1990–91 European Cup
The 1990–91 European Cup was the 36th season of the European Cup, a tournament for men's football clubs in nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade on penalties in the final against Marseille; both were first-time finalists. This was only the second time that an Eastern European side had won the competition, after Steaua București of Romania in 1986. It was also the last tournament to be solely knock-out based, with a group stage added for the next season. Red Star won the tournament as the only Yugoslavian club shortly before the breakup of Yugoslavia. This was also the last season to feature a team from East Germany, since the East and its West counterpart reunified in October 1990.
Stadio San Nicola in Bari hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 September 1990 – 29 May 1991 |
Teams | 31 |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 59 |
Goals scored | 190 (3.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (6 goals each) |
Although 1990–91 marked the return of English clubs to the Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup, after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium disaster, Liverpool had been banned for an additional year, so could not participate in the European Cup as English champions.
Ajax, the Dutch champions, were not allowed to participate in a European Cup competition because of the poor behaviour of their fans during a game the previous season, so their spot in the qualification was simply vacated, giving the defending champions Milan a first-round bye.
Milan were eliminated by Marseille in the quarter-finals after the second leg had been awarded as a 3–0 win for Marseille when the eventual runners-up were leading 1–0, and 2–1 on aggregate, in injury time, when the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when floodlights were fixed and were banned, giving Marseille a 3–0 automatic win.
Teams
A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.
Notes
- ^ East Germany (GDR): All matches of Dynamo Dresden, representing the DFV of East Germany as champions of the 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga, on or after German reunification of 3 October show the flag of the reunited nation of Germany. However, those matches and their records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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APOEL |
2–7 | 2–3 | 0–4 | |
KA Akureyri |
1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
Dinamo București |
5–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
Porto |
13–1 | 5–0 | 8–1 | |
Red Star Belgrade |
5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
Valletta |
0–10 | 0–4 | 0–6 | |
Union Luxembourg |
1–6 | 1–3 | 0–3 | |
Malmö FF |
5–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
Napoli |
5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
Sparta Prague |
0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
OB |
1–10 | 1–4 | 0–6 | |
Swarovski Tirol |
7–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
Milan |
Bye | – | – | |
Lillestrøm |
1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Lech Poznań |
5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Marseille |
5–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
KA Akureyri | 1–0 | |
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Hafsteinn |
Report |
Dinamo București | 4–0 | |
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Doboș Damaschin Mateuț Cheregi |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | |
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Binić |
Report | Közle |
Union Luxembourg | 1–3 | |
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Morocutti |
Report | Gütschow Birsens Ratke |
Napoli | 3–0 | |
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Baroni Maradona |
Report |
Sparta Prague | 0–2 | |
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Report | Shalimov Shmarov |
Swarovski Tirol | 5–0 | |
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Gorosito Prudlo Pacult |
Report |
Lillestrøm | 1–1 | |
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Halle |
Report | Staelens |
Lech Poznań | 3–0 | |
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Jakołcewicz Rzepka |
Report |
Marseille | 5–1 | |
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Papin Cantona Vercruysse |
Report | Tahiri |
Second leg
Bayern Munich | 4–0 | |
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Augenthaler Mihajlović |
Report |
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | |
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Marashliev Georgiev |
Report |
CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.
St Patrick's Athletic | 1–1 | |
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Fenlon |
Report | Mateuț |
Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Portadown | 1–8 | |
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Fraser |
Report | Madjer Semedo Paille Jorge Couto |
Porto won 13–1 on aggregate.
Grasshopper | 1–4 | |
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Közle |
Report | Pančev Prosinečki Radinović |
Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden | 3–0 | |
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Jähnig Gütschow |
Report |
Dynamo Dresden won 6–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa | 0–2 | |
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Report | Incocciati Alemão |
Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow | 2–0 | |
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Perepadenko Ivanov |
Report |
Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate.
Kuusysi | 1–2 | |
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Vehkakoski |
Report | Pacult |
Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge | 2–0 | |
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Booy Farina |
Report |
Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos | 1–2 | |
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Saravakos |
Report | Pachelski Moskal |
Lech Poznań won 5–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bayern Munich |
7–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
Dinamo București |
0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
Red Star Belgrade |
4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
Dynamo Dresden |
2–2 (5–4 p) | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Napoli |
0–0 (3–5 p) | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Real Madrid |
11–3 | 9–1 | 2–2 | |
Milan |
1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Lech Poznań |
4–8 | 3–2 | 1–6 |
First leg
Bayern Munich | 4–0 | |
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Reuter Wohlfarth Augenthaler |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | |
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Brown Prosinečki Pančev |
Report |
Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | |
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Gütschow |
Report | Engqvist |
Real Madrid | 9–1 | |
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Butragueño Sánchez Hierro Tendillo |
Report | Pacult |
Milan | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Second leg
CSKA Sofia | 0–3 | |
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Report | Wohlfarth Effenberg McInally |
Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.
Porto | 4–0 | |
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Kostadinov Geraldão Domingos |
Report |
Porto won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rangers | 1–1 | |
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McCoist |
Report | Pančev |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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Persson |
Report | Gütschow |
Penalties | ||
Persson Skammelsrud Ågren Nyhlén Engqvist |
4–5 |
Dynamo Dresden 2–2 Malmö on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won 5–4 on penalties.
Spartak Moscow | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Karpin Shalimov Shmarov Kulkov Mostovoi |
5–3 |
Napoli 0–0 Spartak Moscow on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on penalties.
Swarovski Tirol | 2–2 | |
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Hörtnagl Linzmaier |
Report | Losada |
Real Madrid won 11–3 on aggregate.
Club Brugge | 0–1 | |
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Report | Carbone |
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
Marseille | 6–1 | |
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Papin Vercruysse Tigana Boli |
Report | Jakołcewicz |
Marseille won 8–4 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bayern Munich |
3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Red Star Belgrade |
6–0 | 3–0 | 3–01 | |
Spartak Moscow |
3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
Milan |
1–4 | 1–1 | 0–32 |
1 – Match abandoned due to rioting after 78 mins. With Red Star Belgrade leading 2–1, they were awarded the match 3–0.[1]
2 – With the score 1–0 to Marseille during the stoppage time after 90 minutes, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0.
First leg
Bayern Munich | 1–1 | |
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Bender |
Report | Domingos |
Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | |
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Prosinečki Binić Savićević |
Report |
Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Second leg
Porto | 0–2 | |
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Report | Ziege Bender |
Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | |
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Gütschow |
Report | Savićević Pančev |
The match was abandoned in the 78th minute as per the decision by the match referee Emilio Soriano Aladrén due to Dynamo Dresden fans causing commotion in the stands and throwing objects onto the pitch. Red Star Belgrade led 2–1 at the time. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid | 1–3 | |
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Butragueño |
Report | Radchenko Shmarov |
Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille was up 1-0 at the time. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan director Adriano Galliani decided not to let his team go back on the pitch at which point the contest was abandoned permanently. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan for a year from European competition including suspending Galliani from all official club functions for two years. Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bayern Munich |
3–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
Spartak Moscow |
2–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
First leg
Bayern Munich | 1–2 | |
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Wohlfarth |
Report | Pančev Savićević |
Spartak Moscow | 1–3 | |
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Shalimov |
Report | Pelé Papin Vercruysse |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade | 2–2 | |
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Mihajlović Augenthaler |
Report | Augenthaler Bender |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | 6 | ||
6 | |||
3 | 5 | ||
5 | |||
5 | |||
5 | |||
5 | |||
5 | |||
9 | 4 | ||
4 | |||
4 |
References
- "20 March 1991 - A Different Kind Of Bombardment In Dresden". www.thisdayinfootballhistory.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
External links
- 1990–91 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1990–91 European Cup according to protocols UEFA