1974 UEFA Cup final

1974 UEFA Cup final
on aggregate
First leg
Date21 May 1974
VenueWhite Hart Lane, London
RefereeRudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance46,281
Second leg
Date29 May 1974
VenueDe Kuip, Rotterdam
RefereeConcetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance59,317
1973
1975

The 1974 UEFA Cup Final was played on 21 May 1974 and 29 May 1974 between Tottenham Hotspur of England and Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Netherlands, to determine the champion of the 1973–74 UEFA Cup. Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate. Tottenham supporters rioted during the second leg in Rotterdam, which started after Feyenoord scored towards the end of the first half and continued into the second half.

Route to the final

In the preceding five rounds of the competition, Tottenham had never been seriously threatened with elimination, as the London-based club outscored their opponents by a total of 29 goals to 8 en route to the final. In contrast, Feyenoord Rotterdam won several narrow victories in their cup ties: they advanced on away goals against Belgian side Standard in the third round and needed extra time in the return leg to beat Polish club Ruch Chorzów in the quarter-final. Additionally, leading up to the final, Feyenoord had won only one out of five legs that were played away from their home ground, De Kuip.

This marked the second time in three years that Spurs had reached the final of a UEFA Cup, having defeated fellow English side Wolves in the inaugural final.

Tottenham Hotspur Round Feyenoord
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Switzerland Grasshoppers 9–2 5–1 (A) 4–1 (H) First round Sweden Öster 5–2 3–1 (A) 2–1 (H)
Scotland Aberdeen 5–2 1–1 (A) 4–1 (H) Second round Poland Gwardia Warsaw 3–2 3–1 (H) 0–1 (A)
Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 6–2 1–1 (A) 5–1 (H) Third round Belgium Standard Liège 3–3 (a) 1–3 (A) 2–0 (H)
West Germany 1. FC Köln 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals Poland Ruch Chorzów 4–2 (a.e.t.) 1–1 (A) 3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 4–1 2–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Semi-finals West Germany VfB Stuttgart 4–3 2–1 (H) 2–2 (A)

Match details

First leg

Tottenham Hotspur
Feyenoord
GK 1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
DF 2 England Ray Evans
DF 3 England Terry Naylor
MF 4 England John Pratt
DF 5 Wales Mike England
DF 6 England Phil Beal downward-facing red arrow 81'
FW 7 Northern Ireland Chris McGrath
MF 8 England Steve Perryman
MF 9 England Martin Peters (c)
FW 10 England Martin Chivers
MF 11 England Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Mike Dillon upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson
GK 1 Netherlands Eddy Treijtel
RB 2 Netherlands Wim Rijsbergen
CB 3 Netherlands Joop van Daele
CB 4 Netherlands Rinus Israël (c)
LB 5 Netherlands Harry Vos
MF 9 Netherlands Theo de Jong
MF 7 Netherlands Wim Jansen
MF 10 Netherlands Willem van Hanegem
MF 8 Netherlands Peter Ressel
FW 6 Netherlands Lex Schoenmaker
FW 11 Denmark Jørgen Kristensen
Manager:
Netherlands Wiel Coerver

Second leg

After holding Spurs to a 2–2 draw at London's White Hart Lane, Feyenoord went into their home leg as favourites. Their 2–0 victory at home secured the club their first UEFA Cup title.

The second leg in Rotterdam was marred by violence and hooliganism from rioting Spurs supporters.

Feyenoord
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 1 Netherlands Eddy Treijtel
RB 2 Netherlands Wim Rijsbergen
CB 3 Netherlands Joop van Daele
CB 4 Netherlands Rinus Israël (c)
LB 5 Netherlands Harry Vos
MF 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Ramljak
MF 7 Netherlands Wim Jansen
MF 8 Netherlands Theo de Jong
FW 9 Netherlands Peter Ressel
FW 10 Netherlands Lex Schoenmaker
FW 11 Denmark Jørgen Kristensen downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
MF 12 Netherlands Johan Boskamp upward-facing green arrow 76' downward-facing red arrow 86'
FW 14 Netherlands Henk Wery upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Netherlands Wiel Coerver
GK 1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
DF 2 England Ray Evans
DF 3 England Terry Naylor
MF 4 England John Pratt downward-facing red arrow 77'
DF 5 Wales Mike England
DF 6 England Phil Beal
FW 7 Northern Ireland Chris McGrath
MF 8 England Steve Perryman
MF 9 England Martin Peters (c)
FW 10 England Martin Chivers
MF 11 England Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
MF 12 England Phil Holder upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson

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