1988–89 European Cup

1988–89 European Cup

Camp Nou in Barcelona hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	6 September 1988 – 24 May 1989
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Milan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Steaua București
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	170 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco van Basten (10 goals)
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The 1988–89 European Cup was the 34th season of the European Cup football club tournament. The competition was won for the first time since 1969, and third time overall, by Milan comfortably in the final against former winners Steaua București.

As the defending champions, PSV Eindhoven received a bye to the second round, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. English clubs were still banned, following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, so Liverpool were denied a place in the competition.

Bracket[]

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							PSV Eindhoven	5	0	5
	Porto	3	0	3			Porto	0	2	2
	HJK	0	2	2									PSV Eindhoven	1	1	2
	Górnik Zabrze	3	4	7									Real Madrid	1	2	3
	Jeunesse Esch	0	1	1			Górnik Zabrze	0	2	2
	Real Madrid	3	1	4			Real Madrid	1	3	4
	Moss	0	0	0															Real Madrid	1	0	1
	Budapest Honvéd	1	0	1															Milan	1	5	6
	Celtic	0	4	4			Celtic	0	0	0
	BFC Dynamo	3	0	3			Werder Bremen	1	0	1
	Werder Bremen	0	5	5									Werder Bremen	0	0	0
	Vitosha Sofia	0	2	2									Milan	0	1	1
	Milan	2	5	7			Milan (p)	1	1	2 (4)
	Dundalk	0	0	0			Red Star Belgrade	1	1	2 (2)
	Red Star Belgrade	5	3	8																					Milan	4
	Ħamrun Spartans	2	0	2																					Steaua Bucuresti	0
	17 Nëntori	1	2	3			17 Nëntori	0	0	0
	Pezoporikos Larnaca	1	1	2			IFK Göteborg	3	1	4
	IFK Göteborg	2	5	7									IFK Göteborg	1	1	2
	Spartak Prague	1	2	3									Steaua Bucuresti	0	5	5
	Steaua București	5	2	7			Steaua București	3	2	5
	Spartak Moscow	2	1	3			Spartak Moscow	0	1	1
	Glentoran	0	1	1															Steaua Bucuresti	4	1	5
	Club Brugge	1	1	2															Galatasaray	0	1	1
	Brøndby	0	2	2			Club Brugge	1	1	2
	Valur	1	0	1			Monaco	0	6	6
	Monaco	0	2	2									Monaco	0	1	1
	Larissa	2	1	3 (0)									Galatasaray	1	1	2
	Neuchâtel Xamax (p)	1	2	3 (3)			Neuchâtel Xamax	3	0	3
	Rapid Wien	2	0	2			Galatasaray	0	5	5
	Galatasaray	1	2	3

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	3–2	HJK	3–0	0–2
Górnik Zabrze	7–1	Jeunesse Esch	3–0	4–1
Real Madrid	4–0	Moss	3–0	1–0
Budapesti Honvéd	1–4	Celtic	1–0	0–4
BFC Dynamo	3–5	Werder Bremen	3–0	0–5
Vitosha Sofia	2–7	Milan	0–2	2–5
Dundalk	0–8	Red Star Belgrade	0–5	0–3
Ħamrun Spartans	2–3	17 Nëntori	2–1	0–2
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2–7	IFK Göteborg	1–2	1–5
Sparta Prague	3–7	Steaua București	1–5	2–2
Spartak Moscow	3–1	Glentoran	2–0	1–1
Club Brugge	2–2 (a)	Brøndby	1–0	1–2
Valur	1–2	Monaco	1–0	0–2
Larissa	3–3 (0–3 p)	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	1–2
Rapid Wien	2–3	Galatasaray	2–1	0–2

As defending champions, and due to the ban on English clubs in UEFA competition after the Heysel Stadium disaster reducing the number of teams in the competition, PSV Eindhoven were given a bye to the second round.

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Monaco won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Górnik Zabrze won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 8–0 on aggregate.

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17 Nëntori won 3–2 on aggregate.

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IFK Göteborg won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Steaua București won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Club Brugge won on away goals.

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3–3 on aggregate. Neuchâtel Xamax won 3–0 on penalties.

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Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	5–2	Porto	5–0	0–2
Górnik Zabrze	2–4	Real Madrid	0–1	2–3
Celtic	0–1	Werder Bremen	0–1	0–0
Milan	2–2 (4–2 p)	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	1–11
17 Nëntori	0–4	IFK Göteborg	0–3	0–1
Steaua București	5–1	Spartak Moscow	3–0	2–1
Club Brugge	2–6	Monaco	1–0	1–6
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–5	Galatasaray	3–0	0–5

¹ The second leg in Belgrade was replayed. The original second leg match in Belgrade was stopped by West German referee Dieter Pauly due to thick fog with Red Star leading 1–0. The result was then annulled and a replay took place the very next day. The replay ended in the above 1–1 scoreline.^[1]

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Werder Bremen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.

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The match was abandoned in the 65th minute because of dense fog and low visibility with the score at 1–0. It was then voided and a replay was ordered the next day at 3 p.m. with the same starting line-ups, with the exception of Milan players Pietro Paolo Virdis and Carlo Ancelotti; Virdis had been sent off in the abandoned match, while Ancelotti picked up his second yellow card of the competition, meaning that he had to sit out a match.

2–2 on aggregate. Milan won 4–2 on penalties.

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IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Monaco won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	2–3	Real Madrid	1–1	1–2
Werder Bremen	0–1	Milan	0–0	0–1
IFK Göteborg	2–5	Steaua București	1–0	1–5
Monaco	1–2	Galatasaray	0–1	1–1

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–6	Milan	1–1	0–5
Steaua București	5–1	Galatasaray	4–0	1–1

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

Top goalscorers[]

The top scorers from the 1988–89 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Marco van Basten	Milan	10
2	Marius Lăcătuș	Steaua București	7
3	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua București	6
4	Tanju Çolak	Galatasaray	5
	Hugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	5
6	Ilie Dumitrescu	Steaua București	4
	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	4
	Ruud Gullit	Milan	4
	Dragan Stojković	Red Star Belgrade	4
10	Gabi Balint	Steaua București	3
	Youssouf Falikou Fofana	Monaco	3
	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	3
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan	3

See also[]

• 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1988–89 UEFA Cup

References[]

External links[]

• 1988–89 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1988–89 European Cup according to protocols UEFA