1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1987-88 of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant that they were never in a position to be as successful again.

Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEL Limassol	1 - 6	Dunajská Streda	0 - 1	1 - 5

First leg

23 August 1987	AEL Limassol	0 – 1	Dunajská Streda	Limassol
			Majoroš  67'

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First leg

27 August 1987	Dunajská Streda	5 – 1	AEL Limassol	Dunajská Streda
	Micinec  5', 39' Medgyes  20' Pavlik  27' Majoroš  86'		Aristotelous  69'

Dunajká Streda won 1–6 on aggregate.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	3 - 0	Dinamo Bucureşti	1 - 0	2 - 0
St. Mirren	1 - 0	Tromsø IL	1 - 0	0 - 0
Real Sociedad	2 - 0	Śląsk Wrocław	0 - 0	2 - 0
Dinamo Minsk	4 - 1	Gençlerbirliği	2 - 0	2 - 1
Vitosha Sofia	2 - 3	OFI Crete	1 - 0	1 - 3
Merthyr Tydfil	2 - 3	Atalanta	2 - 1	0 - 2
ÍA Akranes	0 - 1	Kalmar FF	0 - 0	0 - 1(aet)
Sporting CP	6 - 4	Swarovski Tirol	4 - 0	2 - 4
Vllaznia	6 - 0	Sliema Wanderers	2 - 0	4 - 0
RoPS	1(a) - 1	Glentoran	0 - 0	1 - 1
Lokomotive Leipzig	0 - 1	Olympique Marseille	0 - 0	0 - 1
Aalborg BK	1 - 1(p)	Hajduk Split	1 - 0	0 - 1(aet)
Újpest	2 - 3	Den Haag	1 - 0	1 - 3
Dunajská Streda	3 - 4	Young Boys	2 - 1	1 - 3
Avenir Beggen	0 - 8	Hamburg	0 - 5	0 - 3
Ajax	6 - 0	Dundalk	4 - 0	2 - 0

First leg

16 September 1987	KV Mechelen	1 – 0	Dinamo Bucureşti	Mechelen
	den Boer  49'

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16 September 1987	St. Mirren	1 – 0	Tromsø IL	Love Street, Paisley
	McDowall  3'

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16 September 1987	Real Sociedad	0 – 0	Śląsk Wrocław	San Sebastian

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16 September 1987	Dinamo Minsk	2 – 0	Gençlerbirliği	Minsk
	Zygmantovich  82' Gökalp  88' (o.g.)

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16 September 1987	Vitosha Sofia	1 – 0	OFI Crete	Sofia
	Sirakov  81' (pen.)

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16 September 1987	Merthyr Tydfil	2 – 1	Atalanta	Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil
	Rogers  34' Ceri Williams  82'		Progna  41'

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15 September 1987	ÍA Akranes	0 – 0	Kalmar FF	Akranes

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15 September 1987	Sporting CP	4 – 0	Swarovski Tirol	Lisbon
	Sealy  7', 41' Cascavel  24' (pen.)  85'

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13 September 1987	Vllaznia	2 – 0	Sliema Wanderers	Shkoder
	Bushati  53' Jera  66'

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16 September 1987	RoPS	0 – 0	Glentoran	Rovaniemi

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16 September 1987	Lokomotive Leipzig	0 – 0	Olympique Marseille	Leipzig

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16 September 1987	Aalborg BK	1 – 0	HNK Hajduk Split	Aalborg
	Boye  63'

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16 September 1987	Újpest	1 – 0	Den Haag	Újpest
	Heredi  32' (pen.)

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16 September 1987	Dunajská Streda	2 – 1	Young Boys	Dunajská Streda
	Micinec  9' Kašpar  37'		Zuffi  22'

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16 September 1987	Avenir Beggen	0 – 5	Hamburg	Beggen
			Labbadia  9', 70' Laubinger  44' Okoński  81' Dittmer  83'

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16 September 1987	Ajax	4 – 0	Dundalk	Amsterdam
	Rijkaard  65' Blind  73' Winter  81' Stapleton  85'

Second leg

30 September 1987	Dinamo Bucureşti	0 – 2	KV Mechelen	Bucharest
			Hofkens  40' den Boer  71'

KV Mechelen won 3–0 on aggregate.

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16 September 1987	Tromsø IL	0 – 0	St. Mirren	Tromse

St. Mirren won 1–0 on aggregate.

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30September 1987	Śląsk Wrocław	0 – 2	Real Sociedad	Wrocław
			Loren  75' M. Beguiristáin  82'

Real Sociedad won 2–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Gençlerbirliği	1 – 2	Dinamo Minsk	Ankara
	Soyak  29'		Derkach  69' Kandratsyew  84'

Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	OFI Crete	3 – 1	Vitosha Sofia	Heraklion
	Tsibos  25' Marinakis  48' Charalambidis  69'		Kurdov  71'

OFI Crete won 2–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Atalanta	2 – 0	Merthyr Tydfil	Bergamo
	Garlini  18' Cantarutti  35'

Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Kalmar FF	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	ÍA Akranes	Kalmar
	Alexandersson  102'

Kalmar FF won 0–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Swarovski Tirol	4 – 2	Sporting CP	Innsbruck
	Marko  9' Roscher  53' Pezzey  69' Linzmaier  84'		Sealy  59' Cascavel  68'

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

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29 September 1987	Sliema Wanderers	0 – 4	Vllaznia	Sliema
			Pashaj  15' Vukutana  59' Rragami  70' (pen.) Lacja  81'

Vllaznia won 6–0 on aggregate.

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28 September 1987	Glentoran	1 – 1	RoPS	Belfast
	Caskey  65'		Kallio  63'

RoPS 1–1 Glentoran. RoPS won on away goals rule.

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30 September 1987	Olympique Marseille	1 – 0	Lokomotive Leipzig	Marseille
	Allofs  8'

Olympique Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Hajduk Split	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) 4 – 2 on penalties	Aalborg BK	Stadion Poljud, Split
	Asanović  43'

Aalborg BK 1–1 Hajduk Split on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 2–4 on penalties.

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30 September 1987	Den Haag	3 – 1	Újpest	Den Haag
	Boere  22', 24' Varga  82' (o.g.)		Rostas  89'

Den Haag won 2–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Young Boys	3 – 1	Dunajská Streda	Bern
	Zuffi  64' Weber  67' Maissen  89'		Majoroš  78'

Young Boys won 3–4 on aggregate.

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30 september 1987	Hamburg	3 – 0	Avenir Beggen	Hamburg
	Kroth  9' Kaltz  72' Labbadia  82'

Hamburg won 0–8 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987	Dundalk	0 – 2	Ajax	Dundalk
			Newe  71' (o.g.) Meijer  86'

Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	2 - 0	St. Mirren	0 - 0	2 - 0
Real Sociedad	1 - 1(a)	Dinamo Minsk	1 - 1	0 - 0
OFI Crete	1 - 2	Atalanta	1 - 0	0 - 2
Kalmar FF	1 - 5	Sporting CP	1 - 0	0 - 5
Vllaznia	0 - 2	RoPS	0 - 1	0 - 1
Olympique de Marseille	7 - 0	Hajduk Split	4 - 0	3 - 0*
FC Den Haag	2 - 2(a)	Young Boys	2 - 1	0 - 1
Hamburg	0 - 3	Ajax	0 - 1	0 - 2

.*Game finished 2-0 to Hajduk Split, awarded 3-0 to Marseille following crowd violence

First leg

21 October 1987	KV Mechelen	0 – 0	St. Mirren	Mechelen

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21 October 1987	Real Sociedad	1 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	San Sebastian
	Gajate  66'		Kandratsyew  5'

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21 October 1987	OFI Crete	1 – 0	Atalanta	Thessaloniki
	Persias  17'

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21 October 1987	Kalmar FF	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Kalmar
	Arvidsson  83'

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21 October 1987	Vllaznia	0 – 1	RoPS	Shkoder
			Polack  27'

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22 October 1987	Olympique Marseille	4 – 0	Hajduk Split	Marseille
	Papin  31' Diallo  47' Allofs  68' Giresse  88'

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21 October 1987	Den Haag	2 – 1	Young Boys	Den Haag
	de Roode  3' Boere  71'		Zuffi  62'

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21 October 1987	Hamburg	0 – 1	Ajax	Amsterdam
			Meijer  82'

Second leg

3 November 1987	St. Mirren	0 – 2	KV Mechelen	Paisley
			Ohana  33', 49'

KV Mechelen won 2–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1987	Dinamo Minsk	0 – 0	Real Sociedad	Minsk

Real Sociedad 1–1 Dinamo Minsk. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals rule.

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4 November 1987	Atalanta	2 – 0	OFI Crete	Bergamo
	Nicolini  22' Garlini  68'

Atalanta won 2–1 on aggregate.

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3 November 1987	Sporting CP	5 – 0	Kalmar FF	Kalmar
	Cascavel  34', 54', 57' Sealy  62' Duílio  74'

Sporting CP won 1–5 on aggregate.

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3 November 1987	RoPS	1 – 0	Vllaznia	Rovaniemi
	Polack  27'

RoPS won 0–2 on aggregate.

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5 November 1987	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	Olympique Marseille	Stadion Poljud, Split
	Asanović  19' (pen.) Bursać  83'

The match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to flares being thrown onto the pitch followed by a pitch invasion by Hajduk fans. The match was voided and awarded 0-3 to Marseille due to the crowd trouble.
Olympique Marseille won 7–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1987	Young Boys	1 – 0	Den Haag	Bern
	Fimian  68'

Den Haag 2–2 Young Boys on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals rule.

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3 November 1987	Ajax	2 – 0	Hamburg	Amsterdam
	Mühren  12' Meijer  82'

Ajax won 0–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	2 - 1	Dinamo Minsk	1 - 0	1 - 1
Atalanta	3 - 1	Sporting CP	2 - 0	1 - 1
RoPS	0 - 4	Olympique Marseille	0 - 1	0 - 3
Young Boys	0 - 2	Ajax	0 - 1	0 - 1

First leg

1 March 1988	KV Mechelen	1 – 0	Dinamo Minsk	Mechelen
	De Wilde  86'

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2 March 1988	Atalanta	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Bergamo
	Nicolini  44' (pen.) Cantarutti  79'

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1 March 1988	RoPS	0 – 1	Olympique Marseille
			Papin  27'

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9 March 1988	Young Boys	0 – 1	Ajax	Bern
			Bosman  44'

Second leg

15 March 1988	Dinamo Minsk	1 – 1	KV Mechelen	Lisbon
	Kisten  59'		Ohana  29'

KV Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.

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16 March 1988	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Atalanta	Lisbon
	Houtman  67'		Cantarutti  82'

Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.

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16 March 1988	Olympique Marseille	3 – 0	RoPS	Marseille
	Genghini  18' Allofs  22' Papin  77' (pen.)

Olympique Marseille won 4–0 on aggregate.

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16 March 1988	Ajax	1 – 0	Young Boys	Amsterdam
	Larsson  39'

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	4 - 2	Atalanta	2 - 1	2 - 1
Olympique Marseille	2 - 4	Ajax	0 - 3	2 - 1

First leg

6 April 1988	KV Mechelen	2 – 1	Atalanta	Mechelen
	Ohana  7' den Boer  82'		Strömberg  8'

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6 April 1988	Olympique Marseille	0 – 3	Ajax	Marseille
			Witschge  12', 42' Bergkamp  89'

Second leg

20 April 1988	Atalanta	1 – 2	KV Mechelen	Bergamo
	Garlini  39' (pen.)		Rutjes  56' Emmers  79'

Mechelen won 4–2 on aggregate.

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20 April 1988	Ajax	1 – 2	Olympique Marseille	Amsterdam
	Larsson  23'		Papin  67' Allofs  90'

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

11 May 1988	KV Mechelen	1 – 0	Ajax	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
	den Boer  53'

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1987-88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Paulinho Cascavel	Sporting CP	6
2	Klaus Allofs	Olympique Marseille	4
	Piet den Boer	KV Mechelen	4
	Eli Ohana	KV Mechelen	4
	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique Marseille	4
	Tony Sealy	Sporting CP	4
7	Remco Boere	Den Haag	3
	Aldo Cantarutti	Atalanta	3
	Oliveiro Garlini	Atalanta	3
	Bruno Labbadia	Hamburg	3
	Juraj Majoroš	Dunajská Streda	3
	Hennie Meijer	Ajax	3
	Dario Zuffi	Young Boys	3

External links

• 1987-88 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation