The 1981âÂÂ82 European Cup was the 27th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The tournament was won for the only time by Aston Villa in the final against Bayern Munich. It was the sixth consecutive year that an English club won the competition. Liverpool, the defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals.
The final is remembered mainly for the performance of young stand-in goalkeeper Nigel Spink who made a host of saves from the experienced Bayern players. Villa's winning goal came from Peter Withe who converted Tony Morley's cross in off the post.
BFC Dynamo won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate
Austria Wien won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won on away goals.
Aston Villa won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
BanÃÂk Ostrava won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 10âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
AZ won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Glentoran won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; KB won on away goals.
Universitatea Craiova won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Aston Villa won on away goals.
Red Star Belgrade won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Aston Villa won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
The top scorers from the 1981âÂÂ82 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: