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1990–91 European Cup

Stadio San Nicola in Bari hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 September 1990 – 29 May 1991
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Red Star Belgrade (1st title)
Runners-up	Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	188 (3.19 per match)
Attendance	1,614,372 (27,362 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Peter Pacult (Swarovski Tirol) Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille) 6 goals each
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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.

Qualified teams for 1990–91 European Cup

Second round
Milan (2nd)
First round
Napoli (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)	Spartak Moscow (1st)
Club Brugge (1st)	Porto (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)	Rangers (1st)
Malmö FF (1st)	Marseille (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)	Swarovski Tirol (1st)
Dynamo Dresden (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)
Grasshopper (1st)	OB (1st)	Kuusysi (1st)	Lech Poznań (1st)
CSKA Sofia (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	Dinamo Tirana (1st)	Lillestrøm (1st)
Portadown (1st)	APOEL (1st)	KA (1st)	St Patrick's Athletic (1st)
Valletta (1st)	Union Luxembourg (1st)

Notes

1. 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

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	APOEL	2	0	2
	Bayern Munich	3	4	7			Bayern Munich	4	3	7
	KA	1	0	1			CSKA Sofia	0	0	0
	CSKA Sofia	0	3	3									Bayern Munich	1	2	3
	Dinamo București	4	1	5									Porto	1	0	1
	St Patrick's Athletic	0	1	1			Dinamo București	0	0	0
	Porto	5	8	13			Porto	0	4	4
	Portadown	0	1	1															Bayern Munich	1	2	3
	Red Star Belgrade	1	4	5															Red Star Belgrade	2	2	4
	Grasshoper	1	1	2			Red Star Belgrade	3	1	4
	Valletta	0	0	0			Rangers	0	1	1
	Rangers	4	6	10									Red Star Belgrade	3	3	6
	Union Luxembourg	1	0	1									Dynamo Dresden	0	0	0
	Dynamo Dresden	3	3	6			Dynamo Dresden (p.)	1	1	2(5)
	Malmö FF	3	2	5			Malmö FF	1	1	2(4)
	Beşiktaş	2	2	4																					Red Star Belgrade (p.)	0(5)
	Napoli	3	2	5																					Marseille	0(3)
	Újpesti Dózsa	0	0	0			Napoli	0	0	0(3)
	Sparta Prague	0	0	0			Spartak Moscow (p.)	0	0	0(5)
	Spartak Moscow	2	2	4									Spartak Moscow	0	3	3
	OB	1	0	1									Real Madrid	0	1	1
	Real Madrid	4	6	10			Real Madrid	9	2	11
	Swarovski Tirol	5	2	7			Swarovski Tirol	1	2	3
	Kuusysi	0	1	1															Spartak Moscow	1	1	2
																			Marseille	3	2	5
							Milan	0	1	1
	Lillestrøm	1	0	1			Club Brugge	0	0	0
	Club Brugge	1	2	3									Milan	1	0	1
	Lech Poznań	3	2	5									Marseille	1	3	4
	Panathinaikos	0	1	1			Lech Poznań	3	1	4
	Marseille	5	0	5			Marseille	2	6	8
	Dinamo Tirana	1	0	1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
APOEL	2–7	Bayern Munich	2–3	0–4
KA	1–3	CSKA Sofia	1–0	0–3
Dinamo București	5–1	St Patrick's Athletic	4–0	1–1
Porto	13–1	Portadown	5–0	8–1
Red Star Belgrade	5–2	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	Club Brugge	1–1	0–2
Lech Poznań	5–1	Panathinaikos	3–0	2–1
Marseille	5–1	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	2–3	Bayern Munich
Gogić 5' Pantziaras 78'	Report	Reuter 71' McInally 87' Strunz 89'

KA	1–0	CSKA Sofia
Jakobsson 12'	Report

Dinamo București	4–0	St Patrick's Athletic
Doboș 2' Damaschin 19' Mateuț 24' Cheregi 80'	Report

Porto	5–0	Portadown
Stewart 6' (o.g.) Paille 17', 77' Kostadinov 32' Branco 50'	Report

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Grasshopper
Binić 43'	Report	Közle 14'

Valletta	0–4	Rangers
	Report	McCoist 16' (pen.) Hateley 58' Johnston 75', 80'

Union Luxembourg	1–3	Dynamo Dresden
Morocutti 45'	Report	Gütschow 47' Birsens 79' (o.g.) Ratke 90'

Malmö FF	3–2	Beşiktaş
Lindman 29' Sundström 58' Recep 62' (o.g.)	Report	Uçar 50', 59'

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	Club Brugge
Halle 80'	Report	Staelens 3'

Lech Poznań	3–0	Panathinaikos
Jakołcewicz 2' (pen.), 19' Rzepka 62'	Report

Marseille	5–1	Dinamo Tirana
Papin 44' (pen.), 63', 75' Cantona 70' Vercruysse 90'	Report	Tahiri 89' (pen.)

Second leg

Bayern Munich	4–0	APOEL
Augenthaler 48' Mihajlović 64', 89', 90'	Report

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.

Rangers	6–0	Valletta
Dodds 5' Spencer 6' Johnston 19', 37', 78' (pen.) McCoist 75'	Report

Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate.

Real Madrid	6–0	OB
Losada 13', 53', 75' Míchel 34' (pen.) Aldana 46', 81'	Report

Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia	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	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	1–4	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.

Beşiktaş	2–2	Malmö FF
Gültiken 31' Uçar 44'	Report	Ekheim 54' Larsson 64'

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.

Kuusysi	1–2	Swarovski Tirol
Vehkakoski 71' (pen.)	Report	Pacult 5', 50' (pen.)

Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate.

Club Brugge	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.

Dinamo Tirana	0–0	Marseille
	Report

Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	7–0	CSKA Sofia	4–0	3–0
Dinamo București	0–4	Porto	0–0	0–4
Red Star Belgrade	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	Club Brugge	0–0	1–0
Lech Poznań	4–8	Marseille	3–2	1–6

First leg

Bayern Munich	4–0	CSKA Sofia
Reuter 3', 63' (pen.) Wohlfarth 28' Augenthaler 54'	Report

Dinamo București	0–0	Porto
	Report

Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Rangers
Brown 8' (o.g.) Prosinečki 65' Pančev 74'	Report

Dynamo Dresden	1–1	Malmö FF
Gütschow 45'	Report	Engqvist 18'

Napoli	0–0	Spartak Moscow
	Report

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	Club Brugge
	Report

Lech Poznań	3–2	Marseille
Łukasik 30' Pachelski 41' Juskowiak 58'	Report	Fournier 8' Waddle 63'

Second leg

CSKA Sofia	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	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	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–1	Porto	1–1	2–0
Red Star Belgrade	6–0	Dynamo Dresden	3–0	3–0
Spartak Moscow	3–1	Real Madrid	0–0	3–1
Milan	1–4	Marseille	1–1	0–3

– Match abandoned due to rioting after 78 mins. With Red Star Belgrade leading 2–1, they were awarded the match 3–0.

– 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	3–0	Dynamo Dresden
Prosinečki 21' Binić 43' Savićević 56'	Report

Spartak Moscow	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

Milan	1–1	Marseille
Gullit 14'	Report	Papin 27'

Second leg

Porto	0–2	Bayern Munich
	Report	Ziege 19' Bender 67'

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden	0–3 Awarded	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.

Marseille	3–0 Awarded	Milan
Waddle 75'	Report

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	2–2
Spartak Moscow	2–5	Marseille	1–3	1–2

First leg

Bayern Munich	1–2	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	2–2	Bayern Munich
Mihajlović 25' Augenthaler 90' (o.g.)	Report	Augenthaler 62' Bender 67'

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Marseille	2–1	Spartak Moscow
Pele 34' Boli 48'	Report	Mostovoi 58' (pen.)

Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

Red Star Belgrade	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Marseille
	Report
Penalties
Prosinečki Binić Belodedici Mihajlović Pančev	5–3	Amoros Casoni Papin Mozer

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Peter Pacult	Swarovski Tirol	6
	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique Marseille	6
3	Torsten Gütschow	Dynamo Dresden	5
	Mo Johnston	Rangers	5
	Sebastián Losada	Real Madrid	5
	Darko Pančev	Red Star Belgrade	5
	Hugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	5
	Philippe Vercruysse	Olympique Marseille	5
9	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	4
	Rabah Madjer	Porto	4
	Robert Prosinečki	Red Star Belgrade	4

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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

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