1988–89 European Cup


The 1988–89 European Cup was the 34th season of the European Cup football club tournament. The competition was won for the first time since 1969, and third time overall, by Milan comfortably in the final against former winners Steaua București.
As the defending champions, PSV Eindhoven received a bye to the second round, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. English clubs were still banned, following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, so Liverpool were denied a place in the competition.

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Monaco won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Górnik Zabrze won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade won 8–0 on aggregate.
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17 Nëntori won 3–2 on aggregate.
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IFK Göteborg won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Steaua București won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate. Club Brugge won on away goals.
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3–3 on aggregate. Neuchâtel Xamax won 3–0 on penalties.
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Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Milan won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Werder Bremen won 1–0 on aggregate.
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PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.
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The match was abandoned in the 65th minute because of dense fog and low visibility with the score at 1–0. It was then voided and a replay was ordered the next day at 3 p.m. with the same starting line-ups, with the exception of Milan players Pietro Paolo Virdis and Carlo Ancelotti; Virdis had been sent off in the abandoned match, while Ancelotti picked up his second yellow card of the competition, meaning that he had to sit out a match.
2–2 on aggregate. Milan won 4–2 on penalties.
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IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Monaco won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Galatasaray won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1988–89 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Marco van Basten Milan10
2 Marius Lăcătuș Steaua București7
3 Gheorghe Hagi Steaua București6
4 Tanju Çolak Galatasaray5
4 Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid5
6 Ilie Dumitrescu Steaua București4
6 Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid4
6 Ruud Gullit Milan4
6 Dragan Stojković Red Star Belgrade4
10 Gabi Balint Steaua București3
10 Youssouf Falikou Fofana Monaco3
10 Jan Urban Górnik Zabrze3
10 Pietro Paolo Virdis Milan3
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