1982–83 European Cup
28th season of the UEFA club football tournament
The 1982–83 European Cup was the 28th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The tournament was won for the only time by Hamburg, who beat Juventus 1–0 in the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium. It was the first time since 1976 that the trophy was not won by an English club.
Aston Villa, the defending champions, were eliminated by Juventus in the quarter-finals. Villa's 3–1 first round victory over Beşiktaş was played behind closed doors due to trouble from the Villa crowd against Anderlecht in the previous season’s semi-final in Brussels.
Liverpool, the other English side in the tournament, were defeated by Polish champions Widzew Lodz, also in the quarter-finals.
Winning the European Cup allowed them to compete for the European Super Cup in December, when Hamburger SV were beaten over two legs, by the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 by Aberdeen FC
Teams
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Hamburg won 3–1 on aggregate
Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate
2–2 on aggregate; 17 Nëntori Tirana won on away goals
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate
Sporting CP won 3–1 on aggregate
CSKA September Flag won 2–0 on aggregate
Celtic won 4–3 on aggregate
Real Sociedad won 4–2 on aggregate
Widzew Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate
Rapid Wien won 13–0 on aggregate
HJK Helsinki won 3–2 on aggregate
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate
Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate
Dinamo București won 3–2 on aggregate
Standard Liège won 5–3 on aggregate
Juventus won 7–4 on aggregate
Second round
First leg
17 Nëntori Tirana withdrew, Dynamo Kyiv awarded the victory.
Second leg
Hamburg won 5–0 on aggregate
2–2 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals.
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