1976–77 UEFA Cup

The 1976–77 UEFA Cup was the sixth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy, and at San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain. It was won by Juventus of Italy, who defeated Athletic Bilbao of Spain on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

This was the first major European conquest for Juventus, having previously lost one European Cup final and two Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup finals. It was the first time that a team from Southern Europe had won the competition, and the last European title for an Italian team for seven years, which was their biggest international drought at club level until 2018.

In their first European final, Athletic Bilbao was the first Spanish finalist in the UEFA Cup, and the only one until 1985. A Spanish club last reached the Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup final in 1966, which was also the last year with a Spanish title in Europe. Athletic became the fourth different Spanish side to lose at this stage in European competition ever since.

Association team allocation
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participate in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup. The original allocation scheme was as follows:


 * 3 associations have four teams qualify.
 * 3 associations have three teams qualify.
 * 18 associations have two teams qualify.
 * 7 associations have one team qualify.

Hungary and Romania were the two associations selected to have an extra third birth for this season, while the Soviet Union and Sweden went back to two qualified teams.

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

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

First round

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Second leg
Schalke 04 won 5–4 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 8–0 on aggregate.

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Kaiserslautern won 11–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Austria Salzburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Barcelona won 5-4 on aggregate.

Wisła Kraków won 4-2 on aggregate.

Derby County won 16–1 on aggregate.

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.

Espanyol won 4–3 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.

Videoton won 5–2 on aggregate.

Grasshoppers won 9–0 on aggregate.

Hibernian won 1–0 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd won 2–1 on aggregate.

Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.

Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.

Magdeburg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

Molenbeek won 7–0 on aggregate.

Queens Park Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Lokeren won 6–1 on aggregate.

Akademik Sofia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sportul Studențesc won 4–2 on aggregate.

Wacker Innsbruck won 7–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–0 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao won 5–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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Second leg
AEK Athens won 5–2 on aggregate.

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.

Öster won 4–3 on aggregate.

Videoton won 2–1 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 7–2 on aggregate.

Köln won 5–2 on aggregate.

Magdeburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–2 on aggregate.

Queens Park Rangers won 8–5 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 won 5–0 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Molenbeek won 5–4 on penalties.

Third round

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Second leg
3–3 on aggregate; AEK Athens won on away goals.

Athletic Bilbao won 5–4 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Magdeburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona won 8–1 on aggregate.

4–4 on aggregate; Queens Park Rangers won on away goals.

Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Second leg
Athletic Bilbao won 4–3 on aggregate.

Molenbeek won 2–1 on aggregate.

Juventus won 4–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; AEK Athens won 7–6 on penalties.

Semi-finals

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Second leg
1–1 on aggregate; Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second leg
2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.