UEFA Cup Winners' Cup records and statistics

Performances

[edit] By nation
Nation Wins Runners-up Winning clubs
England 8 5 Chelsea (2), Arsenal (1), Everton (1), Manchester City (1), Manchester United (1), Tottenham (1), West Ham (1)
Spain 7 7 Barcelona (4), Atlético Madrid (1), Real Zaragoza (1), Valencia (1)
Italy 7 4 AC Milan (2), Fiorentina (1), Juventus (1), S.S. Lazio (1), Parma (1), Sampdoria (1)
Germany 4 4 Bayern Munich (1), Borussia Dortmund (1), Hamburg (1), Werder Bremen (1)
Belgium 3 4 Anderlecht (2), KV Mechelen (1)
Ukraine 2 0 Dynamo Kiev (2)
Scotland 2 2 Aberdeen (1), Rangers (1)
East Germany 1 2 1. FC Magdeburg (1)
France 1 2 Paris Saint-Germain (1)
Netherlands 1 1 Ajax (1)
Portugal 1 1 Sporting Lisbon (1)
Czechoslovakia 1 0 Slovan Bratislava (1)
Georgia 1 0 Dinamo Tbilisi (1)
Austria 0 3 -
Hungary 0 2 -
Poland 0 1 -


[edit] By club
Team Winners Win Runners-Up Years Won Years Runners-Up
1 FC Barcelona 4 2 (1979, 1982, 1989, 1997) (1969, 1991)
2 Anderlecht 2 2 (1976, 1978) (1977, 1990)
3 AC Milan 2 1 (1968, 1973) (1974)
4 Chelsea 2 0 (1971, 1998) -
5 Dynamo Kiev 2 0 (1975, 1986) -
6 Atlético Madrid 1 2 (1962) (1963, 1986)
7 Rangers 1 2 (1972) (1961, 1967)
8 Arsenal 1 2 (1994) (1980, 1995)
9 Fiorentina 1 1 (1961) (1962)
10 West Ham Utd 1 1 (1965) (1976)
11 Hamburg 1 1 (1977) (1968)
12 Ajax 1 1 (1987) (1988)
13 Sampdoria 1 1 (1990) (1989)
14 Parma 1 1 (1993) (1994)
15 Paris Saint-Germain 1 1 (1996) (1997)
16 Tottenham 1 0 (1963) -
17 Sporting Lisbon 1 0 (1964) -
18 Borussia Dortmund 1 0 (1966) -
19 Bayern Munich 1 0 (1967) -
20 Slovan Bratislava 1 0 (1969) -
21 Manchester City 1 0 (1970) -
22 1. FC Magdeburg 1 0 (1974) -
23 Valencia 1 0 (1980) -
24 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 0 (1981) -
25 Aberdeen 1 0 (1983) -
26 Juventus 1 0 (1984) -
27 Everton 1 0 (1985) -
28 KV Mechelen 1 0 (1988) -
29 Manchester Utd 1 0 (1991) -
30 Werder Bremen 1 0 (1992) -
31 Real Zaragoza 1 0 (1995) -
32 Lazio 1 0 (1999) -
33 Real Madrid 0 2 - (1971, 1983)
34 Rapid Vienna 0 2 - (1985, 1996)
35 MTK Budapest 0 1 - (1964)
36 1860 Munich 0 1 - (1965)
37 Liverpool 0 1 - (1966)
38 Górnik Zabrze 0 1 - (1970)
39 Dynamo Moscow 0 1 - (1972)
40 Leeds Utd 0 1 - (1973)
41 Ferencváros 0 1 - (1975)
42 Austria Vienna 0 1 - (1978)
43 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 1 - (1979)
44 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 0 1 - (1981)
45 Standard Liège 0 1 - (1982)
46 Porto 0 1 - (1984)
47 Lokomotive Leipzig 0 1 - (1987)
48 Monaco 0 1 - (1992)
49 Royal Antwerp 0 1 - (1993)
50 Stuttgart 0 1 - (1998)
51 Real Mallorca 0 1 - (1999)


[edit] Trivia and records
The Cup Winners' Cup was not contested by Cup Winners only, and the Cup Winners' Cup was several times won by a team that hadn't won its domestic cup (or the Cup Winners' Cup) the previous season. It happened five times, and five more such teams reached the CWC final.
The best "non-Cup winners" performances in the European Cup Winners' Cup:
Fiorentina won the inaugural tournament in 1960/61 in spite of having lost the Coppa Italia Final in 1960 to double winners Juventus.
Rangers were the second team to achieve this, winning in 1971/72 after having lost the 1970/71 Scottish Cup Final to champions Celtic in a replay.
Likewise, Anderlecht won the 1977/78 tournament for which they qualified by virtue of losing the Belgian Cup Final in 1977 to champions Club Brugge. That was the third time in succession that Anderlecht made the final of the CWC: they also won it in 1976, and in 1977 they fell to the CWC jinx.
Dynamo Tbilisi won the 1980/81 tournament although they had lost the Soviet Union Cup Final of 1979/80 to Shakhtar Donetsk. The reason here: the final was played after the deadline UEFA had set for registration; since both clubs were eligible for the UEFA Cup (based on the final table of the 1979 season, in which Shakhter had come 2nd and Dynamo Tbilisi 4th), they were simply "distributed" over the two cups before the final had been played; in the end, the final result (Shakhter 2-1 Dynamo) belied that distribution.
Finally, Barcelona won the 1996/97 tournament after losing the 1996 Copa del Rey against Atlético Madrid, who took the Spanish double that season.
During the 1994/95 season, England had two representatives in the tournament, neither of which was the reigning FA Cup holder. The first was Arsenal who had won the CWC the previous year, and the second was Chelsea who had lost the 1993/94 FA Cup final to double winners Manchester United. Both teams were eliminated from competition by eventual winners Real Zaragoza of Spain.
The "CWC jinx": no team ever managed to defend the trophy, although the previous winners reached the next final on no fewer than 8 occasions - and the teams that failed include some of the most prestigious of the continent, as the following list shows:
Fiorentina: winners in 1960/61, lost 1961/62 final to Atlético Madrid;
Atlético Madrid: winners in 1961/62, lost 1962/63 final to Tottenham Hotspur;
Milan: winners in 1972/73, lost 1973/74 final to 1.FC Magdeburg;
Anderlecht: winners in 1975/76, lost 1976/77 final to Hamburger SV;
Ajax: winners in 1986/87, lost 1987/88 final to KV Mechelen;
Parma: winners in 1992/93, lost 1993/94 final to Arsenal;
Arsenal: winners in 1993/94, lost 1994/95 final to Real Zaragoza;
Paris St-Germain: winners in 1995/96, lost 1996/97 final to Barcelona.
The Cup Winners' Cup rarely saw teams qualifying more than three times in a row. Below are all the teams to have participated in 3 or more consecutive CWCs
5
Cardiff City (1967/68-1971/72)
Reipas Lahti (1973/74-1977/78)
4
Shamrock Rovers (1966/67-1969/70)
Anderlecht (1975/76-1978/79)
FC Barcelona (1981/82-1984/85)
Dinamo Bucureşti (1986/87-1989/90)
FC Dinamo Batumi (1995/96-1998/99)
3
Olympiakos Piraeus (1961/62-1963/64) [withdrew from 1962/63 competition]
Dinamo Zagreb (1963/64-1965/66)
Galatasaray (1965/65-1966/67)
Floriana (1965/66-1967/68)
Standard Liège (1965/66-1967/68)
Rába ETO Győr (1966/67-1968/69)
Levski-Spartak Sofia (1967/68-1969/70)
Górnik Zabrze (1968/69-1970/71)
Steaua Bucureşti (1969/70-1971/72)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (Lisboa) (1971/72-1973/74)
PAOK Saloniki (1972/73-1974/75)
Fortuna Düsseldorf (1978/79-1980/81)
Swansea City (1981/82-1983/84)
Rapid Wien (1984/85-1986/87)
Glentoran (1985/86-1987/88)
FC Barcelona (1988/89-1990/91)
Valur (Reykjavik) (1991/92-1993/94)
Žalgiris (Vilnius) (1993/94-1995/96)
AEK (Athinai) (1995/96-1997/98)
Lokomotiv Moskva (1996/97-1998/99)
Dinamo Batumi and Lokomotiv Moskva had their series cut off because of the discontinuation of the CWC in 1999, but would not have qualified for the 1999/2000 CWC anyway.
The worst finish a Cup Winners' Cup winner ever achieved in their domestic league in their winning season was 10th, by Manchester City in 1969/70:
In the same season, Arsenal set the corresponding record for the Fairs' Cup.
The second-worst finish, and the only one with a record under 50%, is that of Werder Bremen in 1991/92:
West Ham United also finished 9th in the English league in 1964/65
Only 5 clubs have won the Cup Winners' Cup in the same season as their domestic league:
Dynamo Kiev 1975, 1986
Milan 1968
1.FC Magdeburg 1974
Juventus 1984
Everton 1985
If the winner of the Cup Winners' Cup didn't win its domestic cup, the country in question usually got two representatives in the CWC, and this occasionally led to meeting between clubs from the same country.
1963/64 England Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United [2nd round, 2-0 and 1-4]
1970/71 England Chelsea v Manchester City [semif., 1-0 and 1-0]
1979/80 Spain Barcelona v Valencia [quarterf., 0-1 and 3-4]
1988/89 Belgium KV Mechelen v Anderlecht [2nd round, 1-0 and 2-0]
1992/93 Germany Werder Bremen v Hannover 96 [1st round, 3-1 and 1-2]
1995/96 Spain Deportivo La Coruña v Zaragoza [quarterf., 1-0 and 1-1]
Largest margin of victory in a final

1962/63, Tottenham Hotspur F.C 5-1 Atlético Madrid
Most goals in a final

1963/64, Sporting Lisbon 4-3 MTK Budapest (2 matches):
Final: Sporting Lisbon 3-3 MTK Budapest
Final replay: Sporting Lisbon 1-0 MTK Budapest
1978/79, FC Barcelona 4-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Highest win in one leg:

1963/64, 2nd round: Sporting CP (Lisbon) 16-1 APOEL Nicosia
(record for all European Cups)

Highest aggregate win:

1971/72, 1st round:
Jeunesse Hautcharage 0-8 Chelsea
Chelsea 13-0 Jeunesse Hautcharage
Chelsea win 21-0 on aggregate
(tie for record for all European Cups)

Most goals in game

1963/64, 2nd round: Sporting CP (Lisbon) 16-1 APOEL Nicosia, total 17 goals
(record for all European Cups)

Most goals in tie

1976/77, 1st round:
Levski-Spartak (Sofia) 12-2 Reipas (Lahti)
Reipas (Lahti) 1-7 Levski-Spartak (Sofia)
Levski-Spartak (Sofia) win 19-3 on aggregate, total 22 goals
(record for all European Cups)

Most individual goals in a game

1976/77, 1st round:
Levski-Spartak (Sofia) 12-2 Reipas (Lahti)
Kiril Milanov scores 6 goals
Sporting 16-1 APOEL Nicosia
Osvaldo Mascarenhas scores 6 goals
(record for all European Cups)

Most individual goals in a tie

1976/77, 1st round:
Levski-Spartak (Sofia) 12-2 Reipas (Lahti) - Kiril Milanov scores 6 goals
Reipas (Lahti) 1-7 Levski-Spartak (Sofia) - Kiril Milanov scores 4 goals
Kiril Milanov scores 10 total goals
(record for all European Cups)

Best come-backs

1961/62, 1st round:
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 6-2 Leixoes (Porto)
Leixões (Porto) 5-0 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
Leixoes win 7-6 on aggregate
1963/64, quarter-finals
Manchester United 4-1 Sporting CP
Sporting CP 5-0 Manchester United
Sporting CP win 6-4 on aggregate
1984/85, 1st round:
FC Metz 2-4 Barcelona
Barcelona 1-4 FC Metz [after 1-0 at 33']
Metz win 6-5 on aggregate
1985/86, quarterf.:
Dynamo Dresden 2-0 Bayer Uerdingen
Bayer Uerdingen 7-3 Dynamo Dresden [after 1-3 halftime]
Uerdingen win 7-5 on aggregate
1995/96, 2nd round
Halmstad BK 3-0 Parma FC
Parma FC 4-0 Halmstad BK
Parma win 4-3 on aggregate