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1982 European Cup final
	Match programme cover
Event	1981–82 European Cup
Date	26 May 1982
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Man of the Match	Peter Withe (Aston Villa)
Referee	Georges Konrath (France)
Attendance	46,000
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The 1982 European Cup final was played on 26 May 1982 at the end of the 1981–82 European Cup season. Football League First Division winners Aston Villa defeated Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first (and to date only) European Cup; this continued the streak of English teams winning the competition in six straight seasons.

Route to the final

Bayern Munich				Round	Aston Villa
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Östers IF	6–0	1–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	First round	Valur	7–0	5–0 (H)	2–0 (A)
Benfica	4–1	0–0 (A)	4–1 (H)	Second round	Dynamo Berlin	2–2 (a)	2–1 (A)	0–1 (H)
Universitatea Craiova	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
CSKA Sofia	7–4	3–4 (A)	4–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Anderlecht	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match

Summary

Two moments of the match, (left): Des Bremner, Dieter Hoeneß, Paul Breitner, and Kenny Swain in action; (right): Players of Aston Villa celebrating their victory

After 10 minutes, Aston Villa goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer suffered a repeat of a recurring shoulder injury. His replacement, Nigel Spink, subsequently made his second first team appearance for the club.^[1] His performance in helping prevent Bayern from scoring throughout the match was highly praised, and is seen by many as the making of a player who would be Villa's first choice goalkeeper for the following 10 seasons.^[2]

Bayern did find the net with three minutes of play remaining, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Villa also got the ball in the net for a second time a few seconds before the end of the match but this goal was also disallowed.

Brian Moore's commentary of the winning goal is displayed on a giant banner across the Doug Ellis Stand of Villa Park:

Shaw, Williams prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe.

As defending European champions, Villa were invited into the European Cup, European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup for the following season. Their defence of the European Cup ended in a quarter-final defeat to Juventus. They beat Barcelona 3–1 on aggregate to win the Super Cup, but lost 2–0 to Uruguayan club Peñarol for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

After the game, a number of players swapped shirts; Peter Withe and Nigel Spink later received their shirts back.^[3]^[4] As of 2024, captain Dennis Mortimer is still looking for his shirt.^[5]

Details

26 May 1982

20:15 CEST

Bayern Munich	0–1	Aston Villa
	Report	Withe 67'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

Bayern Munich^[6]

Aston Villa^[6]


GK	1	Manfred Müller
RB	2	Wolfgang Dremmler
CB	4	Hans Weiner
CB	5	Klaus Augenthaler
LB	3	Udo Horsmann
RM	10	Reinhold Mathy	51'
CM	6	Wolfgang Kraus	78'
CM	8	Paul Breitner (c)
LM	7	Bernd Dürnberger
CF	9	Dieter Hoeneß
CF	11	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Substitutes:
GK	12	Walter Junghans
MF	13	Kurt Niedermayer	78'
DF	14	Hans Pflügler
MF	15	Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
MF	16	Günter Güttler	51'
Manager:
Pál Csernai


GK	1	Jimmy Rimmer		9'
RB	2	Kenny Swain
CB	5	Ken McNaught
CB	4	Allan Evans
LB	3	Gary Williams	38'
CM	6	Dennis Mortimer (c)
CM	10	Gordon Cowans
CM	7	Des Bremner
RW	9	Peter Withe
CF	8	Gary Shaw
LW	11	Tony Morley
Substitutes:
MF	12	Pat Heard
MF	13	Andy Blair
FW	14	David Geddis
DF	15	Colin Gibson
GK	16	Nigel Spink		9'
Manager:
Tony Barton