The 1987–88 European Cup was the 33rd season of the European Cup club football tournament. The competition was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven, who defeated two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. PSV became the first Dutch team to win the title in 15 years. They also set a record by winning only three matches on their route to the Cup, including no wins from the quarter-final onwards.
Porto, the defending champions, were eliminated by Real Madrid in the second round.
English clubs were still banned, following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, so Everton were denied a place in the competition for the second time in three years.
Teams Partizani Rapid Wien Anderlecht CSKA Sredets Omonia Sparta Prague AGF Aarhus Kuusysi Bordeaux BFC Dynamo Bayern Munich Olympiacos MTK Fram Shamrock Rovers Napoli Jeunesse Esch Ħamrun Spartans PSV Eindhoven Linfield Lillestrøm Górnik Zabrze Benfica Porto TH Steaua București Rangers Real Madrid Malmö FF Neuchâtel Xamax Galatasaray Dynamo Kyiv Vardar
Bracket
First round
1 Partizani Tirana were disqualified due to the behaviour of their players and officials, including having four players sent off in their first leg.
First leg
Second leg
Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 5–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 6–0 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 5–3 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 7–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.
Omonia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.
AGF Aarhus won 4–2 on aggregate.
Partizani were disqualified due to the behaviour of their players and officials, having four players sent off in their first leg. Benfica qualified on a walkover.
Sparta Prague won 10–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 1–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 1–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.
Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate; PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1987–88 European Cup are as follows:Statistics - Goals scored
RankNameTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Petar Novák Sparta Prague4185 René van der Gijp Neuchâtel Xamax4270 Rabah Madjer Porto4349 Ally McCoist Rangers4435 Rui Águas Benfica4597 Gheorghe Hagi Steaua București4675 Míchel Real Madrid47208 Jürgen Wegmann Bayern Munich3179 Jean-Marc Ferreri Bordeaux3345 Ivan Hašek Sparta Prague3360 Zlatko Kranjčar Rapid Wien3360 António Sousa Porto3360 Zoran Stojadinović Rapid Wien3360 Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid3450 Patrick Vervoort Anderlecht3495 Marius Lăcătuș Steaua București3578 Hans Gillhaus PSV Eindhoven3647
Notes
References
External links
1987–88 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 1987–88 European Cup according to protocols UEFA