1987 European Cup Winners' Cup final explained

1987 European Cup Winners' Cup final
Event:1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup
Team1:Ajax
Team1score:1
Team2:1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Team2score:0
Date:13 May 1987
Stadium:Olympic Stadium
City:Athens
Referee:Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance:35,000
Previous:1986
Next:1988

The 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Ajax of Netherlands and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig of East Germany. It was the final match of the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 27th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Ajax won the match 1–0 with a 20th-minute header from Marco van Basten.

Route to the final

Ajax 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Bursaspor7–02–0 (A)5–0 (H)First round Glentoran3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)
Olympiacos5–14–0 (H)1–1 (A)Second round Rapid Wien3–21–1 (A)2–1 (aet) (H)
Malmö FF3–10–1 (A)3–0 (H)Quarter-finals Sion2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)
Real Zaragoza6–23–2 (A)3–0 (H)Semi-finals Bordeaux1–1 (6–5 p)1–0 (A)0–1 (aet) (H)

Match

Details

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GK 1 Stanley Menzo
RB 2 Sonny Silooy
CB 3 Frank Verlaat
CB 4 Frank Rijkaard
LB 5 Peter Boeve
CM 6 Aron Winter
CM 8 Jan Wouters
CM 10
RF 7 John van 't Schip
CF 9 Marco van Basten (c)
LF 11
Substitutes:
GK 12 Erik de Haan
DF 13 Ronald Spelbos
MF 14 Petri Tiainen
MF 16
FW 15
Manager:
Johan Cruyff
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GK 1
RB 2 Ronald Kreer
CB 4 Matthias Lindner
CB 3 Frank Baum (c)
LB 5
RM 7 Heiko Scholz
CM 6 Uwe Bredow
CM 9
LM 8
CF 10 Hans Richter
CF 11 Olaf Marschall
Substitutes:
GK 16 Maik Kischko
DF 12 Torsten Kracht
MF 13 Hans-Jörg Leitzke 
MF 14 Wolfgang Altmann
FW 15
Manager:
Hans-Ulrich Thomale
Assistant referees:
Carlo Longhi (Italy)
Maurizio Mattei (Italy)
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

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