1974 UEFA Cup final

The **1974 UEFA Cup Final** was played on 21 May 1974 and 29 May 1974. It was between Tottenham Hotspur of England and Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Netherlands. Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Riot

Tottenham supporters rioted during the second leg in Rotterdam. This started after Feyenoord scored towards the end of the first half and continued into the second half.

## Route to the final

|colspan=4|Tottenham Hotspur|Round|colspan=4|Feyenoord||||||||
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|Opponent|Agg.|1st leg|2nd leg||Opponent|Agg.|1st leg|2nd leg||||
|align=left|Grasshoppers|9–2|5–1 (A)|4–1 (H)|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|First round|align=left|Öster|5–2|3–1 (A)|2–1 (H)|
|align=left|Aberdeen|5–2|1–1 (A)|4–1 (H)|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Second round|align=left|Gwardia Warsaw|3–2|3–1 (H)|0–1 (A)|
|align=left|Dinamo Tbilisi|6–2|1–1 (A)|5–1 (H)|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Third round|align=left|Standard Liège|3–3 (a)|1–3 (A)|2–0 (H)|
|align=left|1. FC Köln|5–1|2–1 (A)|3–0 (H)|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Quarter-finals|align=left|Ruch Chorzów|4–2 (a.e.t.)|1–1 (A)|3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)|
|align=left|Lokomotive Leipzig|4–1|2–1 (A)|2–0 (H)|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-finals|align=left|VfB Stuttgart|4–3|2–1 (H)|2–2 (A)|

### First leg

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|valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"||||
|GK|**1**|Pat Jennings|||
|RB|**2**|Ray Evans|||
|CB|**3**|Terry Naylor|||
|CB|**4**|John Pratt|||
|LB|**5**|Mike England|||
|RM|**6**|Phil Beal|||
|CM|**7**|Chris McGrath|||
|CM|**8**|Steve Perryman|||
|LM|**9**|Martin Peters (c)|||
|CF|**10**|Martin Chivers|||
|CF|**11**|Ralph Coates|||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||
|DF|**12**|Mike Dillon|||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||
|colspan=4|Bill Nicholson|}|valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center|
|GK|**1**|Eddy Treijtel|||
|RB|**2**|Wim Rijsbergen|||
|CB|**3**|Joop van Daele|||
|CB|**4**|Rinus Israël (c)|||
|LB|**5**|Harry Vos|||
|CM|**9**|Theo de Jong|||
|CM|**7**|Wim Jansen|||
|CM|**10**|Willem van Hanegem|||
|RW|**8**|Peter Ressel|||
|CF|**6**|Lex Schoenmaker|||
|LW|**11**|Jørgen Kristensen|||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||
|colspan=4|Wiel Coerver|}|||

### Second leg

After holding Spurs to a 2–2 draw at London's White Hart Lane, Feyenoord went into their home leg as favourites. Their 2–0 victory at home secured the club their first UEFA Cup title.

The second leg in Rotterdam was marred by violence and hooliganism from rioting Spurs supporters.

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|valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|||||
|GK|**1**|Eddy Treijtel||||
|RB|**2**|Wim Rijsbergen||||
|CB|**3**|Joop van Daele||||
|CB|**4**|Rinus Israël (c)||||
|LB|**5**|Harry Vos||||
|CM|**6**|Mladen Ramljak||||
|CM|**7**|Wim Jansen||||
|CM|**8**|Theo de Jong||||
|RW|**9**|Peter Ressel||||
|CF|**10**|Lex Schoenmaker||||
|LW|**11**|Jørgen Kristensen||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**|||||
|MF|**12**|Johan Boskamp||||
|FW|**14**|Henk Wery||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**|||||
|colspan=4|Wiel Coerver|}|valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center||
|GK|**1**|Pat Jennings||||
|RB|**2**|Ray Evans||||
|CB|**3**|Terry Naylor||||
|CB|**4**|John Pratt||||
|LB|**5**|Mike England||||
|RM|**6**|Phil Beal||||
|CM|**7**|Chris McGrath||||
|CM|**8**|Steve Perryman||||
|LM|**9**|Martin Peters (c)||||
|CF|**10**|Martin Chivers||||
|CF|**11**|Ralph Coates||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**|||||
|MF|**12**|Phil Holder||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**|||||
|colspan=4|Bill Nicholson|}||||

## Other websites

- RSSSF

## Infobox (football match)

- **title**: 1974 UEFA Cup Final
- **image**: Feyenoord vs Spurs 1974.jpg
- **team1**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **team1score**: 2
- **team2**: Feyenoord
- **team2score**: 4
- **details**: on aggregate
- **firstleg**: First leg
- **team1score1**: 2
- **team2score1**: 2
- **date1**: 21 May 1974
- **stadium1**: White Hart Lane
- **city1**: London
- **referee1**: Rudolf Scheurer (Swiss Football Association, Switzerland)
- **attendance1**: 46,281
- **secondleg**: Second leg
- **team1score2**: 0
- **team2score2**: 2
- **date2**: 29 May 1974
- **stadium2**: Feijenoord Stadion, De Kuip
- **city2**: Rotterdam
- **referee2**: Concetto Lo Bello (Italian Football Federation, Italy)
- **attendance2**: 59,317
- **previous**: 1973 UEFA Cup Final, 1973
- **next**: 1975 UEFA Cup Final, 1975