1987–88 European Cup

1987–88 UEFA European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 16 September 1987 – 25 May 1988
Teams 32
Final positions
Champions PSV (1st title)
Runners-up Benfica
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Gheorghe Hagi, Jean-Marc Ferreri, Rabah Madjer, Ally McCoist, Petar Novák, Míchel, Rui Águas (4 goals)

The season 1987–88 of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by PSV on penalties in the final against two-times winners Benfica. PSV became the first Dutch team to win the title in fifteen years.

Porto, the defending champions, were eliminated by Real Madrid in the second round.

English clubs were still banned, so for the second time in 3 years Everton were denied a place in the competition.

Contents

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Neuchâtel Xamax 6–2 Kuusysi 5–0 1–2
Bayern Munich 5–0 CFKA Sredets 4–0 1–0
Real Madrid 3–1 Napoli 2–0 1–1
Porto 6–0 Vardar 3–0 3–0
Lillestrøm 5–3 Linfield 1–1 4–2
Bordeaux 4–0 Dynamo Berlin 2–0 2–0
Rapid Vienna 7–0 Ħamrun Spartans 6–0 1–0
PSV 3–2 Galatasaray 3–0 0–2
Steaua Bucureşti 4–2 MTK 4–0 0–2
Shamrock Rovers 0–1 Omonia 0–1 0–0
Dynamo Kiev 1–2 Rangers 1–0 0–2
Olympiacos 2–3 Górnik Zabrze 1–1 1–2
AGF 4–2 Jeunesse Esch 4–1 0–1
Benfica 4–0 Partizani Tirana 4–0 (w/o)1
Fram 0–10 Sparta Prague 0–2 0–8
Malmö FF 1–2 Anderlecht 0–1 1–1

1 Partizani Tirana were banned from the competition by UEFA because they had 4 players sent off in the first leg match.

First Leg

1987-09-16
Neuchâtel Xamax 5 – 0 Kuusysi
van der Gijp  9'  20'  75'
Hermann  31'
Sutter  50'
Report

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1987-09-16
Bayern Munich 4 – 0 CFKA Sredets
Wegmann  30'  62'
Dorfner  35'
Brehme  55'
Report

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1987-09-16
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Napoli Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: closed doors
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Míchel  18' (pen.)
De Napoli  76' (o.g.)
Report

Gamesheet

This game was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA ban resulting from the incidents in the April 22, 1987 game in the previous edition of the European Cup between Real and Bayern Munich.


1987-09-16
Porto 3 – 0 Vardar
Madjer  12'  84'
António Sousa  52'
Report

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1987-09-16
Lillestrøm 1 – 1 Linfield
Olsen  44' Report

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Baxter  75'

1987-09-16
Bordeaux 2 – 0 Dynamo Berlin
Ferreri  47'  58' Report

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1987-09-16
Rapid Vienna 6 – 0 Ħamrun Spartans
Kranjčar  9' (pen)  43'
Stojadinović  29'  81'  88'
Willfurth  78'
Report

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1987-09-16
PSV 3 – 0 Galatasaray
Gillhaus  52'
Koeman  76'
Koot  88'
Report

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1987-09-16
Steaua Bucureşti 4 – 0 MTK
Hagi  11'  27'
Bölöni  63'
Lăcătuş  82'
Report

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1987-09-16
Shamrock Rovers 0 – 1 Omonia
Report

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Theofanus  10'

1987-09-16
Dynamo Kiev 1 – 0 Rangers
Mykhaylychenko  74' (pen) Report

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1987-09-16
Olympiacos 1 – 1 Górnik Zabrze
Alexiou  19' Report

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Klemenz  26'

1987-09-16
AGF 4 – 1 Jeunesse Esch
Beck Andersen  1'
Lundqvist  8'  19'
Bartram  43' (pen)
Report

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Scholten  73'

1987-09-16
Benfica 4 – 0 Partizani Tirana
Hametaj  37' (o.g.)
Carlos Mozer  81'
Rui Águas  86'  90'
Report

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1987-09-16
Fram 0 – 2 Sparta Prague
Report

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Skuhravý  80'
Novák  86'

1987-09-16
Malmö FF 0 – 1 Anderlecht
Report

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Vervoort  37'

Second leg

1987-09-30
Kuusysi 2 – 1 Neuchâtel Xamax
Lius  7'
Kousa  28'
Report

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Sutter  10'

Neuchâtel Xamax beat Kuusysi 7-1 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
CFKA Sredets 0 – 1 Bayern Munich
Report

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Kögl  70'

Bayern Munich beat CFKA Sredets 5-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Napoli 1 – 1 Real Madrid Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
Francini  9' Report

Gamesheet

Butragueño  44'

Real Madrid beat Napoli 3-1 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Vardar 0 – 3 Porto
Report

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António Sousa  38'
Magalhães  64'
Madjer  66'

Porto beat Vardar 6-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Linfield 2 – 4 Lillestrøm
McGaughey  40'  67' Report

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Larsen  24'  78'
Hauberg  42'
Sognnæs  80'

Lillestrøm beat Linfield 5-3 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Dynamo Berlin 0 – 2 Bordeaux
Report

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Zl. Vujović  58'
Ferreri  89'

Bordeaux beat Dynamo Berlin 4-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Ħamrun Spartans 0 – 1 Rapid Vienna
Report

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Weber  70'

Rapid Vienna beat Ħamrun Spartans 7-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Galatasaray 2 – 0 PSV
Çolak  6'
Nielsen  42' (o.g.)
Report

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PSV beat Galatasaray 3-2 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
MTK 2 – 0 Steaua Bucureşti
Hires  18'
Szeibert  41'
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Steaua Bucureşti beat MTK 4-2 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Omonia 0 – 0 Shamrock Rovers
Report

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Omonia beat Shamrock Rovers 1-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Rangers 2 – 0 Dynamo Kiev
Falco  25'
McCoist  50'
Report

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Rangers beat Dynamo Kiev 2-1 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Górnik Zabrze 2 – 1 Olympiacos
Cyroń  24'
Iwan  42'
Report

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Kostikos  65' (pen)

Górnik Zabrze beat Olympiacos 3-2 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Jeunesse Esch 1 – 0 AGF
Theis  7' Report

Gamesheet

AGF beat Jeunesse Esch 4-2 on aggregate.



Partizani Tirana Match unplayed Benfica
Report

Benfica beat Partizani Tirana 4-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Sparta Prague 8 – 0 Fram
Hašek  7'  77'
Novák  14'  56'  65'
Griga  17'
Čabala  59'
Chovanec  73'
Report

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Sparta Prague beat Fram 10-0 on aggregate.


1987-09-30
Anderlecht 1 – 1 Malmö FF
Vervoort  30' Report

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Engqvist  62'

Anderlecht beat Malmö FF 2-1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Neuchâtel Xamax 2–3 Bayern Munich 2–1 0–2
Real Madrid 4–2 Porto 2–1 2–1
Lillestrøm 0–1 Bordeaux 0–0 0–1
Rapid Vienna 1–4 PSV 1–2 0–2
Steaua Bucureşti 5–1 Omonia 3–1 2–0
Rangers 4–2 Górnik Zabrze 3–1 1–1
AGF 0–1 Benfica 0–0 0–1
Sparta Prague 1–3 Anderlecht 1–2 0–1

First Leg

1987-10-21
Neuchâtel Xamax 2 – 1 Bayern Munich
Lüthi  28'
Sutter  50'
Report

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Matthäus  47'

1987-10-21
Real Madrid 2 – 1 Porto
Sánchez  81'
Sanchís  90'
Report

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Madjer  59'

1987-10-21
Lillestrøm 0 – 0 Bordeaux
Report

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1987-10-21
Rapid Vienna 1 – 2 PSV
Kranjčar  47' (pen) Report

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van Aerle  71'
Gillhaus  77'

1987-10-21
Steaua Bucureşti 3 – 1 Omonia
Hagi  14' (pen)  68'
Iovan  43'
Report

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Xiourouppas  38'

1987-10-21
Rangers 3 – 1 Górnik Zabrze
McCoist  6'
Durrant  22'
Falco  45'
Report

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Urban  56'

1987-10-21
AGF 0 – 0 Benfica
Report

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1987-10-21
Sparta Prague 1 – 2 Anderlecht
Hašek  10' Report

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Vervoort  27'
Frimann  50'

Second leg

1987-11-04
Bayern Munich 2 – 0 Neuchâtel Xamax
Pflügler  87'
Wegmann  90'
Report

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Bayern Munich beat Neuchâtel Xamax 3-2 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
Porto 1 – 2 Real Madrid
António Sousa  23' Report

Gamesheet

Míchel  54'  70'

Real Madrid beat Porto 4-2 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
Bordeaux 1 – 0 Lillestrøm
Ferreri  41' Report

Gamesheet

Bordeaux beat Lillestrøm 1-0 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
PSV 2 – 0 Rapid Vienna
Lerby  15'
Gillhaus  84'
Report

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PSV beat Rapid Vienna 4-1 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
Omonia 0 – 2 Steaua Bucureşti
Report

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Christofi  7' (o.g.)
Lăcătuş  34'

Steaua Bucureşti beat Omonia 5-1 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
Górnik Zabrze 1 – 1 Rangers
Orzeszek  63' Report

Gamesheet

McCoist  41' (pen)

Rangers beat Górnik Zabrze 4-1 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
Benfica 1 – 0 AGF
Adelino Nunes  38' Report

Gamesheet

Benfica beat AGF 1-0 on aggregate.


1987-11-04
Anderlecht 1 – 0 Sparta Prague
Nilis  14' Report

Gamesheet

Anderlecht beat Sparta Prague 3-1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bayern Munich 3–4 Real Madrid 3–2 0–2
Bordeaux 1–11 PSV 1–1 0–0
Steaua Bucureşti 3–2 Rangers 2–0 1–2
Benfica 2–1 Anderlecht 2–0 0–1

1 PSV progressed to the Semifinals on away goals.

First Leg

1988-03-02
Bayern Munich 3 – 2 Real Madrid
Pflügler  40'
Eder  43'
Wohlfarth  48'
Report

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Butragueño  84'
Sánchez  89'

1988-03-02
Bordeaux 1 – 1 PSV
Touré  21' Report

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Kieft  40'

1988-03-02
Steaua Bucureşti 2 – 0 Rangers
Piţurcă  2'
Iovan  66'
Report

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1988-03-02
Benfica 2 – 0 Anderlecht
Magnusson  15'
Chiquinho  19'
Report

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Second Leg

1988-03-16
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Bayern Munich
Janković  26'
Míchel  41'
Report

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Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate.


1988-03-16
PSV 0 – 0 Bordeaux
Report

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PSV beat Bordeaux 1-1 on away goals.


1988-03-16
Rangers 2 – 1 Steaua Bucureşti
Gough  16'
McCoist  30' (pen)
Report

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Piţurcă  3'

Steaua Bucureşti beat Rangers 3-2 on aggregate.


1988-03-16
Anderlecht 1 – 0 Benfica
Guðjohnsen  63' Report

Gamesheet

Benfica beat Anderlecht 2-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Real Madrid 1–11 PSV 1–1 0–0
Steaua Bucureşti 0–2 Benfica 0–0 0–2

1 PSV progressed to the Final on away goals.

First Leg

1988-04-06
Real Madrid 1 – 1 PSV
Sánchez  6' Report

Gamesheet

Linskens  19'

1988-04-06
Steaua Bucureşti 0 – 0 Benfica
Report

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Second Leg

1988-04-20
PSV 0 – 0 Real Madrid
Report

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PSV beat Real Madrid 1-1 on away goals.


1988-04-20
Benfica 2 – 0 Steaua Bucureşti
Rui Águas  22'  32' Report

Gamesheet

Benfica beat Steaua Bucureşti 2-0 on aggregate.

Final

25 May 1988
PSV Eindhoven 0 – 0 Benfica Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Report

Gamesheet

  Penalties  
Koeman
Kieft
Nielsen
Vanenburg
Lerby
Janssen
6 – 5 Elzo
Dito
Hajry
António Pacheco
Mozer
Veloso

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1987-88 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Gheorghe Hagi Steaua Bucureşti 4
Jean-Marc Ferreri Bordeaux 4
Rabah Madjer Porto 4
Ally McCoist Rangers 4
Petar Novak Sparta Prague 4
Michel Real Madrid 4
Rui Águas Benfica 4
8 António Sousa Porto 3
Hans Gillhaus PSV Eindhoven 3
René van der Gijp Neuchâtel Xamax 3
Zlatko Kranjčar Rapid Vienna 3
Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 3
Zoran Stojadinović Rapid Vienna 3
Beat Sutter Neuchâtel Xamax 3
Patrick Vervoort Anderlecht 3
Jürgen Wegmann Bayern Munich 3

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