1991–92 European Cup group stage

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Sampdoria
Sampdoria
Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos
Barcelona
Barcelona
Sparta Prague
Sparta Prague
Benfica
Benfica
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv
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Location of teams of the 1991–92 European Cup group stage.
Blue pog.svg Blue: Group A; Red pog.svg Red: Group B.

The 1991–92 European Cup group stage began on 27 November 1991 and ended on 15 April 1992. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the two finalists of the 1991–92 European Cup. This was the first use of a group stage in the history of the competition.

Draw[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 November 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] The eight teams that advanced from the second round were drawn into two groups of four.

Format[]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The winner of each group then faced each other in the final.

Groups[]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAM RSB AND PAN
1 Italy Sampdoria 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8 Advance to final 2–0 2–0 1–1
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 6 1–3 3–2 1–0
3 Belgium Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 6 3–2 3–2 0–0
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 0 4 2 1 4 −3 4 0–0 0–2 0–0
Source: UEFA
Anderlecht Belgium0–0Greece Panathinaikos
Report
Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels
Attendance: 16,500[2]
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)
Sampdoria Italy2–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Nedeljković 7' (o.g.)
Vialli 73'
Report
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 29,981
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Panathinaikos Greece0–0Italy Sampdoria
Report
O.A.K.A., Athens
Attendance: 53,841[3]
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–2Belgium Anderlecht
Ratković 19'
Ivić 68'
Pančev 87'
Report Lamptey 33'
Nilis 60'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Panathinaikos Greece0–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Pančev 70', 87'
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 55,311
Anderlecht Belgium3–2Italy Sampdoria
Degryse 53'
Nilis 66', 88'
Report Vialli 26', 63'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Greece Panathinaikos
Mihajlović 53' (pen.) Report
Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia[note 3]
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
Sampdoria Italy2–0Belgium Anderlecht
Lombardo 33'
Mancini 35'
Report
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 33,874
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Panathinaikos Greece0–0Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 10,098[4]
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–3Italy Sampdoria
Mihajlović 19' Report Katanec 34'
Vasilijević 41' (o.g.)
Mancini 76'
Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia[note 3]
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Anderlecht Belgium3–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Oliveira 3'
Bosman 44'
Degryse 82'
Report Pančev 7'
Čula 80'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
Sampdoria Italy1–1Greece Panathinaikos
Mancini 36' Report Marangos 27'
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR PRA BEN DK
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 9 Advance to final 3–2 2–1 3–0
2 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 6 1–0 1–1 2–1
3 Portugal Benfica 6 1 3 2 8 5 +3 5 0–0 1–1 5–0
4 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 3 12 −9 4 0–2 1–0 1–0
Source: UEFA
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1–0Portugal Benfica
Salenko 30' Report
Attendance: 41,500[5]
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
Barcelona Spain3–2Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Amor 15'
Laudrup 33'
Bakero 61'
Report Vrabec 18'
Němeček 64'
Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia2–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Němeček 13'
Vrabec 22'
Report Sharan 55'
Attendance: 14,639
Referee: (Italy)
Benfica Portugal0–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 65,000[6]
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Dynamo Kyiv Commonwealth of Independent States0–2Spain Barcelona
Report Stoichkov 33'
Salinas 66'
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
Benfica Portugal1–1Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Pacheco 53' (pen.) Report Novotný 31'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Howard King (Wales)

Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia1–1Portugal Benfica
Chovanec 45' Report Vítor Paneira 29'
Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 25,171[7]
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
Barcelona Spain3–0Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv
Stoichkov 60', 81'
Salinas 88'
Report
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia1–0Spain Barcelona
Siegl 65' Report
Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 27,374
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
Benfica Portugal5–0Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv
Brito 25', 62'
Isaías 71'
Yuran 83', 87'
Report
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Dynamo Kyiv Commonwealth of Independent States1–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Salenko 82' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)
Barcelona Spain2–1Portugal Benfica
Stoichkov 10'
Bakero 25'
Report Brito 29'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 81,000
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Notes[]

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 28 March 1992 (matchdays 1–4), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (matchdays 5–6).
  2. ^ Match was played in Hungary since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.
  3. ^ a b Match was played in Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.

References[]

  1. ^ "Meetings and Events". Bulletin officiel de l'UEFA. No. 137. Union of European Football Associations. December 1991. p. 33.
  2. ^ "Anderlecht v Panathinaikos, 27 November 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Panathinaikos v Sampdoria, 11 December 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Panathinaikos v Anderlecht, 1 April 1992". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica, 27 November 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Benfica v Barcelona, 11 December 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Sparta Prague v Benfica, 18 March 1992". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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