Football : Season Details : 1982

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Liverpool	87	4-20	LC-W
2	Ipswich Town	83	2-14
3	Manchester United	78	6-7
4	Tottenham Hotspur	71	5-4	FAC-W; LC-F
5	Arsenal	71	2-56
6	Swansea City	69	1-1
7	Southampton	66	2-4
8	Everton	64	3-28
9	West Ham United	58	3-1
10	Manchester City	58	7-16
11	Aston Villa	57	4-7	EC-W
12	Nottingham Forest	57	5-5
13	Brighton and Hove Albion	52	1-3
14	Coventry City	50	1-15
15	Notts County	47	5-1
16	Birmingham City	44	8-2
17	West Bromwich Albion	44	6-6
18	Stoke City	44	6-3
19	Sunderland	44	4-2
20	Leeds United	42	5-18
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	4-5
22	Middlesbrough	39	4-8

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 3 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; EC European Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 aet
FA Cup Final	Tottenham Hotspur 1 Queens Park Rangers 1 aet
FA Cup Final Reply	Tottenham Hotspur 1 Queens Park Rangers 0

European Cup Final	Aston Villa 1 Bayern Munich 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	IFK Gothenburg 1 SV Hamburg 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	SV Hamburg 0 IFK Gothenburg 3 (agg 0 - 4)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Barcelona 2 Standard Liege 1

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score

History

Three points for a win was introduced.

Liverpool won the Championship for the 13th time. They also retained the League Cup.

Aston Villa won the European Cup keeping the trophy in England for the 6th consecutive year.

Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup for a record equalling 7th time from seven final appearances. They became the first club to reach both domestic cup finals in the same season. They became the first club since 1962 to win the FA Cup in successive seasons. Queens Park Rangers were the 18th second level club to reach the final. This was the fourth all-London final.

Swansea City (making their top division debut), as a Welsh club, could not qualify for the UEFA Cup in the English League. Their place was taken by Southampton. They qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup by winning the Welsh Cup.

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The 1982 World Cup in Spain
Italy win the 12th World Cup.

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