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1976 European Cup final

1976 European Cup final

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Event	1975–76 European Cup
Bayern Munich Saint-Étienne 1 0
Date	12 May 1976
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Attendance	54,864[1]
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The 1976 European Cup final was a football match held at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 12 May 1976, that saw Bayern Munich of West Germany defeat Saint-Étienne of France 1–0. This was the third consecutive European Cup title for Bayern, making them the third club to achieve this feat, following Real Madrid and Ajax.

Route to the final[edit]

Bayern Munich				Round	Saint-Étienne
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Jeunesse Esch	8–1	5–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	First round	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	5–1	2–0 (A)	3–1 (H)
Malmö FF	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	Rangers	4–1	2–0 (H)	2–1 (A)
Benfica	5–1	0–0 (A)	5–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	0–2 (A)	3–0 (H)
Real Madrid	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match[edit]

Summary[edit]

The match took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow, a city that already had seen Saint-Étienne defeat local team Rangers during the competition. Les Verts were playing against Bayern Munich, a team hoping to win a third consecutive European Cup.

The game began with Gerd Müller finding the back of the net after Bernd Dürnberger won the ball in his own half and went on a 50-metre solo run; however, Müller's effort was disallowed for offside by the Hungarian referee Károly Palotai. In the 37th minute, Uli Hoeneß took a shot, but it did not worry goalkeeper Ivan Ćurković. Saint-Étienne had plenty of chances to score, though; at the 34th minute Dominique Bathenay's shot hit the crossbar, with Bayern's keeper Sepp Maier beaten. Five minutes later, Jacques Santini connected with a cross from Christian Sarramagna, but his header hit the crossbar too. After the final, French fans called Hampden Park's goalposts "les poteaux carrés" (English: the square posts).^[2]

After the start of the second half, Bayern were more confident. In the 57th minute, Franz Beckenbauer passed to Gerd Müller, who was tackled by Osvaldo Piazza and the referee gave a free-kick to the German team from 20 metres out, just left of the penalty arc. Franz Beckenbauer tipped the ball to Roth on his right who scored half high into the left side of the goal. After this, les Verts tried everything. Manager Robert Herbin chose to substitute Sarramagna for Dominique Rocheteau, but to no avail.

At the end of the match, Saint-Étienne's players were crying, because they felt that they had been unlucky, but their supporters were congratulating them, and their return in France was heroic, even though they were defeated.^{[citation needed]}

Details[edit]

Bayern Munich	1–0	Saint-Étienne
Roth 57'	Report

Attendance: 54,864

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

GK 1 Sepp Maier DF 2 Johnny Hansen DF 3 Udo Horsmann DF 4 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck DF 5 Franz Beckenbauer (c) MF 6 Franz Roth FW 7 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge MF 8 Bernd Dürnberger FW 9 Gerd Müller FW 10 Uli Hoeneß MF 11 Jupp Kapellmann Substitutes: GK Hugo Robl Manager: Dettmar Cramer

GK 1 Ivan Ćurković DF 2 Gérard Janvion DF 3 Pierre Repellini DF 4 Osvaldo Piazza DF 5 Christian Lopez MF 6 Dominique Bathenay MF 7 Patrick Revelli MF 8 Jean-Michel Larqué (c) FW 9 Hervé Revelli MF 10 Jacques Santini FW 11 Christian Sarramagna  83' Substitutes: FW 13 Dominique Rocheteau  83' GK 16 Jean Castaneda Manager: Robert Herbin

See also[edit]

• 1975–76 European Cup
• FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 1975-76 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Summary of the final below in French