1991–92 European Cup

1991–92 European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	18 September 1991 – 20 May 1992
Teams	32 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	Sampdoria
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Sergei Yuran Jean-Pierre Papin (7 goals)
← 1990–91 1992–93(UEFA Champions League) →

The 1991–92 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria, giving Spain its first championship trophy since 1966. The winning goal was scored by Ronald Koeman with a free-kick. This was the last tournament before the competition was re-branded as the UEFA Champions League. It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final.

This tournament also marked the first appearance of English clubs after a six-year absence resulting from the ban they received following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. They would have returned one year earlier had any club other than Liverpool won the 1990 Football League championship, but Liverpool were unable to participate in the 1990–91 competition because they had been banned for an additional year beyond the five-year ban to which all English clubs had been subjected. On this occasion, Arsenal were the English entrants.

The previous season's champions, Red Star Belgrade, did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of war in the former Yugoslavia, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. Red Star themselves were eliminated in the group stage.

First round

Note: Kaiserslautern and Hansa Rostock are champions of West Germany and East Germany in 1990-91 season respectively, both qualified for European Cup. As German reunification has occurred, all flags here show Germany instead of West/East Germany.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–1	Hansa Rostock	3–0	0–1
Kaiserslautern	3–1	Etar	2–0	1–1
Union Luxembourg	0–10	Marseille	0–5	0–5
Sparta Prague	(a)2–2	Rangers	1–0	1–2
Ħamrun Spartans	0–10	Benfica	0–6	0–4
Arsenal	6–2	Austria Wien	6–1	0–1
HJK Helsinki	0–4	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–3
Brøndby	4–2	Zagłębie Lubin	3–0	1–2
Fram Reykjavík	2–2(a)	Panathinaikos	2–2	0–0
IFK Göteborg	(a)1–1	Flamurtari Vlorë	0–0	1–1
Beşiktaş	2–3	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	1–2
Anderlecht	4–1	Grasshopper	1–1	3–0
Red Star Belgrade	8–0	Portadown	4–0	4–0
Universitatea Craiova	2–3	Apollon Limassol	2–0	0–3
Budapest Honvéd	3–1	Dundalk	1–1	2–0
Sampdoria	7–1	Rosenborg	5–0	2–1

First leg

18 September 1991	Barcelona	3–0	Hansa Rostock	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)
	Laudrup  25', 47' Goikoetxea  77'	Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1991	Kaiserslautern	2–0	Etar	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo (Portugal)
	Funkel  38' (pen.), 73'	Report Gamesheet

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18 September 1991	Union Luxembourg	0–5	Marseille	Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg
		Report Gamesheet	Papin  11', 31', 85' (pen.) Xuereb  14' Sauzée  44'

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18 September 1991	Sparta Prague	1–0	Rangers
	Němec  20'	Report Gamesheet

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18 September 1991	Ħamrun Spartans	0–6	Benfica
		Report Gamesheet	Pacheco  30' Yuran  32', 35', 50', 83' Rui Águas  75'

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18 September 1991	Arsenal	6–1	Austria Wien	Highbury, London
	Linighan  38' Smith  51', 54', 66', 67' Limpar  80'	Report Gamesheet	Ogris  56'

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18 September 1991	HJK Helsinki	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
		Report Gamesheet	Kovalets  32'

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18 September 1991	Brøndby	3–0	Zagłębie Lubin
	Christofte  53' (pen.) Ekelund  58' Okechukwu  73'	Report Gamesheet

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18 September 1991	Fram Reykjavík	2–2	Panathinaikos	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Ragnarsson  57' Arnþórsson  62'	Report Gamesheet	Christodoulou  38', 72'

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18 September 1991	IFK Göteborg	0–0	Flamurtari Vlorë
		Report Gamesheet

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17 September 1991	Beşiktaş	1–1	PSV Eindhoven
	Özdilek  80' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Ellerman  27'

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18 September 1991	Anderlecht	1–1	Grasshopper
	Degryse  44'	Report Gamesheet	Nemtsoudis  65'

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18 September 1991	Red Star Belgrade	4–0	Portadown
	Tanjga  15' Stošić  37' Mihajlović  77', 85'	Report Gamesheet

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18 September 1991	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Apollon Limassol
	Popescu  22' (pen.) Agalliu  68'	Report Gamesheet

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18 September 1991	Budapest Honvéd	1–1	Dundalk
	Negrau  82'	Report Gamesheet	McEvoy  30'

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18 September 1991 20:30	Sampdoria	5–0	Rosenborg	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Lombardo  11', 84' Dossena  26', 57' Silas  76'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

2 October 1991	Hansa Rostock	1–0	Barcelona	Ostseestadion, Rostock Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pier Luigi Pairetto (Italy)
	Spies  66'	Report Gamesheet

Barcelona beat Hansa Rostock 3–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Etar	1–1	Kaiserslautern
	Chervenkov  43'	Report Gamesheet	Degen  90'

Kaiserslautern beat Etar 3–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Marseille	5–0	Union Luxembourg
	Papin  15', 46' Angloma  56' Eyraud  60' Xuereb  75'	Report Gamesheet

Marseille beat Union Luxembourg 10–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Rangers	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sparta Prague	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	McCall  48', 94'	Report Gamesheet	Nisbet  98' (o.g.)

Sparta Prague 2–2 Rangers on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.

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2 October 1991	Benfica	4–0	Ħamrun Spartans
	Isaías  52' Brito  70' Yuran  73' Paulo Madeira  75'	Report Gamesheet

Benfica beat Ħamrun Spartans 10–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Austria Wien	1–0	Arsenal
	Stöger  78' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Arsenal beat Austria Wien 6–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	HJK Helsinki
	Kovalets  28' Moroz  48' Hrytsyna  72'	Report Gamesheet

Dynamo Kyiv beat HJK Helsinki 4–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Zagłębie Lubin	2–1	Brøndby
	Czachowski  60' Grech  73'	Report Gamesheet	Vilfort  28'

Brøndby beat Zagłębie Lubin 4–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Panathinaikos	0–0	Fram Reykjavík
		Report Gamesheet

Fram Reykjavík 2–2 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.

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2 October 1991	Flamurtari Vlorë	1–1	IFK Göteborg
	Daullja  25'	Report Gamesheet	Ekström  68'

IFK Göteborg 1–1 Flamurtari Vlorë on aggregate. IFK Göteborg won on away goals.

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2 October 1991	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	Beşiktaş
	Vanenburg  25' Kalusha  74'	Report Gamesheet	Tekin  4'

PSV Eindhoven beat Beşiktaş 3–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Grasshopper	0–3	Anderlecht
		Report Gamesheet	Nilis  8', 24', 82'

Anderlecht beat Grasshopper 4–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Portadown	0–4	Red Star Belgrade	Shamrock Park, Portadown
		Report Gamesheet	Ratković  19', 54' Pančev  38' Radinović  87'

Red Star Belgrade beat Portadown 8–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Apollon Limassol	3–0	Universitatea Craiova
	Ptak  10' (pen.) Pesirovic  56', 79'	Report Gamesheet

Apollon Limassol beat Universitatea Craiova 3–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Dundalk	0–2	Budapest Honvéd
		Report Gamesheet	Pisont  24', 29'

Budapest Honvéd beat Dundalk 3–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1991	Rosenborg	1–2	Sampdoria	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
	Strand  83'	Report Gamesheet	Vialli  85' Mancini  90' (pen.)

Sampdoria beat Rosenborg 7–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	(a)3–3	Kaiserslautern	2–0	1–3
Marseille	4–4(a)	Sparta Prague	3–2	1–2
Benfica	4–2	Arsenal	1–1	3–1 (aet)
Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	Brøndby	1–1	1–0
Panathinaikos	4–2	IFK Göteborg	2–0	2–2
PSV Eindhoven	0–2	Anderlecht	0–0	0–2
Red Star Belgrade	5–1	Apollon Limassol	3–1	2–0
Budapest Honvéd	3–4	Sampdoria	2–1	1–3

First leg

23 October 1991	Barcelona	2–0	Kaiserslautern
	Begiristain  41', 53'	Report Gamesheet

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23 October 1991	Marseille	3–2	Sparta Prague
	Waddle  34' Papin  55', 60'	Report Gamesheet	Vrabec  63' (pen.) Kukleta  80' (pen.)

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23 October 1991	Benfica	1–1	Arsenal
	Isaías  15'	Report Gamesheet	Campbell  18'

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23 October 1991	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	Brøndby
	Salenko  77' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Nielsen  12'

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23 October 1991	Panathinaikos	2–0	IFK Göteborg
	Saravakos  27' Marangos  49'	Report Gamesheet

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23 October 1991	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	Anderlecht
		Report Gamesheet

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23 October 1991	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	Apollon Limassol
	Pančev  16' Lukić  70' Savićević  83' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Ptak  41'

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23 October 1991	Budapest Honvéd	2–1	Sampdoria	Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
	Pisont  52' Cservenkai  72'	Report Gamesheet	Toninho Cerezo  56'

Second leg

6 November 1991	Kaiserslautern	3–1	Barcelona	Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
	Hotić  35', 49' Goldbæk  76'	Report Gamesheet	Bakero  90'

Barcelona 3–3 Kaiserslautern on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.

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6 November 1991	Sparta Prague	2–1	Marseille
	Frýdek  36' Siegl  70'	Report Gamesheet	Pelé  86'

Marseille 4–4 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.

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6 November 1991	Arsenal	1 – 3 (aet)	Benfica	Highbury, London
	Pates  20'	Report Gamesheet	Isaías  36', 109' Kulkov  100'

Benfica beat Arsenal 4–2 on aggregate.

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6 November 1991	Brøndby	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
		Report Gamesheet	Yakovenko  6'

Dynamo Kyiv beat Brøndby 2–1 on aggregate.

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6 November 1991	IFK Göteborg	2–2	Panathinaikos
	Svensson  23' Ekström  37'	Report Gamesheet	Saravakos  60', 81' (pen.)

Panathinaikos beat IFK Göteborg 4–2 on aggregate.

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6 November 1991	Anderlecht	2–0	PSV Eindhoven
	Degryse  10' Boffin  90'	Report Gamesheet

Anderlecht beat PSV Eindhoven 2–0 on aggregate.

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6 November 1991	Apollon Limassol	0–2	Red Star Belgrade
		Report Gamesheet	Savićević  48' Lukić  79' (pen.)

Red Star Belgrade beat Apollon Limassol 5–1 on aggregate.

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6 November 1991 20:30	Sampdoria	3–1	Budapest Honvéd	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Lombardo  10' Vialli  27', 46'	Report Gamesheet	Pari  65' (o.g.)

Sampdoria beat Budapest Honvéd 4–3 on aggregate.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sampdoria	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8
Red Star Belgrade	6	3	0	3	9	10	−1	6
Anderlecht	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6
Panathinaikos	6	0	4	2	1	4	−3	4

27 November 1991 20:30	Sampdoria	2–0	Red Star Belgrade	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Nedeljković  7' (o.g.) Vialli  74'	Report Gamesheet

27 November 1991	Anderlecht	0–0	Panathinaikos
		Report Gamesheet

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11 December 1991 20:00	Panathinaikos	0–0	Sampdoria	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		Report Gamesheet

12 December 1991	Red Star Belgrade	3–2	Anderlecht	Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
	Ratković  19' Ivić  70' Pančev  88'	Report Gamesheet	Lamptey  33' Nilis  55'

Match was played in Budapest, Hungary since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into Yugoslav Wars.

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4 March 1992	Panathinaikos	0–2	Red Star Belgrade
		Report Gamesheet	Pančev  70', 87'

4 March 1992	Anderlecht	3–2	Sampdoria	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
	Degryse  53' Nilis  66', 88'	Report Gamesheet	Vialli  26', 63'

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18 March 1992	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	Panathinaikos	Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,000
	Mihajlović  53' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into Yugoslav Wars.

18 March 1992 20:30	Sampdoria	2–0	Anderlecht	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Lombardo  33' Mancini  35'	Report Gamesheet

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1 April 1992 20:15	Red Star Belgrade	1–3	Sampdoria	Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 33,000 Referee: dos Santos (Portugal)
	Mihajlović  19'	Report Gamesheet	Katanec  34' Vasilijević  41' (o.g.) Mancini  76'

Match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into Yugoslav Wars.

1 April 1992	Panathinaikos	0–0	Anderlecht
		Report Gamesheet

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15 April 1992 20:15	Sampdoria	1–1	Panathinaikos	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Mancini  36'	Report Gamesheet	Marangos  27'

15 April 1992	Anderlecht	3–2	Red Star Belgrade
	Oliveira  3' Bosman  44' Degryse  82'	Report Gamesheet	Pančev  7' Čula  80'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	9
Sparta Prague	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	6
Benfica	6	1	3	2	8	5	+3	5
Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	0	4	3	12	−9	4

27 November 1991	Barcelona	3–2	Sparta Prague	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Amor  14' Laudrup  34' Bakero  61'	Report Gamesheet	Vrabec  19' Němeček  64'

27 November 1991	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Benfica
	Salenko  29'	Report Gamesheet

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11 December 1991	Sparta Prague	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv
	Němeček  13' Vrabec  22'	Report Gamesheet	Sharan  55'

11 December 1991	Benfica	0–0	Barcelona
		Report Gamesheet

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4 March 1992	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Barcelona
		Report Gamesheet	Stoichkov  33' Salinas  66'

4 March 1992	Benfica	1–1	Sparta Prague
	Pacheco  53' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Novotný  31'

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18 March 1992	Barcelona	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
	Stoichkov  60', 81' Salinas  88'	Report Gamesheet

18 March 1992	Sparta Prague	1–1	Benfica
	Chovanec  45'	Report Gamesheet	Vítor Paneira  29'

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1 April 1992	Sparta Prague	1–0	Barcelona
	Siegl  65'	Report Gamesheet

1 April 1992	Benfica	5–0	Dynamo Kyiv
	Brito  25', 62' Isaías  71' Yuran  83', 87'	Report Gamesheet

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15 April 1992	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Sparta Prague
	Salenko  82'	Report Gamesheet

15 April 1992 20:00	Barcelona	2–1	Benfica
	Stoichkov  10' Bakero  25'	Report Gamesheet	Brito  29'

Final

Main article: 1992 European Cup Final

20 May 1992 19:15	Barcelona	1–0	Sampdoria	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 70,827 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
	Koeman  111'	Report Gamesheet

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1991–92 European Cup (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Sergei Yuran	Benfica	7
	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique Marseille	7
3	Luc Nilis	Anderlecht	6
	Darko Pančev	Red Star Belgrade	6
	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	6
6	Isaías	Benfica	5
7	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	4
	César Brito	Benfica	4
	Marc Degryse	Anderlecht	4
	Attilio Lombardo	Sampdoria	4
	Roberto Mancini	Sampdoria	4
	Siniša Mihajlović	Red Star Belgrade	4
	Alan Smith	Arsenal	4
13	José Mari Bakero	Barcelona	3
	Michael Laudrup	Barcelona	3
	István Pisont	Budapest Honvéd	3
	Milorad Ratković	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Oleg Salenko	Dynamo Kyiv	3
	Dimitris Saravakos	Panathinaikos	3
	Petr Vrabec	Sparta Prague	3

External links

• 1991–92 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1991–92 European Cup according to protocols UEFA