The 1988–89 European Cup was the 34th season of the
European Cup
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football
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club tournament. The competition was won for the first time since
1969, and third time overall, by
Milan
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comfortably in the final against former winners
Steaua București.
As the defending champions,
PSV Eindhoven
Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...
received a bye to the second round, but were eliminated by
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
in the quarter-finals. English clubs were still banned, following the
Heysel Stadium disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster ( it, Strage dell'Heysel ; german: link=no, Katastrophe von Heysel ; french: Drame du Heysel ; nl, Heizeldrama ) was a crowd disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach by ...
of 1985, so
Liverpool
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were denied a place in the competition.
Bracket
First round
As defending champions, and due to the ban on English clubs in UEFA competition after the
Heysel Stadium disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster ( it, Strage dell'Heysel ; german: link=no, Katastrophe von Heysel ; french: Drame du Heysel ; nl, Heizeldrama ) was a crowd disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach by ...
reducing the number of teams in the competition,
PSV Eindhoven
Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...
were given a bye to the second round.
First leg
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Second leg
''Monaco won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Górnik Zabrze won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Red Star Belgrade won 8–0 on aggregate.''
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''17 Nëntori won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''IFK Göteborg won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Steaua București won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Club Brugge won on away goals.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties.''
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''Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Milan won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Second round
1 The second leg in Belgrade was replayed. The original second leg match in Belgrade was stopped by West German referee
Dieter Pauly due to thick fog with Red Star leading 1–0. The result was then annulled and a replay took place the very next day. The replay ended in the above 1–1 scoreline.
First leg
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Second leg
''Werder Bremen won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''The match was abandoned in the 65th minute because of dense
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and low visibility with the score at 1–0. It was then voided and a full match replay was ordered for the following day with a 15:00
CET
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starting time. Furthermore, the replay was to begin with the same starting line-ups as the abandoned match, with the exception of Milan players
Pietro Paolo Virdis
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and
Carlo Ancelotti
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; Virdis had been sent off in the abandoned match, while Ancelotti picked up his second yellow card of the competition, meaning that he had to sit out a match.''
''2–2 on aggregate; Milan won on penalties.''
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''IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Monaco won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Galatasaray won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.''
Final
Top goalscorers
See also
*
1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1988–89 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won for the third time by Barcelona in the final against Italian entrants Sampdoria. The two sides would meet again in the 1992 European Cup Final, which Barcelona also won. Wimbledon did n ...
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1988–89 UEFA Cup
References
External links
1988–89 All matches – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1988–89 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA
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1988–89 in European football
European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons