The 1991–92

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was the 21st season of Europe's then-tertiary club

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tournament organised by

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. The

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was played over two legs at Stadio Delle Alpi,

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, and at Olympisch Stadion,

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. The competition was won by Dutch club

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, who defeated

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of Italy on away goals after an aggregate result of 2–2 to claim their first UEFA Cup title. The victory made Ajax only the second team—after Torino's city rivals

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—to have won all three major European trophies at the time ( European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the

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). As the only English team in the tournament due to lost coeffecient following the five-year ban for the

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during the 1985 European Cup final, and being given an additional year of exclusion,

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made their comeback in continental competition for the first time since then.

Association team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 32

member associations participated in the 1991–92 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.

Association ranking

For the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1990 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1985–86 to 1989–90. Despite returning to European competitions the previous season, England's five-year ban was served during the period reflected in the ranking and had no score, so only one English club competed in the UEFA Cup.

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 primarily for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

First round

¹ This match was played in

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due to

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in a previous match. ² This match was played in Klagenfurt,

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due to the outbreak of the

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. ³ This match was played in

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due to the deteriorating security situation in

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that eventually turned into the

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First leg

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due to the outbreak of the

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in a previous match, Ajax was ordered to play this match at least 200 km away from

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instead of their regular stadium

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.''

Second leg

''Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Eintracht Frankfurt won 11–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torpedo Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''B 1903 won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ajax won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sigma Olomouc won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Boavista won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Trabzonspor won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rot-Weiß Erfurt won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Auxerre won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Swarovski Tirol won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hamburg won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Gent won 4–1 on penalties.'' ---- ''Torino won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. CSKA Sofia won on away goals.'' ---- ''Osasuna won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Utrecht won 4-1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Stuttgart won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Genoa won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Cannes won 4–2 on penalties.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Sporting Gijón won 3–2 on penalties.'' ''Match was played in

due to the deteriorating security situation in

that eventually turned into the

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Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''B 1903 won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Osasuna won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Because of

in a previous match, Ajax was ordered to play this match at least 200 km away from

.'' ''Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Genoa won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hamburg won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gent won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Trabzonspor won 8–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Swarovski Tirol won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sigma Olomouc won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Third round

First leg

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Second leg

''Sigma Olomouc won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''B 1903 won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Because of

in a previous match, Ajax was ordered to play this match at least 200 km away from

. Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Gent won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Genoa won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Genoa won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 3–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torino won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

''2–2 on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals.''

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1991–92 UEFA Cup are as follows:

References

External links

1991–92 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1991–92 UEFA Cup according t

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