# 1983–84 European Cup

The 1983–84 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for a fourth time by Liverpool in a penalty shootout in the final against Roma. The game had finished 1–1. Phil Neal had scored for Liverpool and Roberto Pruzzo for Roma. It was the seventh title in eight seasons for English clubs.
Hamburg, the defending champions, were eliminated by Dinamo București in the second round.

## Teams

| Vllaznia (1st) | Rapid Wien (1st) | Standard Liège (1st) | CSKA Sofia (1st) |
| Omonia (1st) | Bohemians Prague (1st) | Odense (1st) | Liverpool (1st) |
| Kuusysi (1st) | Nantes (1st) | BFC Dynamo (1st) | Hamburg (1st) |
| Olympiacos (1st) | Rába ETO Győr (1st) | Víkingur (1st) | Athlone Town (1st) |
| Roma (1st) | Jeunesse Esch (1st) | Ħamrun Spartans (1st) | Ajax (1st) |
| Linfield (1st) | Viking (1st) | Lech Poznań (1st) | Benfica (1st) |
| Dinamo București (1st) | Dundee United (1st) | Athletic Bilbao (1st) | Gothenburg (1st) |
| Grasshopper (1st) | Fenerbahçe (1st) | Dinamo Minsk (1st) | Partizan (1st) |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | |
| Odense | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | 1 | 5 | 6 | Liverpool | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Athletic Bilbao | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lech Poznań | 2 | 0 | 2 | Athletic Bilbao | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Athletic Bilbao | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Athletic Bilbao | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | Liverpool | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Benfica | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Benfica | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 0 | 2 | 2 | Olympiacos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Benfica | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Benfica | 3 | 3 | 6 | Benfica | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Linfield | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Linfield | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dinamo București | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Rába ETO Győr | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dinamo București | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Vikingur | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vikingur | 1 | 0 | 1 | Rába ETO Győr | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1 | 2 | 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Grasshopper | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Grasshopper | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | Dinamo Minsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Dinamo București | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kuusysi | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Dinamo București | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 3 | 4 | Dinamo București | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hamburg | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamburg | | | (w) | Hamburg | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vllaznia | | | (o) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vllaznia | | | (o) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool (a.e.t) | 1 (4) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Roma | 1 (2) | |
| Fenerbahçe | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Roma | 1 (2) |
| Bohemians Prague | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bohemians Prague | 1 | 4 | 5 | Bohemians Prague | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Rapid Wien (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rapid Wien | 3 | 1 | 4 | Rapid Wien (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nantes | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nantes | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | Rapid Wien | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Dundee United (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Athlone Town | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Dundee United (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Standard Liège | 3 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Standard Liège | 3 | 8 | 11 | Standard Liège | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Dundee United | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamrun Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dundee United | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dundee United | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dundee United | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Dundee United | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Roma | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| CSKA Sofia (a) | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Roma | 0 | 3 | 3 | | |
| Omonia | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Omonia | 0 | 4 | 4 | CSKA Sofia | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Roma | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roma | 3 | 1 | 4 | Roma | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gothenburg | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gothenburg | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | Roma | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | BFC Dynamo | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| BFC Dynamo | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | BFC Dynamo | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1 | 0 | 1 | BFC Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Partizan | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Partizan | 5 | 0 | 5 | Partizan | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Viking | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Odense | 0–6 | Liverpool | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Lech Poznań | 2–4 | Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Ajax | 0–2 | Olympiacos | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Benfica | 6–2 | Linfield | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Rába ETO Győr | 4–1 | Vikingur | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 3–2 | Grasshopper | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Kuusysi | 0–4 | Dinamo București | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Hamburg | (w/o) | Vllaznia | – | – |
| Fenerbahçe | 0–5 | Bohemians Prague | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Rapid Wien | 4–3 | Nantes | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Athlone Town | 4–11 | Standard Liège | 2–3 | 2–8 |
| Ħamrun Spartans | 0–6 | Dundee United | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| CSKA Sofia | 4–4 (a) | Omonia | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Roma | 4–2 | Gothenburg | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| BFC Dynamo | 6–1 | Jeunesse Esch | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Partizan | 5–1 | Viking | 5–1 | 0–0 |

### Second leg

Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.
Rába ETO Győr won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 4–0 on aggregate.
Bohemians Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 11–4 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 6–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 6–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 1–0 | Athletic Bilbao | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 1–3 | Benfica | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Rába ETO Győr | 4–9 | Dinamo Minsk | 3–6 | 1–3 |
| Dinamo București | 5–3 | Hamburg | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Bohemians Prague | 2–2 (a) | Rapid Wien | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Standard Liège | 0–4 | Dundee United | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| CSKA Sofia | 0–2 | Roma | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| BFC Dynamo | 2–1 | Partizan | 2–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 9–4 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 5–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.
Dundee United won 4–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Berlin won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 5–1 | Benfica | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | Dinamo București | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rapid Wien | 2–2 (a) | Dundee United | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Roma | 4–2 | BFC Dynamo | 3–0 | 1–2 |

### Second leg

Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Dundee United won on away goals.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

The tie between Roma and Dundee United was controversial; it was later alleged that Roma had bribed Michel Vautrot, the referee for the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 3–1 | Dinamo București | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dundee United | 2–3 | Roma | 2–0 | 0–3 |

### Second leg

Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Viktor Sokol | Dinamo Minsk | 6 |
| 2 | Roberto Pruzzo | Roma | 5 |
| 2 | Ian Rush | Liverpool | 5 |
| 4 | Ralph Milne | Dundee United | 4 |
| 5 | Nikos Anastopoulos | Olympiacos | 3 |
| 5 | Ionel Augustin | Dinamo București | 3 |
| 5 | Kenny Dalglish | Liverpool | 3 |
| 5 | Diamantino | Benfica | 3 |
| 5 | Davie Dodds | Dundee United | 3 |
| 5 | Rainer Ernst | BFC Dynamo | 3 |
| 5 | Gheorghe Mulţescu | Dinamo București | 3 |
| 5 | Antonín Panenka | Rapid Wien | 3 |
| 5 | Gerard Plessers | Standard Liège | 3 |
| 5 | Derek Stark | Dundee United | 3 |