1974 UEFA Cup final

1974 UEFA Cup final
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	21 May 1974
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance	46,281
Second leg
Date	29 May 1974
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance	59,317

The 1974 UEFA Cup Final was played on 21 May 1974 and 29 May 1974 between Tottenham Hotspur of England and Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Netherlands, to determine the champion of the 1973–74 UEFA Cup. Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate. Tottenham supporters rioted during the second leg in Rotterdam, which started after Feyenoord scored towards the end of the first half and continued into the second half.^[1]

Route to the final

In the preceding five rounds of the competition, Tottenham had never been seriously threatened with elimination, as the London-based club outscored their opponents by a total of 29 goals to 8 en route to the final. In contrast, Feyenoord Rotterdam won several narrow victories in their cup ties: they advanced on away goals against Belgian side Standard in the third round and needed extra time in the return leg to beat Polish club Ruch Chorzów in the quarter-final. Additionally, leading up to the final, Feyenoord had won only one out of five legs that were played away from their home ground, De Kuip.

This marked the second time in three years that Spurs had reached the final of a UEFA Cup, having defeated fellow English side Wolves in the inaugural final.

Tottenham Hotspur				Round	Feyenoord
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Grasshoppers	9–2	5–1 (A)	4–1 (H)	First round	Öster	5–2	3–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Aberdeen	5–2	1–1 (A)	4–1 (H)	Second round	Gwardia Warsaw	3–2	3–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
Dinamo Tbilisi	6–2	1–1 (A)	5–1 (H)	Third round	Standard Liège	3–3 (a)	1–3 (A)	2–0 (H)
1. FC Köln	5–1	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Ruch Chorzów	4–2 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (A)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Lokomotive Leipzig	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	VfB Stuttgart	4–3	2–1 (H)	2–2 (A)

Match details

First leg

21 May 1974

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Feyenoord
England 39' Van Daele 64' (o.g.)	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Van Hanegem 43' De Jong 85'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 46,281

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Tottenham Hotspur

Feyenoord


GK	1	Pat Jennings
DF	2	Ray Evans
DF	3	Terry Naylor
MF	4	John Pratt
DF	5	Mike England
DF	6	Phil Beal	81'
FW	7	Chris McGrath
MF	8	Steve Perryman
MF	9	Martin Chivers
FW	10	Martin Peters (c)
MF	11	Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
DF	12	Mike Dillon	81'
Manager:
Bill Nicholson


GK	1	Eddy Treijtel
RB	2	Wim Rijsbergen
CB	3	Joop van Daele
CB	4	Rinus Israël (c)
LB	5	Harry Vos
MF	9	Theo de Jong
MF	7	Wim Jansen
MF	10	Willem van Hanegem
FW	8	Peter Ressel
FW	6	Lex Schoenmaker
FW	11	Jørgen Kristensen
Manager:
Wiel Coerver

Second leg

After holding Spurs to a 2–2 draw at London's White Hart Lane, Feyenoord went into their home leg as favourites.^[2] Their 2–0 victory at home secured the club their first UEFA Cup title.

The second leg in Rotterdam was marred by violence and hooliganism from rioting Spurs supporters.^[2]

29 May 1974

Feyenoord	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Rijsbergen 43' Ressel 84'	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 59,317

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)