The 1985–86 UEFA Cup was the 15th season of the
UEFA Cup
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, the third-tier club
football
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competition organised by the
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was played over two legs at the
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,
Madrid
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,
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, and at the
Olympiastadion,
West Berlin
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,
West Germany
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. For the second year in a row, the competition was won by
Real Madrid
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of Spain, who defeated
Köln
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of West Germany by an aggregate result of 5–3.
Real Madrid became the first club to successfully defend the UEFA Cup, a feat that would only be repeated by
Sevilla in two different occasions during the 21st century, both in the UEFA Cup (
2006
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Events
January
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and
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
) and its successor
UEFA Europa League
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(
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and
2015
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January
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). In the former
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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, the unofficial predecessor of the UEFA Cup, it was only achieved by a representative team of the city of
Barcelona
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(1958 and 1960) and by
Valencia
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(1963 and 1964), both also fellow Spanish squads.
It was the first season in which English clubs were serving an indefinite ban from European football competitions due to the
Heysel Stadium disaster, which would last for five seasons before being lifted for the
1990–91 season.
Association team allocation
A total of 64 teams from 31
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member associations participated in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the
UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
* Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
* Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
* Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
* Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.
Following the English ban, their four berths were redistributed among associations 9–12, each gaining a third berth.
Association ranking
For the 1985–86 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1984
UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1979–80 to 1983–84.
Teams
The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
* TH: Title holders
* CW: Cup winners
* CR: Cup runners-up
* LC: League Cup winners
* 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
* P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays. In a departure from previous editions, both semi-finals were played in different days, and the two-legged final was held on consecutive weeks, with the second leg being played on a Tuesday.
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''LASK won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Lokomotiv Sofia won 6–4 on aggregate.''
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''Dinamo Tirana won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Vardar won on away goals.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Lokomotive Leipzig won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Bohemians Praha won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Dnipro won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Partizan won 4-1 on aggregate.''
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''Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Legia Warsaw won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Hammarby won 7-1 on aggregate.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Videoton won on away goals.''
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''PSV Eindhoven won 6–0 on aggregate.''
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''RFC Liège won 4-1 on aggregate.''
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''Waregem won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Nantes won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate; Chornomorets Odesa won on away goals.''
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''Hajduk Split won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Sporting CP won 4-3 on aggregate.''
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''Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Sparta Rotterdam won 4–3 on penalties.''
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''Club Brugge won 6–5 on aggregate.''
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''St Mirren won 3-1 on aggregate.''
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''Dundee United won 7–4 on aggregate.''
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''Köln won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Osasuna won 2-1 on aggregate.''
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''Milan won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Athletic Bilbao won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Neuchâtel Xamax won 7-4 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Legia Warsaw won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Köln won 8–2 on aggregate.''
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''Hajduk Split won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Dnipro won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Neuchâtel Xamax won on away goals.''
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''3–3 on aggregate; Milan won on away goals.''
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''Nantes won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Hammarby won 5–4 on aggregate.''
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''Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Waregem won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Sporting CP won 1–0 on aggregate.''
Third round
First leg
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Second leg
''Hajduk Split won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Internazionale won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Köln won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Nantes won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Following the referee's controversial decision to award Waregem a penalty in the 44th minute as the foul looked to be outside of the
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, Milan fans pelted the pitch with missiles some of which hit several Waregem players. Following the match, as a result of the incident, AC Milan received a two-match European competition stadium ban, enforced at the start of their
1987–88 UEFA Cup campaign.
Waregem won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''5–5 on aggregate; Real Madrid won on away goals.''
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''Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Waregem won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Internazionale won 6–3 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Köln won 7–3 on aggregate.''
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''Real Madrid won 6–4 on aggregate.''
Final
First leg
Second leg
''Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Notes
External links
1985–86 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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