The season 1987–88 of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 football

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 club tournament was won for the first time by PSV on penalties in the final against two-times winners Benfica. PSV became the first Dutch team to win the title in fifteen years.

Porto, the defending champions, were eliminated by Real Madrid

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 in the second round.

English clubs were still banned, so for the second time in 3 years Everton

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 were denied a place in the competition.

First round

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¹ Partizani Tirana were banned from the competition by UEFA

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 because they had 4 players sent off in the first leg match.

First Leg

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This game was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA ban resulting from the incidents in the April 22, 1987 game in the previous edition of the European Cup between Real and Bayern Munich.
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Second leg

Neuchâtel Xamax beat Kuusysi 7-1 on aggregate.
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Bayern Munich beat CFKA Sredets 5-0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid beat Napoli 3-1 on aggregate.
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Porto beat Vardar 6-0 on aggregate.
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Lillestrøm beat Linfield 5-3 on aggregate.
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Bordeaux beat Dynamo Berlin 4-0 on aggregate.
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Rapid Vienna beat Ħamrun Spartans 7-0 on aggregate.
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PSV beat Galatasaray 3-2 on aggregate.
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Steaua Bucureşti beat MTK 4-2 on aggregate.
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Omonia beat Shamrock Rovers 1-0 on aggregate.
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Rangers beat Dynamo Kiev 2-1 on aggregate.
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Górnik Zabrze beat Olympiacos 3-2 on aggregate.
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AGF beat Jeunesse Esch 4-2 on aggregate.
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Benfica beat Partizani Tirana 4-0 on aggregate.
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Sparta Prague beat Fram 10-0 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht beat Malmö FF 2-1 on aggregate.

Second round

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First Leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich beat Neuchâtel Xamax 3-2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid beat Porto 4-2 on aggregate.
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Bordeaux beat Lillestrøm 1-0 on aggregate.
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PSV beat Rapid Vienna 4-1 on aggregate.
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Steaua Bucureşti beat Omonia 5-1 on aggregate.
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Rangers beat Górnik Zabrze 4-1 on aggregate.
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Benfica beat AGF 1-0 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht beat Sparta Prague 3-1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

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¹ PSV progressed to the Semifinals on away goals.

First Leg

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Second Leg

Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate.
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PSV beat Bordeaux 1-1 on away goals.
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Steaua Bucureşti beat Rangers 3-2 on aggregate.
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Benfica beat Anderlecht 2-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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¹ PSV progressed to the Final on away goals.

First Leg

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Second Leg

PSV beat Real Madrid 1-1 on away goals.
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Benfica beat Steaua Bucureşti 2-0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1987-88 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe Hagi is a former Romanian footballer. He was famous for his passing, close control, long shots and was regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s and is considered the greatest Romanian footballer of all time...	Steaua Bucureşti	4
	Jean-Marc Ferreri Jean-Marc Ferreri Jean-Marc Ferreri is a former French footballer of Italian origin, who earned 37 caps and scored 3 goals for the France national football team...	Bordeaux FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....	4
	Rabah Madjer Rabah Madjer Mustapha Rabah Madjer is a retired Algerian footballer.A skilled striker, he reached stardom as an F.C. Porto player during the 1980s, and is widely regarded as one of the best Algerian football players of all time. He is widely remembered for scoring on 77 minutes, an audacious back-heeled...	Porto	4
	Ally McCoist Ally McCoist Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE ; 24 September 1962) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Rangers in Scotland....	Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...	4
	Petar Novak Petar Novák Petar Novák is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:While playing for Sparta Prague, Novák was top scorer of the 1988 European Cup, scoring a total of four goals in the competition....	Sparta Prague	4
	Michel	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	4
	Rui Águas	Benfica	4
8	António Sousa António Sousa António Augusto Gomes de Sousa is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.During his career he played, among others, for F.C. Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal...	Porto	3
	Hans Gillhaus Hans Gillhaus Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...	PSV Eindhoven	3
	René van der Gijp René van der Gijp René van der Gijp is a retired football right winger.His father Wim van der Gijp, as well as his uncle Cor van der Gijp, also were capped by Holland.-Club career:...	Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club is a Swiss football club, based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal and FC Xamax . The club plays in red shirts, black shorts and red socks and are currently in the Axpo Super League, the highest Swiss football league. They play...	3
	Zlatko Kranjčar Zlatko Kranjcar Zlatko "Cico" Kranjcar is a Croatian football manager and former striker. He is the currently head coach of Sepahan in Iran Pro League.-Club career:...	Rapid Vienna SK Rapid Wien The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...	3
	Hugo Sánchez Hugo Sánchez Hugo Sánchez Márquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. Sanchez is considered the first highly talented Mexican player. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	3
	Zoran Stojadinović Zoran Stojadinović Zoran Stojadinović is a Serbian former football player and currently a players agent.-Honours:As player:Rapid Wiën**1 time Austrian Football Bundesliga Champion: 1987-88...	Rapid Vienna SK Rapid Wien The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...	3
	Beat Sutter Beat Sutter Beat Sutter is a Swiss former football striker who played throughout the 1980s and 1990s.Sutter began his career with FC Basel in 1981 and went on to play 114 matches for the club before he left to join Neuchâtel Xamax in 1986. He spent the best years of his career at Xamax, playing over 200 games...	Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club is a Swiss football club, based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal and FC Xamax . The club plays in red shirts, black shorts and red socks and are currently in the Axpo Super League, the highest Swiss football league. They play...	3
	Patrick Vervoort Patrick Vervoort Patrick Felix Vervoort is a retired Belgian footballer.The left midfielder has played for a number of clubs, including Beerschot, Anderlecht and Standard Liège in Belgium, Ascoli in Italy's Serie A, as well Girondins de Bordeaux in France.He was also a member of the Belgium team in the 1986 and...	Anderlecht	3
	Jürgen Wegmann Jürgen Wegmann Jürgen 'Kobra' Wegmann is a retired German football player.-Honours:* Bundesliga champion: 1989.* Bundesliga runner-up: 1988, 1992.* DFB-Pokal finalist: 1994.* Goal of the Year : 1988.-External links:...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	3

External links

• 1987–88 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation