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The 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between R.S.C. Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

of Belgium

Belgium

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and Austria Vienna

FK Austria Wien

Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...

of Austria

Austria

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. It was the final match of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 and the 18th European Cup Winners' Cup Final. The final was held at Parc des Princes

Parc des Princes

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in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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, on 3 May 1978. Anderlecht won the match 4–0 thanks to two goals each by Rob Rensenbrink and Gilbert van Binst

Gilbert Van Binst

Gilbert Van Binst was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, Toulouse FC, Club Brugge KV and Belgium .- External links :*...

.

It was Anderlecht's third consecutive appearance in the final; they won the competition in 1976 and were runners-up in 1977.

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style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ANDERLECHT:
GK	1	Nico de Bree
DF	2	Gilbert Van Binst Gilbert Van Binst Gilbert Van Binst was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, Toulouse FC, Club Brugge KV and Belgium .- External links :*...
DF	3	Jean Thissen Jean Thissen Jean Thissen is a retired Belgian international footballer. At the club level, he played for Standard Liège and Anderlecht. He also played internationally for the Belgium national football team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship.Thissen coached Beira-Mar,...
DF	4	Johnny Dusbaba Johnny Dusbaba Johnny Dusbaba is a retired Dutch football player who played for ADO Den Haag, Ajax, Anderlecht, Standard Liège, NAC Breda and Sint-Niklase, as well as the Dutch national side.-External links:*...
DF	5	Hugo Broos
MF	6	François Van Der Elst François Van Der Elst François J. C. van der Elst is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a striker.Nicknamed Swat, his younger brother, Leo, was also a professional footballer. Both were Belgian internationals.-Football career:...
MF	7	Arie Haan
MF	8	Benny Nielsen Benny Nielsen (footballer) Jørgen "Benny" Nielsen is a Danish former football player. His position on the field was usually striker, although he also could play as midfielder. Nielsen played 28 matches for Denmark, scoring 7 goals. He made his début against Scotland in a 1–0 loss....
MF	9	Ludo Coeck Ludo Coeck Ludovic Coeck was a Flemish-Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Internazionale and Ascoli Calcio...
FW	10	Franky Vercauteren Franky Vercauteren François Vercauteren , nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, who is currently working for Al Jazira Club.- Career :...
FW	11	Rob Rensenbrink (c)
Substitutes:
MF	12	Jean Dockx Jean Dockx Jean Baptiste Dockx is a former Belgian International footballer. He played for R.W.D. Molenbeek and R.S.C. Anderlecht, and for the Belgium national football team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of...
Manager:
Raymond Goethals Raymond Goethals Raymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who notably led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club....

style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> AUSTRIA VIENNA: | GK 1

Hubert Baumgartner

Hubert Baumgartner is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:He played for SV Bad St. Leonhard, Alpine Donawitz, FK Austria Wien, Admira Wacker and SKN St. Pölten in Austria, as well as for Recreativo de Huelva in Spain. In 1978 he played in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final which Austria lost...

DF 2

Robert Sara

Robert Sara is a former Austrian football player, born in Oberlainsitz, near St. Martin im Waldviertel.His younger brother Josef was also a successful footballer.-Club career:...

Josef Sara DF 4

Erich Obermayer

Erich Obermayer is a former Austrian football player.-Club career:Obermayer came aged 16 from FC Wien and played 20 years for Austria Wien...

DF 5

Ernst Baumeister

Ernst Robert Baumeister is a former Austrian football player. He is currently manager of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.-Club career:...

MF 6

Herbert Prohaska

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MF 7

Karl Daxbacher

Karl Daxbacher is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing FK Austria Wien.-Career:...

MF 8

Felix Gasselich

Felix Gasselich is a retired Austrian association football player who played for Austria Wien, Ajax, LASK Linz, Wiener SC, Grazer AK, Kremser SC and SR Donaufeld Wien, as well as for the Austrian national side....

FW 9

Julio Morales

Julio César Araújo Morales is a former Uruguayan football striker. He was born on February 16, 1945, in the city of Montevideo in Uruguay. He was part of the Uruguay squad for the 1970 World Cup, where they finished fourth, as well as in a Mundialito winning team in January 1981, at the age of...

FW 10

Hans Pirkner

Johann "Hans" Pirkner is a former Austrian football forward.-Club career:Pirkner played for several clubs, including Schalke 04 , Austria Wien and First Vienna FC....

FW 11

Thomas Parits

Thomas Parits is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.- External links :* – Weltfussball* – National Football Teams* – Austria-Archiv* – Austria-Archiv...

Substitutes: MF

Alberto Martínez

Alberto Ariel Martínez

Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz was an Uruguayan professional footballer who played in Austria for Austria Vienna. He also held Austrian citizenship. Martínez, who played as a midfielder, participated in the 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final for Austria Vienna. Martínez died on 1 December 2009 of...

Fritz Drazan Manager:

Hermann Stessl

Hermann Stessl is an Austrian retired football player and coach.-Career:Stessl played for Grazer AK, starting his first team career in 1957....

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