The 1990–91 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Manchester United against Barcelona. The victory for United was significant as it was the season English clubs returned to European football, after completing a five-year ban as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster.
Teams A total of 33 teams participated in the competition. Yugoslav Cup winners Red Star Belgrade won the double, and cup runners-up Hajduk Split were disqualified, so no representative of Yugoslavia participated.
+ Qualified teams for 1990–91 European Cup Winners' CupFirst round SampdoriaTH Juventus 1. FC Kaiserslautern Barcelona Dynamo Kyiv Liège PSV Eindhoven Estrela da Amadora Steaua București Aberdeen Djurgårdens IF Montpellier Austria Wien PSV Schwerin Dukla Prague Pécsi Mecsek Olympiacos Neuchâtel Xamax Lyngby BK Wrexham KuPS Legia Warsaw Sliven Manchester United KS Flamurtari Viking FK Glentoran Nea Salamis Fram Reykjavík Sliema Wanderers Swift Hesperange Qualifying round Trabzonspor Bray Wanderers Notes
Qualifying round
First leg
Second leg
Trabzonspor won 3–1 on aggregate.
First round
† Order of legs reversed after original draw
First leg
Second leg
Aberdeen won 5–0 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.
Wrexham won 1–0 on aggregate.
Montpellier won 1–0 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Fram won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 5–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties.
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 8–1 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.
Montpellier won 8–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 8–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 4–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top goalscorers The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Roberto Baggio Juventus92 Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona63 Sergei Yuran Dynamo Kyiv54 Danny Boffin Liège4 Steve Bruce Manchester United4 Pierluigi Casiraghi Juventus4 Ronald Koeman Barcelona4 Brian McClair Manchester United49 Marco Branca Sampdoria3 Mark Hughes Manchester United3 Roman Kosecki Legia Warsaw3 Wojciech Kowalczyk Legia Warsaw3 Oleg Salenko Dynamo Kyiv3 Salvatore Schillaci Juventus3 Jacek Ziober Montpellier3
References
External links 1990-91 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation