The 1982 European Cup Final was played on 26 May 1982. English champions Aston Villa F.C. defeated West German league winners FC Bayern Munich 1-0 at De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands to win the European Cup for the first time, and continue the streak of English teams winning the competition.

Match summary

It represented a huge success in his first season as manager for Tony Barton. He had only taken over as Villa boss before the quarter-finals after the shock resignation of Villa boss Ron Saunders.

Brian Moore's commentary from the winning goal of Aston Villa's 1982 European Cup win over Bayern Munich is displayed on a giant banner across the North Stand of Villa Park:

As defending European champions Villa were invited into the European Cup, European Super Cup and World Club Cup for the following season. Their defence of the European Cup ended in a quarter-final defeat to a Michel Platini-inspired Juventus F.C.. They beat FC Barcelona 3-1 on aggregate to win the Super Cup, but lost 2-0 to Uruguay club Penarol for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

Match details

ASTON VILLA: GK 1 Jimmy Rimmer DF 2 Kenny Swain DF 3 Gary Williams DF 4 Allan Evans DF 5 Ken McNaught MF 6 Dennis Mortimer (c) MF 7 Des Bremner MF 8 Gary Shaw MF 9 Peter Withe FW 10 Gordon Cowans FW 11 Tony Morley Substitutes: GK 16 Nigel Spink DF Colin Gibson MF Andy Blair MF Pat Heard FW David Geddis Manager: Tony Barton

BAYERN MUNICH: GK 1 Manfred Müller DF 2 Wolfgang Dremmler DF 3 Udo Horsmann DF 4 Hans Weiner DF 5 Klaus Augenthaler MF 6 Wolfgang Kraus MF 7 Bernd Dürnberger MF 8 Paul Breitner FW 9 Dieter Hoeneß MF 10 Reinhold Mathy FW 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c) Substitutes: MF Günter Güttler MF Kurt Niedermayer GK Walter Junghans Manager: Pál Csernai

See also

• European Cup 1981–82
• Aston Villa F.C. in the 1981–82 European Cup

External links

• 1981-82 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• European Cup History 1982