1982 European Cup Final
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The 1982 European Cup Final was played on 26 May 1982. English champions Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 defeated West German league winners Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 to win the European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 for the first time, and continue the streak of English teams winning the competition, being the sixth consecutive victory by an English side.

Match summary

It represented a huge success in his first season as manager for Tony Barton. He had only taken over as Villa boss before the quarter-finals after the shock resignation of Villa boss Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders is a retired English football player and former successful manager. He remains the only manager to have taken charge of Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, normally bitter rivals....

.

Brian Moore's commentary of the winning goal is displayed on a giant banner across the North Stand of Villa Park
Villa Park
Villa Park may mean:United Kingdom* Villa Park, an association football stadium in Birmingham, EnglandUnited States* Villa Park, California, a small city in Orange County* Villa Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County...

:
As defending European champions Villa were invited into the European Cup, European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

 for the following season. Their defence of the European Cup ended in a quarter-final defeat to a Michel Platini
Michel Platini
Michel François Platini is a former French football player, manager and current president of UEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top goalscorer and voted the best player. He participated in the 1978, 1982...

-inspired Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

. They beat Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

 3–1 on aggregate to win the Super Cup, but lost 2–0 to Uruguay
Uruguay
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an club Peñarol
C.A. Peñarol
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 for the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

 in Tokyo
Tokyo
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, Japan
Japan
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.

Match details


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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> ASTON VILLA:
GK 1   Jimmy Rimmer
Jimmy Rimmer
John James "Jimmy" Rimmer is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Manchester United, Swansea City, Arsenal and Aston Villa. He was capped once for England....

 
DF 2   Kenny Swain
Kenny Swain
Kenny Swain is a retired English footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back.-Football career:...

DF 3   Gary Williams
Gary Williams (footballer)
Gary Williams is a former footballer who played as a right-back. He played for Aston Villa and was part of their European Cup victory in 1982. He also played for Walsall, Leeds United, Watford and Bradford City. Started the great Villa goal To beat Bayern Munich in 1982...

 
DF 4   Allan Evans
DF 5   Ken McNaught
Ken McNaught
Ken McNaught is a former Scottish footballer who played for Aston Villa from 1977–1983 and was part of their Championship winning side of 1981, European Cup victory in 1982 and won the European Super Cup in 1983 against Barcelona, scoring one of Villa's goals in the latter final.McNaught's father...

MF 6   Dennis Mortimer
Dennis Mortimer
Dennis Mortimer is an English former footballer and distinguished captain of Aston Villa.Mortimer began his career with Coventry City, where he came through the ranks and made over 200 appearances as a promising midfielder...

 (c)
MF 7   Des Bremner
Des Bremner
Desmond George Bremner is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He made more than 600 league appearances for clubs in both Scotland and England, was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup-winning team of 1982, and was capped for the Scotland national team.Born in Aberchirder,...

FW 8   Gary Shaw
Gary Shaw
Gary Shaw was an English football striker who played for Aston Villa in the early 1980s. His goals helped Aston Villa win the English First Division championship in 1980–81 and the European Cup the following year - the only Birmingham-born player in the team. In 1981 he was voted PFA Young Player...

FW 9   Peter Withe
Peter Withe
Peter Withe is a much-travelled English footballer who played as a striker, between 1971 and 1990...

MF 10   Gordon Cowans
Gordon Cowans
Gordon Sidney Cowans is an English retired football player and coach.Cowans started his career at Aston Villa as an apprentice in 1974, and signed as a professional in 1976...

MF 11   Tony Morley
Tony Morley
William Anthony Morley is an English former football player who played in the Football League for Preston North End, Burnley, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City, as well as playing for other teams abroad. He also won six caps for England.-Football career:Morley was born in...

Substitutes:
GK 16   Nigel Spink
Nigel Spink
Nigel Philip Spink is a former football goalkeeper who made his name at Aston Villa and also made one appearance for England at international level on the tour of Australia in 1983.-Career:...

 
DF   Colin Gibson
MF   Andy Blair
Andy Blair (footballer)
Andy Blair is a Scottish former professional footballer, who spent his career in English football.Blair made his league debut for , whom he had joined as an apprentice, on 28 October 1978 in a 2-1 win against...

MF   Pat Heard
Pat Heard
Pat Heard is a retired English football defender or midfielder.A product of the youth system at Everton, Heard made only a handful of appearances for the club before moving on to Aston Villa...

FW   David Geddis
David Geddis
David Geddis, , is a football coach and scout, a former professional football player and England youth international.-Playing career:...

Manager:
  Tony Barton
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> BAYERN MUNICH: | GK 1   Manfred Müller
Manfred Müller
Manfred Müller is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Müller began his career with Schwarz-Weiß Essen, before moving to Wuppertaler SV in 1971. Wuppertal immediately earned promotion to the Bundesliga, and finished a surprising third in their first season in the top-flight...

DF 2   Wolfgang Dremmler
Wolfgang Dremmler
Wolfgang Dremmler is a former German football player.A trained metalworker, Dremmler was part of the West Germany team that reached the 1982 FIFA World Cup final against Italy at Santiago Bernabeu...

DF 3   Udo Horsmann
Udo Horsmann
Udo Horsmann is a former German footballer who played for FC Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup winning team in 1976.-Honours:* European Cup winner: 1976* European Cup finalist: 1982...

SW 4   Hans Weiner
Hans Weiner
Hans Weiner is a German former footballer who played as a defender. He spent much of his career in Berlin, with three years at Tennis Borussia, and nine years in two spells at Hertha BSC. He also spent two years with Bayern Munich, where he had his greatest successes, winning two Bundesliga titles...

DF 5   Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...

MF 6   Wolfgang Kraus
Wolfgang Kraus
Wolfgang Kraus is a former German football player.The son of the former Frankfurt footballer Willi 'Scheppe' Kraus appeared in 326 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich and scored 47 goals...

  MF 7   Bernd Dürnberger
Bernd Dürnberger
Bernd Dürnberger is a former German football player. A defensive midfielder, he played for thirteen seasons with Bayern Munich, from 1972 to 1985. He played in a total of 375 Bundesliga games and scored 38 goals...

MF 8   Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner is a former German football player. One of Germany's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country.-Playing career:...

 (c) FW 9   Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß is a former German footballer, who played as a striker.In his playing career, he was mainly associated with Bayern Munich...

MF 10   Reinhold Mathy
Reinhold Mathy
Reinhold Mathy is a German former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Bayern Munich for seven years, winning four German titles and three cups. He retired due to an injury in 1993.-Honours:...

  FW 11   Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German former football player.He had his greatest career success with German club Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Cup, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups.A member of the German national team, Rummenigge won the...

Substitutes: MF   Günter Güttler
Günter Güttler
Günter Güttler, is a former German football player and manager of the German low-tier football club SpVgg Weiden.- Honours :As player:* Bundesliga Champion: 1980–81* DFB-Pokal Winner: 1981–82...

  MF   Kurt Niedermayer
Kurt Niedermayer
Kurt Niedermayer is a German former footballer, now a coach. Niedermayer, who played in defence or midfield, played for Karlsruher SC, Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart, FC Locarno and SC Pfullendorf. He won one cap for West Germany, in 1980...

  GK   Walter Junghans
Walter Junghans
Walter Junghans was a German football player who played goalkeeper.-Career:Junghans started his professional career with Bayern Munich in 1977, where he was the back up for legendary Sepp Maier. In 1979, Maier had to end his career after a car accident...

Manager:   Pál Csernai
Pál Csernai
Pál Csernai was a Hungarian football player and coach. As a player he was denied great successes, but as a coach he revived the fortunes of Bayern Munich in the early 1980s after the end of their golden era.-The Player:...


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