1990–91 European Cup

1990–91 European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	19 September 1990 – 29 May 1991
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Red Star Belgrade (1st title)
Runners-up	Olympique de Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	190 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jean-Pierre Papin & Peter Pacult (6 goals)

The 1990–91 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade on penalties in the final against Marseille. This was only the second time that an Eastern European side had won the competition, after Steaua Bucureşti of Romania (1986). It was also the last tournament to be solely knock-out based, with a group stage added for the next season. Red Star managed to win the tournament as the only Yugoslavian club shortly before the breakup of Yugoslavia.

This tournament would have marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 but English champions Liverpool had been banned for an additional year, so could not participate. 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 Milan a first-round bye.

Milan were the defending champions and were given a bye to the second round due to the absence of both an English and a Dutch side in the tournament, before being 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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
APOEL	2–7	Bayern Munich	2–3	0–4
KA Akureyri	1–3	CSKA Sofia	1–0	0–3
Dinamo Bucureşti	5–1	St Patrick's Athletic	4–0	1–1
Porto	13–1	Portadown	5–0	8–1
Red Star Belgrade	5–2	Grasshopper	1–1	4–1
Valletta	0–10	Rangers	0–4	0–6
Union Luxembourg	1–6	Dynamo Dresden	1–3	0–3
Malmö FF	5–4	Beşiktaş	3–2	2–2
Napoli	5–0	Újpesti Dózsa	3–0	2–0
Sparta Prague	0–4	Spartak Moscow	0–2	0–2
OB	1–10	Real Madrid	1–4	0–6
Swarovski Tirol	7–1	Kuusysi	5–0	2–1
Milan	Bye		–	–
Lillestrøm	1–3	Club Brugge	1–1	0–2
Lech Poznań	5–1	Panathinaikos	3–0	2–1
Marseille	5–1	Dinamo Tirana	5–1	0–0

First leg

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Second leg

Note: All matches on or after German reunification of October 3 show both Bayern Munich (West) and Dynamo Dredsen (East) with flag of Germany.

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Bucureşti won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Porto won 13–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Dresden won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate.

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Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Lech Poznań won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	7–0	CSKA Sofia	4–0	3–0
Dinamo Bucureşti	0–4	Porto	0–0	0–4
Red Star Belgrade	4–1	Rangers	3–0	1–1
Dynamo Dresden	2–2 (p)	Malmö FF	1–1	1–1
Napoli	0–0 (p)	Spartak Moscow	0–0	0–0
Real Madrid	11–3	Swarovski Tirol	9–1	2–2
Milan	1–0	Club Brugge	0–0	1–0
Lech Poznań	4–8	Marseille	3–2	1–6

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Porto won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Dresden 2–2 Malmö on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won 5–4 on penalties.

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Napoli 0–0 Spartak Moscow on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on penalties.

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Real Madrid won 11–3 on aggregate.

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Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Marseille won 8–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–1	Porto	1–1	2–0
Red Star Belgrade	6–0	Dynamo Dresden	3–0	3–01
Spartak Moscow	3–1	Real Madrid	0–0	3–1
Milan	1–4	Marseille	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 after 88 mins, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0.

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

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The match was stopped in the 78th minute by the match referee Emilio Soriano Aladrén, due to Dynamo Dresden fans causing commotion in the stands and throwing objects onto the field. 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.

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Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Game abandoned in injury time when two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan refused to go back on the pitch. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan. Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	2–2
Spartak Moscow	2–5	Marseille	1–3	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

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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
1	Peter Pacult	Swarovski Tirol	6
	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique Marseille	6
3	Torsten Gütschow	Dynamo Dresden	5
	Mo Johnston	Rangers	5
	Sebastián Losada	Real Madrid	5
	Darko Pančev	Red Star Belgrade	5
	Hugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	5
	Philippe Vercruysse	Olympique Marseille	5
9	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	4
	Rabah Madjer	Porto	4
	Robert Prosinečki	Red Star Belgrade	4

References

1. ↑ "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
• 1990/91 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1990-91 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website Football Archive 1990–91 European Cup

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