The Swansea-born targetman graced a UEFA Cup Winners Cup final with Arsenal and starred in big European nights with Celtic.
But he resists the inevitable comparisons, protesting that Ferguson is a "different man" to the one who guided the Dons to European Cup Winners Cup success in 1983.
The club has won the Welsh Cup three times, and beat Italian club Atalanta in the first leg of their tie in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1987.
Merthyr, a famous non-league club, enjoyed their most glorious day beating Italian club Atalanta 2-1 in the first leg of their tie in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1987.
Kotoko reached seven African Champions League finals between 1967 and 1993, but won just two, and also finished runners-up in their sole African Cup Winners Cup final appearance three years ago.
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Ahly, the most successful club in Caf history with five Champions League victories, four African Cup Winners Cup successes and three African Super Cup triumphs, barred journalists and followers from a midweek flight to Tunisia.
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It was at Italian side Lazio where he achieved arguably his greatest success, winning every major trophy in Italy - including the Serie A title in 2000 for only the second time in the Roman club's history - and the European Cup Winners Cup.
They won six trophies in the next nine years, inluding two league titles and the 1994 Cup Winners' Cup.
The following season, they became the first British club to claim continental silverware by winning the Cup Winners' Cup.
He has since won three league titles, three FA Cups, one Coca-Cola Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.
The latest meeting was set up following Aberdeen's finest hour - the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup triumph over Real Madrid.
McGhee was a popular player during a six-year spell, during which Aberdeen won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup.
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Osgood helped the Blues win the FA Cup in 1970, when he scored in every round, and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971.
The club have little room in the trophy cabinet after winning the European Cup in 1968 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991.
During his time with Arsenal, he won three titles, as well as three FA Cups, one Coca-Cola Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.
He also won the FA Cup four times, the Premiership three times and the League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup once during his Arsenal career.
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But his career had its low moments notably when he was lobbed from just inside his half by Nayim in the Cup Winners' Cup final of 1995.
Haka beat Bangor City 3-0 on aggregate in the Uefa Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, with West Ham striker Marlon Harewood playing in both legs for the Finish side.
Former defender Clarke joined Chelsea as a player in 1987 and helped the west Londoners win the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup before retiring in September 1998.
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The Scot joined the Blues as a player in January 1987 and the defender helped the club win the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup before retiring in September 1998.
He led Aberdeen to three Scottish titles, four Scottish cups, one League Cup and one European Cup Winners' Cup before moving to Manchester United in November 1986 following the dismissal of former manager Ron Atkinson.
Add to the mix 10 England caps, two Uefa Cup runners-up medals and one each for the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup and Parlour can reflect on a glittering career at the top.
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To break the stranglehold of Celtic and Rangers with the Dons in Scotland was remarkable enough, but he did it over a period of years, as well as beating Real Madrid to win the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983.
Castel's career began in 1979, the year the real Barca team lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup, and his story was told across 15 albums running until 1992 -- the year the Catalans became champions of Europe for the first time.
Although he was jovially mocked by Arsenal fans for his lack of goals, he was a key part of the Gunners side that won the FA Cup and League Cup in his first season at the club in 1992-93 and the European Cup Winners' Cup a year later.
Having joined his local club as a teenager, Moore became a legend for a side he represented between 1958 and 1974, winning the FA Cup in 1964 and then the Cup Winners' Cup (a competition eligible for those European sides that had won their domestic cup) a year later.
Trailing from the first leg of their 1984 European Cup-Winners' Cup tie, David Hay's team beat Rapid 3-0 to apparently seal their place in the quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate.
It meant Rangers' dream of repeating their 1972 Cup-Winners' Cup success died at the hands of Zenit coach Dick Advocaat - the man dubbed the Little General during his time in charge at Ibrox.
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