Event | 1981–82 European Cup | ||||||
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Date | 26 May 1982 | ||||||
Venue | De Kuip, Rotterdam | ||||||
Man of the Match | Peter Withe (Aston Villa) | ||||||
Referee | Georges Konrath (France) | ||||||
Attendance | 46,000 | ||||||
The 1982 European Cup final was played on 26 May 1982 at the end of the 1981–82 European Cup season. Football League First Division winners Aston Villa defeated Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first (and to date only) European Cup; this continued the streak of English teams winning the competition in six straight seasons.