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)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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.

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 Gamesheet

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

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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.

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

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1987-09-16	Lillestrøm	1 – 1	Linfield
	Olsen  44'	Report Gamesheet	Baxter  75'

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

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

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

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

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1987-09-16	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 1	Omonia
		Report Gamesheet	Theofanus  10'

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

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1987-09-16	Olympiacos	1 – 1	Górnik Zabrze
	Alexiou  19'	Report Gamesheet	Klemenz  26'

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1987-09-16	AGF	4 – 1	Jeunesse Esch
	Beck Andersen  1' Lundqvist  8'  19' Bartram  43' (pen)	Report Gamesheet	Scholten  73'

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

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1987-09-16	Fram	0 – 2	Sparta Prague
		Report Gamesheet	Skuhravý  80' Novák  86'

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1987-09-16	Malmö FF	0 – 1	Anderlecht
		Report Gamesheet	Vervoort  37'

Second leg

1987-09-30	Kuusysi	2 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax
	Lius  7' Kousa  28'	Report Gamesheet	Sutter  10'

Neuchâtel Xamax beat Kuusysi 7-1 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	CFKA Sredets	0 – 1	Bayern Munich
		Report Gamesheet	Kögl  70'

Bayern Munich beat CFKA Sredets 5-0 on aggregate.

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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.

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1987-09-30	Vardar	0 – 3	Porto
		Report Gamesheet	António Sousa  38' Magalhães  64' Madjer  66'

Porto beat Vardar 6-0 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	Linfield	2 – 4	Lillestrøm
	McGaughey  40'  67'	Report Gamesheet	Larsen  24'  78' Hauberg  42' Sognnæs  80'

Lillestrøm beat Linfield 5-3 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	Dynamo Berlin	0 – 2	Bordeaux
		Report Gamesheet	Zl. Vujović  58' Ferreri  89'

Bordeaux beat Dynamo Berlin 4-0 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	Ħamrun Spartans	0 – 1	Rapid Vienna
		Report Gamesheet	Weber  70'

Rapid Vienna beat Ħamrun Spartans 7-0 on aggregate.

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

PSV beat Galatasaray 3-2 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	MTK	2 – 0	Steaua Bucureşti
	Hires  18' Szeibert  41'	Report Gamesheet

Steaua Bucureşti beat MTK 4-2 on aggregate.

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

Omonia beat Shamrock Rovers 1-0 on aggregate.

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

Rangers beat Dynamo Kiev 2-1 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	Górnik Zabrze	2 – 1	Olympiacos
	Cyroń  24' Iwan  42'	Report Gamesheet	Kostikos  65' (pen)

Górnik Zabrze beat Olympiacos 3-2 on aggregate.

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

AGF beat Jeunesse Esch 4-2 on aggregate.

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	Partizani Tirana	Match unplayed	Benfica
		Report

Benfica beat Partizani Tirana 4-0 on aggregate.

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

Sparta Prague beat Fram 10-0 on aggregate.

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1987-09-30	Anderlecht	1 – 1	Malmö FF
	Vervoort  30'	Report Gamesheet	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 Gamesheet	Matthäus  47'

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1987-10-21	Real Madrid	2 – 1	Porto
	Sánchez  81' Sanchís  90'	Report Gamesheet	Madjer  59'

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1987-10-21	Lillestrøm	0 – 0	Bordeaux
		Report Gamesheet

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1987-10-21	Rapid Vienna	1 – 2	PSV
	Kranjčar  47' (pen)	Report Gamesheet	van Aerle  71' Gillhaus  77'

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1987-10-21	Steaua Bucureşti	3 – 1	Omonia
	Hagi  14' (pen)  68' Iovan  43'	Report Gamesheet	Xiourouppas  38'

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1987-10-21	Rangers	3 – 1	Górnik Zabrze
	McCoist  6' Durrant  22' Falco  45'	Report Gamesheet	Urban  56'

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1987-10-21	AGF	0 – 0	Benfica
		Report Gamesheet

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1987-10-21	Sparta Prague	1 – 2	Anderlecht
	Hašek  10'	Report Gamesheet	Vervoort  27' Frimann  50'

Second leg

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

Bayern Munich beat Neuchâtel Xamax 3-2 on aggregate.

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1987-11-04	Porto	1 – 2	Real Madrid
	António Sousa  23'	Report Gamesheet	Míchel  54'  70'

Real Madrid beat Porto 4-2 on aggregate.

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

Bordeaux beat Lillestrøm 1-0 on aggregate.

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

PSV beat Rapid Vienna 4-1 on aggregate.

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1987-11-04	Omonia	0 – 2	Steaua Bucureşti
		Report Gamesheet	Christofi  7' (o.g.) Lăcătuş  34'

Steaua Bucureşti beat Omonia 5-1 on aggregate.

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1987-11-04	Górnik Zabrze	1 – 1	Rangers
	Orzeszek  63'	Report Gamesheet	McCoist  41' (pen)

Rangers beat Górnik Zabrze 4-1 on aggregate.

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

Benfica beat AGF 1-0 on aggregate.

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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 Gamesheet	Butragueño  84' Sánchez  89'

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1988-03-02	Bordeaux	1 – 1	PSV
	Touré  21'	Report Gamesheet	Kieft  40'

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

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

Second Leg

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

Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate.

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1988-03-16	PSV	0 – 0	Bordeaux
		Report Gamesheet

PSV beat Bordeaux 1-1 on away goals.

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1988-03-16	Rangers	2 – 1	Steaua Bucureşti
	Gough  16' McCoist  30' (pen)	Report Gamesheet	Piţurcă  3'

Steaua Bucureşti beat Rangers 3-2 on aggregate.

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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'

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

Second Leg

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

PSV beat Real Madrid 1-1 on away goals.

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

Benfica beat Steaua Bucureşti 2-0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1988 European Cup 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

External links

• 1987–88 All matches - season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1987-88 European Cup according to protocols UEFA