The 1987–88 UEFA Cup was the 17th 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 Estadi de Sarriá, Barcelona, Spain, and at Ulrich-Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany. The competition was won by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, who defeated Español of Spain on penalty kicks with an aggregate result of 3–3.
In only their second season of European football, Bayer Leverkusen earned their first major title in professional competition. This was also the second UEFA Cup final decided on penalty kicks, four years after the first one. This was the third 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 1987–88 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 ban on English clubs, their three berths were allocated to associations 9–11, each gaining a third berth.
Association ranking For the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1986 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1981–82 to 1985–86.
+Association ranking for 1987–88 UEFA CupRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1 Italy39.46642 West Germany37.3323 Soviet Union36.5164 Belgium34.50035 Spain33.1996 England33.09307 Scotland31.20038 Yugoslavia29.1509 Portugal29.10010 Austria26.50011 Romania23.16612 Sweden22.000213 Czechoslovakia21.70014 East Germany19.40015 France18.20016 Switzerland17.75017 Greece16.666RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes18 Hungary16.500219 Netherlands15.98320 Poland14.50021 Bulgaria13.166- Wales11.000022 Finland9.664123 Denmark8.24924 Albania7.50025 Turkey6.99926 Cyprus5.99927 Norway5.66628 Republic of Ireland5.66529 Northern Ireland5.33130 Iceland3.66531 Malta1.66632 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 1987–88 UEFA Cup Juventus Internazionale Hellas Verona Milan Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen Dynamo Moscow Spartak Moscow Zenit Dinamo Tbilisi Club Brugge Lokeren Beveren Barcelona Español Sporting Gijón Celtic Dundee United Aberdeen Partizan Velež Mostar Red Star Belgrade Vitória de Guimarães Chaves Belenenses Austria Wien LASK Admira/Wacker Victoria București Sportul Studențesc Universitatea Craiova AIK IFK Göteborg TH TJ Vítkovice Bohemians Dynamo Dresden Wismut Aue Toulouse Auxerre Grasshopper Sion Panathinaikos Panionios Tatabányai Bányász Budapesti Honvéd Feyenoord Utrecht Pogoń Szczecin GKS Katowice Trakia Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia TPS Brøndby Flamurtari Beşiktaş EPA Larnaca Mjøndalen Bohemian Coleraine Valur Valletta Spora Luxembourg Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays. +Schedule for 1987–88 UEFA CupRoundFirst legSecond legFirst round16–17 September 198730 September 1987Second round21–24 October 19873–4 November 1987Third round25 November 19879 December 1987Quarter-finals2 March 198816 March 1988Semi-finals6 April 198820 April 1988Final4 May 198818 May 1988
First round
First leg
Second leg
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
Español won 5–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 2–1 on aggregate.
Budapesti Honvéd won 1–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 4–1 on aggregate.
Victoria București won 4–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Wismut Aue won on away goals.
Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Chaves won on away goals.
TJ Vítkovice won 3–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 10–2 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Moscow won 5–0 on aggregate.
Beveren won 2–1 on aggregate.
Flamurtari won 3–2 on aggregate.
Utrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 5–1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hellas Verona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 3–1 on aggregate. The game was played in Lecce because of the ban on San Siro.
Sportul Studențesc won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.
Toulouse won 6–1 on aggregate.
TPS won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 7–0 on aggregate.
Velež Mostar won 5–3 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Werder Bremen won 7–6 on aggregate.
Español won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Feyenoord won on away goals.
Borussia Dortmund won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Sportul Studențesc won 3–0 on penalties.
Budapesti Honvéd won 5–2 on aggregate.
TJ Vítkovice won 3–2 on aggregate.
Verona won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.
Flamurtari won 2–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.
Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Vitória de Guimarães won 5–4 on penalties.
Third round
First leg
Second leg
Club Brugge won 5–3 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 7–6 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hellas Verona won 4–1 on aggregate.
Español won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; TJ Vítkovice won 5–4 on penalties.
Werder Bremen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 2–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 3–2 on aggregate.
Español won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 on aggregate.
Español won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
3–3 on aggregate; Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2 on penalties.
Notes
External links 1987–88 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1987–88 UEFA Cup according to protocols UEFA 1987/88 UEFA Cup - results and line-ups (archive)