|  Stadio San Nicola in Bari hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 September 1990 – 29 May 1991 | 
| Teams | 31 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade (1st title) | 
| Runners-up |  Marseille | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 59 | 
| Goals scored | 190 (3.22 per match) | 
| Attendance | 1,614,372 (27,362 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | Peter Pacult (Swarovski Tirol) Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille) 6 goals each | 
The 1990–91 European Cup was the 36th season of the European Cup, a tournament for men's football clubs in nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade on penalties in the final against Marseille; both were first-time finalists. This was only the second time that an Eastern European side had won the competition, after Steaua București of Romania in 1986. It was also the last tournament to be solely knock-out based, with a group stage added for the next season. Red Star won the tournament as the only Yugoslav club shortly before the breakup of Yugoslavia. This was also the last season to feature a team from East Germany, since the East and its West counterpart reunified in October 1990.
Although 1990–91 marked the return of English clubs to the Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup, after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium disaster, Liverpool had been banned for an additional year, so could not participate in the European Cup as English champions.
Ajax, the Dutch champions, were not allowed to participate in a European Cup competition because of the poor behaviour of their fans during a game the previous season, so their spot in the qualification was simply vacated, giving the two-time defending champions Milan a first-round bye.
Milan were eliminated by Marseille in the quarter-finals after the second leg had been awarded as a 3–0 win for Marseille when the eventual runners-up were leading 1–0, and 2–1 on aggregate, in injury time, when the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when floodlights were fixed and were banned, giving Marseille a 3–0 automatic win.
Teams
A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.
| Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|  Milan (2nd)TH | |||
| First round | |||
|  Napoli (1st) |  Bayern Munich (1st) |  Real Madrid (1st) |  Spartak Moscow (1st) | 
| .svg.png.webp) Club Brugge (1st) |  Porto (1st) |  Dinamo București (1st) |  Rangers (1st) | 
|  Malmö FF (1st) |  Marseille (1st) | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade (1st) |  Swarovski Tirol (1st) | 
|  Dynamo Dresden (1st)[Note GDR] |  Sparta Prague (1st) |  Újpesti Dózsa (1st) |  Panathinaikos (1st) | 
| .svg.png.webp) Grasshopper (1st) |  OB (1st) |  Kuusysi (1st) |  Lech Poznań (1st) | 
| .svg.png.webp) CSKA Sofia (1st) |  Beşiktaş (1st) | .svg.png.webp) Dinamo Tirana (1st) |  Lillestrøm (1st) | 
| .svg.png.webp) Portadown (1st) | .svg.png.webp) APOEL (1st) |  KA (1st) |  St Patrick's Athletic (1st) | 
|  Valletta (1st) |  Union Luxembourg (1st) | ||
Notes
- ^ East Germany (GDR): All matches of Dynamo Dresden, who were representing the DFV of East Germany as champions of the 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga, on or after German reunification of 3 October show the flag of the reunited nation of Germany. However, those matches and their records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.
Bracket
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOEL .svg.png.webp) | 2–7 |  Bayern Munich | 2–3 | 0–4 | 
| KA  | 1–3 | .svg.png.webp) CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 0–3 | 
| Dinamo București  | 5–1 |  St Patrick's Athletic | 4–0 | 1–1 | 
| Porto  | 13–1 | .svg.png.webp) Portadown | 5–0 | 8–1 | 
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 5–2 | .svg.png.webp) Grasshopper | 1–1 | 4–1 | 
| Valletta  | 0–10 |  Rangers | 0–4 | 0–6 | 
| Union Luxembourg  | 1–6 |  Dynamo Dresden | 1–3 | 0–3 | 
| Malmö FF  | 5–4 |  Beşiktaş | 3–2 | 2–2 | 
| Napoli  | 5–0 |  Újpesti Dózsa | 3–0 | 2–0 | 
| Sparta Prague  | 0–4 |  Spartak Moscow | 0–2 | 0–2 | 
| OB  | 1–10 |  Real Madrid | 1–4 | 0–6 | 
| Swarovski Tirol  | 7–1 |  Kuusysi | 5–0 | 2–1 | 
| Milan  | Bye | – | – | |
| Lillestrøm  | 1–3 | .svg.png.webp) Club Brugge | 1–1 | 0–2 | 
| Lech Poznań  | 5–1 |  Panathinaikos | 3–0 | 2–1 | 
| Marseille  | 5–1 | .svg.png.webp) Dinamo Tirana | 5–1 | 0–0 | 
First leg
| OB  | 1–4 |  Real Madrid | 
|---|---|---|
| Pedersen  22' | Report | Aldana  18' Sánchez  26' Villarroya  83' Maqueda  87' | 
| APOEL .svg.png.webp) | 2–3 |  Bayern Munich | 
|---|---|---|
| Gogić  5' Pantziaras  78' | Report | Reuter  71' McInally  87' Strunz  89' | 
| KA  | 1–0 | .svg.png.webp) CSKA Sofia | 
|---|---|---|
| Jakobsson  12' | Report | 
| Dinamo București  | 4–0 |  St Patrick's Athletic | 
|---|---|---|
| Doboș  2' Damaschin  19' Mateuț  24' Cheregi  80' | Report | 
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp) Grasshopper | 
|---|---|---|
| Binić  43' | Report | Közle  14' | 
| Union Luxembourg  | 1–3 |  Dynamo Dresden | 
|---|---|---|
| Morocutti  45' | Report | Gütschow  47' Birsens  79' (o.g.) Ratke  90' | 
| Napoli  | 3–0 |  Újpesti Dózsa | 
|---|---|---|
| Baroni  35' Maradona  43', 77' | Report | 
| Sparta Prague  | 0–2 |  Spartak Moscow | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Shalimov  25' Shmarov  57' | 
| Swarovski Tirol  | 5–0 |  Kuusysi | 
|---|---|---|
| Gorosito  29' Prudlo  35' Pacult  41', 58', 80' | Report | 
| Lillestrøm  | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp) Club Brugge | 
|---|---|---|
| Halle  80' | Report | Staelens  3' | 
| Lech Poznań  | 3–0 |  Panathinaikos | 
|---|---|---|
| Jakołcewicz  2' (pen.), 19' Rzepka  62' | Report | 
| Marseille  | 5–1 | .svg.png.webp) Dinamo Tirana | 
|---|---|---|
| Papin  44' (pen.), 63', 75' Cantona  70' Vercruysse  90' | Report | Tahiri  89' (pen.) | 
Second leg
| Bayern Munich  | 4–0 | .svg.png.webp) APOEL | 
|---|---|---|
| Augenthaler  48' Mihajlović  64', 89', 90' | Report | 
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate.
| CSKA Sofia .svg.png.webp) | 3–0 |  KA | 
|---|---|---|
| Marashliev  19', 80' Georgiev  48' | Report | 
CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.
| St Patrick's Athletic  | 1–1 |  Dinamo București | 
|---|---|---|
| Fenlon  36' | Report | Mateuț  76' | 
Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Portadown .svg.png.webp) | 1–8 |  Porto | 
|---|---|---|
| Fraser  36' | Report | Madjer  9', 15', 33', 55' Semedo  40' Paille  50', 79' Jorge Couto  68' | 
Porto won 13–1 on aggregate.
| Grasshopper .svg.png.webp) | 1–4 | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade | 
|---|---|---|
| Közle  62' (pen.) | Report | Pančev  11' Prosinečki  49' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Radinović  58' | 
Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Dresden  | 3–0 |  Union Luxembourg | 
|---|---|---|
| Jähnig  18', 45' Gütschow  34' | Report | 
Dynamo Dresden won 6–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Újpesti Dózsa  | 0–2 |  Napoli | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Incocciati  13' Alemão  35' | 
Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow  | 2–0 |  Sparta Prague | 
|---|---|---|
| Perepadenko  33' O. Ivanov  51' | Report | 
Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.
Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Club Brugge .svg.png.webp) | 2–0 |  Lillestrøm | 
|---|---|---|
| Booy  2' Farina  83' | Report | 
Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Panathinaikos  | 1–2 |  Lech Poznań | 
|---|---|---|
| Saravakos  44' (pen.) | Report | Pachelski  68' Moskal  85' | 
Lech Poznań won 5–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich  | 7–0 | .svg.png.webp) CSKA Sofia | 4–0 | 3–0 | 
| Dinamo București  | 0–4 |  Porto | 0–0 | 0–4 | 
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 4–1 |  Rangers | 3–0 | 1–1 | 
| Dynamo Dresden  | 2–2 (5–4 p) |  Malmö FF | 1–1 | 1–1 | 
| Napoli  | 0–0 (3–5 p) |  Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 0–0 | 
| Real Madrid  | 11–3 |  Swarovski Tirol | 9–1 | 2–2 | 
| Milan  | 1–0 | .svg.png.webp) Club Brugge | 0–0 | 1–0 | 
| Lech Poznań  | 4–8 |  Marseille | 3–2 | 1–6 | 
First leg
| Bayern Munich  | 4–0 | .svg.png.webp) CSKA Sofia | 
|---|---|---|
| Reuter  3', 63' (pen.) Wohlfarth  28' Augenthaler  54' | Report | 
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 3–0 |  Rangers | 
|---|---|---|
| Brown  8' (o.g.) Prosinečki  65' Pančev  74' | Report | 
| Dynamo Dresden  | 1–1 |  Malmö FF | 
|---|---|---|
| Gütschow  45' | Report | Engqvist  18' | 
| Real Madrid  | 9–1 |  Swarovski Tirol | 
|---|---|---|
| Butragueño  4', 31', 48' Sánchez  7', 13', 73', 85' Hierro  37' Tendillo  80' | Report | Pacult  16' | 
| Milan  | 0–0 | .svg.png.webp) Club Brugge | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Second leg
| CSKA Sofia .svg.png.webp) | 0–3 |  Bayern Munich | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Wohlfarth  17' Effenberg  79' McInally  84' | 
Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.
| Porto  | 4–0 |  Dinamo București | 
|---|---|---|
| Kostadinov  3', 22' Geraldão  48' (pen.) Domingos  63' | Report | 
Porto won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Rangers  | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade | 
|---|---|---|
| McCoist  76' | Report | Pančev  52' | 
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Malmö FF  | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |  Dynamo Dresden | 
|---|---|---|
| Persson  52' (pen.) | Report | Gütschow  17' (pen.) | 
| Penalties | ||
| Persson   Skammelsrud   Ågren   Nylén   Engqvist  | 4–5 |  Lieberam  Schößler  Wagenhaus  Kern  Gütschow | 
2–2 on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won 5–4 on penalties.
| Spartak Moscow  | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |  Napoli | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Karpin   Shalimov   Shmarov   Kulkov   Mostovoi  | 5–3 |  Ferrara  Mauro  Baroni  Maradona | 
0–0 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on penalties.
| Swarovski Tirol  | 2–2 |  Real Madrid | 
|---|---|---|
| Hörtnagl  13' Linzmaier  90' | Report | Losada  33', 44' | 
Real Madrid won 11–3 on aggregate.
| Club Brugge .svg.png.webp) | 0–1 |  Milan | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Carbone  47' | 
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Marseille  | 6–1 |  Lech Poznań | 
|---|---|---|
| Papin  20' Vercruysse  28', 45', 85' Tigana  89' Boli  90' | Report | Jakołcewicz  60' (pen.) | 
Marseille won 8–4 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich  | 3–1 |  Porto | 1–1 | 2–0 | 
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 6–0 |  Dynamo Dresden | 3–0 | 3–01 | 
| Spartak Moscow  | 3–1 |  Real Madrid | 0–0 | 3–1 | 
| Milan  | 1–4 |  Marseille | 1–1 | 0–32 | 
1 – Match abandoned due to rioting after 78 mins. With Red Star Belgrade leading 2–1, they were awarded the match 3–0.[22]
2 – With the score at 1–0 to Marseille during stoppage time at the end of the second half, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0.
First leg
| Bayern Munich  | 1–1 |  Porto | 
|---|---|---|
| Bender  30' | Report | Domingos  65' | 
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 3–0 |  Dynamo Dresden | 
|---|---|---|
| Prosinečki  21' Binić  43' Savićević  56' | Report | 
Second leg
| Porto  | 0–2 |  Bayern Munich | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ziege  19' Bender  67' | 
Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Dresden  | 0–3 Awarded | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade | 
|---|---|---|
| Gütschow  3' (pen.) | Report | Savićević  52' Pančev  69' | 
The match was abandoned in the 78th minute as per the decision by the match referee Emilio Soriano Aladrén due to Dynamo Dresden fans causing commotion in the stands and pelting the pitch with objects that landed in the vicinity of Red Star player Robert Prosinečki who was about to take a corner kick and the assistant referee on the sideline. Following several minutes of unsuccessful attempts to calm the fans, the match referee ordered the teams off the pitch and the contest was never resumed. Red Star Belgrade led 2–1 on the night and 5–1 on aggregate at the moment of the stoppage. At a disciplinary hearing several days later, UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Red Star Belgrade and banned Dynamo Dresden for a year from European competition.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Real Madrid  | 1–3 |  Spartak Moscow | 
|---|---|---|
| Butragueño  9' | Report | Radchenko  19', 38' Shmarov  63' | 
Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille led 1–0 on the night and 2–1 on aggregate at the moment. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan director Adriano Galliani decided not to let his team go back on the pitch at which point the contest was abandoned permanently. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan for a year from European competition including suspending Galliani from all official club functions for two years.
Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich  | 3–4 | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | 2–2 | 
| Spartak Moscow  | 2–5 |  Marseille | 1–3 | 1–2 | 
First leg
| Bayern Munich  | 1–2 | .svg.png.webp) Red Star Belgrade | 
|---|---|---|
| Wohlfarth  23' | Report | Pančev  45' Savićević  70' | 
| Spartak Moscow  | 1–3 |  Marseille | 
|---|---|---|
| Shalimov  56' | Report | Pele  27' Papin  31' Vercruysse  89' | 
Second leg
| Red Star Belgrade .svg.png.webp) | 2–2 |  Bayern Munich | 
|---|---|---|
| Mihajlović  25' Augenthaler  90' (o.g.) | Report | Augenthaler  62' Bender  67' | 
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup are as follows:
References
- ↑ "Dinamo București v St Patrick's Athletic, 19 September 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Porto v Portadown, 19 September 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Bayern Munich v APOEL, 2 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Real Madrid v OB, 2 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "CSKA Sofia v KA, 19 September 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "St Patrick's Athletic v Dinamo București, 3 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Portadown v Porto, 3 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Beşiktaş v Malmö FF, 3 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Újpesti Dózsa v Napoli, 3 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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- ↑ "Bayern Munich v CSKA Sofia, 24 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Dinamo București v Porto, 24 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Red Star Belgrade v Rangers, 24 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Napoli v Spartak Moscow, 25 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Real Madrid v Swarovski Tirol, 25 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Lech Poznań v Marseille, 25 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "CSKA Sofia v Bayern Munich, 7 November 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Porto v Dinamo București, 7 November 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Spartak Moscow v Napoli, 7 November 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Marseille v Lech Poznań, 7 November 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "20 March 1991 - A Different Kind Of Bombardment In Dresden". www.thisdayinfootballhistory.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Red Star Belgrade v Dynamo Dresden, 6 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Spartak Moscow v Real Madrid, 6 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Milan v Marseille, 6 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Porto v Bayern Munich, 20 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Real Madrid v Spartak Moscow, 20 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Bayern Munich v Red Star Belgrade, 10 April 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Spartak Moscow v Marseille, 10 April 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Red Star Belgrade v Bayern Munich, 24 April 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Marseille v Spartak Moscow, 24 April 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
External links

- 1990–91 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1990–91 European Cup according to protocols UEFA


