The 1974âÂÂ75 UEFA Cup was the fourth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA.
The final was played over two legs at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany, and at the Diekman Stadion, Enschede, the Netherlands. It was won by Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany, who defeated FC Twente of the Netherlands by an aggregate result of 5âÂÂ1 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
No team from West Germany had ever won the UEFA Cup, or its unofficial predecessor Inter-Cities Fairs Cup before Borussia's first conquest, which came two years after reaching the final in 1973. In that edition, both teams had already faced in the semi-finals, which ended with the same aggregate score. For the first time since the 1966 edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, no English team reached the final.
A total of 63 teams from 30 UEFA member associations participate in the 1974âÂÂ75 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:
The Netherlands and Austria were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while Scotland and Belgium went back to two qualified teams.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
Notes
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the first round, both legs of the match-up between FC Amsterdam and Hibernians F.C. were played over five days in the Netherlands, with the second leg being held on a Sunday
Lyon won 11âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Portadown won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Derby County won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate, Twente won on away goals rule.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate, Ajax won on away goals rule.
RWD Molenbeek won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 12âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Porto won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
DjurgÃÂ¥rden won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo BucureÃÂti won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate, Veleà ¾ Mostar won on away goals rule.
Steagul RoÃÂu BraÃÂov won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate, Royal Antwerp won on away goal rules.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate, Dynamo Dresden won on away goal rules.
Hamburg won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
BanÃÂk Ostrava won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate, Raba ETO Gyà Âr won 5âÂÂ4 in penalty shoot-out.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate, Dynamo Moscow won on away goals rule.
Nantes won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Grasshopper won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Köln won 9âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Both legs were played in Amsterdam, the second leg was formally a 'home' game for Hibernians. Amsterdam won 12âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Zaragoza won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate, Derby County won 7âÂÂ6 in penalty shoot-out.
Juventus won 8âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Partizan won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
BanÃÂk Ostrava won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Köln won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Veleà ¾ Mostar won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate, Dynamo Dresden won 4âÂÂ3 in penalty shoot-out.
Zaragoza won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 10âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Twente won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Amsterdam won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate, Ajax won on away goals rule.
BanÃÂk Ostrava won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Twente won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Köln won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Amsterdam won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.
Veleà ¾ Mostar won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Köln won 8âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Twente won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Twente won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.