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{{Infobox football match
| title                   = 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup final
| image                   = 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final match programme.jpg
| caption                 = Match programme cover
| event                   = [[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup]]
| team1                   = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| team1association        = {{flagicon|BEL|size=30px}}
| team1score              = 4
| team2                   = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| team2association        = {{flagicon|AUT|size=30px}}
| team2score              = 0
| details                 = 
| date                    = 3 May 1978
| stadium                 = [[Parc des Princes]]
| city                    = [[Paris]]
| man_of_the_match1a      =
| man_of_the_match1atitle =
| man_of_the_match1b      =
| man_of_the_match1btitle =
| referee                 = [[Heinz Aldinger]] ([[German Football Association|West&nbsp;Germany]])
| attendance              = 48,679
| weather                 =
| previous                = [[1977 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1977]]
| next                    = [[1979 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1979]]
}}
The '''1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final''' was a [[association football|football]] match contested between [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] of [[Belgium]] and [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] of [[Austria]]. It was the final match of the [[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup]] and the 18th [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] final. The final was held at [[Parc des Princes]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], on 3 May 1978. The venue was selected in [[Bern]] by the [[UEFA]] Executive Committee on 20 September 1977.<ref>{{cite news |title=La Hemeroteca de Mundo Deportivo desde 1906 |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1977/09/21/pagina-8/1034197/pdf.html |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=Hemeroteca |date=21 September 1977 |page=8 |language=es}}</ref> Anderlecht won the match 4–0 thanks to two goals each by [[Rob Rensenbrink]] and [[Gilbert van Binst]].

It was Anderlecht's third consecutive appearance in the final; they won the competition in [[1976 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1976]] and were runners-up in [[1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1977]].

==Route to the final==
{{further|1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup}}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
! 
!colspan=4|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
|- style="background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[PFC Lokomotiv Sofia|Lokomotiv Sofia]]
|8–1
|6–1 (A)
|2–0 (H)
|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|First round]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]
|1–0
|0–0 (A)
|1–0 (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|3–2 
|2–1 (A)
|1–1 (H)
|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup#Second round|Second round]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[FC Lokomotíva Košice|Lokomotíva Košice]]
|1–1 ([[away goals rule|a]])
|0–0 (H)
|1–1 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|3–1 
|0–1 (A)
|3–0 (H)
|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]
|2–2 (3–0 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|1–1 (A)
|1–1 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]]) (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[FC Twente|Twente]]
|3–0
|1–0 (A)
|2–0 (H)
|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|3–3 (5–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|2–1 (H)
|1–2 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]]) (A)
|}

==Match details==
{{football box
|date = 3 May 1978
|team1 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] {{flagicon|BEL}}
|score = 4–0
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=0/matches/round=844/match=60631/lineups/index.html
|team2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
|goals1 = [[Rob Rensenbrink|Rensenbrink]] {{goal|13||44}}<br />[[Gilbert Van Binst|Van Binst]] {{goal|45||82}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
|attendance = 48,679
|referee = [[Heinz Aldinger]] ([[German Football Association|West&nbsp;Germany]]) }}
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{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Nico de Bree]]
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Gilbert Van Binst]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Hugo Broos]] || {{yel}}
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johnny Dusbaba]]
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean Thissen]]
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Franky Vercauteren]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|FW ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[François Van der Elst]]
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Arie Haan]]
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|DNK}} [[Benny Nielsen (footballer, born 17 March 1951)|Benny Nielsen]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Ludo Coeck]]
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rob Rensenbrink]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean Dockx]] || || {{subon|87}}
|- 
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Raymond Goethals]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:Anderlecht-Austria Wien 1978-05-03.svg|300px]]
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hubert Baumgartner]] 
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Robert Sara]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Erich Obermayer]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Baumeister]]
|-
|MF ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Daxbacher]] || || {{suboff|60}}
|-
|DF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Josef Sara]] || {{yel}}
|-
|FW ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Thomas Parits]]
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Herbert Prohaska]]
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hans Pirkner]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Felix Gasselich]]
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Julio Morales (Uruguayan footballer)|Julio Morales]] || || {{suboff|74}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||''' ''' ||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Alberto Martínez (footballer, born 1950)|Alberto Martínez]] || || {{subon|60}}
|-
|FW ||''' ''' ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Fritz Drazan]] || || {{subon|74}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hermann Stessl]]
|}
|}

==See also==
*[[1978 European Cup Final]]
*[[1978 UEFA Cup Final]]
*[[R.S.C. Anderlecht in European football]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec2.html UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100503064813/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1977/intro.html 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final at UEFA.com]

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{{FK Austria Wien matches}}

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