The 1982âÂÂ83 UEFA Cup was the 12th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, and at the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, between Anderlecht of Belgium and Benfica of Portugal. Anderlecht won by an aggregate result of 2âÂÂ1 to claim their first and only UEFA Cup title.
As of 2024, Anderlecht remains the only Belgian team to have won either the UEFA Cup or its successor tournament, the UEFA Europa League. It was also their third and final win in a European competition, following the 1975âÂÂ76 and 1977âÂÂ78 editions of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1982âÂÂ83 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
For the 1982âÂÂ83 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1981 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1976âÂÂ77 to 1980âÂÂ81.
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, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
Sevilla won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bohemians won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate; KSC Lokeren won on away goals.
Corvinul Hunedoara won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Saint-ÃÂtienne won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
FK Sarajevo won 6âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
BanÃÂk Ostrava won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Viking won on away goals.
Anderlecht won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
IK Brage won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; IFK Norrköping won on away goals.
Bordeaux won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Werder Bremen won on away goals.
Ferencvárosi won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
HFC Haarlem won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; PAOK won on away goals.
Zürich won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Roma won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Napoli won on away goals.
Servette won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 8âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Valencia won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Porto won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Köln won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
FK Sarajevo won 8âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Valencia won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bohemians won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 8âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Roma won 4âÂÂ2 on penalties.
Benfica won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
FC Zürich won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Köln won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Servette won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Roma won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bohemians won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Valencia won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Universitatea Craiova won on away goals.
Anderlecht won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bohemians won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.
Anderlecht won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate
Anderlecht won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.