1982–83 UEFA Cup
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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.
Tournament details | |
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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 → |
As of 2024, Anderlecht remains the only Belgian team to have won either the UEFA Cup or its sucessor 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.