1987–88 UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup 1987-88 was won by Bayer Leverkusen on penalty kicks over Espanyol.

It was the third season of English clubs being barred from this and indeed all European competitions as the sequel of the Heysel disaster of May 1985. The English clubs who missed out on this season of the UEFA Cup were Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town and Norwich City.

Contents

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Beşiktaş 1-3 Internazionale 0-0 1-3
Bohemian F.C. 0-1 Aberdeen F.C. 0-0 0-1
Borussia Monchengladbach 1-5 Espanyol 0-1 1-4
Brondby IF 2-1 IFK Goteborg 2-1 0-0
Budapest Honved SE 1-0 SC Lokeren 1-0 0-0
Celtic F.C. 2-3 Borussia Dortmund 2-1 0-2
Coleraine F.C. 1-4 Dundee United 0-1 1-3
EPA Larnaca FC 0-4 Victoria Bucureşti 0-1 0-3
FC Barcelona 2-1 Belenenses 2-0 0-1
Wismut Aue (a)1-1 Valur 0-0 1-1
FC Spartak Moscow 3-1 Dynamo Dresden 3-0 0-1
FC Universitatea Craiova 4-4(a) Desportivo de Chaves 3-2 1-2
TJ Vitkovice 3-1 AIK 1-1 2-0
FC Zenit Leningrad 2-5 Club Brugge 2-0 0-5
Feyenoord Rotterdam 10-2 CA Spora Luxembourg 5-0 5-2
FK Austria Wien 1-5 Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 1-5
Grasshopper-Club Zurich 0-5 FC Dynamo Moscow 0-4 0-1
K.S.K. Beveren 2-1 FC Bohemian F.C. Praha 2-0 0-1
KS Flamurtari 3-2 FK Partizan 2-0 1-2
LASK Linz 0-2 Utrecht 0-0 0-2
Mjøndalen IF 1-5 Werder Bremen 0-5 1-0
Panathinaikos 4-3 AJ Auxerre 2-0 2-3
PFC Lokomotiv Sofia 3-4 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 3-1 0-3
Pogoń Szczecin 2-4 Verona 1-1 1-3
Red Star Belgrade 5-2 Trakia Plovdiv 3-0 2-2
Sporting Gijón 1-3 Milan 1-0 0-3
Sportul Studenţesc 3-1 GKS Katowice 1-0 2-1
Tatabányai Bányász 1-2 Vitoria SC 1-1 0-1
Toulouse FC 6-1 Panionios NFC 5-1 1-0
TPS 2-1 FC Admira/Wacker 0-1 2-0
Valletta 0-7 Juventus 0-4 0-3
Velez 5-3 FC Sion 5-0 0-3

First leg

16 September 1987
 Beşiktaş 0 – 0 Internazionale Istanbul
16 September 1987
 Pogoń Szczecin 1 – 1 Verona Szczecin
Leśniak  59' Elkjær Larsen  9'
16 September 1987
 Sporting Gijón 1 – 0 Milan El Molinón, Gijón
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales)
Jaime  69'
16 September 1987
 Valletta 0 – 4 Juventus Valletta
Laudrup  26', 44'
Alessio  39', 70'

Second leg

30 September 1987
 Internazionale 3 – 1 Beşiktaş Milan
Altobelli  36'
Serena  44', 86'		 Feyyaz  15'

Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.

30 September 1987
 Verona 3 – 1 Pogoń Szczecin Verona
Elkjær Larsen  32', 40'
Di Gennaro  43' (pen.)		 Hawrylewicz  81'

Verona won 4–2 on aggregate.

30 September 1987
 Milan 3 – 0 Sporting Gijón Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
Virdis  21' (pen.), 45+' (pen.)
Gullit  43'

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

The game was played in Lecce because of the ban on the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

30 September 1987
 Juventus 3 – 0 Valletta Turin
Magrin  23'
Vignola  60'
Rush  87'

Juventus won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Milan 0-2 Espanyol 0-2 0-0
Aberdeen F.C. 2-2(a) Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1 0-1
Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Velez 2-0 1-2
Brondby IF 3-3(p) Sportul Studenţesc 3-0 0-3
Desportivo de Chaves 2-5 Budapest Honved FC 1-2 1-3
Dundee United 2-3 TJ Vitkovice 1-2 1-1
Utrecht 2-3 Verona 1-1 1-2
FC Barcelona 2-0 FC Dynamo Moscow 2-0 0-0
Wismut Aue 1-2 KS Flamurtari 1-0 0-2
FC Spartak Moscow 6-7 Werder Bremen 4-1 2-6(aet)
Internazionale 2-1 TPS 0-1 2-0
Panathinaikos (a)3-3 Juventus 1-0 2-3
Red Star Belgrade 3-5 Club Brugge 3-1 0-4
Toulouse FC 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 0-1
Victoria Bucureşti 1-2 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1-2 0-0
Vitoria SC (p)1-1 K.S.K. Beveren 1-0 0-1

First leg

21 October 1987
 Milan 0 – 2 Espanyol Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
Zubillaga  41'
Pichi Alonso  49'

The game was played in Lecce because of the ban on the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

21 October 1987
 Utrecht 1 – 1 Verona Utrecht
van Ginkel  44' Berthold  43'
21 October 1987
 Internazionale 0 – 1 TPS Milan
Aaltonen  11'
21 October 1987
 Panathinaikos 1 – 0 Juventus Athens
Saravakos  6'

Second leg

4 November 1987
 Espanyol 0 – 0 Milan Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Espanyol won 2–0 on aggregate.

4 November 1987
 Verona 2 – 1 Utrecht Verona
Di Gennaro  69'
Verrips  89' (o.g.)		 de Kock  80'

Verona won 3–2 on aggregate.

4 November 1987
 TPS 0 – 2 Internazionale Turku
Scifo  50'
Altobelli  74'

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

4 November 1987
 Juventus 3 – 2 Panathinaikos Turin
Cabrini  49', 71' (pen.)
Alessio  59'		 Saravakos  47'
Dimopoulos  53'

Juventus 3–3 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals rule.

Third round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Borussia Dortmund 3-5 Club Brugge 3-0 0-5(aet)
Budapest Honved FC 6-7 Panathinaikos 5-2 1-5
FC Barcelona 4-2 KS Flamurtari 4-1 0-1
Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 0-1
Verona 4-1 Sportul Studenţesc 3-1 1-0
Internazionale 1-2 Espanyol 1-1 0-1
Vitoria SC 2-2(p) TJ Vitkovice 2-0 0-2
Werder Bremen 3-2 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 2-1 1-1

First leg

25 November 1987
 Verona 3 – 1 Sportul Studenţesc Verona
Fontolan  25'
Pacione  28'
Elkjær Larsen  82' (pen.)		 Coraş  62'
25 November 1987
 Internazionale 1 – 1 Espanyol San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
Serena  32' Lauridsen  80'

Second leg

9 December 1987
 Sportul Studenţesc 0 – 1 Verona Bucharest
Elkjær Larsen  67'

Verona won 4–1 on aggregate.

9 December 1987
 Espanyol 1 – 0 Internazionale Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
Orejuela  23'

Espanyol won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 FC Barcelona 0-0 1-0
Verona 1-2 Werder Bremen 0-1 1-1
Panathinaikos 2-3 Club Brugge 2-2 0-1
Espanyol 2-0 TJ Vitkovice 2-0 0-0

First leg

2 March 1988
 Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 0 FC Barcelona Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot, France
Report
2 March 1988
 Verona 0 – 1 Werder Bremen Verona
Neubarth  49'

Second leg

16 March 1988
 FC Barcelona 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Courtney, England
Report Tita  59'

Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 on aggregate.

16 March 1988
 Werder Bremen 1 – 1 Verona Bremen
Sauer  32' Volpecina  53'

Werder Bremen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Werder Bremen 1-0 0-0
Club Brugge 2-3 Espanyol 2-0 0-3(aet)

Final

Main article: 1988 UEFA Cup Final
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Espanyol 3-3 (2-3p) Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 0-3

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