# 1974–75 UEFA Cup

The 1974–75 UEFA Cup was the fourth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA.
The final was played over two legs at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany, and at the Diekman Stadion, Enschede, the Netherlands. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated FC Twente of the Netherlands by an aggregate result of 5–1 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
No team from West Germany had ever won the UEFA Cup, or its unofficial predecessor Inter-Cities Fairs Cup before Borussia's first conquest, which came two years after reaching the final in 1973. In that edition, both teams had already faced in the semi-finals, which ended with the same aggregate score. For the first time since the 1966 edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, no English team reached the final.

## Association team allocation

A total of 63 teams from 30 UEFA member associations participate in the 1974–75 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.
The Netherlands and Austria were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while Scotland and Belgium went back to two qualified teams.
* Four teams
* England
* Italy
* West Germany
* Three teams
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Austria
Two teams :
| Hungary | Scotland | East Germany |
| Poland | Portugal | Belgium |
| Czechoslovakia | Yugoslavia | Soviet Union |
| Romania | Greece | Turkey |
| Bulgaria | Sweden | Denmark |
| France | Switzerland | Norway |
* One team
* Republic of Ireland
* Finland
* Malta
* Luxembourg
* Northern Ireland
* Iceland
* Did not compete
* Wales
* Albania
* Cyprus

### 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
Qualified teams for 1974–75 UEFA Cup :
| Derby County (3rd) | Ipswich Town (4th) | Stoke City (5th) | Wolverhampton Wanderers (LC) |
| Juventus (2nd) | Napoli (3rd) | Inter Milan (4th) | Torino (5th) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach (2nd) | Fortuna Düsseldorf (3rd) | Köln (5th) | Hamburg (CR) |
| Twente (2nd) | Ajax (3rd) | FC Amsterdam (5th) | Atlético Madrid (2nd) |
| Zaragoza (3rd) | Real Sociedad (4th) | Wacker Innsbruck (2nd) | Rapid Wien (3rd) |
| Sturm Graz (5th) | Raba ETO Győr (2nd) | Videoton (3rd) | Hibernian (2nd) |
| Dundee (LC) | Dynamo Dresden (2nd) | Vorwärts Frankfurt (3rd) | Górnik Zabrze (2nd) |
| Legia Warsaw (4th) | Vitória de Setúbal (3rd) | Porto (4th) | Antwerp (2nd) |
| Molenbeek (3rd) | Dukla Prague (2nd) | Baník Ostrava (4th) | Velež (2nd) |
| Partizan (4th) | Dynamo Moscow (3rd) | Spartak Moscow (4th) | Dinamo București (2nd) |
| Steagul Roşu Brașov (3rd) | Panathinaikos (2nd) | Aris (3rd) | Beşiktaş (2nd) |
| Boluspor (3rd) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3rd) | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (4th) | Öster (2nd) |
| Djurgården (3rd) | Randers (2nd) | KB (3rd) | Nantes (2nd) |
| Lyon (3rd) | Grasshoppers (2nd) | Servette (3rd) | Rosenborg (2nd) |
| Start (3rd) | Bohemians (2nd) | KPV Kokkola (2nd) | Hibernians (2nd) |
| Red Boys Differdange (2nd) | Portadown (2nd) | Valur (2nd) | Pezoporikos Larnaca (2nd) |
Notes
* ^ West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Kaiserslautern, as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Hamburg, who had been runners-up in the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal.
* ^ Poland: All spots for European competition were decided with three matchdays left in the league, which was interrupted at that point due to the scheduling of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. As the third-placed team at the time of matchday 27, Legia Warsaw earned the second UEFA Cup spot, but it would later finish fourth behind Stal Mielec.
* ^ Cyprus: Pezoporikos Larnaca had already been drawn in the UEFA Cup against Dukla Prague before the mass withdrawal of all Cypriot teams, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The match-up was declared as a walk-over win for Dukla Prague.

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the first round, both legs of the match-up between FC Amsterdam and Hibernians F.C. were played over five days in the Netherlands, with the second leg being held on a Sunday
Schedule for 1974–75 UEFA Cup :
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| First round | 11–19 September 1974 | 22 September – 3 October 1974 |
| Second round | 22–23 October 1974 | 5–13 November 1974 |
| Third round | 27 November 1974 | 11 December 1974 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 March 1975 | 19 March 1975 |
| Semi-finals | 9–10 April 1975 | 22–23 April 1975 |
| Final | 7 May 1975 | 21 May 1975 |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lyon | 11–1 | Red Boys Differdange | 7–0 | 4–1 |
| Valur | 1–2 | Portadown | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Derby County | 6–2 | Servette | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 3–3 (a) | Twente | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Stoke City | 1–1 (a) | Ajax | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| RWD Molenbeek | 5–2 | Dundee | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Rosenborg | 3–12 | Hibernian | 2–3 | 1–9 |
| Porto | 5–4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Etar | 0–3 | Inter Milan | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 2–5 | Partizan | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Start | 1–7 | Djurgården | 1–2 | 0–5 |
| Boluspor | 0–4 | Dinamo București | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–3 (a) | Velež Mostar | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Beşiktaş | 2–3 | Steagul Roșu Brașov | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Wacker Innsbruck | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Sturm Graz | 2–2 (a) | Royal Antwerp | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Randers | 1–1 (a) | Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hamburg | 4–0 | Bohemians | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Rapid Wien | 3–2 | Aris | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 0–5 | Baník Ostrava | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4–4 (4–5 p) | Raba ETO Győr | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Öster | 4–4 (a) | Dynamo Moscow | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Nantes | 3–2 | Legia Warsaw | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Napoli | 3–1 | Videoton | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Vorwärts Frankfurt | 2–4 | Juventus | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Grasshoppers | 3–2 | Panathinaikos | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Torino | 2–4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Köln | 9–2 | KPV | 5–1 | 4–1 |
| Amsterdam | 12–0 | Hibernians | 5–0 | 7–0 |
| KB | 3–6 | Atlético Madrid | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–5 | Zaragoza | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Dukla Prague | (w/o) | Pezoporikos Larnaca | — | — |

### Second leg

Lyon won 11–1 on aggregate.
Portadown won 2–1 on aggregate.
Derby County won 6–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate, Twente won on away goals rule.
1–1 on aggregate, Ajax won on away goals rule.
RWD Molenbeek won 5–2 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 12–3 on aggregate.
Porto won 5–4 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Djurgården won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 4–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate, Velež Mostar won on away goals rule.
Steagul Roșu Brașov won 3–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Royal Antwerp won on away goal rules.
1–1 on aggregate, Dynamo Dresden won on away goal rules.
Hamburg won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 5–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate, Raba ETO Győr won 5–4 in penalty shoot-out.
4–4 on aggregate, Dynamo Moscow won on away goals rule.
Nantes won 3–2 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.
Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.
Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.
Both legs were played in Amsterdam, the second leg was formally a 'home' game for Hibernians. Amsterdam won 12–0 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.
Zaragoza won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Derby County | 4–4 (7–6 p) | Atlético Madrid | 2–2 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Hibernian | 2–8 | Juventus | 2–4 | 0–4 |
| Partizan | 6–1 | Portadown | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Nantes | 1–2 | Baník Ostrava | 1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Dinamo București | 3–4 | Köln | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Raba ETO Győr | 2–3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Rapid Wien | 1–2 | Velež Mostar | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Dynamo Moscow | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Grasshoppers | 2–6 | Zaragoza | 2–1 | 0–5 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6–2 | Lyon | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Hamburg | 10–1 | Steagul Roșu Brașov | 8–0 | 2–1 |
| Twente | 3–1 | RWD Molenbeek | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Djurgården | 1–5 | Dukla Prague | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Inter Milan | 1–2 | Amsterdam | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Napoli | 2–0 | Porto | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ajax | 2–2 (a) | Royal Antwerp | 1–0 | 1–2 |

### Second leg

4–4 on aggregate, Derby County won 7–6 in penalty shoot-out.
Juventus won 8–2 on aggregate.
Partizan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Baník Ostrava won 2–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 4–3 on aggregate.
Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3–2 on aggregate.
Velež Mostar won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate, Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 in penalty shoot-out.
Zaragoza won 6–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–2 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 10–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.
Amsterdam won 2–1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, Ajax won on away goals rule.

## Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Napoli | 1–3 | Baník Ostrava | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hamburg | 6–3 | Dynamo Dresden | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Dukla Prague | 3–6 | Twente | 3–1 | 0–5 |
| Partizan | 2–5 | Köln | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9–2 | Zaragoza | 5–0 | 4–2 |
| Amsterdam | 5–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Juventus | 2–2 (a) | Ajax | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Derby County | 4–5 | Velež Mostar | 3–1 | 1–4 |

### Second leg

Baník Ostrava won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 6–3 on aggregate.
Twente won 6–3 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.
Amsterdam won 5–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.
Velež Mostar won 5–4 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Juventus | 2–0 | Hamburg | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Köln | 8–3 | Amsterdam | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| Velež Mostar | 1–2 | Twente | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Baník Ostrava | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–1 | 1–3 |

### Second leg

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Köln won 8–3 on aggregate.
Twente won 2–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Twente | 4–1 | Juventus | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Köln | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Twente won 4–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.

## Final
### Second leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.