1987–88 UEFA Cup


The 1987–88 UEFA Cup was the 17th season of the UEFA Cup, the secondary club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Estadi de Sarriá, Barcelona, Spain, and at Ulrich-Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany. The competition was won by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, who defeated Español of Spain on penalty kicks with an aggregate result of 3–3.
In only their second season of European football, Bayer Leverkusen earned their first major title in professional competition. This was also the second UEFA Cup final decided on penalty kicks, four years after the first one. This was the third season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.
Due to the ongoing ban on English clubs, their three berths were allocated to associations 9–11, each gaining a third berth.

Association ranking

For the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1986 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1981–82 to 1985–86.

Teams

The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Juventus Internazionale Hellas Verona Milan
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen
Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Zenit Dinamo Tbilisi
Club Brugge Lokeren Beveren Barcelona
Español Sporting Gijón Celtic Dundee United
Aberdeen Partizan Velež Mostar Red Star Belgrade
Vitória de Guimarães Chaves Belenenses Austria Wien
LASK Admira/Wacker Victoria București [FC FC Sportul Studențesc București|Sportul Studențesc București|Sportul Studențesc]
Universitatea Craiova AIK IFK Göteborg TH TJ Vítkovice
Bohemians Dynamo Dresden Wismut Aue Toulouse
Auxerre Grasshopper Sion Panathinaikos
Panionios Tatabányai Bányász Budapesti Honvéd Feyenoord
Utrecht Pogoń Szczecin GKS Katowice Trakia Plovdiv
Lokomotiv Sofia TPS Brøndby [KS KS Flamurtari Vlorë|Flamurtari Vlorë|Flamurtari]
Beşiktaş EPA Larnaca Mjøndalen Bohemian
Coleraine Valur Valletta Spora Luxembourg

'''Notes'''

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays.
RoundFirst legSecond leg
First round16–17 September 198730 September 1987
Second round21–24 October 19873–4 November 1987
Third round25 November 19879 December 1987
Quarter-finals2 March 198816 March 1988
Semi-finals6 April 198820 April 1988
Final4 May 198818 May 1988

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Español won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Budapesti Honvéd won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Borussia Dortmund won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Dundee United won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Victoria București won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.
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1–1 on aggregate; Wismut Aue won on away goals.
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Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
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4–4 on aggregate; Chaves won on away goals.
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TJ Vítkovice won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 10–2 on aggregate.
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Bayer Leverkusen won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Moscow won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Beveren won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Flamurtari won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Werder Bremen won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Hellas Verona won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.
The game was played in Lecce because of the ban on San Siro.
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Sportul Studențesc won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Toulouse won 6–1 on aggregate.
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TPS won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 7–0 on aggregate.
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''Velež Mostar won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Werder Bremen won 7–6 on aggregate.
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Español won 2–0 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Feyenoord won on away goals.
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Borussia Dortmund won 3–2 on aggregate.
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3–3 on aggregate; Sportul Studențesc won 3–0 on penalties.
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Budapesti Honvéd won 5–2 on aggregate.
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TJ Vítkovice won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Verona won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Flamurtari won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
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3–3 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.
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Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
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''1–1 on aggregate; Vitória de Guimarães won 5–4 on penalties.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos won 7–6 on aggregate.
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Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Hellas Verona won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Español won 2–1 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; TJ Vítkovice won 5–4 on penalties.
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''Werder Bremen won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Werder Bremen won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
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''Español won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 on aggregate.
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''Español won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Second leg

''3–3 on aggregate; Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2 on penalties.''