FEYENOORD, Netherlands (Ticker) -- If home pitch advantage means something, then this should be it for Feyenoord Rotterdam when it takes on newly crowned German champion Borussia Dortmund in Wednesday's UEFA Cup final at its own De Kuip stadium.

Playing at home, where the final was determined to be held last year, should bring happy memories for the port city club and its fan base.

Feyenoord has the chance to lift the UEFA Cup for the first time since 1974 when it also clinched at its own stadium with a 2-0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur of England -- 4-2 on aggregate -- when the final was played over two legs.

This time the final is held in just one decisive match, and hopefully violence will be limited, unlike 28 years ago when fights between rival fans turned ugly and resulted in a six-year ban for Tottenham from European competition.

Feyenoord also is bidding to become the first Dutch club in seven years to win a European trophy since Ajax Amsterdam in 1995.

Feyenoord features plenty of talent -- none more prominent than frontline tandem Pierre van Hooijdonk and Denmark international Jon Dahl Tomasson. They scored 41 of 68 goals in league play this past season in which Feyenoord finished a rather disappointing third in the final standings.

Van Hooijdonk was Eredivisie top scorer with 24 goals, while Tomasson had 17.

But Dortmund approaches the final on a high note after clinching its third Bundesliga championship in the final round Saturday.

The Ruhr Valley club looks to join an elite number of teams to have won all three European club competitions after claiming the European Cup (Champions League) in 1997 and the defunct Cup Winners' Cup in 1966.

Coach Matthias Sammer has challenged its players to keep title celebrations short, emulate and get inspiration from rivals Bayern Munich to match domestic success with European triumph inside a week. Bayern claimed the Bundesliga title and the Champions League last year.

Dortmund also appeared in one other UEFA Cup final, but with an unsuccessfull result. In fact, it was a 6-1 whipping by Juventus of Italy in 1993, the side it would get a measure of revenge against four years later in the bigger stage final of the Champions League (3-1).

Players to watch on the yellow-and-black side are Bundesliga joint top scorer Marcio Amoroso, who netted 18 goals, fellow Brazilian Ewerthon, who is a substitute weapon and scored the clinching goal in the 2-1 win against Werder Bremen on Saturday, and giant forward Jan Koller, also a proficient scorer.

Rotterdam authorities are reported to have taken serious security measures leading to and after the final to prevent rival fans from clashing. Some 1,500 officers were made available to prevent trouble.