Which English football club won the European Cup in 1982. beating Bayern Munich, 1-0 in Rotterdam?
1982 European Cup Final Peñarol for the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan. 1982 European Cup Final The 1982 European Cup Final was played on 26 May 1982. English champions Aston Villa defeated West German league winners Bayern Munich 1–0 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands to win the European Cup for the first, and so far, only time, and continue the streak of English teams winning the competition, being the sixth consecutive victory by an English side. It represented a huge success in his first season as manager for Tony Barton. He had only taken over as Villa boss before the quarter-finals after the
History of football in England in 1977. They went on to win the 1981 league title and the year after won the European Cup, becoming the fourth English club to do so, beating Bayern Munich 1–0 in Rotterdam. Between 1965 and 1974 Leeds had been the most consistent club side in English football, winning two league titles, as well as five runners-up places, had never finished outside the top four and had reached nine major finals, and 4 other semi-finals, as well as winning the FA cup in 1972, however this success would end with the departure of Don Revie for the England national team