1984–85 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 September 1984 – 29 May 1985 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Juventus (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Liverpool |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 186 (3.05 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,546,110 (25,346 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg) Michel Platini (Juventus) 7 goals each |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → | |
The 1984–85 European Cup was the 30th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football competition. The tournament was won for the first time by Juventus in a 1–0 win against defending champions Liverpool. Juventus became the first club to have won all three major European trophies at the time (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup), as well a posteriori as the one that needed the shortest amount of time to complete this (8 years).
This edition of the tournament was overshadowed by the Heysel Stadium disaster that happened prior to the final match. Following the disaster, English clubs received a five-year ban from entering any European competition, thus ending a period of great success for English clubs in the European Cup which had seen three clubs winning seven finals since 1977, including six successive finals up to 1982. Liverpool, English champions in 1989–90, were given an extra year's ban.