UNITED IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP



United have only played once in The European Champions Cup Competition after they won The Scottish League Championship in 1983, therefore taking part in The 1983/84 competition, where they first met Maltese Champions Hamrun Spartans in The First Round and finally went out at The Semi-Final stage unluckily to Italian Champions AS Roma 3-2 on aggregate

Record in this competition - Played 8 Won 5 Draw 1 Lost 2 Goals For 14 Against 5

Fixtures played that season

1st Round - 1st Leg - 14/9/83

Hamrun Spartans (Malta) 0 V Dundee United 3
At Ta'Quali Stadium, Valetta, Malta - Attendance - 12,300





Goals by Derek Stark, Eamonn Bannon and John Reilly

United Line-up - McAlpine, Kirkwood, Stark, Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Milne, Reilly(Clark), Holt, Dodds(Taylor).

Programme from the above match



1st Round - 2nd Leg - 28/9/83

Dundee United 3 V Hamrun Spartans 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee - Attendance - 8,213
Goals by Billy Kirkwood and 2 for Ralph Milne

United Line-up - McAlpine, Kirkwood, Murray, Gough, Hegarty, Stark,
Bannon, Milne, Sturrock(Payne), Holt, Dodds.

Aggregate score 6-0 to Dundee United

Programme from the above match



2nd Round - 1st Leg - 19/10/83

Standard Liege (Belgium) 0 V Dundee United 0


At Stade Le Sclessin, Leige, Belgium - Attendance - 26,000

United Line-up - McAlpine, Kirkwood, Stark, Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Milne, Malpas, Holt, Dodds.

Programme from the above match



2nd Round - 2nd Leg - 2/11/83

Dundee United 4 V Standard Liege 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee - Attendance - 16,674
Goals by Paul Hegarty, 2 by Ralph Milne and Davie Dodds

United Line-up - McAlpine, Kirkwood, Stark(Reilly), Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Milne, Malpas, Holt, Dodds.

Aggregate score 4-0 to Dundee United

Programme and ticket from the above match


Quarter Final - 1st Leg - 7/3/84

Rapid Vienna (Austria) 2 V Dundee United 1
At Gerhard-Hanappl Stadium, Vienna, Austria - Attendance - 16,000

Goal by Derek Stark (see pic below)

United Line-up - McAlpine, Stark, Malpas, Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Milne(Holt), Kirkwood, Sturrock(Clark), Dodds.

Programme from the above match



Derek Stark scoring in the above match



Quarter Final - 2nd Leg - 21/3/84

Dundee United 1 V Rapid Vienna 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee - 17,442
Goal by Davie Dodds

United Line-up - McAlpine, Stark, Malpas, Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Kirkwood(Holt), Coyne(Milne), Sturrock, Dodds.

Aggregate score 2-2 Dundee United win on away goals rule

Davie Dodds scoring that vital goal in the above match



Programme from the above match



Semi Final - 1st Leg - 11/4/84

Dundee United 2 V AS Roma 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee - Attendance - 20,543
Goals by Davie Dodds and Derek Stark

United Line-up - McAlpine, Stark, Malpas, Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Milne, Kirkwood, Sturrock(Coyne), Dodds.

Programme and ticket from the above match


Paul Hegarty dominating in the air in the above match



Semi Final - 2nd Leg - 25/4/84

AS Roma 3 V Dundee United 0
At The Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy - Attendance - 68,060

United Line-up - McAlpine, Stark, Malpas, Gough, Hegarty, Narey,
Bannon, Milne, Kirkwood, Sturrock, Dodds. Subs - Holt, Clark.

Aggregate score 3-2 to AS Roma

United finally went out of The Competition to Italian Champions Roma in a contreversial match in a heated atmosphere in Rome.

Programme and ticket from the above match in Rome's Olympic Stadium


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