1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1987–88 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. This led to their 1988 European Super Cup title in the club's first ever European campaign (1987–89). As the next season's Belgian league victor it defended its title in a semifinal of the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup. Financial problems have been keeping this last Belgian holder of any European cup away from a position to be as successful again.

1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates23 August 1987 – 11 May 1988
Teams32 (first round)
33 (qualifying)
Final positions
ChampionsBelgium Mechelen (1st title)
Runners-upNetherlands Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored131 (2.08 per match)
Attendance957,273 (15,195 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paulinho Cascavel (Sporting CP)
6 goals

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEL Limassol   1–6   Dunajská Streda 0–1 1–5

First leg

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AEL Limassol  0–1  Dunajská Streda
Report Majoros   66'
Attendance: 5,586

Second leg

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Dunajská Streda  5–1  AEL Limassol
Mičinec   6', 39'
J. Medgyes   20'
Pavlík   27'
Majoros   85' (pen.)
Report Aristotelous   69'

Dunajská Streda won 6–1 on aggregate.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen   3–0   Dinamo București 1–0 2–0
St Mirren   1–0   Tromsø 1–0 0–0
Real Sociedad   2–0   Śląsk Wrocław 0–0 2–0
Dinamo Minsk   4–1   Gençlerbirliği 2–0 2–1
Vitosha Sofia   2–3   OFI 1–0 1–3
Merthyr Tydfil   2–3   Atalanta 2–1 0–2
ÍA   0–1   Kalmar FF 0–0 0–1 (aet)
Sporting CP   6–4   Swarovski Tirol 4–0 2–4
Vllaznia   6–0   Sliema Wanderers 2–0 4–0
RoPS   1–1 (a)   Glentoran 0–0 1–1
Lokomotive Leipzig   0–1   Marseille 0–0 0–1
AaB   1–1 (2–4 p)   Hajduk Split 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Újpesti Dózsa   2–3   Den Haag 1–0 1–3
Dunajská Streda   3–4   Young Boys 2–1 1–3
Avenir Beggen   0–8   Hamburg 0–5 0–3
Ajax   6–0   Dundalk 4–0 2–0

First leg

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Vllaznia  2–0  Sliema Wanderers
Bushati   53'
Jera   68'
Report
Attendance: 12,500

ÍA  0–0  Kalmar FF
Report
Attendance: 2,108

Sporting CP  4–0  Swarovski Tirol
Sealy   7', 41'
Cascavel   24' (pen.), 83'
Report

Avenir Beggen  0–5  Hamburg
Report Labbadia   9', 70'
Laubinger   44'
Okoński   58'
Dittmer   83'

Mechelen  1–0  Dinamo București
den Boer   50' Report

St Mirren  1–0  Tromsø
McDowall   3' Report
Attendance: 7,797

Real Sociedad  0–0  Śląsk Wrocław
Report
Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Dinamo Minsk  2–0  Gençlerbirliği
Zygmantovich   83'
Gotsmanov   88'
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)

Vitosha Sofia  1–0  OFI
Sirakov   87' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Merthyr Tydfil  2–1  Atalanta
Rogers   34'
Ceri Williams   82'
Report Progna   41'

RoPS  0–0  Glentoran
Report
Attendance: 3,987

Lokomotive Leipzig  0–0  Marseille
Report
Attendance: 30,800

AaB  1–0  Hajduk Split
Boye   63' Report

Újpesti Dózsa  1–0  Den Haag
Herédi   31' (pen.) Report

Dunajská Streda  2–1  Young Boys
Mičinec   9'
Kašpar   37'
Report Zuffi   22'

Ajax  4–0  Dundalk
Rijkaard   65'
Blind   73'
Winter   81'
Stapleton   85'
Report

Second leg

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Glentoran  1–1  RoPS
Caskey   65' Report Kallio   63'
Attendance: 4,101

1–1 on aggregate. RoPS won on away goals


Sliema Wanderers  0–4  Vllaznia
Report Pashaj   15'
Vukatana   59'
Rragami   70' (pen.)
Fakja   83'
Attendance: 800

Vllaznia won 6–0 on aggregate.


Dinamo București  0–2  Mechelen
Report Hofkens   39'
den Boer   71'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

Mechelen won 3–0 on aggregate.


Tromsø  0–0  St Mirren
Report
Attendance: 5,114

St Mirren won 1–0 on aggregate.


Śląsk Wrocław  0–2  Real Sociedad
Report Loren   76'
Begiristain   82'
Attendance: 25,000

Real Sociedad won 2–0 on aggregate.


Gençlerbirliği  1–2  Dinamo Minsk
Tuncay   29' Report Derkach   69'
Kondratiev   84'

Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.


OFI Crete  3–1  Vitosha Sofia
Tsimbos   26'
Marinakis   48'
Charalambidis   68'
Report Kurdov   71'
Attendance: 12,036

OFI Crete won 3–2 on aggregate.


Atalanta  2–0  Merthyr Tydfil
Garlini   16'
Cantarutti   21'
Report

Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.


Kalmar FF  1–0
(a.e.t.)
  ÍA
Alexandersson   102' Report
Attendance: 1,067

Kalmar FF won 1–0 on aggregate.


Swarovski Tirol  4–2  Sporting CP
Marko   16'
Roscher   53'
Pezzey   69'
Linzmaier   85'
Report Sealy   57'
Cascavel   67'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.


Marseille  1–0  Lokomotive Leipzig
Allofs   8' Report

Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split  1–0
(a.e.t.)
  AaB
Asanović   43' (pen.) Report
Penalties
Bursać  
Dražić  
Miljuš  
Asanović  
4–2   Simonsen
  Dissing
  Boye
  Henrik P. Hansen
Attendance: 7,422
Referee: Sadık Deda (Turkey)

1–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 4–2 on penalties.


Den Haag  3–1  Újpesti Dózsa
Boere   22', 24'
Varga   82' (o.g.)
Report Rostás   89'
Attendance: 11,500

Den Haag won 3–2 on aggregate.


Young Boys  3–1  Dunajská Streda
Zuffi   63'
Weber   67'
Maissen   88'
Report Majoros   78'

Young Boys won 4–3 on aggregate.


Hamburg  3–0  Avenir Beggen
Kroth   9'
Kaltz   72'
Labbadia   82'
Report
Attendance: 6,500

Hamburg won 8–0 on aggregate.


Dundalk  0–2  Ajax
Report Newe   71' (o.g.)
Meijer   87'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen   2–0   St Mirren 0–0 2–0
Real Sociedad   1–1 (a)   Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0
OFI   1–2   Atalanta 1–0 0–2
Kalmar FF   1–5   Sporting CP 1–0 0–5
Vllaznia   0–2   RoPS 0–1 0–1
Marseille   7–0   Hajduk Split 4–0 3–01
Den Haag   2–2 (a)   Young Boys 2–1 0–1
Hamburg   0–3   Ajax 0–1 0–2
Notes
  • Note 1: With Hajduk Split winning 2–0, the match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to tear gas being thrown onto the stands The match was voided and awarded 3–0 to Marseille due to the crowd trouble.

First leg

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Mechelen  0–0  St Mirren
Report
Attendance: 6,146

Real Sociedad  1–1  Dinamo Minsk
Gajate   87' Report Kondratiev   5'

OFI  1–0  Atalanta
Persias   17' Report
Attendance: 11,758

Kalmar FF  1–0  Sporting CP
T. Arvidsson   88' Report
Attendance: 2,070

Vllaznia  0–1  RoPS
Report Polack   27'

Den Haag  2–1  Young Boys
de Roode   3'
Boere   71'
Report Zuffi   62'
Attendance: 9,337
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Hamburg  0–1  Ajax
Report Meijer   52'
Attendance: 24,600

Marseille  4–0  Hajduk Split
Papin   30'
Diallo   48'
Allofs   69'
Giresse   89'
Report
Attendance: 28,313
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Second leg

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St Mirren  0–2  Mechelen
Report Ohana   34', 50'
Attendance: 14,368
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Mechelen won 2–0 on aggregate.


Sporting CP  5–0  Kalmar FF
Cascavel   34' (pen.), 53', 57'
Sealy   62'
Duílio   73'
Report

Sporting CP won 5–1 on aggregate.


RoPS  1–0  Vllaznia
Polack   47' Report
Attendance: 7,312
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

RoPS won 2–0 on aggregate.


Young Boys  1–0  Den Haag
Fimian   66' Report
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

2–2 on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals.


Ajax  2–0  Hamburg
Mühren   13'
Meijer   83'
Report
Attendance: 42,943

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.


Dinamo Minsk  0–0  Real Sociedad
Report
Attendance: 50,000

1–1 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.


Atalanta  2–0  OFI
Nicolini   22'
Garlini   73'
Report

Atalanta won 2–1 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split  0–3
Awarded
  Marseille
Asanović   19' (pen.)
Bursać   83'
Report
Attendance: 22,000

The match was interrupted in the 10th minute with the score 0–0 due to tear gas being thrown in the stands by Hajduk fans. The resulting commotion was accompanied with the same fans throwing flares onto the pitch followed by a pitch invasion. The match was resumed some 15 minutes later and completed with Hajduk winning 2–0 on the night and Marseille advancing 4–2 on aggregate. At a disciplinary hearing several days later, UEFA voided the match due to the crowd trouble, awarding a 3–0 win to Marseille and banning Hajduk from European competition for two seasons.
Marseille won 7–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen   2–1   Dinamo Minsk 1–0 1–1
Atalanta   3–1   Sporting CP 2–0 1–1
RoPS   0–4   Marseille 0–1 0–3
Young Boys   0–2   Ajax 0–1 0–1

First leg

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Mechelen  1–0  Dinamo Minsk
De Wilde   86' Report


RoPS  0–1  Marseille
Report Papin   26'

Young Boys  0–1  Ajax
Report Bosman   44'

Second leg

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Dinamo Minsk  1–1  Mechelen
Kisten   59' Report Ohana   29'
Attendance: 44,430

Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.


Sporting CP  1–1  Atalanta
Houtman   66' Report Cantarutti   82'

Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.


Marseille  3–0  RoPS
Genghini   18'
Allofs   22'
Papin   76' (pen.)
Report

Marseille won 4–0 on aggregate.


Ajax  1–0  Young Boys
Larsson   39' Report

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen   4–2   Atalanta 2–1 2–1
Marseille   2–4   Ajax 0–3 2–1

First leg

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Mechelen  2–1  Atalanta
Ohana   7'
den Boer   83'
Report Strömberg   8'

Marseille  0–3  Ajax
Report Rob Witschge   12', 42'
Bergkamp   89'
Attendance: 42,584
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Second leg

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Atalanta  1–2  Mechelen
Garlini   39' (pen.) Report Rutjes   57'
Emmers   80'

Mechelen won 4–2 on aggregate.


Ajax  1–2  Marseille
Larsson   23' Report Papin   67'
Allofs   90'

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Mechelen  1–0  Ajax
den Boer   53' Report

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1987–88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Paulinho Cascavel   Sporting CP 6
2   Klaus Allofs   Olympique Marseille 4
  Piet den Boer   KV Mechelen 4
  Eli Ohana   KV Mechelen 4
  Jean-Pierre Papin   Olympique Marseille 4
  Tony Sealy   Sporting CP 4
7   Remco Boere   Den Haag 3
  Aldo Cantarutti   Atalanta 3
  Oliviero Garlini   Atalanta 3
  Bruno Labbadia   Hamburg 3
  Juraj Majoroš   Dunajská Streda 3
  Henny Meijer   Ajax 3
  Dario Zuffi   Young Boys 3
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