The 1985–86 European Cup was the 31st season of the

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's premier club

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competition. The

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was won by Steaua București on penalties in the final against

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. Steaua București became the first

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side to win the tournament. The final was decided mainly by goalkeeper Helmut Duckadam, who (after keeping a clean sheet in the final) saved all four of Barcelona's penalties to secure the cup.

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, the defending champions, were eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals. No clubs from England were entered into the competition during this year, owing to a ban from European competition in light of the Heysel Stadium disaster. Had the ban not been imposed, Everton would have represented England. The Albanian champions 17 Nëntori were disqualified following a ban in the previous CWC edition.

Teams

The draw for the first round of the European competitions took place in

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on Thursday 4 July 1985 at 12 CEST. Restrictions based on seedings and geography were unilaterally decided by the UEFA.

Bracket

First round

The Belgian club Anderlecht received a bye from the first round.As the Champions of England and Albania were disqualified, a bye should be given to Juventus. However, as the Italian side was also partially punished for the Heysel disaster with two home-matches ban, they asked to play the first round (arguably against a weak opponent) to be free from any punishment for the eventual quarterfinals. So, the Champions of Belgium were drawn to receive the bye. ww.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,22/articleid,1005_01_1985_0141_0024_22870660/ (it.)/ref>

First leg

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Second leg

''Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Omonia won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Budapest Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zenit Leningrad won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kuusysi won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Servette won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aberdeen won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Göteborg won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fenerbahçe won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.'' ---- ''Porto won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hellas Verona won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 9–1 on aggregate.''

Second Round

First leg

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Second leg

''Bayern Munich won 7–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kuusysi won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Göteborg won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.'' ---- ''Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Steaua București won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; IFK Göteborg won on away goals.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Barcelona won on penalties.''

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1985–86 European Cup are as follows:

References

External links

1985–86 All matches – season at UEFA website
*All scorers 1985–86 European Cup according t
protocols UEFA
- results and line-ups (archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 European Cup UEFA Champions League seasons

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