The 1986–87 UEFA Cup was the 16th season of the

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was played over two legs at the Ullevi,

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, and at Tannadice Park,

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. The competition was won by IFK Göteborg of Sweden, who defeated Dundee United of Scotland by an aggregate result of 2–1 to claim their second title. This is the second and last European tournament won by a Swedish team, five years after Göteborg's first UEFA Cup conquest in 1982, as well as the last European final played by a Swedish team, while Dundee United became the last team from Scotland to reach a European final until

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. This was the second season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 31

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member associations participated in the 1986–87 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. Due to the ongoing English ban, their four berths were allocated to associations 9–12, each gaining a third berth.

Association ranking

For the 1986–87 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1985 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1980–81 to 1984–85.

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. The semi-finals reverted to being played in the same days, and the two-legged final again had a two week interval.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Swarovski Tirol won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Universitatea Craiova won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Trakia Plovdiv won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Stahl Brandenburg won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vitória de Guimarães won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Győri ETO won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Groningen won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Dukla Prague won on away goals.'' ---- ''Widzew Łódź won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hajduk Split won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Göteborg won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer Leverkusen won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Athletic Bilbao won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gent won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer 05 Uerdingen won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Toulouse won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sportul Studențesc won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.'' ---- ''Sporting CP won 15–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Boavista won 3–1 on penalties.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''1–1 on aggregate; Dukla Prague won on away goals.'' ---- ''Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Göteborg won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hajduk Split won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Groningen won on away goals.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Swarovski Tirol won on away goals.'' ---- ''Gent won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer 05 Uerdingen won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Beveren won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

''Vitória de Guimarães won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Göteborg won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Swarovski Tirol won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Borussia Mönchengladbach won on away goals.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''The game was abandoned in the 70th minute because of the dense fog and replayed a week later.'' ''Internazionale won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Swarovski Tirol won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; IFK Göteborg won on away goals.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''IFK Göteborg won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

''IFK Göteborg won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Notes

References

External links

1986–87 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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