# 1976–77 UEFA Cup

The 1976–77 UEFA Cup was the sixth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy, and at San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain. It was won by Juventus of Italy, who defeated Athletic Bilbao of Spain on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the first major European conquest for Juventus, having previously lost one European Cup final and two Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup finals. It was the first time that a team from Southern Europe had won the competition, and the last European title for an Italian team for seven years, which was their biggest international drought at club level until 2018.
In their first European final, Athletic Bilbao was the first Spanish finalist in the UEFA Cup, and the only one until 1985. A Spanish club last reached the Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup final in 1966, which was also the last year with a Spanish title in Europe. Athletic became the fourth different Spanish side to lose at this stage in European competition ever since.

## Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1976–77 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.
Hungary and Romania were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while the Soviet Union and Sweden went back to two qualified teams.
* Four teams
* England
* West Germany
* Italy
* Three teams
* Spain
* Hungary
* Romania
Two teams :
| Netherlands | East Germany | Soviet Union |
| Yugoslavia | Scotland | Portugal |
| Czechoslovakia | Belgium | Poland |
| Greece | France | Bulgaria |
| Sweden | Switzerland | Austria |
| Turkey | Denmark | Norway |
* One team
* Republic of Ireland
* Northern Ireland
* Malta
* Finland
* Iceland
* Cyprus
* Luxembourg
* Did not compete
* Wales
* Albania

### 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 1976–77 UEFA Cup :
| Queens Park Rangers (2nd) | Manchester United (3rd) | Derby County (4th) | Manchester City (LC) |
| Köln (4th) | Eintracht Braunschweig (5th) | Schalke 04 (6th) | Kaiserslautern (7th) |
| Juventus (2nd) | Milan (3rd) | Inter Milan (4th) | Cesena (6th) |
| Barcelona (2nd) | Español (4th) | Athletic Bilbao (5th) | Videoton (2nd) |
| Újpest Dosza (3rd) | Budapest Honvéd (4th) | Dinamo București (2nd) | Târgu Mureș (3rd) |
| Sportul Studențesc (4th) | Feyenoord (2nd) | Ajax (3rd) | BFC Dynamo (2nd) |
| Magdeburg (3rd) | Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd) | Dynamo Moscow (3rd) | Dinamo Zagreb (3rd) |
| Red Star Belgrade (4th) | Celtic (2nd) | Hibernian (3rd) | Belenenses (3rd) |
| Porto (4th) | Slovan Bratislava (2nd) | Slavia Prague (3rd) | Molenbeek (3rd) |
| Lokeren (4th) | Tychy (2nd) | Wisła Kraków (3rd) | AEK Athens (2nd) |
| Olympiacos (3rd) | Nice (2nd) | Sochaux (3rd) | Akademik Sofia (3rd) |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv (4th) | Öster (2nd) | Djurgården (3rd) | Basel (3rd) |
| Grasshoppers (4th) | Wacker Innsbruck (2nd) | Austria Salzburg (4th) | Fenerbahçe (2nd) |
| Adanaspor (4th) | Holbæk (2nd) | Næstved (3rd) | Brann (2nd) |
| IK Start (3rd) | Finn Harps (2nd) | Glentoran (2nd) | Hibernians (3rd) |
| KuPS Kuopio (2nd) | Fram (2nd) | Enosis Neon Paralimni (3rd) | Red Boys Differdange (2nd) |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
Schedule for 1976–77 UEFA Cup :
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| First round | 8–16 September 1976 | 28–30 September 1976 |
| Second round | 20 October 1976 | 3–4 November 1976 |
| Third round | 24 November 1976 | 7–8 December 1976 |
| Quarter-finals | 2–3 March 1977 | 16 March 1977 |
| Semi-finals | 6 April 1977 | 20 April 1977 |
| Final | 4 May 1977 | 18 May 1977 |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Porto | 4–5 | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Fram | 0–8 | Slovan Bratislava | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Glentoran | 3–5 | Basel | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 1–11 | Kaiserslautern | 1–3 | 0–8 |
| AEK Athens | 3–2 | Dynamo Moscow | 2–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Ajax | 1–2 | Manchester United | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Austria Salzburg | 5–2 | Adanaspor | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Belenenses | 4–5 | Barcelona | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Celtic | 2–4 | Wisła Kraków | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Derby County | 16–1 | Finn Harps | 12–0 | 4–1 |
| Dinamo București | 1–2 | Milan | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 7–1 | Holbæk | 7–0 | 0–1 |
| Espanyol | 4–3 | Nice | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Feyenoord | 4–2 | Djurgården | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–5 | Videoton | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Grasshoppers | 9–0 | Hibernians | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–0 | Sochaux | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Inter Milan | 1–2 | Budapest Honvéd | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Köln | 3–1 | Tychy | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| KuPS | 3–4 | Öster | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Magdeburg | 4–3 | Cesena | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Manchester City | 1–2 | Juventus | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Næstved | 0–7 | Molenbeek | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 11–0 | Brann | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| Red Boys Differdange | 1–6 | Lokeren | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Slavia Prague | 2–3 | Akademik Sofia | 2–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4–1 | BFC Dynamo | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 4–2 | Olympiacos | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Wacker Innsbruck | 7–1 | Start | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Târgu Mureș | 0–4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Újpest | 1–5 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3–5 | Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | 1–4 |

### Second leg

Schalke 04 won 5–4 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 8–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 11–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Austria Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5-4 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 4-2 on aggregate.
Derby County won 16–1 on aggregate.
Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 4–3 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.
Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 9–0 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 1–0 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 2–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.
Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.
Molenbeek won 7–0 on aggregate.
Queens Park Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.
Lokeren won 6–1 on aggregate.
Akademik Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sportul Studențesc won 4–2 on aggregate.
Wacker Innsbruck won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 5–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| AEK Athens | 5–2 | Derby County | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Akademik Sofia | 4–5 | Milan | 4–3 | 0–2 |
| Austria Salzburg | 2–2 (a) | Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Barcelona | 3–2 | Lokeren | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Basel | 2–4 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–3 | Espanyol | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Hibernian | 3–4 | Öster | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Wacker Innsbruck | 1–2 | Videoton | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Kaiserslautern | 2–7 | Feyenoord | 2–2 | 0–5 |
| Köln | 5–2 | Grasshoppers | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Magdeburg | 4–2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Manchester United | 1–3 | Juventus | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 6–2 | Budapest Honvéd | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 5–8 | Queens Park Rangers | 3–3 | 2–5 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 0–5 | Schalke 04 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Wisła Kraków | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Molenbeek | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |

### Second leg

AEK Athens won 5–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.
Videoton won 2–1 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 7–2 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–2 on aggregate.
Queens Park Rangers won 8–5 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 5–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Molenbeek won 5–4 on penalties.

## Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| AEK Athens | 3–3 (a) | Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 5–4 | Milan | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Espanyol | 0–3 | Feyenoord | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Magdeburg | 5–1 | Videoton | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Öster | 1–8 | Barcelona | 0–3 | 1–5 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 4–4 (a) | Köln | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Molenbeek | 2–1 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 1–1 |

### Second leg

3–3 on aggregate; AEK Athens won on away goals.
Athletic Bilbao won 5–4 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 8–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Queens Park Rangers won on away goals.
Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Athletic Bilbao | 4–3 | Barcelona | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Feyenoord | 1–2 | Molenbeek | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Magdeburg | 1–4 | Juventus | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–3 (6–7 p) | AEK Athens | 3–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |

### Second leg

Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.
Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 4–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; AEK Athens won 7–6 on penalties.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Molenbeek | 1–1 (a) | Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 5–1 | AEK Athens | 4–1 | 1–0 |

### Second leg

1–1 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.
Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Final
### Second leg

2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.