1984 UEFA Cup final

Event	1983–84 UEFA Cup
Anderlecht Tottenham Hotspur 2 2
on aggregate Tottenham Hotspur won 4–3 on penalties
First leg
Anderlecht Tottenham Hotspur 1 1
Date	9 May 1984
Venue	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Attendance	38,000
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur Anderlecht 1 1
After extra time
Date	23 May 1984
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Volker Roth (West Germany)
Attendance	46,258
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The 1984 UEFA Cup Final was an association football tie played on 9 May and 23 May 1984 to determine the champion of the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. The two-legged final was contested between Anderlecht of Belgium, who were defending champions, and Tottenham Hotspur of England. Tottenham won 4–3 on penalty kicks after the tie finished 2–2 on aggregate.^[1]

To date, this remains the most recent European honour won by Tottenham Hotspur. It would be another 35 years until Spurs reached another major European final, when they lost the Champions League Final in 2019 to Liverpool.

In 1997, it emerged that Anderlecht's passage to the final had involved the club's chairman paying a bribe totalling £27,000 to the referee for the semi-final against Nottingham Forest. A dubious penalty was awarded to Anderlecht, whilst a Forest goal was disallowed.^[2]

Route to the final

Anderlecht				Round	Tottenham Hotspur
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bryne	4–1	3–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	First round	Drogheda United	14–0	6–0 (A)	8–0 (H)
Baník Ostrava	4–2	2–0 (H)	2–2 (A)	Second round	Feyenoord	6–2	4–2 (H)	2–0 (A)
Lens	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Third round	Bayern München	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Spartak Moscow	4–3	4–2 (H)	0–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Austria Wien	4–2	2–0 (H)	2–2 (A)
Nottingham Forest	3–2	0–2 (A)	3–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Hajduk Split	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)

Match details

First leg

9 May 1984

Anderlecht	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Olsen 85'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Miller 57'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Anderlecht

Tottenham Hotspur

GK 1 Jacky Munaron RB 3 Georges Grün CB 2 Walter De Greef CB 10 Morten Olsen (c) LB 5 Michel De Groote RM 8 Wim Hofkens CM 6 Enzo Scifo CM 7 René Vandereycken LM 11 Kenneth Brylle CF 9 Erwin Vandenbergh  82' CF 4 Alexandre Czerniatynski  64' Substitutes: GK 12 Dirk Vekeman MF 13 Per Frimann FW 14 Franky Vercauteren  64' MF 15 Arnór Guðjohnsen MF 16 Frank Arnesen  82' Manager: Paul Van Himst

GK 1 Tony Parks RB 2 Danny Thomas CB 4 Graham Roberts CB 5 Paul Miller LB 3 Chris Hughton RM 10 Gary Stevens  81' CM 6 Steve Perryman (c)  67' CM 7 Micky Hazard LM 11 Tony Galvin  71' CF 9 Mark Falco CF 8 Steve Archibald Substitutes: MF 12 Gary Mabbutt  81' FW 14 Garth Crooks MF 15 Richard Cooke DF 16 Ian Culverhouse GK 17 Ray Clemence Manager: Keith Burkinshaw

Second leg

23 May 1984

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Anderlecht
Roberts 84'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Czerniatynski 60'
Penalties
Roberts Falco Stevens Archibald Thomas	4–3	Olsen Brylle Scifo Vercauteren Guðjohnsen

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 46,258

Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)

Tottenham Hotspur

Anderlecht

GK 1 Tony Parks RB 2 Danny Thomas CB 4 Graham Roberts (c) CB 5 Paul Miller  73'  77' LB 3 Chris Hughton RM 10 Gary Stevens  57' CM 6 Gary Mabbutt  73' CM 7 Micky Hazard LM 11 Tony Galvin CF 9 Mark Falco  70' CF 8 Steve Archibald Substitutes: MF 12 Osvaldo Ardiles  73' FW 14 Garth Crooks DF 15 Mark Bowen MF 16 Ally Dick  77' GK 17 Ray Clemence Manager: Keith Burkinshaw

GK 1 Jacky Munaron RB 2 Georges Grün CB 3 Walter De Greef CB 10 Morten Olsen LB 5 Michel De Groote RM 8 Wim Hofkens CM 9 Enzo Scifo CM 7 René Vandereycken LM 6 Franky Vercauteren (c) CF 11 Frank Arnesen  42'  77' CF 4 Alexandre Czerniatynski  103' Substitutes: FW 14 Kenneth Brylle  103' FW 16 Arnór Guðjohnsen  77' Manager: Paul Van Himst