1981–82 UEFA Cup


The 1981–82 UEFA Cup was the 11th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden, and at the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany. The final was won by IFK Göteborg of Sweden, who defeated Hamburger SV of Germany by an aggregate result of 4–0 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the first of two UEFA Cup conquests for Göteborg, which were the only major European titles achieved by Swedish teams. It was also the first Swedish team to play and win in a UEFA Cup final, while Hamburg went on to win the European Cup a year later. For the second and last time in UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League history, both finalists won their national championship in the same season.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 32 UEFA member associations participate in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 1981–82 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1980 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1975–76 to 1979–80.

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
Hamburger SV Stuttgart Kaiserslautern Borussia Mönchengladbach
Ipswich Town TH Arsenal West Bromwich Albion Southampton
[K.S.C. K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren] Beveren Winterslag Club Brugge
Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Valencia Utrecht
Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven Carl Zeiss Jena Magdeburg
Dynamo Dresden Spartak Moscow Zenit Leningrad CSKA Moscow
Nantes Bordeaux Monaco Hajduk Split
Radnički Niš Napoli Internazionale Bohemians Praha
Sparta Prague Tatabánya Videoton Aberdeen
Dundee United Sporting CP Boavista Grasshoppers
Neuchâtel Xamax Wisła Kraków Szombierki Bytom Sturm Graz
Rapid Wien Aris Panathinaikos Levski-Spartak Sofia
Akademik Sofia Malmö IFK Göteborg Dinamo București
Argeș Pitești Næstved Limerick United Adanaspor
Bryne APOEL Haka Linfield
Red Boys Differdange Víkingur Sliema Wanderers Dinamo Tirana

'''Notes'''

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays, and two first round matches were held on Thursdays.
RoundFirst legSecond leg
First round15–17 September 198129 September – 1 October 1981
Second round20–21 October 19813–4 November 1981
Third round25 November1 December 19819 December 1981
Quarter-finals3 March 198217 March 1982
Semi-finals7 April 198221 April 1982
Final5 May 198219 May 1982

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Valencia won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–3 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.
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Aris won 8–2 on aggregate.
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Dinamo București won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Dresden won 6–2 on aggregate.
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FC Winterslag won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.
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IFK Göteborg won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Boavista won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Southampton won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Hajduk Split won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Arsenal won 3–0 on aggregate.
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PSV Eindhoven won 8–2 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate, Sturm Graz won on away goals
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Beveren won 8–0 on aggregate.
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Argeș Pitești won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Grasshoppers won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Hamburger SV won 6–4 on aggregate.
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1. FC Kaiserslautern won 3–1 on aggregate.
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3–3 on aggregate; Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.
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Lokeren won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Aberdeen won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Dundee United won 6–4 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Radnički Niš won on away goals.
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Sporting CP won 11–0 on aggregate.
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Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Aberdeen won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Lokeren won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Dundee United won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.
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1. FC Kaiserslautern won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Radnički Niš won 3–0 on penalties.
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Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Winterslag won on away goals.
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4–4 on aggregate; Hajduk Split won on away goals.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.
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IFK Göteborg won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.
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''Valencia won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.
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IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Dundee United won 5–0 on aggregate.
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1. FC Kaiserslautern won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Radnički Niš won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.
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''Valencia won 6–5 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Radnički Niš won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.
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1. FC Kaiserslautern won 6–3 on aggregate.
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''IFK Göteborg won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

IFK Göteborg won 3–2 on aggregate.
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''Hamburger SV won 6–3 on aggregate.''

Final

Second leg

''IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.''