1988–89 European Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Champions Clubs Cup
Year:1988–89
Size:300px
Dates:6 September 1988 – 24 May 1989
Num Teams:31
Champion Other: Milan
Count:3
Second Other: Steaua București
Matches:59
Goals:170
Attendance:1773922
Top Scorer:Marco van Basten (Milan)
10 goals
Prevseason:1987–88
Nextseason:1989–90

The 1988–89 European Cup was the 34th season of the European Cup football club tournament. The competition was won by Milan, the first time since 1969 and third time overall, comfortably defeated former winners Steaua București in the final.

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.

First round

|}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.----Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.----Górnik Zabrze won 7–1 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.----Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.----Red Star Belgrade won 8–0 on aggregate.----17 Nëntori won 3–2 on aggregate.----IFK Göteborg won 7–2 on aggregate.----Steaua București won 7–3 on aggregate.----Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate; Club Brugge won on away goals.----3–3 on aggregate; Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties.----Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.----Milan won 7–2 on aggregate.----Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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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.----PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.----The match was abandoned in the 57th minute because of dense fog and low visibility with the score at 1–0. It was then voided and a full match replay was ordered for the following day with a 15:00 CET starting time. Furthermore, the replay was to begin with the same starting line-ups as the abandoned match, 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 on penalties.----IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.----Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.----Monaco won 6–2 on aggregate.----Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.----Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.----Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.----Galatasaray won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.----Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1989 European Cup Final.

Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Marco van Basten Milan10
2 Marius Lăcătuș Steaua București7
3 Gheorghe Hagi Steaua București6
4 Tanju Çolak Galatasaray5
Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid5
6 Ilie Dumitrescu Steaua București4
Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid4
Ruud Gullit Milan4
9 Gabi Balint Steaua București3
Youssouf Falikou Fofana Monaco3
Dragan Stojković Red Star Belgrade3
Jan Urban Górnik Zabrze3
Pietro Paolo Virdis Milan3

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: How Milan's success was 'born in Belgrade fog'. BBC Sport.