UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1987-88
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The season 1987-88 of the European Cup Winners' Cup
finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant that they were never in a position to be as successful again.
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St. Mirren won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Real Sociedad won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
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OFI Crete won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Kalmar FF won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Vllaznia won 6–0 on aggregate.
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RoPS 1–1 Glentoran. RoPS won on away goals rule
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Olympique Marseille won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Aalborg BK 1–1 Hajduk Split on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 2–4 on penalties.
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Den Haag won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Young Boys won 3–4 on aggregate.
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Hamburg won 0–8 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Real Sociedad 1–1 Dinamo Minsk. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals rule
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Atalanta won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 1–5 on aggregate.
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RoPS won 0–2 on aggregate.
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Game finished 2-0 (Asanovic, 19-pen, Bursac, 83) to Hajduk Split, awarded 3-0 to Marseille following crowd violence. The match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to petards throw.
Olympique Marseille won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Den Haag 2–2 Young Boys on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals rule
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Ajax won 0–3 on aggregate.
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Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Olympique Marseille won 0–4 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 0–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 2–3 on aggregate.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant that they were never in a position to be as successful again.
Preliminary round
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus....  |
1 - 6 |  Dunajská Streda |
0 - 1 | 1 - 5 |
First leg
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Dunajká Streda won 1–6 on aggregate.First round
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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KV Mechelen  |
3 - 0 |  Dinamo Bucureşti |
1 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...  |
1 - 0 |  Tromsø IL |
1 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Real Sociedad Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...  |
2 - 0 |  Śląsk Wrocław |
0 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
Dinamo Minsk  |
4 - 1 |  Gençlerbirliği |
2 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Vitosha Sofia PFC Levski Sofia "Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...  |
2 - 3 |  OFI CreteOFI Crete OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most... |
1 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
| Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil F.C. Merthyr Tydfil Football Club was a Welsh football club based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil. In 2010 the club was liquidated and reformed under the name Merthyr Town, which was accepted into Division One of the Western League.-History:...  |
2 - 3 |  AtalantaAtalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici... |
2 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
| ÍA Akranes Íþróttabandalag Akraness Íþróttabandalag Akraness is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, volleyball, bowling, karate, badminton, swimming and powerlifting...  |
0 - 1 |  Kalmar FFKalmar FF Kalmar FF is a Swedish football club located in Kalmar. Formed 10 January 1910, the club has won three national cup titles and 1 league title. Kalmar FF currently play in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.... |
0 - 0 | 0 - 1(aet) |
Sporting CP  |
6 - 4 |  Swarovski TirolFC Swarovski Tirol FC Swarovski Tirol was an Austrian association football club from 1986–1992, based in Innsbruck, Tyrol.It was created as a split-off of FC Wacker Innsbruck, whose Bundesliga license it adopted at the end of the 1985–86 season. With manager Ernst Happel it won the Austrian football championship of... |
4 - 0 | 2 - 4 |
| Vllaznia KS Vllaznia Shkodër Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition...  |
6 - 0 |  Sliema WanderersSliema Wanderers F.C. Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.-History:The club was founded in 1909... |
2 - 0 | 4 - 0 |
| RoPS RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura is a Finnish football club, founded in 1950 and based in the town of Rovaniemi. In 2009 RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division but got relegated to Ykkönen after being the lowest-placed team in the end of the season...  |
1(a) - 1 |  GlentoranGlentoran F.C. Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield... |
0 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
Lokomotive Leipzig  |
0 - 1 |  Olympique MarseilleOlympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
0 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
Aalborg BK  |
1 - 1(p) |  Hajduk SplitHNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and... |
1 - 0 | 0 - 1(aet) |
| Újpest Újpest FC Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...  |
2 - 3 |  Den Haag |
1 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
| Dunajská Streda |
3 - 4 |  Young BoysBSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black.... |
2 - 1 | 1 - 3 |
| Avenir Beggen FC Avenir Beggen Football Club Avenir Beggen is a football club, based in Beggen, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.The club were founded in 1915 as FC Daring Beggen but changed their name to FC Avenir Beggen a year later...  |
0 - 8 |  HamburgHamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department... |
0 - 5 | 0 - 3 |
| Ajax |
6 - 0 |  DundalkDundalk F.C. Dundalk Football Club is a professional Irish football club based in Dundalk, County Louth. The club currently play in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. Founded in 1903, they are the second most successful team, in terms of trophies won, in the history of the League of Ireland. The... |
4 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
First leg
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Second leg
KV Mechelen won 3–0 on aggregate.----
St. Mirren won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Real Sociedad won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
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OFI Crete won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Kalmar FF won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Vllaznia won 6–0 on aggregate.
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RoPS 1–1 Glentoran. RoPS won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Olympique Marseille won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Aalborg BK 1–1 Hajduk Split on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 2–4 on penalties.
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Den Haag won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Young Boys won 3–4 on aggregate.
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Hamburg won 0–8 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| KV Mechelen |
2 - 0 | St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St... |
0 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| Real Sociedad Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909... |
1 - 1(a) | Dinamo Minsk |
1 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| OFI Crete OFI Crete OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most... |
1 - 2 | Atalanta Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici... |
1 - 0 | 0 - 2 |
| Kalmar FF Kalmar FF Kalmar FF is a Swedish football club located in Kalmar. Formed 10 January 1910, the club has won three national cup titles and 1 league title. Kalmar FF currently play in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.... |
1 - 5 | Sporting CP |
1 - 0 | 0 - 5 |
| Vllaznia KS Vllaznia Shkodër Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition...  |
0 - 2 | RoPS RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura is a Finnish football club, founded in 1950 and based in the town of Rovaniemi. In 2009 RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division but got relegated to Ykkönen after being the lowest-placed team in the end of the season... |
0 - 1 | 0 - 1 |
| Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
7 - 0 | Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and... |
4 - 0 | 3 - 0* |
| FC Den Haag |
2 - 2(a) | Young Boys BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black.... |
2 - 1 | 0 - 1 |
| Hamburg Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department... |
0 - 3 | Ajax |
0 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
.*Game finished 2-0 to Hajduk Split, awarded 3-0 to Marseille following crowd violence
First leg
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Second leg
KV Mechelen won 2–0 on aggregate.----
Real Sociedad 1–1 Dinamo Minsk. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Atalanta won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 1–5 on aggregate.
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RoPS won 0–2 on aggregate.
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Game finished 2-0 (Asanovic, 19-pen, Bursac, 83) to Hajduk Split, awarded 3-0 to Marseille following crowd violence. The match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to petards throw.
Olympique Marseille won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Den Haag 2–2 Young Boys on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Ajax won 0–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| KV Mechelen |
2 - 1 | Dinamo Minsk |
1 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Atalanta Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici... |
3 - 1 | Sporting CP |
2 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| RoPS RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura is a Finnish football club, founded in 1950 and based in the town of Rovaniemi. In 2009 RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division but got relegated to Ykkönen after being the lowest-placed team in the end of the season... |
0 - 4 | Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
0 - 1 | 0 - 3 |
| Young Boys BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black.... |
0 - 2 | Ajax |
0 - 1 | 0 - 1 |
First leg
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Second leg
KV Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.----
Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Olympique Marseille won 0–4 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 0–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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| KV Mechelen |
4 - 2 | Atalanta Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici... |
2 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
2 - 4 | Ajax |
0 - 3 | 2 - 1 |
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Mechelen won 4–2 on aggregate.----
Ajax won 2–3 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1987-88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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| 1 |  Paulinho CascavelPaulinho Cascavel Paulo Roberto Bacinello, aka Paulinho Cascavel , is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.Unknown in his native land, he played with relative success in Portugal, most notably for Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting Clube de Portugal... |
Sporting CP |
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| 2 | Klaus Allofs Klaus Allofs Klaus Allofs is a retired German footballer, who played as a striker.A prolific goalscorer for club and country , his younger brother, Thomas, was also a professional footballer – and a striker.-Club career:Allofs began playing... |
 Olympique MarseilleOlympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
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| Piet den Boer |
KV Mechelen |
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 Eli OhanaEli Ohana Eli Ohana is a former Israeli football player and later a manager. He is currently the manager of the Israel U21 team. He is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli players ever.-Early life and playing career:... |
KV Mechelen |
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| Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992... |
Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In... |
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 Tony SealyTony Sealy Anthony John "Tony" Sealy is a retired footballer in the 1970s and 1980s. He won four Championship medals with four different clubs and played for numerous clubs across the world.-Playing career:... |
Sporting CP |
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| 7 | Remco Boere Remco Boere Remco Boere is a retired Dutch football striker.Boere played club football for Roda JC and ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie. He also played for Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. in the Greek Super League and Gil Vicente F.C... |
Den Haag |
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| Aldo Cantarutti |
Atalanta Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici... |
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| Oliveiro Garlini |
Atalanta Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici... |
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| Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia is a former German footballer of Italian heritage who is now head coach of German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.- Club career :... |
Hamburg Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department... |
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| Juraj Majoroš |
Dunajská Streda |
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| Hennie Meijer Hennie Meijer Hennie Meijer is a retired Dutch football player.Meijer was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. He is known for scoring the first ever J. League goal in the 19th minute of a game against Yokohama Marinos on 15 May 1993.-Club statistics:... |
Ajax |
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| Dario Zuffi Dario Zuffi Dario Zuffi is a Swiss football coach and former international player, who is currently a coach for FC Winterthur's U-21 team.-Playing career:Dario Zuffi first became famous when he was playing on BSC Young Boys... |
Young Boys BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black.... |
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