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, Europe's premier club

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competition. The tournament was won by

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, who came from behind in the final against

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to give a Portuguese club its first title since

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. Steaua București, the defending champions, were eliminated by

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in the second round, having received a bye to reach that stage of the tournament due to the absence of the English champions (

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), as the ban on English clubs in European competitions was now in its second season.

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Vítkovice won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Porto won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Berlin won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Beşiktaş won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; APOEL won on away goals.'' ---- ''Celtic won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rosenborg won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.''

Second round

¹ APOEL withdrew for political reasons.

First leg

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Second leg

''Porto won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on penalties.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Porto won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''As per the decision by referee

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, the match was interrupted only a few minutes in with the score still tied at 0–0 due to Real Madrid fans throwing objects, including

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s, onto the pitch. Play resumed 10 minutes later and completed without interruption. At a disciplinary hearing a few days later, UEFA punished Real Madrid with one match behind closed doors and an additional one-match stadium ban, both enforced during Real Madrid's 1987–88 European Cup participation.
Bayern Munich won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Porto won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

Notes

References

External links

1986–87 European Cup at UEFA1986–87 All matches – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1986–87 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA
- results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1986-87 – results, protocols, players statistics
* website eurocups-uefa.r
European Cup 1986-87 – results, protocols
* website Football Archiv

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