The 1973–74 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Bayern Munich, beginning their own three-year period of domination, in a replayed final against Atlético Madrid, the only such occasion in the tournament's final. This was the first time the cup went to Germany, and the only European Cup final to require a replay after the first match was drawn 1–1 after extra time.
Ajax, the three-time defending champions, were eliminated by CSKA Sofia in the second round.
Teams Wacker Innsbruck Club Brugge CSKA Sofia APOEL Spartak Trnava Vejle Liverpool TPS Nantes Dynamo Dresden Bayern Munich Olympiacos Újpest Fram Waterford United Juventus Jeunesse Esch Floriana Ajax TH Crusaders Viking Stal Mielec Benfica Dinamo București Celtic Atlético Madrid Åtvidaberg Basel Galatasaray Zaria Voroshilovgrad Red Star Belgrade
Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Spartak Trnava won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zorya Voroshilovgrad won 3–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Újpest won 6–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Bayern Munich won on penalties.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–3 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 10–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 11–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 9–1 on aggregate.
Vejle won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 12–0 on aggregate.
Atletico Madrid won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Spartak Trnava won 1–0 on aggregate.
Újpest won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7–6 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.
Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
2–2 on aggregate; Újpest won on penalties.
Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.
Celtic won 6–5 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate
Atlético Madrid won 2–0 on aggregate
Final
Replay
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich82 Raoul Lambert Club Brugge6 Conny Torstensson Åtvidaberg / Bayern Munich64 Dudu Georgescu Dinamo București5 Ottmar Hitzfeld Basel5 Uli Hoeneß Bayern Munich57 Walter Balmer Basel4 Pierre Carteus Club Brugge4 Radu Nunweiller Dinamo București410 Tommy Callaghan Celtic3 John Deans Celtic3 László Fazekas Újpest3 Jimmy Johnstone Celtic3 Dimitar Marashliev CSKA Sofia3 Stanislav Martinkovič Spartak Trnava3
Notes
References
External links
1973–74 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1973–74 European Cup according to protocols UEFA – results and line-ups (archive)