||
| CF | 9 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Dieter Hoeneß | ||
| CF | 11 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | ||
| colspan="3"|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 12 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Walter Junghans | ||
| MF | 13 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Kurt Niedermayer | {{subon|78}} | |
| DF | 14 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Hans Pflügler | ||
| MF | 15 | {{fbaicon|ISL}} Ásgeir Sigurvinsson | ||
| MF | 16 | {{fbaicon|FRG}} Günter Güttler | {{subon|51}} | |
| colspan="3"|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="3"|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Pál Csernai |
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| width=25| | width=25| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Jimmy Rimmer | {{suboff|9}} | |
| RB | 2 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Kenny Swain | ||
| CB | 5 | {{fbaicon|SCO}} Ken McNaught | ||
| CB | 4 | {{fbaicon|SCO}} Allan Evans | ||
| LB | 3 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Gary Williams | {{yel|38}} | |
| CM | 6 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Dennis Mortimer (c) | ||
| CM | 10 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Gordon Cowans | ||
| CM | 7 | {{fbaicon|SCO}} Des Bremner | ||
| RW | 9 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Peter Withe | ||
| CF | 8 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Gary Shaw | ||
| LW | 11 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Tony Morley | ||
| colspan="3"|Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 12 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Pat Heard | ||
| MF | 13 | {{fbaicon|SCO}} Andy Blair | ||
| FW | 14 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} David Geddis | ||
| DF | 15 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Colin Gibson | ||
| GK | 16 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Nigel Spink | {{subon|9}} | |
| colspan="3"|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="3"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Tony Barton |
|}
Match officials
- Linesman (red flag): Joel Quiniou (France) {{Cite web |last=UEFA Matchday Programme |date=26 May 1982 |title=UEFA Matchday Programme |url=https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/9e40c1bbc1998632a2f3e8cb9be87b18/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/sports-memorabilia-auction-600-lots-lot-119/}}
- Linesman (yellow flag): Rene Lopez (France)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110924091808/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1981/index.html 1981–82 season at UEFA website]
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