Soccer Nostalgia: UEFA Super Cup- Part Five (Liverpool vs. SV Hamburg, 1977)

The fifth edition of the UEFA Super Cup took place in the Fall of 1977, between the winner of the Champions Cup, Liverpool and the winners of the Cup Winners Cup, SV Hamburg.

The English side Liverpool had won their very first Champions Cup after defeating West German side Borussia Monchengladbach (3-1) at Rome on May 25^th, 1977.

They were continuing a dynasty at the top level following UEFA Cup wins in 1973 and 1976.

After the win, Liverpool’s star Kevin Keegan had joined their opponents for this Super Cup, SV Hamburg.

To replace the departing Keegan, Liverpool had enrolled, the Scottish Kenny Dalglish from Celtic Glasgow. The rest of this solid squad had remained intact.

The English contingent of Clemence, Neal, Smith, Thompson, Kennedy, Case, McDermott were complemented with the likes of the Irishman Heighway and the Welshmen Jones and Toshack.

The West German side SV Hamburg were an ambitious side that were a few years away from making an even bigger impact on the domestic and European Stage.

They had won the Cup Winners Cup on May 11^th, 1977 at Amsterdam by defeating the defending Champions Anderlecht (2-0).

The side contained new and future Internationals such as Kaltz, Magath, and Volkert. They had not only signed Keegan in the off-season but also Yugoslavian International defender Buljan.

They had replaced their Cup Winners Cup winning Manager Klotzer with Rudi Guttendorf in the summer. However, poor results had led to his sacking and Ozcan Arkoc now managed the side.

In fact both sides were struggling in their respective Leagues prior to this match and it was difficult to designate a clear favorite before these encounters.

The sides had met just a few months prior in a summer pre-season friendly as part of the Keegan transfer (3-2 Hamburg win), but not much could be read from inconsequential encounters such as that one.

The first leg was played on November 22^nd, 1977 at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion.

The hosts Hamburg were missing a number of key players most notably Georg Volkert and Peter Nogly.

Keegan had declared that they would make the difference in Hamburg to have an easier time at Liverpool.

Snow (on the days leading up to the match) had made the field somewhat slippery.

Liverpool started the match in a better form but slowly Hamburg got into the rhythm.

They took the lead in the first half from a Ferdinand Keller volley in the 29^th minute.

A few minutes later, Liverpool defender Joe Jones was injured and he would be replaced with Tommy Smith.

Liverpool sensing Hamburg’s vulnerabilities started to press harder in the second half for an equalizer.

In the 58^th minute, Paisley replaced Jimmy Case with David Johnson. Dalglish was also moved further up and now Liverpool had four strikers.

The pressure paid off when in the 65^th minute, David Fairclough headed in the equalizer.

The match (ended in a (1-1) tie) had been largely unimpressive and many observers had likened it to a friendly match.

Liverpool Manager Bob Paisley stated, “We had the impression that neither side wanted to win the Super Cup”.

Keegan went further, he said, “we (SV Hamburg) were pathetic. The last two weeks we have played well, bit tonight we were terrible.”

Photo From: Onze, Issue 24, December 1977

(Team captains, November 22, 1977, UEFA Super Cup, SV Hamburg 1- Liverpool 1)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 24, December 1977

(November 22, 1977, UEFA Super Cup, SV Hamburg 1- Liverpool 1)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 24, December 1977

(Emlyn Hughes heading, November 22, 1977, UEFA Super Cup, SV Hamburg 1- Liverpool 1)

The Second Leg took place at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on December 6^th, 1977.

Liverpool had the edge as the home team along with the away goal. They made a few modifications from the first leg. Tommy Smith started in defense in place of the injured Joey Jones. Terry McDermott would also replace Ian Callaghan in the squad.

For Hamburg, Jurgen Stars, Buljan, Eigl, Memering and Steffenhagen were out and replaced in the lineup by Kargus, Nogly, Bertl, Hidien and Georg Volkert.

Keegan had been apprehensive about his reception back at Liverpool, but fans greeted him well.

Phil Thompson gave Liverpool the lead in the 21^st minute and from then on it was one-way traffic with Hamburg unable to match Liverpool’s dominance at home.

Terry McDermott struck a memorable hat trick by scoring in the 40^th, 56^th and 57^th minutes.

At the (0-2) score, the Liverpool fans started chanting “Keegan! Keegan! What’s the score?”

In the second half the onslaught continued with Liverpool scoring four more goals.

After McDermott’s double strike in the 56^th and 57^th minutes, Hamburg made a double substitution in the 69^th minutes o limit the damage.

Kurt Eigl and Arno Steffenhagen went on for Keller and Zaczyk.

It was to no avail as Liverpool scored twice more in the closing stages through a Fairclough header and a Dalglish strike. Liverpool comfortably won this Super Cup (7-1) on aggregate.

It had been a brutal homecoming for Keegan. He would say “I was disappointed from our point of view, because we were diabolical”. He also praised his former squad.

Liverpool would go on and win their second successive Champions Cup a few months later.

Photo From: Mondial, old series, Issue 12, January 1978

(December 6, 1977, UEFA Super Cup, Liverpool 6-SV Hamburg 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 96, January 1997

(December 6, 1977, UEFA Super Cup, Liverpool 6-SV Hamburg 0)

November 22, 1977

Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (West Germany) 1-Liverpool Football Club (England) 1

UEFA Super Cup- First Leg

Venue: Hamburg -Volksparkstadion

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Antonio Garrido (Portugal)

Goalscorers:

(Hamburg): Ferdinand Keller 29

(Liverpool): David Fairclough 65

Summary of goals:

1:0 (29th minute, Hamburg): Manfred Kaltz crossed from right side, Klaus Zaczyk failed to connect with it and the ball reached Keller who volleyed in.

1:1 (65th minute, Liverpool): Kennedy crossed from right side towards the far post and Fairclough headed in.

Lineups:

SV Hamburg:

1-Jurgen Stars, 6-Manfred Kaltz, 2-Hans-Jurgen Ripp, 3-Ivan Buljan (Yugoslavia) (12-Andreas Karow 67th), 5-Kurt Eigl, 9-Klaus Zaczyk, 4-Caspar Memering, 10-Felix Magath (14-Horst Bertl 64th), 7-Kevin Keegan (England), 8-Ferdinand Keller, 11-Arno Steffenhagen

Coach: Ozcan Arkoc (Turkey)

Team Captain: Manfred Kaltz

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Shirt Sponsor: None (Hitachi, but no advertisement allowed for this match, HSV on shirts)

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales) (13-Tommy Smith 33^rd), 4-Phil Thompson, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7- Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), 8-Jimmy Case (16-David Johnson 58^th), 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10-David Fairclough, 11-Ian Callaghan

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

Terry McDermott, John Toshack (Wales), Peter McDonnell

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

December 6, 1977

Liverpool Football Club (England) 6-Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (West Germany) 0

UEFA Super Cup- Second Leg

Venue: Liverpool-Anfield Stadium

Attendance: 34,931

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(Liverpool): Phil Thompson 21, Terry McDermott, 40, 56, 57, David Fairclough 84, Kenny Dalglish 88

(Hamburg): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (21^st minute, Liverpool): A corner from the left by Heighway, hit a defender and Thompson shot in the rebound.

2:0 (40^th minute, Liverpool): Kennedy sent a cross into box, McDermott trapped and shot in.

3:0 (56^th minute, Liverpool): Hamburg players lose ball, it gets to McDermott who shoots from long range to score.

4:0 (57^th minute, Liverpool): Kennedy sent McDermott through to score.

5:0 (84^th minute, Liverpool): Case crossed from the right side for Fairclough to head in.

6:0 (88^th minute, Liverpool): A corner from right side by Case, the ball is headed across by Thompson towards Johnson who also headed it to Fairclough who volleyed. His attempt was blocked but Dalglish scored from the rebound.

Lineups:

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3 -Tommy Smith, 4-Phil Thompson, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7- Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), 8- Terry McDermott, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland) (14-David Johnson 46^th), 10-David Fairclough, 11-Jimmy Case

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

John Toshack (Wales), Alan Hansen (Scotland), Joey Jones (Wales) , Peter McDonnell

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

SV Hamburg:

1- Rudi Kargus, 2-Hans-Jurgen Ripp, 3-Peter Nogly, 4-Horst Bertl , 5-Peter Hidien, 6-Manfred Kaltz, 7-Kevin Keegan (England), 8-Ferdinand Keller (14-Kurt Eigl 69^th), 9-Klaus Zaczyk (13-Arno Steffenhagen 69^th), 10-Felix Magath, 11-Georg Volkert

Coach: Ozcan Arkoc (Turkey)

Team Captain: Peter Nogly

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Shirt Sponsor: None (Hitachi, but no advertisement allowed for this match, HSV on shirts)

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Liverpool Team for these matches:

Goalkeepers:

Raymond Neal C9lemence (August 5, 1948, Skengress)

Peter McDonnel (June 11, 1953, Kendal)

Defenders/Midfielders/Forwards:

Philip George Neal (February 20, 1951, Irchester)

Joseph Patrick Jones (Wales) (March 4, 1955, Llandudno)

Thomas ‘Tommy’ Smith (April 5, 1945, Liverpool)

Philip Bernard Thompson (January 21, 1954, Kirkby)

Emlyn Walter Hughes (August 28, 1947, Barrow-in-Furness-November 9, 2004, Sheffield)

Alan David Hansen (June 13, 1955, Sauchie)

Raymond Kennedy (July 28, 1951, Seaton Delaval)

Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (Scotland) (March 4, 1951, Dalmarnock)

James Robert ‘Jimmy’ Case (May 18, 1954, Liverpool)

David Johnson (October 23, 1951, Liverpool)

Stephen Derek ‘Steve’ Heighway (Republic of Ireland) (November 25, 1947, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)

David Fairclough (January 5, 1957, Liverpool)

Ian Robert Callaghan (April 10, 1942, Toxteth, Liverpool)

Terence ‘Terry’ McDermott (December 8, 1951, Liverpool)

John Benjamin Toshack (Wales) (March 22, 1949, Cardiff, Wales)

Coach: Robert ‘Bob’ Paisley (January 23, 1919, Hetton-le-Hole-February 14, 1996, Liverpool)

Note:

Some information for unused substitutes may not be available, therefore these are the players on and off the field that are verified to have been present).

Photo From: Football Panini 78

(Liverpool Logo)

Photo From: Football Panini 78

(Liverpool Manager Bob Paisley)

Photo Credits:

All Liverpool players from ‘Football Panini 78’

Except:

Hansen (Soccer Stars 7879-Golden Collection)

Johnson (Football Panini 79)

Peter McDonnell (http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/496)

Photo Credits:

All Liverpool players from ‘Football Panini 78’

Except:

Hansen (Soccer Stars 7879-Golden Collection)

Johnson (Football Panini 79)

Peter McDonnell (http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/496)

SV Hamburg Team for these matches:

Goalkeepers:

Jurgen Stars (June 24, 1948, Lübeck)

Rudi Kargus (August 15, 1952, Worms)

Defenders/Midfielders/Forwards:

Manfred Kaltz (January 6, 1953, Ludwigshafen)

Hans-Jurgen Ripp (June 24, 1946, Hamburg)

Peter Nogly (January 14, 1947, Travemünde)

Ivan Buljan (Yugoslavia) (December 11, 1949, Runovići, present day Croatia)

Andreas Karow (November 3, 1958, Hamburg)

Kurt Eigl (March 7, 1954, Hockenheim)

Klaus Zaczyk (May 25, 1945, Marburg)

Capar Memering (June 1, 1953, Bockhorst)

Felix Magath (July 26, 1953, Aschaffenburg)

Horst Bertl (March 24, 1947)

Kevin Joseph Keegan (England) (February 14, 1951, Armthorpe, United Kingdom)

Ferdinand Keller (July 30, 1946, Munich)

Arno Steffenhagen (September 24, 1949 , Berlin)

Peter Hidien (November 14, 1953, Koblenz)

Georg Volkert (November 28, 1945, Ansbach)

Coach: Ozcan Arkoc (Turkey) (October 2, 1939, Hayrabolu, Turkey)

Note:

Some information for unused substitutes may not be available, therefore these are the players on and off the field that are verified to have been present).