1982–83 UEFA Cup

1982–83 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates	8 September 1982 – 18 May 1983
Teams	64 (from 31 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Anderlecht (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	352 (2.79 per match)
Attendance	3,034,148 (24,081 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zoran Filipović (Benfica); 8 goals
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 UEFA Cup was the 12th edition of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, and at the Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, between Anderlecht of Belgium and Benfica of Portugal. Anderlecht won by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their first and only UEFA Cup title.

As of 2024, Anderlecht remains the only Belgian team to have won either the UEFA Cup or its successor tournament, the UEFA Europa League. It was also their third and final win in a European competition, following the 1975–76 and 1977–78 editions of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 1982–83 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1981 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1976–77 to 1980–81.

Association ranking for 1982–83 UEFA Cup

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
1	West Germany	52.284	4
2	England	38.760
3	Spain	36.999
4	Netherlands	35.916	3
5	Belgium	31.966
6	France	30.250
7	East Germany	28.600
8	Soviet Union	27.050
9	Italy	26.165
10	Czechoslovakia	24.550	2
11	Yugoslavia	24.300
12	Switzerland	21.650
13	Hungary	19.400
14	Scotland	18.500
15	Portugal	18.000
-	Wales	17.000	0	^{[Note WAL]}
16	Bulgaria	16.950	2

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams	Notes
17	Greece	14.750	2
18	Sweden	14.000
19	Poland	13.850
20	Austria	13.500
21	Romania	13.300
22	Denmark	13.000	1
23	Republic of Ireland	8.665
24	Turkey	7.750
25	Norway	7.083
26	Cyprus	4.998
27	Northern Ireland	4.666
28	Malta	3.997
29	Luxembourg	3.666
30	Albania	3.500	0	^{[Note ALB]}
31	Finland	3.499	1
32	Iceland	3.331	1

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Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Its virtual ranking is only an original research, because the UEFA country ranking was only used to allocate the UEFA Cup spots at time, so Wales was not included.

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Albania: Until 1985, Albania frequently withdrew their allocated place in the UEFA Cup due to political reasons. Flamurtari would have qualified by league position. This additional place went to the 9th placed association, Italy.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

TH: Title holders
CW: Cup winners
CR: Cup runners-up
LC: League Cup winners
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners

Qualified teams for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
Köln (2nd)	Kaiserslautern (4th)	Werder Bremen (5th)	Borussia Dortmund (6th)
Ipswich Town (2nd)	Manchester United (3rd)	Arsenal (5th)	Southampton (7th)
Athletic Bilbao (4th)	Valencia (5th)	Real Betis (6th)	Sevilla (7th)
PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	HFC Haarlem (4th)	Utrecht (5th)	Anderlecht (2nd)
Gent (3rd)	Lokeren (4th)	Saint-Étienne (2nd)	Sochaux (3rd)
Bordeaux (4th)	Lokomotive Leipzig (3rd)	Vorwärts Frankfurt (4th)	Carl Zeiss Jena (5th)
Spartak Moscow (2nd)	Dinamo Tbilisi (3rd)	Dynamo Moscow (4th)	Fiorentina (2nd)
Roma (3rd)	Napoli (4th)	Baník Ostrava (2nd)	Bohemians (3rd)
Hajduk Split (3rd)	Sarajevo (4th)	Servette (2nd)	Zürich (3rd)
Ferencváros (2nd)	Tatabánya (3rd)	Rangers (3rd)	Dundee United (4th)
Benfica (2nd)	Porto (3rd)	Levski Sofia (2nd)	Slavia Sofia (3rd)
PAOK (3rd)	AEK Athens (4th)	IFK Norrköping (3rd)	Brage (4th)
Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)	Stal Mielec (3rd)	GAK (3rd)	Admira Wacker (4th)
Universitatea Craiova (2nd)	Corvinul Hunedoara (3rd)	Lyngby (2nd)	Shamrock Rovers (2nd)
Trabzonspor (2nd)	Viking (2nd)	Pezoporikos Larnaca (2nd)	Glentoran (2nd)
Zurrieq (3rd)	Progrès Niederkorn (2nd)	KPT Kuopio (2nd)	Fram (2nd)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Schedule for 1982–83 UEFA Cup
Round	First leg	Second leg
First round	8–29 September 1982	28 September – 6 October 1982
Second round	20–21 October 1982	3–4 November 1982
Third round	24 November 1982	8 December 1982
Quarter-finals	2 March 1983	16 March 1983
Semi-finals	6 April 1983	20 April 1983
Final	4 May 1983	18 May 1983

Bracket

First round				Second round				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Śląsk Wrocław	2	1	3
Dynamo Moscow	2	0	2	Śląsk Wrocław	0	1	1
Progrès Niederkorn	0	0	0	Servette	2	5	7
Servette	1	3	4					Servette	2	1	3
Saint-Étienne	4	0	4					Bohemians	2	2	4
Tatabánya	1	0	1	Saint-Étienne	0	0	0
Bohemians	5	2	7	Bohemians	0	4	4
Admira/Wacker	0	1	1									Bohemians	1	0	1
Viking (a)	1	2	3									Dundee United	0	0	0
Lokomotive Leipzig	0	3	3	Viking	1	0	1
Dundee United	1	2	3	Dundee United	3	0	3
PSV Eindhoven	1	0	1					Dundee United	2	1	3
Vorwärts Frankfurt	1	2	3					Werder Bremen	1	1	2
Werder Bremen (a)	3	0	3	Werder Bremen	2	6	8
Lyngby	1	2	3	Brage	0	2	2
Brage	2	2	4													Bohemians	0	1	1
Spartak Moscow	3	5	8													Anderlecht	1	3	4
Arsenal	2	2	4	Spartak Moscow	2	3	5
Haarlem	2	3	5	Haarlem	0	1	1
Gent	1	3	4					Spartak Moscow	0	0	0
Manchester United	0	1	1					Valencia	0	2	2
Valencia	0	2	2	Valencia	1	0	1
Glentoran	1	0	1	Baník Ostrava	0	0	0
Baník Ostrava	3	1	4									Valencia	1	1	2
Anderlecht	3	3	6									Anderlecht	2	3	5
KPT	0	1	1	Anderlecht	4	2	6
Utrecht	0	0	0	Porto	0	3	3
Porto	1	2	3					Anderlecht	6	0	6
GAK	1	0	1					Sarajevo	1	1	2
Corvinul Hunedoara	1	3	4	Corvinul Hunedoara	4	0	4
Slavia Sofia	2	2	4	Sarajevo	4	4	8
Sarajevo	2	4	6																	Anderlecht	1	1	2
Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0																	Benfica	0	1	1
Rangers	0	2	2	Rangers	2	0	2
AEK Athens	0	0	0	Köln	1	5	6
Köln	1	5	6					Köln	1	0	1
Roma	3	1	4					Roma	0	2	2
Ipswich Town	0	3	3	Roma (p)	1	0	1
Southampton	2	0	2	Norrköping	0	1	1
Norrköping (a)	2	0	2									Roma	1	1	2
Ferencváros	2	1	3									Benfica	2	1	3
Athletic Bilbao	1	1	2	Ferencváros	1	0	1
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2	0	2	Zürich	1	1	2
Zürich	2	1	3					Zürich	1	0	1
Benfica	2	2	4					Benfica	1	4	5
Real Betis	1	1	2	Benfica	2	2	4
Stal Mielec	1	0	1	Lokeren	0	1	1
Lokeren (a)	1	0	1													Benfica (a)	0	1	1
PAOK (a)	1	1	2													Universitatea Craiova	0	1	1
Sochaux	0	2	2	PAOK	2	0	2
Sevilla	3	3	6	Sevilla	0	4	4
Levski Sofia	1	0	1					Sevilla	1	0	1
Dinamo Tbilisi	2	0	2					Kaiserslautern	0	4	4
Napoli (a)	1	1	2	Napoli	1	0	1
Kaiserslautern	3	3	6	Kaiserslautern	2	2	4
Trabzonspor	0	0	0									Kaiserslautern	3	0	3
Żurrieq	1	0	1									Universitatea Craiova (a)	2	1	3
Hajduk Split	4	4	8	Hajduk Split	4	0	4
Carl Zeiss Jena	3	0	3	Bordeaux	1	4	5
Bordeaux	1	5	6					Bordeaux	1	0	1
Fram	0	0	0					Universitatea Craiova	0	2	2
Shamrock Rovers	3	4	7	Shamrock Rovers	0	0	0
Universitatea Craiova	3	0	3	Universitatea Craiova	2	3	5
Fiorentina	1	1	2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kaiserslautern	6–0	Trabzonspor	3–0	3–0
Roma	4–3	Ipswich Town	3–0	1–3
AEK Athens	0–6	Köln	0–1	0–5
Saint-Étienne	4–1	Tatabányai Bányász	4–1	0–0
Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Rangers	0–0	0–2
Dundee United	3–1	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	2–0
Utrecht	0–3	Porto	0–1	0–2
Bohemians	7–1	Admira/Wacker	5–0	2–1
Carl Zeiss Jena	3–6	Bordeaux	3–1	0–5
Dinamo Tbilisi	2–2 (a)	Napoli	2–1	0–1
Progrès Niederkorn	0–4	Servette	0–1	0–3
Spartak Moscow	8–4	Arsenal	3–2	5–2
Universitatea Craiova	3–2	Fiorentina	3–1	0–1
Vorwärts Frankfurt	3–3 (a)	Werder Bremen	1–3	2–0
Ferencváros	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–1
Glentoran	1–4	Baník Ostrava	1–3	0–1
GAK	1–4	Corvinul Hunedoara	1–1	0–3
HFC Haarlem	5–4	Gent	2–1	3–3
Fram	0–7	Shamrock Rovers	0–3	0–4
Lyngby	3–4	Brage	1–2	2–2
Manchester United	1–2	Valencia	0–0	1–2
PAOK	2–2 (a)	Sochaux	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2–3	Zürich	2–2	0–1
Slavia Sofia	4–6	Sarajevo	2–2	2–4
Anderlecht	6–1	KPT Kuopio	3–0	3–1
Sevilla	6–1	Levski Sofia	3–1	3–0
Benfica	4–2	Real Betis	2–1	2–1
Śląsk Wrocław	3–2	Dynamo Moscow	2–2	1–0
Southampton	2–2 (a)	IFK Norrköping	2–2	0–0
Stal Mielec	1–1 (a)	Lokeren	1–1	0–0
Viking	3–3 (a)	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–0	2–3
Żurrieq	1–8	Hajduk Split	1–4	0–4

First leg

8 September 1982

20:00

Progrès Niederkorn	0–1	Servette
	Report	Brigger 58'

Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn

Attendance: 717

Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)

15 September 1982