The 1982–83 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Hamburg, who beat Juventus 1–0 in the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium. It was the first time since 1976 that the trophy was not won by an English club. Aston Villa, the defending champions, were eliminated by Juventus in the quarter-finals. Villa's 3–1 first round victory over Beşiktaş was played behind closed doors due to trouble from the Villa crowd against Anderlecht in the previous season’s semi-final in Brussels. Liverpool, the other English side in the tournament, were defeated by Polish champions Widzew Lodz, also in the quarter-finals.

Teams

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Hamburg won 3–1 on aggregate Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate 2–2 on aggregate; 17 Nëntori Tirana won on away goals Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate Sporting CP won 3–1 on aggregate CSKA September Flag won 2–0 on aggregate Celtic won 4–3 on aggregate Real Sociedad won 4–2 on aggregate Widzew Łódź won 7–2 on aggregate Rapid Wien won 13–0 on aggregate HJK Helsinki won 3–2 on aggregate Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate Dinamo București won 3–2 on aggregate Standard Liège won 5–3 on aggregate Juventus won 7–4 on aggregate

Second round

First leg

17 Nëntori Tirana withdrew, Dynamo Kyiv awarded the victory.

Second leg

Hamburg won 5–0 on aggregate 2–2 on aggregate; Sporting CP won on away goals. Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate Widzew Łódź won 6–5 on aggregate Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate Aston Villa won 6–2 on aggregate Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Hamburg won 4–2 on aggregate Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate Widzew Łódź won 4–3 on aggregate Juventus won 5–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Hamburg won 3–2 on aggregate Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1982–83 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: