1991–92 European Cup
 Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 September 1991 – 20 May 1992 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 |
| Runners-up |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 73 |
| Goals scored | 192 (2.63 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
  (7 goals each) |
The 1991–92 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria, the first victory in the tournament by a team from Spain since 1966. The winning goal was scored by Ronald Koeman with a free kick. This was the last tournament before the competition was re-branded as the UEFA Champions League. It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In addition, it was the last time an East Germany team competed in European Cup until RB Leipzig's qualification for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, albeit through unified Germany's league.
This tournament also marked the first appearance of English clubs after a six-year absence resulting from the ban they received following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. They would have returned one year earlier had any club other than Liverpool won the 1990 Football League championship, but Liverpool were unable to participate in the 1990–91 competition because they had been banned for an additional year beyond the five-year ban to which all English clubs had been subjected. Arsenal represented England this season and reached the second round.
The defending champions, Red Star Belgrade, did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of war in the former Yugoslavia, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. Red Star themselves were eliminated in the group stage. It was also the final season in which the clubs from that country were able to participate in any European football competition. While the clubs from some other former Yugoslav republics were allowed to compete as early as in the 1993–94 season, due to UN embargo it was only in the 1997–98 season when the clubs from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia returned to the European football elite.
First round
Note: As Kaiserslautern and Hansa Rostock of Germany were champions of the 1990–91 Bundesliga and 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga, respectively, both qualified for European Cup. As German reunification has occurred, all flags here show Germany instead of West/East Germany.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona |
3–1 |  |
3–0 | 0–1 |
| Kaiserslautern |
3–1 |  |
2–0 | 1–1 |
Union Luxembourg  |
0–10 | |
0–5 | 0–5 |
Sparta Prague  |
2–2 (a) |  |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Ħamrun Spartans  |
0–10 |  |
0–6 | 0–4 |
Arsenal  |
6–2 |  |
6–1 | 0–1 |
HJK Helsinki  |
0–4 |  |
0–1 | 0–3 |
Brøndby  |
4–2 |  |
3–0 | 1–2 |
Fram Reykjavík  |
2–2 (a) |  |
2–2 | 0–0 |
IFK Göteborg  |
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0–0 | 1–1 |
Beşiktaş  |
2–3 |  |
1–1 | 1–2 |
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4–1 |  |
1–1 | 3–0 |
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8–0 |  |
4–0 | 4–0 |
Universitatea Craiova  |
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2–0 | 0–3 |
Budapest Honvéd  |
3–1 |  |
1–1 | 2–0 |
| Sampdoria |
7–1 |  |
5–0 | 2–1 |
First leg
| Red Star Belgrade |
4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Tanjga  Stošić Mihajlović |
Report |
| Kaiserslautern |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Funkel |
Report |
| Universitatea Craiova |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Popescu Agalliu |
Report |
| Sparta Prague |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Němec |
Report |
| Fram Reykjavík |
2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ragnarsson Arnþórsson |
Report | Christodoulou |
| Brøndby |
3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Christofte Ekelund Okechukwu |
Report |
| Budapest Honvéd |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Negrau |
Report | McEvoy |
| HJK Helsinki |
0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kovalets |
| Anderlecht |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Degryse |
Report | Nemtsoudis |
| Barcelona |
3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Laudrup Goikoetxea |
Report |
Second leg
| Zagłębie Lubin |
2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Czachowski Grech |
Report | Vilfort |
Brøndby won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Apollon Limassol |
3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ptak Beširević |
Report |
Apollon Limassol won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Flamurtari |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Daullja |
Report | Ekström |
IFK Göteborg 1–1 Flamurtari Vlorë on aggregate. IFK Göteborg won on away goals.
| Etar |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chervenkov |
Report | Degen |
Kaiserslautern won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Kyiv |
3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kovalets Moroz Hrytsyna |
Report |
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.
Marseille won 10–0 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 7–1 on aggregate.
Fram Reykjavík 2–2 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.
| Dundalk |
0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pisont |
Budapest Honvéd won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 8–0 on aggregate.
| Austria Wien |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stöger |
Report |
Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Grasshopper |
0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nilis |
Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Hansa Rostock |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spies |
Report |
Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague 2–2 Rangers on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.
| Benfica |
4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Isaías Brito Yuran Paulo Madeira |
Report |
Benfica won 10–0 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona |
3–3 (a) | |
2–0 | 1–3 |
| Marseille |
4–4 (a) | |
3–2 | 1–2 |
| Benfica |
4–2 | |
1–1 | 3–1 (aet) |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
2–1 | |
1–1 | 1–0 |
| Panathinaikos |
4–2 | |
2–0 | 2–2 |
| PSV Eindhoven |
0–2 | |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade |
5–1 | |
3–1 | 2–0 |
| Budapest Honvéd |
3–4 | |
2–1 | 1–3 |
First leg
| Red Star Belgrade |
3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pančev Lukić Savićević |
Report | Ptak |
| Panathinaikos |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Saravakos Marangos |
Report |
| Budapest Honvéd |
2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pisont Cservenkai |
Report | Toninho Cerezo |
| Barcelona |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Begiristain |
Report |
Second leg
Marseille 4–4 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.
| Apollon Limassol |
0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Savićević Lukić |
Red Star Belgrade won 5–1 on aggregate.
| IFK Göteborg |
2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Svensson Ekström |
Report | Saravakos |
Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Brøndby |
0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Yakovenko |
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Anderlecht |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Degryse Boffin |
Report |
Anderlecht won 2–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona 3–3 Kaiserslautern on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.
Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 4–3 on aggregate.
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 |
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 |
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 |
|
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| Sampdoria |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nedeljković Vialli |
Report |
| Red Star Belgrade |
3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratković Ivić Pančev |
Report | Lamptey Nilis |
Match was played in Budapest, Hungary since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.
| Panathinaikos |
0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pančev |
| Red Star Belgrade |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mihajlović |
Report |
Match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.
| Sampdoria |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lombardo Mancini |
Report |
| Red Star Belgrade |
1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mihajlović |
Report | Katanec Vasilijević Mancini |
Match was played in Sofia, Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.
| Anderlecht |
3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Oliveira Bosman Degryse |
Report | Pančev Čula |
| Sampdoria |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mancini |
Report | Marangos |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 |
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
 |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Salenko |
Report |
| Sparta Prague |
2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Němeček Vrabec |
Report | Sharan |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Stoichkov Salinas |
| Sparta Prague |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chovanec |
Report | Vítor Paneira |
| Barcelona |
3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stoichkov Salinas |
Report |
| Sparta Prague |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Siegl |
Report |
| Dynamo Kyiv |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Salenko |
Report |
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1991–92 European Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
|
7 |
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|
7 | |
| 3 | |
|
6 |
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6 | |
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6 | |
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5 |
| 7 | |
|
4 |
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4 | |
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4 | |
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4 | |
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|
4 | |
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4 | |
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4 |
External links
- 1991–92 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1991–92 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
- 1991/92 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
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See also: International women's club football | ||