The 1977âÂÂ78 UEFA Cup was the seventh season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani, France, and at the Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It was won by PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands, who defeated Bastia of France by an aggregate result of 3âÂÂ0 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
Playing in their first European final, PSV Eindhoven became the latest of the Grote Drie trio of big Dutch teams to win a European title. On the other hand, Bastia was the only French team to reach a UEFA Cup final until 1996.
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1977âÂÂ78 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
Poland and Switzerland were the two associations selected to have a third berth for this season, while Hungary and Romania went back to two qualified teams.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, except for five matches that were held on a Tuesday; one of them was the second leg of the final.
UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3âÂÂ0 victory to Schalke 04 as Fiorentina fielded an ineligible player, Gianfranco Casarsa.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
AZ Alkmaar won 16âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 8âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bastia won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 12âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Lazio won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Newcastle United won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
KB won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 11âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate, Eintracht Braunschweig won on away goals.
Ipswich Town won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Las Palmas won 8âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Lens won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
ÃÂjpest won 9âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 6âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate, Widzew à Âódà º won on away goals rule.
Marek Dupnitsa won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
R.W.D. Molenbeek won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate, Standard Liège won on away goals rule.
Start won 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Torino won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Zürich won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate, Barcelona won in a penalty shoot-out.
Aston Villa won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bastia won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Lens won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate, Carl Zeiss Jena won in a penalty shoot-out.
Eintracht Braunschweig won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Torino won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bastia won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate, Barcelona won in a penalty shoot-out.
Magdeburg won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Bastia won 9âÂÂ6 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers won on away goals rule.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate, Bastia won on away goals rule.
PSV won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate