1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	23 August 1987 – 11 May 1988
Teams	32 (First Round) 33 (Qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	Mechelen (1st title)
Runners-up	Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	131 (2.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paulinho Cascavel (6 goals)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by 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	Tsirion, Limassol Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Holzmann
			Majoroš  67'

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Second leg

27 August 1987	Dunajská Streda	5 – 1	AEL Limassol	DAC, Dunajská Streda Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stjepean Glavina
	Micinec  5', 39' Medgyes  20' Pavlik  27' Majoroš  86'		Aristotelous  69'

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mechelen	3–0	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–0	2–0
St. Mirren	1–0	Tromsø	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	1–1 (a)	Glentoran	0–0	1–1
Lokomotive Leipzig	0–1	Marseille	0–0	0–1
Aalborg BK	1–1 (2–4 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	Mechelen	1 – 0	Dinamo Bucureşti	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Urizar Azpitarte
	den Boer  49'

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16 September 1987	St. Mirren	1 – 0	Tromsø	Love Street, Paisley Attendance: 7,797 Referee: Ignace Goris
	McDowall  3'

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16 September 1987	Real Sociedad	0 – 0	Śląsk Wrocław	San Mamés, San Sebastian Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlo Longhi

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16 September 1987	Dinamo Minsk	2 – 0	Gençlerbirliği	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eero Aho
	Zygmantovich  82' Gökalp  88' (o.g.)

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16 September 1987	Vitosha Sofia	1 – 0	OFI Crete	Vasil Levski, Sofia Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Helmut Kohl
	Sirakov  81' (pen.)

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16 September 1987	Merthyr Tydfil	2 – 1	Atalanta	Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Charles Gilson
	Rogers  34' Ceri Williams  82'		Progna  41'

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15 September 1987	ÍA Akranes	0 – 0	Kalmar FF	Akranesvöllur, Akranes Attendance: 2,108 Referee: Thorodd Presberg

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15 September 1987	Sporting CP	4 – 0	Swarovski Tirol	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove
	Sealy  7', 41' Cascavel  24' (pen.)  85'

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13 September 1987	Vllaznia	2 – 0	Sliema Wanderers	Loro Boriçi, Shkoder Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Vasilis Nikakis
	Bushati  53' Jera  66'

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16 September 1987	RoPS	0 – 0	Glentoran	Keskuskenttä, Rovaniemi Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Douglas Hope

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16 September 1987	Lokomotive Leipzig	0 – 0	Marseille	Zentalstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Erik Fredriksson

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16 September 1987	Aalborg BK	1 – 0	HNK Hajduk Split	Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Klaus Scheurell
	Boye  63'

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16 September 1987	Újpest	1 – 0	Den Haag	Megyeri úti stadion, Budapest Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler
	Heredi  32' (pen.)

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16 September 1987	Dunajská Streda	2 – 1	Young Boys	DAC, Dunajská Streda Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ignatius Van Swieten
	Micinec  9' Kašpar  37'		Zuffi  22'

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16 September 1987	Avenir Beggen	0 – 5	Hamburg	Henri Dunant, Beggen Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alphonse Constantin
			Labbadia  9', 70' Laubinger  44' Okoński  81' Dittmer  83'

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16 September 1987	Ajax	4 – 0	Dundalk	De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 15,712 Referee: Enriquez Negreira
	Rijkaard  65' Blind  73' Winter  81' Stapleton  85'

Second leg

30 September 1987	Dinamo Bucureşti	0 – 2	Mechelen	Dinamo, Bucharest Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pietro D'Elia
			Hofkens  40' den Boer  71'

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16 September 1987	Tromsø	0 – 0	St. Mirren	Alfheim, Tromse Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Kurt Horsted

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30September 1987	Śląsk Wrocław	0 – 2	Real Sociedad	Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jan Keizer
			Loren  75' M. Beguiristáin  82'

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30 September 1987	Gençlerbirliği	1 – 2	Dinamo Minsk	19 Mayıs, Ankara Attendance: 7,445 Referee: Adrian Porumboiu
	Soyak  29'		Derkach  69' Kandratsyew  84'

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30 September 1987	OFI Crete	3 – 1	Vitosha Sofia	Vardinogiannis Vardinogiannis, Heraklion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bruno Galler
	Tsibos  25' Marinakis  48' Charalambidis  69'		Kurdov  71'

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30 September 1987	Atalanta	2 – 0	Merthyr Tydfil	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Victor Mintoff
	Garlini  16' Cantarutti  20'

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30 September 1987	Kalmar FF	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	ÍA Akranes	Fredriksskans, Kalmar Attendance: 1,067 Referee: Tadeusz Diakonowicz
	Alexandersson  102'

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30 September 1987	Swarovski Tirol	4 – 2	Sporting CP	Tivoli, Innsbruck Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Paolo Casarin
	Marko  9' Roscher  53' Pezzey  69' Linzmaier  84'		Sealy  59' Cascavel  68'

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29 September 1987	Sliema Wanderers	0 – 4	Vllaznia	Ta' Qali Valletta Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aldo Soldatic
			Pashaj  15' Vukutana  59' Rragami  70' (pen.) Lacja  81'

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28 September 1987	Glentoran	1 – 1	RoPS	The Oval, Belfast Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson
	Caskey  65'		Kallio  63'

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30 September 1987	Marseille	1 – 0	Lokomotive Leipzig	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 23,680 Referee: Franz Gächter
	Allofs  8'

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30 September 1987	Hajduk Split	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) 4 – 2 on penalties	Aalborg BK	Poljud, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sadik Deda
	Asanović  43'

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30 September 1987	Den Haag	3 – 1	Újpest	Zuiderpark, The Hague Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Neil Midgley
	Boere  22', 24' Varga  82' (o.g.)		Rostas  89'

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30 September 1987	Young Boys	3 – 1	Dunajská Streda	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Wolf-Günter Wiesel
	Zuffi  64' Weber  67' Maissen  89'		Majoroš  78'

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30 September 1987	Hamburg	3 – 0	Avenir Beggen	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Jan Damgaard
	Kroth  9' Kaltz  72' Labbadia  82'

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30 September 1987	Dundalk	0 – 2	Ajax	Oriel Park, Dundalk Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rune Larsson
			Newe  71' (o.g.) Meijer  86'

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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
Marseille	7–0	Hajduk Split	4–0	3–01
Den Haag	2–2 (a)	Young Boys	2–1	0–1
Hamburg	0–3	Ajax	0–1	0–2

Notes

• Note 1: With Hajduk Split winning 2–0, 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 3–0 to Marseille due to the crowd trouble.

First leg

21 October 1987	Mechelen	0 – 0	St. Mirren	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen Attendance: 6,146 Referee: Lajos Hartmann

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21 October 1987	Real Sociedad	1 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Atotxa, San Sebastian Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vitor Fernandes
	Gajate  66'		Kandratsyew  5'

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21 October 1987	OFI Crete	1 – 0	Atalanta	Toumba, Thessaloniki Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber
	Persias  17'

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21 October 1987	Kalmar FF	1 – 0	Sporting CP	Fredriksskans, Kalmar Attendance: 2,070 Referee: Neil Midgley
	Arvidsson  83'

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21 October 1987	Vllaznia	0 – 1	RoPS	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkoder Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov
			Polack  27'

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22 October 1987	Olympique Marseille	4 – 0	Hajduk Split	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 28,313 Referee: Paolo Casarin
	Papin  31' Diallo  47' Allofs  68' Giresse  88'

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21 October 1987	Den Haag	2 – 1	Young Boys	Zuiderpark, The Hague Attendance: 9,337 Referee: Luigi Agnolin
	de Roode  3' Boere  71'		Zuffi  62'

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21 October 1987	Hamburg	0 – 1	Ajax	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Franz Wöhrer
			Meijer  82'

Second leg

3 November 1987	St. Mirren	0 – 2	Mechelen	Love Street, Paisley Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Einar Halle
			Ohana  33', 49'

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3 November 1987	Dinamo Minsk	0 – 0	Real Sociedad	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu

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4 November 1987	Atalanta	2 – 0	OFI Crete	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gérard Biguet
	Nicolini  22' Garlini  68'

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3 November 1987	Sporting CP	5 – 0	Kalmar FF	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 45,000 Referee: George Smith
	Cascavel  34', 54', 57' Sealy  62' Duílio  74'

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3 November 1987	RoPS	1 – 0	Vllaznia	Keskuskenttä, Rovaniemi Attendance: 8,543 Referee: Bo Karlsson
	Polack  27'

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5 November 1987	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	Olympique Marseille	Poljud, Split Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Dieter Pauly
	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.

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3 November 1987	Young Boys	1 – 0	Den Haag	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Helmut Kohl
	Fimian  68'

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3 November 1987	Ajax	2 – 0	Hamburg	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 42,943 Referee: George Courtney
	Mühren  12' Meijer  82'

Quarter-finals

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

First leg

1 March 1988	Mechelen	1 – 0	Dinamo Minsk	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Gerasimos Germanakos
	De Wilde  86'

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2 March 1988	Atalanta	2 – 0	Sporting CP	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen
	Nicolini  44' (pen.) Cantarutti  79'

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1 March 1988	RoPS	0 – 1	Olympique Marseille	Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce Attendance: 1,631 Referee: Velichko Tsonchev
			Papin  27'

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9 March 1988	Young Boys	0 – 1	Ajax	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance: 7,686 Referee: Emilio Soriana Aladren
			Bosman  44'

Second leg

15 March 1988	Dinamo Minsk	1 – 1	Mechelen	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørenson
	Kisten  59'		Ohana  29'

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16 March 1988	Sporting CP	1 – 1	Atalanta	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Horst Brummeieir
	Houtman  67'		Cantarutti  82'

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16 March 1988	Olympique Marseille	3 – 0	RoPS	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 16,016 Referee: Vitor Fernandes
	Genghini  18' Allofs  22' Papin  77' (pen.)

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16 March 1988	Ajax	1 – 0	Young Boys	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Valeri Butenko
	Larsson  39'

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mechelen	4–2	Atalanta	2–1	2–1
Marseille	2–4	Ajax	0–3	2–1

First leg

6 April 1988	Mechelen	2 – 1	Atalanta	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén
	Ohana  7' den Boer  82'		Strömberg  8'

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6 April 1988	Olympique Marseille	0 – 3	Ajax	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 42,584 Referee: Ioan Igna
			Witschge  12', 42' Bergkamp  89'

Second leg

20 April 1988	Atalanta	1 – 2	Mechelen	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Valeri Butenko
	Garlini  39' (pen.)		Rutjes  56' Emmers  79'

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20 April 1988	Ajax	1 – 2	Olympique Marseille	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen
	Larsson  23'		Papin  67' Allofs  90'

Final

Main article: 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

11 May 1988	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