Runners-up Barcelona Dates 18 Sep 1985 – 7 May 1986 Goals scored 167 Matches played 59 | Champion FC Steaua București Top scorer Torbjörn Nilsson Teams 31 | |
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Champions Steaua Bucharest (1st title) Similar 1961–62 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1965–66 European Cup, 1968–69 European Cup, 1963–64 European Cup | ||
The 1985–86 European Cup was the 31st season of UEFA's premier club football tournament, the European Cup. The European Champion Clubs' Cup was won by Steaua Bucharest on penalties in a final against Barcelona. Steaua became the first Eastern European side to win the tournament, mainly thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam, who after keeping a clean sheet in the final saved all four of Barcelona's penalties to win the cup.
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No English club was entered into the competition this year, owing to a ban from European competition after the Heysel Stadium disaster. Had the ban not been imposed, then Everton would have represented England in the competition.
Juventus, the defending champions, were eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
First round
(w/o) Everton could not fulfill this fixture due to the ban on English clubs entering European competition following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.
Omonia won 10–0 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.
Steaua Bucharest won 5–2 on aggregate.
Zenit Leningrad won 4–0 on aggregate.
Kuusysi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Servette won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 7–2 on aggregate.
Gothenburg won 5–3 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 3–2 on aggregate.
AC Sparta Prague 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.
Porto won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hellas Verona won 5–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 7–5 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.
Steaua Bucharest won 4–2 on aggregate.
Kuusysi won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
Gothenburg won 5–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona 3–3 Porto on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.
Steaua Bucharest won 1–0 on aggregate.
Aberdeen 2–2 Gothenburg on aggregate. Gothenburg won on away goals.
Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Steaua Bucharest won 3–1 on aggregate.
Gothenburg 3–3 Barcelona on aggregate. Barcelona won on penalties.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1985–86 European Cup are as follows: