The season 1984–85 of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 football

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 club tournament was won for the first time by Juventus

Juventus F.C.

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 in a close final against defending champions Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

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. However, the result was left meaningless after the deaths of 39 spectators in the Heysel Stadium disaster

Heysel Stadium disaster

The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, as a result of rioting before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventus of Italy...

. English clubs were banned for five years, with four-times champions Liverpool banned for six.

This ended a period of great success for English clubs in the European Cup that had taken place since 1977. Since the end of the ban, seven European trophies have been won by English clubs.

First round

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¹ Levski-Spartak progressed to the Second round on away goals.

² Dynamo Berlin progressed to the Second round after winning a penalty shoot-out.

³ Linfield progressed to the Second round on away goals.

First leg

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Second leg

Juventus beat Ilves 6-1 on aggregate.
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Grasshopper beat Budapest Honvéd 4-3 on aggregate.
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Sparta Prague beat Vålerenga 5-3 on aggregate.
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Lyngby beat Labinoti Elbasan 6-0 on aggregate.
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Bordeaux beat Athletic Club 3-2 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Bucharest beat Omonia 5-3 on aggregate.
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Levski-Spartak beat Stuttgart 3-3 on away goals.
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk beat Trabzonspor 3-1 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Berlin beat Aberdeen on penalty shoot-out.
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Austria Vienna beat Valletta 8-0 on aggregate.
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Liverpool beat Lech Poznań 5-0 on aggregate.
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Benfica beat Red Star Belgrade 4-3 on aggregate.
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Gothenburg beat Avenir Beggen 17-0 on aggregate.
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Beveren beat ÍA 7-2 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos beat Feyenoord 2-1 on aggregate.
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Linfield beat Shamrock Rovers 1-1 on away goals.

Second round

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¹ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk progressed to the Quarter finals on away goals.

² Gothenburg progressed to the Quarter finals on away goals.

First leg

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Second leg

Juventus beat Grasshopper 6-2 on aggregate.
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Sparta Prague beat Lyngby 2-1 on aggregate.
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Bordeaux beat Dinamo Bucharest 2-1 on aggregate.
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk beat Levski-Spartak 3-3 on away goals.
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Austria Vienna beat Dynamo Berlin 5-4 on aggregate.
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Liverpool beat Benfica 3-2 on aggregate.
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Gothenburg beat Beveren 2-2 on away goals.
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Panathinaikos beat Linfield 5-4 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

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¹ Bordeaux progressed to the Semifinals after winning a penalty shoot-out.

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Second leg

Juventus beat Sparta Prague 3-1 on aggregate.
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Bordeaux beat Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on penalty shoot-out.
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Liverpool beat Austria Vienna 5-2 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos beat Gothenburg 3-2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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Second Leg

Juventus beat Bordeaux 3-2 on aggregate.
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Liverpool beat Panathinaikos 5-0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1985-86 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Torbjörn Nilsson Torbjörn Nilsson Torbjörn Anders Nilsson is a Swedish former football striker and coach. He is considered to be one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, having won the Swedish championship twice and the UEFA Cup once with IFK Göteborg, where he spent most of his career...	IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....	7
	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...	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...	7
3	Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi is an Italian former football striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all Italians...	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...	5
	Ian Rush Ian Rush Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	5
	John Wark John Wark John Wark is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his playing time with Ipswich Town. He won a record four Player of the Year awards before becoming one of the four inaugural members of the club's Hall of Fame...	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	5
6	Massimo Briaschi Massimo Briaschi Massimo Briaschi is a former Italian footballer who played for Genoa C.F.C. and Juventus, where was part of their European Cup victory in 1985.-External links:*...	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...	3
	Jerry Carlsson	IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....	3
	Stig Fredriksson Stig Fredriksson Stig Fredriksson is a former Swedish football defender. He played for IFK Göteborg during a large part of his career, winning two UEFA Cups , as well as four Swedish Championships with the club. He also played 56 matches for the national team, captaining 15 of them.-References:...	IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....	3
	Rajko Janjanin Rajko Janjanin Rajko Janjanin is a former Serbian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia....	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	3
	Bernard Lacombe Bernard Lacombe Bernard Lacombe is a retired French football player. He played forward, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais, Girondins Bordeaux and the French national team.-Career:...	Bordeaux FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....	3
	Hennadiy Lytovchenko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...	3
	Dieter Müller Dieter Müller Dieter Müller is a former German footballer, who is currently the chairman of Kickers Offenbach.He appeared in twelve senior matches, scoring nine goals for Germany. He played in the 1976 European Football Championship and the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In his spell with 1...	Bordeaux FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....	3
	Stefan Pettersson Stefan Pettersson Stefan Pettersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player with Södertälje SK in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- Playing career :...	IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....	3
	Toni Polster	Austria Vienna FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...	3
	Herbert Prohaska Herbert Prohaska Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...	Austria Vienna FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...	3
	Dimitris Saravakos Dimitris Saravakos Dimitrios "Dimitris" Saravakos , nicknamed O Μικρός is a Greek former football player, considered to be one of the best Greek football players of all time. He started his career in Panionios and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer,...	Panathinaikos	3
	Andreas Thom Andreas Thom Andreas Thom is a former German football player who was capped by East Germany, and later Germany. He is a youth coach at Hertha BSC.-Club career:...	Dynamo Berlin Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...	3
	Paul Walsh Paul Walsh Paul Anthony Walsh is a retired English footballer.Walsh was a diminutive and pacy centre forward who shot to fame in the 1980s during spells with Charlton, Luton, Liverpool and Tottenham.-Charlton Athletic:...	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	3

External links

• 1984–85 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation