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 Yugoslav 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.

1990–91 European Cup
Stadio San Nicola in Bari hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 September 1990 – 29 May 1991
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored190 (3.22 per match)
Attendance1,614,372 (27,362 per match)
Top scorer(s)Peter Pacult (Swarovski Tirol)
Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille)
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 two-time 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 edit

A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.

Qualified teams for 1990–91 European Cup
Second round
  Milan (2nd)TH
First round
  Napoli (1st)   Bayern Munich (1st)   Real Madrid (1st)   Spartak Moscow (1st)
  Club Brugge (1st)   Porto (1st)   Dinamo București (1st)   Rangers (1st)
  Malmö FF (1st)   Marseille (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)   Swarovski Tirol (1st)
  Dynamo Dresden (1st)[Note GDR]   Sparta Prague (1st)   Újpesti Dózsa (1st)   Panathinaikos (1st)
  Grasshopper (1st)   OB (1st)   Kuusysi (1st)   Lech Poznań (1st)
  CSKA Sofia (1st)   Beşiktaş (1st)   Dinamo Tirana (1st)   Lillestrøm (1st)
  Portadown (1st)   APOEL (1st)   KA (1st)   St Patrick's Athletic (1st)
  Valletta (1st)   Union Luxembourg (1st)

Notes

  1. ^
    East Germany (GDR): All matches of Dynamo Dresden, who were 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.

Bracket edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  APOEL 2 0 2
  Bayern Munich 3 4 7   Bayern Munich 4 3 7
  KA 1 0 1   CSKA Sofia 0 0 0
  CSKA Sofia 0 3 3   Bayern Munich 1 2 3
  Dinamo București 4 1 5   Porto 1 0 1
  St Patrick's Athletic 0 1 1   Dinamo București 0 0 0
  Porto 5 8 13   Porto 0 4 4
  Portadown 0 1 1   Bayern Munich 1 2 3
  Red Star Belgrade 1 4 5   Red Star Belgrade 2 2 4
  Grasshoper 1 1 2   Red Star Belgrade 3 1 4
  Valletta 0 0 0   Rangers 0 1 1
  Rangers 4 6 10   Red Star Belgrade 3 3 6
  Union Luxembourg 1 0 1   Dynamo Dresden 0 0 0
  Dynamo Dresden 3 3 6   Dynamo Dresden (p.) 1 1 1(5)
  Malmö FF 3 2 5   Malmö FF 1 1 1(4)
  Beşiktaş 2 2 4   Red Star Belgrade (p.) 0(5)
  Napoli 3 2 5   Marseille 0(3)
  Újpesti Dózsa 0 0 0   Napoli 0 0 0(3)
  Spartak Prague 0 0 0   Spartak Moscow (p.) 0 0 0(5)
  Spartak Moscow 2 2 4   Spartak Moscow 0 3 3
  OB 1 0 1   Real Madrid 0 1 1
  Real Madrid 4 6 10   Real Madrid 9 2 11
  Swarovski Tirol 5 2 7   Swarovski Tirol 1 2 3
  Kuusysi 0 1 1   Spartak Moscow 1 1 2
  Marseille 3 2 5
  Milan 0 1 1
  Lillestrøm 1 0 1   Club Brugge 0 0 0
  Club Brugge 1 2 3   Milan 1 0 1
  Lech Poznań 3 2 5   Marseille 1 3 4
  Panathinaikos 0 1 1   Lech Poznań 3 1 4
  Marseille 5 0 5   Marseille 2 6 8
  Dinamo Tirana 1 0 1

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
APOEL   2–7   Bayern Munich 2–3 0–4
KA   1–3   CSKA Sofia 1–0 0–3
Dinamo București   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 edit

OB  1–4  Real Madrid
Pedersen   22' Report Aldana   18'
Sánchez   26'
Villarroya   83'
Maqueda   87'

APOEL  2–3  Bayern Munich
Gogić   5'
Pantziaras   78'
Report Reuter   71'
McInally   87'
Strunz   89'
Attendance: 11,000

KA  1–0  CSKA Sofia
Jakobsson   12' Report

Dinamo București  4–0  St Patrick's Athletic
Doboș   2'
Damaschin   19'
Mateuț   24'
Cheregi   80'
Report

Porto  5–0  Portadown
Stewart   6' (o.g.)
Paille   17', 77'
Kostadinov   32'
Branco   50'
Report

Red Star Belgrade  1–1  Grasshopper
Binić   43' Report Közle   14'
Attendance: 50,157
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Valletta  0–4  Rangers
Report McCoist   16' (pen.)
Hateley   58'
Johnston   75', 80'
Attendance: 1,731

Union Luxembourg  1–3  Dynamo Dresden
Morocutti   45' Report Gütschow   47'
Birsens   79' (o.g.)
Ratke   90'

Malmö FF  3–2  Beşiktaş
Lindman   29'
Sundström   58'
Recep   62' (o.g.)
Report Uçar   50', 59'
Attendance: 5,580

Napoli  3–0  Újpesti Dózsa
Baroni   35'
Maradona   43', 77'
Report
Attendance: 39,327

Sparta Prague  0–2  Spartak Moscow
Report Shalimov   25'
Shmarov   57'

Swarovski Tirol  5–0  Kuusysi
Gorosito   29'
Prudlo   35'
Pacult   41', 58', 80'
Report

Lillestrøm  1–1  Club Brugge
Halle   80' Report Staelens   3'
Attendance: 1,939
Referee: Oli Olsen (Iceland)

Lech Poznań  3–0  Panathinaikos
Jakołcewicz   2' (pen.), 19'
Rzepka   62'
Report
Attendance: 13,063

Marseille  5–1  Dinamo Tirana
Papin   44' (pen.), 63', 75'
Cantona   70'
Vercruysse   90'
Report Tahiri   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,328

Second leg edit

Bayern Munich  4–0  APOEL
Augenthaler   48'
Mihajlović   64', 89', 90'
Report
Attendance: 10,500[3]

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.


Rangers  6–0  Valletta
Dodds   5'
Spencer   6'
Johnston   19', 37', 78' (pen.)
McCoist   75'
Report
Attendance: 20,627
Referee: Howard King (Wales)

Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  6–0  OB
Losada   13', 53', 75'
Míchel   34' (pen.)
Aldana   46', 81'
Report

Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia  3–0  KA
Marashliev   19', 80'
Georgiev   48'
Report

CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.


St Patrick's Athletic  1–1  Dinamo București
Fenlon   36' Report Mateuț   76'

Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate.


Portadown  1–8  Porto
Fraser   36' Report Madjer   9', 15', 33', 55'
Semedo   40'
Paille   50', 79'
Jorge Couto   68'

Porto won 13–1 on aggregate.


Grasshopper  1–4  Red Star Belgrade
Közle   62' (pen.) Report Pančev   11'
Prosinečki   49' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
Radinović   58'
Attendance: 25,500

Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.


Dynamo Dresden  3–0  Union Luxembourg
Jähnig   18', 45'
Gütschow   34'
Report

Dynamo Dresden won 6–1 on aggregate.


Beşiktaş  2–2  Malmö FF
Gültiken   31'
Uçar   44'
Report Ekheim   54'
Larsson   64'

Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.


Újpesti Dózsa  0–2  Napoli
Report Incocciati   13'
Alemão   35'
Attendance: 14,000[9]

Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.


Spartak Moscow  2–0  Sparta Prague
Perepadenko   33'
O. Ivanov   51'
Report

Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.


Kuusysi  1–2  Swarovski Tirol
Vehkakoski   71' (pen.) Report Pacult   5', 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 428

Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate.


Club Brugge  2–0  Lillestrøm
Booy   2'
Farina   83'
Report
Attendance: 13,884

Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos  1–2  Lech Poznań
Saravakos   44' (pen.) Report Pachelski   68'
Moskal   85'
Attendance: 49,310[11]

Lech Poznań won 5–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Tirana  0–0  Marseille
Report

Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich   7–0   CSKA Sofia 4–0 3–0
Dinamo București   0–4   Porto 0–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade   4–1   Rangers 3–0 1–1
Dynamo Dresden   2–2 (5–4 p)   Malmö FF 1–1 1–1
Napoli   0–0 (3–5 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 edit

Bayern Munich  4–0  CSKA Sofia
Reuter   3', 63' (pen.)
Wohlfarth   28'
Augenthaler   54'
Report
Attendance: 11,500[12]
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Dinamo București  0–0  Porto
Report

Red Star Belgrade  3–0  Rangers
Brown   8' (o.g.)
Prosinečki   65'
Pančev   74'
Report
Attendance: 58,223[14]

Dynamo Dresden  1–1  Malmö FF
Gütschow   45' Report Engqvist   18'

Napoli  0–0  Spartak Moscow
Report

Real Madrid  9–1  Swarovski Tirol
Butragueño   4', 31', 48'
Sánchez   7', 13', 73', 85'
Hierro   37'
Tendillo   80'
Report Pacult   16'
Attendance: 31,000[16]

Milan  0–0  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 71,307

Lech Poznań  3–2  Marseille
Łukasik   30'
Pachelski   41'
Juskowiak   58'
Report Fournier   8'
Waddle   63'
Attendance: 12,661[17]

Second leg edit

CSKA Sofia  0–3  Bayern Munich
Report Wohlfarth   17'
Effenberg   79'
McInally   84'

Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.


Porto  4–0  Dinamo București
Kostadinov   3', 22'
Geraldão   48' (pen.)
Domingos   63'
Report
Attendance: 20,000[19]
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Porto won 4–0 on aggregate.


Rangers  1–1  Red Star Belgrade
McCoist   76' Report Pančev   52'
Attendance: 23,821
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.


Malmö FF  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Dynamo Dresden
Persson   52' (pen.) Report Gütschow   17' (pen.)
Penalties
Persson  
Skammelsrud  
Ågren  
Nylén  
Engqvist  
4–5   Lieberam
  Schößler
  Wagenhaus
  Kern
  Gütschow
Attendance: 8,112

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


Spartak Moscow  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Napoli
Report
Penalties
Karpin  
Shalimov  
Shmarov  
Kulkov  
Mostovoi  
5–3   Ferrara
  Mauro
  Baroni
  Maradona

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


Swarovski Tirol  2–2  Real Madrid
Hörtnagl   13'
Linzmaier   90'
Report Losada   33', 44'

Real Madrid won 11–3 on aggregate.


Club Brugge  0–1  Milan
Report Carbone   47'
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.


Marseille  6–1  Lech Poznań
Papin   20'
Vercruysse   28', 45', 85'
Tigana   89'
Boli   90'
Report Jakołcewicz   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 29,588[21]
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

Marseille won 8–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.[22]

2 – With the score at 1–0 to Marseille during stoppage time at the end of the second half, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0.

First leg edit

Bayern Munich  1–1  Porto
Bender   30' Report Domingos   65'
Attendance: 40,000

Red Star Belgrade  3–0  Dynamo Dresden
Prosinečki   21'
Binić   43'
Savićević   56'
Report
Attendance: 73,730[23]


Milan  1–1  Marseille
Gullit   14' Report Papin   27'
Attendance: 81,051[25]

Second leg edit

Porto  0–2  Bayern Munich
Report Ziege   19'
Bender   67'
Attendance: 65,000[26]

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.


Dynamo Dresden  0–3
Awarded
  Red Star Belgrade
Gütschow   3' (pen.) Report Savićević   52'
Pančev   69'

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 pelting the pitch with objects that landed in the vicinity of Red Star player Robert Prosinečki who was about to take a corner kick and the assistant referee on the sideline. Following several minutes of unsuccessful attempts to calm the fans, the match referee ordered the teams off the pitch and the contest was never resumed. Red Star Belgrade led 2–1 on the night and 5–1 on aggregate at the moment of the stoppage. At a disciplinary hearing several days later, UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Red Star Belgrade and banned Dynamo Dresden for a year from European competition.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.


Real Madrid  1–3  Spartak Moscow
Butragueño   9' Report Radchenko   19', 38'
Shmarov   63'

Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.


Marseille  3–0
Awarded
  Milan
Waddle   75' Report
Attendance: 37,603
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille led 1–0 on the night and 2–1 on aggregate at the moment. 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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Bayern Munich  1–2  Red Star Belgrade
Wohlfarth   23' Report Pančev   45'
Savićević   70'
Attendance: 63,700[28]

Spartak Moscow  1–3  Marseille
Shalimov   56' Report Pele   27'
Papin   31'
Vercruysse   89'

Second leg edit

Red Star Belgrade  2–2  Bayern Munich
Mihajlović   25'
Augenthaler   90' (o.g.)
Report Augenthaler   62'
Bender   67'
Attendance: 79,684[30]

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.


Marseille  2–1  Spartak Moscow
Pele   34'
Boli   48'
Report Mostovoi   58' (pen.)

Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Top scorers edit

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

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