The 1988–89 UEFA Cup was the 18th season of the UEFA Cup, the secondary club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy, and at the Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany. The competition was won by Napoli of Italy, who defeated Stuttgart of Germany by an aggregate result of 5–4 to claim their only major European title.
This was the first final and win in the UEFA Cup by an Italian team since Juventus in 1977, starting a successful era for Italian teams who went on to win six UEFA Cup titles in a seven-year period. This was the fourth season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions
Association team allocation A total of 64 teams from 30 UEFA member associations participated in the 1988–89 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 two berths were allocated to associations 10–11, each gaining a third berth.
Association ranking For the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1987 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1982–83 to 1986–87.
+Association ranking for 1988–89 UEFA CupRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1 Italy41.71642 Soviet Union37.2503 West Germany36.33254 Spain32.99935 Scotland32.7006 Portugal31.1007 Belgium30.8008 Austria28.5009 England25.951010 Yugoslavia25.600311 Sweden22.00012 Czechoslovakia21.800213 Romania21.41614 France19.60015 Netherlands19.43316 East Germany18.800- Wales17.0000RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes17 Greece16.666218 Hungary16.50019 Switzerland16.25020 Poland16.25021 Bulgaria12.66622 Finland10.997123 Turkey8.99924 Denmark8.91625 Albania7.833026 Cyprus6.665127 Norway5.99928 Northern Ireland4.66529 Republic of Ireland3.66530 Iceland2.99931 Malta1.66632 Luxembourg0.999
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 1988–89 UEFA Cup Napoli Roma Internazionale Juventus Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Žalgiris Vilnius Torpedo Moscow Dinamo Minsk Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Köln Stuttgart Nürnberg Real Sociedad Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao Heart of Midlothian Rangers Aberdeen Benfica Belenenses Sporting CP Antwerp RFC Liège Waregem Austria Wien Sturm Graz First Vienna Partizan Velež Mostar Dinamo Zagreb Malmö Östers IK Brage Dukla Prague Dunajská Streda Victoria București Oţelul Galaţi Bordeaux Montpellier Ajax Groningen Lokomotive Leipzig Dynamo Dresden AEK Athens PAOK Tatabányai Bányász Újpesti Dózsa Servette Aarau Katowice Legia Warsaw Trakia Plovdiv Slavia Sofia TPS Beşiktaş Ikast APOEL Molde Linfield St Patrick's Athletic ÍA Sliema Wanderers Union Luxembourg
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, except for the first leg of the quarter-finals, which was held on a Tuesday. +Schedule for 1988–89 UEFA CupRoundFirst legSecond legFirst round7 September 19885–12 October 1988Second round26 October 19889 November 1988Third round23 November 19887 December 1988Quarter-finals28 February 198915 March 1989Semi-finals5 April 198919 April 1989Final3 May 198917 May 1989
First round
First leg
Second leg
Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 10–4 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Groningen won on away goals.
Lokomotive Leipzig won 7–0 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 4–0 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 5–4 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 6–3 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Real Sociedad won on away goals.
RFC Liège won 11–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 5–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 2–0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dunajská Streda won 6–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. TPS won on away goals.
Waregem won 5–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. First Vienna won on away goals.
Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.
RŠD Velež won 6–2 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.
Victoria București won 8–1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 2–1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 10–0 on aggregate.
Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 6–3 on aggregate.
Belenenses won 2–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
The match was briefly interrupted for an intervention by the fire brigade due to Partizan fans starting a large fire at the stadium's east stand by burning the high jump sponge mat. Furthermore, Roma captain Giuseppe Giannini got hit in the head with a coin thrown from the stands as Partizan fans pelted the pitch with missiles following one of the Roma goals. In addition to the SFr200,000 monetary fine, UEFA punished Partizan with a one-match stadium ban, enforced for their 1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup first round tie versus Celtic.
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.
Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 4–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Roma won on away goals.
0–0 on aggregate. RŠD Velež won 4–3 on penalties.
Real Sociedad won 2–1 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 1–0 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 2–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 7–4 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 5–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. TPS won on away goals.
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.
Groningen won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Victoria București won on away goals.
Third round
First leg
Second leg
3–3 on aggregate. Bayern Munich won on away goals.
Real Sociedad won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 5–1 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 4–2 on aggregate.
Napoli won 1–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Victoria București won on away goals.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate. Stuttgart won 4–2 on penalties.
Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 5–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Napoli won 4–2 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Napoli won 5–4 on aggregate.
References
External links
1988–89 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1988–89 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA 1988/89 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)