The 1986–87 UEFA Cup was the 16th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden, and at Tannadice Park, Dundee, Scotland. The competition was won by IFK Göteborg of Sweden, who defeated Dundee United of Scotland by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second title.
This is the second and last European tournament won by a Swedish team, five years after Göteborg's first UEFA Cup conquest in 1982, as well as the last European final played by a Swedish team, while Dundee United became the last team from Scotland to reach a European final until 2003. This was the second season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions.
Association team allocation A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify. Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify. Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.
Due to the ongoing English ban, their four berths were allocated to associations 9–12, each gaining a third berth.
Association ranking For the 1986–87 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1985 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1980–81 to 1984–85.
+Association ranking for 1986–87 UEFA CupRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1 England41.09302 Italy38.80043 West Germany37.0704 Soviet Union33.91635 Belgium33.2666 Scotland30.4007 Portugal30.2508 Spain29.3669 Yugoslavia27.55010 Czechoslovakia23.55011 France22.75012 East Germany22.60013 Austria22.500214 Netherlands20.04915 Romania19.91616 Switzerland18.50017 Bulgaria17.250RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes18 Sweden17.2502- Wales17.000019 Greece16.916220 Hungary16.75021 Poland14.75022 Denmark9.249123 Republic of Ireland6.33224 Albania6.00025 Norway5.99926 Turkey5.33327 Finland5.33128 Northern Ireland4.99829 Cyprus4.66530 Malta1.99931 Iceland1.99832 Luxembourg1.332
Teams The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up LC: League Cup winners 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
+Qualified teams for 1986–87 UEFA Cup Napoli Torino Fiorentina Internazionale Werder Bremen Bayer Uerdingen Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen Spartak Moscow Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dinamo Minsk Standard Liège Gent Beveren Heart of Midlothian Dundee United Rangers Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães Boavista Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Partizan Rijeka Hajduk Split Sparta Prague Dukla Prague Sigma Olomouc Nantes Toulouse Lens Carl Zeiss Jena Magdeburg Stahl Brandenburg Swarovski Tirol LASK Feyenoord Groningen Sportul Studențesc Universitatea Craiova Neuchâtel Xamax Luzern Trakia Plovdiv Sredets Sofia IFK Göteborg Kalmar OFI AEK Athens Pécs Győri ETO Legia Warsaw Widzew Łódź Lyngby Galway United Flamurtari Vålerenga Galatasaray Ilves Coleraine Omonia Hibernians ÍA Jeunesse Esch Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. The semi-finals reverted to being played in the same days, and the two-legged final again had a two week interval. +Schedule for 1986–87 UEFA CupRoundFirst legSecond legFirst round16–18 September 198630 September – 2 October 1986Second round22–23 October 19864–5 November 1986Third round26 November 198610–17 December 1986Quarter-finals4 March 198718 March 1987Semi-finals8 April 198722 April 1987Final6 May 198720 May 1987
First round
First leg
Second leg
Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate.
Swarovski Tirol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.
Trakia Plovdiv won 10–0 on aggregate.
Stahl Brandenburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 3–2 on aggregate.
Győri ETO won 4–3 on aggregate.
Groningen won 8–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Dukla Prague won on away goals.
Widzew Łódź won 2–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–1 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 7–1 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Gent won 3–2 on aggregate.
Bayer 05 Uerdingen won 7–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Toulouse won 4–3 on penalties.
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.
Torino won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sportul Studențesc won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.
Sporting CP won 15–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Boavista won 3–1 on penalties.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate; Dukla Prague won on away goals.
Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 5–3 on aggregate.
Torino won 5–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.
Spartak Moscow won 6–4 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Groningen won on away goals.
4–4 on aggregate; Swarovski Tirol won on away goals.
Gent won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bayer 05 Uerdingen won 2–0 on aggregate.
Beveren won 4–3 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.
Third round
First leg
Second leg
Vitória de Guimarães won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Torino won 3–1 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg won 5–0 on aggregate.
Swarovski Tirol won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.
Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.
The game was abandoned in the 70th minute because of the dense fog and replayed a week later.
Internazionale won 1–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–2 on aggregate.
Swarovski Tirol won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; IFK Göteborg won on away goals.
Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
IFK Göteborg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
IFK Göteborg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links 1986–87 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1986–87 UEFA Cup according to 1986/87 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)