1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup

1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	19 August 1990 – 15 May 1991
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Top scorer(s)	Roberto Baggio (9 goals)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Manchester United against Barcelona. It was a great return to European football for English clubs, who had endured a five-year ban after the Heysel Stadium disaster.

Qualifying match

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bray Wanderers	1–3	Trabzonspor	1–1	0–2

First leg

19 August 1990	Bray Wanderers	1 – 1	Trabzonspor	Tolka Park, Dublin Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michel Piraux (France)
	Nugent  51'		Đukić  2'

Second leg

4 September 1990	Trabzonspor	2 – 0	Bray Wanderers	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)
	Đukić  48' Aslan  62'

Trabzonspor won 1–3 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nea Salamis	0–5	Aberdeen	0–2	0–3
Legia Warszawa	6–0	Swift Hesperange	3–0	3–0
Olympiacos	5–1	KS Flamurtari	3–1	2–0
Kaiserslautern	1–2	Sampdoria	1–0	0–2
Manchester United	3–0	Pécsi Mecsek	2–0	1–0
Wrexham	1–0	Lyngby BK	0–0	1–0
Montpellier	1–0	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	0–0
Glentoran	1–6	Steaua Bucureşti	1–1	0–5
KuPS	2–6	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	0–4
Sliema Wanderers	1–4	Dukla Prague	1–2	0–2
Fram Reykjavik	4–1	Djurgårdens IF	3–0	1–1
Trabzonspor	3–7	Barcelona	1–0	2–7
Viking FK	0–5	Liège	0–2	0–3
Estrela da Amadora	1–1 (4–3p)†	Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	1–1 (aet)
PSV Schwerin	0–2	Austria Wien	0–2	0–0
FC Sliven	1–8	Juventus	0–2	1–6

^† Order of legs reversed after original draw
^* The second leg of Kaiserslautern and PSV Schwerin were after the German reunification.

First leg

19 September 1990	Nea Salamis	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Famagusta Attendance: 7,000
			Mason  62' Gillhaus  81'

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19 September 1990	Legia Warszawa	3 – 0	Swift Hesperange	Wojska Polskiego Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)
	Kosecki  48', 79' Pisz  90'

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19 September 1990	Olympiacos	3 – 1	KS Flamurtari	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
	Anastopoulos  8', 69' Hantzidis  25'		Ziu  75'

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19 September 1990	Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
	Kuntz  75'

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19 September 1990	Manchester United	2 – 0	Pécsi Mecsek	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 28,411
	Blackmore  9' Webb  16'

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19 September 1990	Wrexham	0 – 0	Lyngby BK	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

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19 September 1990	Montpellier	1 – 0	PSV Eindhoven	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
	Ziober  9'

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19 September 1990	Glentoran	1 – 1	Steaua Bucureşti	The Oval, Belfast
	Douglas  84'		Stan  47' (pen.)

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19 September 1990	KuPS	2 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Kuopion keskuskenttä, Kuopio
	Nyyssönen  38' Gayle  89'		Salenko  11' Yuran  65'

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18 September 1990	Sliema Wanderers	1 – 2	Dukla Prague	Sliema
	Walker  54'		Rada  33' Kostelník  87'

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19 September 1990	Fram Reykjavik	3 – 0	Djurgårdens IF	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
	Ragnarsson  55', 57' Arnthorsson  89'

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19 September 1990	Trabzonspor	1 – 0	Barcelona	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
	Mandıralı  67'

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19 September 1990	Viking FK	0 – 2	Liège	Viking Stadion, Stavanger
			Boffin  15' Ernes  82'

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19 September 1990	Estrela da Amadora	1 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Estádio José Gomes, Estrela
	Ricky  25'		Sutter  57'

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19 September 1990	PSV Schwerin	1 – 1	Austria Wien	Sportpark Paulshöhe, Schwerin
			Milevskiy  34' Zsak  36'

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19 September 1990	FC Sliven	0 – 2	Juventus	Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven
			Schillaci  25' Baggio  90' (pen.)

Second leg

3 October 1990	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Nea Salamis	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 7,500
	Robertson  13' Gillhaus  32' Jess  67'

Aberdeen won 0–5 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Swift Hesperange	0 – 3	Legia Warszawa	Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette Attendance: 520 Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (West Germany)
			Jóźwiak  68' Latka  82' Kosecki  88'

Legia Warszawa won 0–6 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	KS Flamurtari	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlore
			Christodoulou  84' Mitropoulos  87'

Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Sampdoria	2 – 0	Kaiserslautern	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Mancini  6' (pen.) Branca  74'

Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Pécsi Mecsek	0 – 1	Manchester United	Stadium of Újmecsekalja, Pécs Attendance: 17,000
			McClair  77'

Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Lyngby BK	0 – 1	Wrexham	Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby
			Armstrong  11'

Wrexham won 0–1 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	PSV Eindhoven	0 – 0	Montpellier	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Montpellier won 1–0 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Steaua Bucureşti	5 – 0	Glentoran	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
	Stan  22' Dumitrescu  37', 45' Petrescu  78', 88'

Steaua Bucureşti won 1–6 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Dynamo Kyiv	4 – 0	KuPS	Kiev
	Salenko  14' Lytovchenko  25', 54' Yuran  85'

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–6 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Dukla Prague	2 – 0	Sliema Wanderers	Stadion Juliska, Prague
	Walker  47' (o.g.) Záleský  67'

Dukla Prague won 1–4 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Djurgårdens IF	1 – 1	Fram Reykjavik	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 637
	Martinsson  83'		Ormslev  9' (pen.)

Fram Reykjavik won 4–1 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Barcelona	7 – 2	Trabzonspor	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Begiristain  13' Amor  29' Koeman  33', 40', 75' (pen.) Stoichkov  44', 87'		Mandıralı  7' Boz  68'

Barcelona won 3–7 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	RFC Liège	3 – 0	Viking FK	Stade du Pairay, Liège
	Boffin  22', 35', 88'

RFC Liège won 0–5 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Neuchâtel Xamax	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 3–4 penalties	Estrela da Amadora	Stade de la Maladière, Xamax
	Sutter  48'		Moreira  83'

Estrela da Amadora 2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties

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3 October 1990	Austria Wien	0 – 0	PSV Schwerin	Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna

Austria Wien won 0–2 on aggregate.

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3 October 1990	Juventus	6 – 1	FC Sliven	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
	Baggio  15' (pen.) 18' Schillaci  25' Corini  49' Bonetti  53' Júlio César  56'		Kelepov  84'

Juventus won 8–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aberdeen	0–1	Legia Warszawa	0–0	0–1
Olympiacos	1–4	Sampdoria	0–1	1–3
Manchester United	5–0	Wrexham	3–0	2–0
Montpellier	8–0	Steaua Bucureşti	5–0	3–0
Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	Dukla Prague	1–0	2–2
Fram Reykjavik	1–5	Barcelona	1–2	0–3
Liège	2–1	Estrela de Amadora	2–0	0–1
Austria Wien	0–8	Juventus	0–4	0–4

First leg

24 October 1990	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Legia Warszawa	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

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24 October 1990	Olympiacos	0 – 1	Sampdoria	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
			Katanec  53'

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23 October 1990	Manchester United	3 – 0	Wrexham	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 29,405
	McClair  40' Bruce  42' (pen.) Pallister  59'

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24 October 1990	Montpellier	5 – 0	Steaua Bucureşti	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
	Ziober  26', 61' Xuereb  52' Blanc  55' (pen.) Castro  80'

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24 October 1990	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 0	Dukla Prague	Kiev
	Lytovchenko  84'

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23 October 1990	Fram Reykjavik	1 – 2	Barcelona	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
	Daðason  60'		Salinas  33' Stoitchkov  87'

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24 October 1990	Liège	2 – 0	Estrela da Amadora	Stade du Pairay, Liège
	Malbaša  7' Milošević  86'

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24 October 1990	Austria Wien	0 – 4	Juventus	Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna
			Casiraghi  30', 45' Baggio  48' Schillaci  69' (pen.)

Second leg

7 November 1990	Legia Warszawa	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Wojska Polskiego Stadium, Warsaw
	Iwanicki  84'

Legia Warszawa won 0–1 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Sampdoria	3 – 1	Olympiacos	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Lombardo  17' Branca  28', 66'		Drakopoulos  62'

Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Wrexham	0 – 2	Manchester United	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 13,327
			Robins  31' Bruce  35'

Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Steaua Bucureşti	0 – 3	Montpellier	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
			Colleter  52' Garande  71' Guérin  82'

Montpellier won 8–0 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Dukla Prague	2 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Stadion Juliska, Prague
	Foldyna  51' Bittengel  71'		Yuran  7', 60'

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Barcelona	3 – 0	Fram Reykjavik	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Eusebio  17' Begiristain  34' Pinilla  70'

Barcelona won 1–5 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Estrela da Amadora	1 – 0	Liège	Estádio José Gomes, Estrela
	Duílio  33'

Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

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7 November 1990	Juventus	4 – 0	Austria Wien	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
	Alessio  3' Baggio  25' (pen.)  46', 52'

Juventus won 8–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Legia Warszawa	3–2	Sampdoria	1–0	2–2
Manchester United	3–1	Montpellier	1–1	2–0
Dynamo Kyiv	3–4	Barcelona	2–3	1–1
Liège	1–6	Juventus	1–3	0–3

First leg

6 March 1991	Legia Warszawa	1 – 0	Sampdoria	Wojska Polskiego Stadium, Warsaw
	Czykier  45'

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6 March 1991	Manchester United	1 – 1	Montpellier	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 41,942 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
	McClair  1'		Martin  8' (o.g.)

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6 March 1991	Dyamo Kyiv	2 – 3	Barcelona	Kiev
	Zaiats  33' Salenki  81' (pen.)		Bakero  5' Urbano  45' Stoitchkov  63' (pen.)

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6 March 1991	Liège	1 – 3	Juventus	Stade du Pairay, Liège
	Houben  83'		Marocchi  32' Baggio  43' Júlio César  48'

Second leg

20 March 1991	Sampdoria	2 – 2	Legia Warszawa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	Mancini  67' Vialli  89'		Kowalczyk  19', 54'

Legia Warszawa won 3–2 on aggregate.

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19 March 1991	Montpellier	0 – 2	Manchester United	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)
			Blackmore  45+' Bruce  49' (pen.)

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

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19 March 1991	Barcelona	1 – 1	Dyamo Kyiv	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Amor  89'		Yuran  62'

Barcelona won 3–4 on aggregate.

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20 March 1991	Juventus	3 – 0	Liège	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
	Casiraghi  9' Wégria  18' (o.g.) Häßler  22'

Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Legia Warszawa	2–4	Manchester United	1–3	1–1
Barcelona	3–2	Juventus	3–1	0–1

First leg

10 April 1991	Legia Warszawa	1 – 3	Manchester United	Wojska Polskiego Stadium, Warsaw Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)
	Cyzio  37'		McClair  38' Hughes  54' Bruce  67'

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10 April 1991	Barcelona	3 – 1	Juventus	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
	Stoichkov  55', 60' Goikoetxea  75'		Casiraghi  12'

Second leg

24 April 1991	Manchester United	1 – 1	Legia Warszawa	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 44,269 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
	Sharpe  28'		Kowalczyk  57'

Manchester United won 4–2 on aggregate.

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24 April 1991	Juventus	1 – 0	Barcelona	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 64,469 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
	Baggio  60'

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

15 May 1991 20:15 CEST	Manchester United	2 – 1	Barcelona	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
	Hughes  67', 74'	Report	Koeman  79'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Roberto Baggio	Juventus	9
2	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	6
3	Sergei Yuran	Dynamo Kyiv	5
4	Danny Boffin	Liège	4
	Steve Bruce	Manchester United	4
	Pierluigi Casiraghi	Juventus	4
	Ronald Koeman	Barcelona	4
	Brian McClair	Manchester United	4
9	Marco Branca	Sampdoria	3
	Mark Hughes	Manchester United	3
	Roman Kosecki	Legia Warszawa	3
	Wojciech Kowalczyk	Legia Warszawa	3
	Oleg Salenko	Dynamo Kyiv	3
	Salvatore Schillaci	Juventus	3
	Jacek Ziober	Montpellier	3

External links

• 1990-91 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation