The 1988–89 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
was won for the third time by
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
in the final against Italian entrants
Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa.
The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...
. The two sides would meet again in the
1992 European Cup Final
The 1992 European Cup Final was a football match held on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sampdoria of Italy and Barcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the game 1–0 after extra time, thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick, to record t ...
, which Barcelona also won.
Wimbledon did not participate due to UEFA's five-year ban on English clubs from European competition. The defending champions
Mechelen were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual runners-up Sampdoria.
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
''Békéscsabai won 4–2 on aggregate.''
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Mechelen won 8–1 on aggregate.''
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''Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Cardiff City won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''AGF won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''Lech Poznań won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Sredets Sofia won 8–2 on aggregate.''
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''Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Roda JC won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Metalist Kharkiv won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Sakaryaspor won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Dundee United won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo București won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Sampdoria won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''AGF won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Barcelona won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Sredets Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Roda JC won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Mechelen won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Sampdoria won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Barcelona won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Sredets Sofia won 4–3 on penalties.''
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''Mechelen won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Sampdoria won on away goals.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Barcelona won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''Sampdoria won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
See also
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1988–89 European Cup
The 1988–89 European Cup was the 34th season of the European Cup football club tournament. The competition was won for the first time since 1969, and third time overall, by Milan comfortably in the final against former winners Steaua București ...
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1988–89 UEFA Cup
The 1988–89 UEFA Cup was won by Napoli over Stuttgart.
It was the fourth season that English clubs were banned from European competitions. The English league clubs who otherwise would have qualified were Manchester United and Luton Town.
R ...
External links
1988-89 competition at UEFA website*
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons