# 1982 European Cup final

The 1982 European Cup final was played on 26 May 1982 at the end of the 1981–82 European Cup season. Football League First Division winners Aston Villa absolutely battered Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first (and to date only) European Cup; this continued the streak of English teams winning the competition in six straight seasons.

## Route to the final

| Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Round | Aston Villa | Aston Villa | Aston Villa | Aston Villa |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Östers IF | 6–0 | 1–0 (A) | 5–0 (H) | First round | Valur | 7–0 | 5–0 (H) | 2–0 (A) |
| Benfica | 4–1 | 0–0 (A) | 4–1 (H) | Second round | Dynamo Berlin | 2–2 (a) | 2–1 (A) | 0–1 (H) |
| Universitatea Craiova | 3–1 | 2–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 | 0–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| CSKA Sofia | 7–4 | 3–4 (A) | 4–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Anderlecht | 1–0 | 1–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) |

## Match
### Summary

After 10 minutes, Aston Villa goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer suffered a repeat of a recurring shoulder injury. His replacement, Nigel Spink, subsequently made his second first team appearance for the club. His performance in helping prevent Bayern from scoring throughout the match was highly praised, and is seen by many as the making of a player who would be Villa's first choice goalkeeper for the following 10 seasons.
Bayern did find the net with three minutes of play remaining, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Villa also got the ball in the net for a second time a few seconds before the end of the match but this goal was also disallowed.
Brian Moore's commentary of the winning goal is displayed on a giant banner across the Doug Ellis Stand of Villa Park:
   Shaw, Williams prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe.
As defending European champions, Villa were invited into the European Cup, European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup for the following season. Their defence of the European Cup ended in a quarter-final defeat to Juventus. They beat Barcelona 3–1 on aggregate to win the Super Cup, but lost 2–0 to Uruguayan club Peñarol for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
After the game, a number of players swapped shirts; Peter Withe and Nigel Spink later received their shirts back. As of 2024, captain Dennis Mortimer is still looking for his shirt.

### Details

| Bayern Munich | Aston Villa |
| GK | 1 | Manfred Müller |
| RB | 2 | Wolfgang Dremmler |
| CB | 4 | Hans Weiner |
| CB | 5 | Klaus Augenthaler |
| LB | 3 | Udo Horsmann |
| RM | 10 | Reinhold Mathy | 51' |
| CM | 6 | Wolfgang Kraus | 78' |
| CM | 8 | Paul Breitner (c) |
| LM | 7 | Bernd Dürnberger |
| CF | 9 | Dieter Hoeneß |
| CF | 11 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Walter Junghans |
| MF | 13 | Kurt Niedermayer | 78' |
| DF | 14 | Hans Pflügler |
| MF | 15 | Ásgeir Sigurvinsson |
| MF | 16 | Günter Güttler | 51' |
| Manager: ||
| Pál Csernai ||
| GK | 1 | Jimmy Rimmer | | 9' |
| RB | 2 | Kenny Swain |
| CB | 5 | Ken McNaught |
| CB | 4 | Allan Evans |
| LB | 3 | Gary Williams | 38' |
| CM | 6 | Dennis Mortimer (c) |
| CM | 10 | Gordon Cowans |
| CM | 7 | Des Bremner |
| RW | 9 | Peter Withe |
| CF | 8 | Gary Shaw |
| LW | 11 | Tony Morley |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 12 | Pat Heard |
| MF | 13 | Andy Blair |
| FW | 14 | David Geddis |
| DF | 15 | Colin Gibson |
| GK | 16 | Nigel Spink | | 9' |
| Manager: ||
| Tony Barton ||
Match officials
* Linesman (red flag): Joel Quiniou (France)
* Linesman (yellow flag): Rene Lopez (France)