1973–74 UEFA Cup


The 1973–74 UEFA Cup was the third season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at White Hart Lane, London, England, and at De Kuip, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was won by Feyenoord of the Netherlands, who defeated Tottenham Hotspur of England by an aggregate result of 4–2 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the fifth consecutive year where a Dutch team won a European competition, and the first one outside of the European Cup. Feyenoord also broke a streak of six consecutive years of English clubs winning the UEFA Cup or the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
  • 3 associations have four teams qualify.
  • 3 associations have three teams qualify.
  • 18 associations have two teams qualify.
  • 7 associations have one team qualify.
Northern Ireland returned to the competition after a one-year absence. Scotland and Belgium were the two associations selected to have an extra third berth for this season, while France, Yugoslavia and Portugal went back to two qualified teams.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Leeds United Ipswich Town Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur
Lazio Fiorentina Inter Milan Torino
Köln Fortuna Düsseldorf Wuppertaler SV Stuttgart
Hibernian Aberdeen Dundee Barcelona
Español Real Madrid Standard Liège [R.W.D. R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)|Molenbeek (1909)|Molenbeek]
Beerschot Ferencváros Budapest Honvéd Feyenoord
Twente Ruch Chorzów Gwardia Warsaw Belenenses
Vitória de Setúbal Carl Zeiss Jena Lokomotive Leipzig Tatran Prešov
Košice Velež OFK Beograd Dynamo Kyiv
Dinamo Tbilisi Universitatea Craiova Argeș Pitești Fenerbahçe
Eskişehirspor Nice Marseille Panathinaikos
Panachaiki GAK Admira/Wacker Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Slavia Sofia B1903 Næstved Grasshoppers
Sion AIK Östers Fredrikstad
Strømsgodset Ards Sliema Wanderers MP Mikkeli
Union Luxembourg Finn Harps Keflavík Olympiakos Nicosia

'''Notes'''

Schedule

The schedule of the competition: Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays, including the first leg of the final. Both legs of the first round match phase between VfB Stuttgart and Olympiakos Nicosia were played in the same week over three days, with the first leg being held on a Monday. Two other matches in the first leg of the first round, three matches were held on a Thursday and a Saturday, respectively.
RoundFirst legSecond leg
First round12–26 September 197319 September – 3 October 1973
Second round16–24 October 19736–7 November 1973
Third round27 November – 12 December 197312–19 December 1973
Quarter-finals6 March 197420 March 1974
Semi-finals10 April 197424 April 1974
Final21 May 197429 May 1974

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Dynamo Kyiv won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Ruch Chorzów won 8–6 on aggregate.
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B 1903 won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Carl Zeiss Jena won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Leeds United won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Hibernian won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Nice won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 9–2 on aggregate.
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Aberdeen won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Twente won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Molenbeek won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Marseille won 12–1 on aggregate.
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Vitória Setúbal won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Ipswich Town won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Universitatea Craiova won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Gwardia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.
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VfB Stuttgart won 13–0 on aggregate.
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Tatran Prešov won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–3 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate. OFK Beograd won on away goals.
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2–2 on aggregate. Admira/Wacker won on away goals.
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Fenerbahçe won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Honvéd won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Lokomotive Leipzig won 4–2 on aggregate.
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1. FC Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Panachaiki won 3–1 on aggregate.
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''Standard Liège won 8–4 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–1 on aggregate.
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Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.
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4–4 on aggregate. Lokomotive Leipzig won on away goals.
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Twente won 8–1 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate. Vitória Setúbal won on away goals.
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1. FC Köln won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Ipswich Town won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Honvéd won 7–5 on aggregate.
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Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.
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VfB Stuttgart won 8–4 on aggregate.
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0–0 on aggregate. Leeds United won 5–4 on penalties.
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Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.
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''Standard Liège won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

VfB Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Ipswich Town won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Ruch Chorzów won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Vitória Setúbal won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Lokomotive Leipzig won 4–2 on aggregate.
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1. FC Köln won 4–1 on aggregate.
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''3–3 on aggregate. Feyenoord won on away goals.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

1–1 on aggregate. Lokomotive Leipzig won 4–3 on penalties.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 5–1 on aggregate.
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VfB Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.
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''Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.
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''Feyenoord won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Final

Second leg

''Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.''