1981 UEFA Cup Final

1981 UEFA Cup Final
Event 1980–81 UEFA Cup
Ipswich Town AZ '67
England Netherlands
5 4
on aggregate
First leg
Ipswich Town AZ '67
3 0
Date 6 May 1981
Venue Portman Road, Ipswich
Referee Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
Attendance 27,532
Second leg
AZ '67 Ipswich Town
4 2
Date 20 May 1981
Venue Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Referee Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
Attendance 28,500

The 1981 UEFA Cup Final was the two-legged final of the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, the tenth season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The matches were contested between Ipswich Town of England and AZ '67 of the Netherlands; despite losing the second leg of the final 4–2,[1] Ipswich won 5–4 on aggregate.[2] The legs were played on 6 May 1981 at Ipswich's Portman Road stadium and on 20 May 1981 at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.

Route to the final

Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup as a result of finishing third the previous season behind Liverpool and Manchester United.[3] AZ '67 finished the 1979–80 Eredivisie season in second place, three points behind champions AFC Ajax.[4]

Ipswich Town played Greek side Aris Saloniki in the first round of the competition, winning 5–1 at Portman Road and going through 6–4 on aggregate having lost the return leg in Greece 3–1. A narrow aggregate victory over Czechoslovakian club Bohemians in the second round, was followed by a 5–1 aggregate win against Polish team Widzew Łódź. The quarter-finals saw Ipswich face French team Saint-Étienne, who, with Michel Platini, would go on to win the French league that season. An "marvellous" 4–1 victory for the English club in France,[5] followed by a 3–1 home win, knocked out the French team with a 7–2 aggregate victory. Two 1–0 wins over West German club 1. FC Köln saw Ipswich progress to their first European cup final.[1]

AZ started their European campaign with a 10–0 aggregate victory over Luxembourgeois team Red Boys Differdange, which was followed by a 6–1 overall win against Bulgarian club Levski Spartak. The third round ended with a 7–2 aggregate win for the Dutch club over Yugoslav team Radnički Niš; this was followed with a 2–1 overall victory against Belgian club Lokeren. An away 1–1 draw followed by a 3–2 home victory against French club Sochaux, secured AZ '67's passage in the UEFA Cup final.[1]

Match details

First leg

Ipswich Town England 3–0 Netherlands AZ '67
Wark  30' (pen.)
Thijssen  47'
Mariner  55'		 Report

Overview (archive) Overview
Attendance: 27,532
Ipswich Town
AZ '67
GK1England Paul Cooper
DF2England Steve McCall
DF3England Mick Mills (c)
MF4Netherlands Frans Thijssen
DF5England Russell Osman
DF6England Terry Butcher
MF7Scotland John Wark
MF8Netherlands Arnold Mühren
FW9England Paul Mariner
FW10Scotland Alan Brazil
FW11England Eric Gates
Manager:
England Bobby Robson
GK1Netherlands Eddy Treijtel
RB2Netherlands Richard van der Meer
CB3Netherlands John Metgod
CB4Netherlands Ronald Spelbos
LB5Netherlands Hugo Hovenkamp (c)
MF6Netherlands Jan Peters
MF7Netherlands Jos Jonker
MF8Netherlands Peter Arntz
MF9Denmark Kristen Nygaard 57'
CF10Netherlands Kees Kist
CF11Netherlands Pier Tol
Substitutes:
FW12Austria Kurt Welzl 57'
Manager:
West Germany Georg Keßler

Second leg

AZ '67 Netherlands 4–2 England Ipswich Town
Welzl  7'
Metgod  25'
Tol  40'
Jonker  73'		 Report

Overview (archive) Overview

 Thijssen  4'
Wark  32'
Attendance: 28,500
AZ '67
Ipswich Town
GK1Netherlands Eddy Treijtel
RB2Netherlands Hans Reijnders
CB3Netherlands John Metgod
CB4Netherlands Ronald Spelbos
LB5Netherlands Hugo Hovenkamp (c)
MF6Netherlands Jan Peters
MF7Netherlands Jos Jonker
MF8Netherlands Peter Arntz
MF9Denmark Kristen Nygaard
CF10Austria Kurt Welzl 80'
CF11Netherlands Pier Tol 46'
Substitutes:
FW12Netherlands Kees Kist 46'
MF14Netherlands Chris van den Dungen 80'
Manager:
West Germany Georg Keßler
GK1England Paul Cooper
DF2England Steve McCall
DF3England Mick Mills (c)
MF4Netherlands Frans Thijssen
DF5England Russell Osman
DF6England Terry Butcher
MF7Scotland John Wark
MF8Netherlands Arnold Mühren
FW9England Paul Mariner
FW10Scotland Alan Brazil
FW11England Eric Gates
Manager:
England Bobby Robson

Summary

Ipswich's John Wark set a competition record by scoring 14 goals,[6] equalling the long-standing scoring record in a European competition, set by José Altafini of A.C. Milan in the 1962–63 European Cup.[7][nb 1]

Post-match

Bobby Robson left the club a year later to become the England national football team manager,[9] leading England to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, the best result for the nation since another former Ipswich manager, Alf Ramsey, led the country to World Cup victory in 1966.[10]

AZ '67 went on to reach the semi-final of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup;[11] Ipswich made it to the third round in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ The tally was exceeded by Jürgen Klinsmann, who scored 15 in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Stokkermans, Karel (9 January 2008). "European Competitions 1980–81". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "The story of a legend: Sir Bobby's factfile". ESPN. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Stuart. "Season 1979–80". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Schoenmakers, Jan (20 February 2005). "Netherlands 1979/80". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Paul, Ian (6 March 1981). "Bingham hands Scots a World Cup compliment". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 34. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "1980/81: Ipswich thankful for Thijssen". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Altafini reflects on Milan marvel". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
  8. ↑ "Love conquers all in UEFA Cup goal race". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Sir Bobby Robson: fact file". The Daily Telegraph. UK. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Glanville, Brian (2 August 2009). "Sir Bobby Robson 1933–2009: the bravest knight". The Times. UK. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Garcia goal breaks Alkmaar hearts". CNN. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "Vieri stuns Ipswich". BBC Sport. 6 December 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
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