Dates 16 Sep 1987 – 25 May 1988 Teams 32 | Goals scored 143 Matches played 61 | |
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Top scorer(s) Petar Novák René van der Gijp Rabah Madjer Ally McCoist Rui Águas Gheorghe Hagi Míchel(4 goals each) Similar 1961–62 European Cup, 1968–69 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1966–67 European Cup, 1980–81 European Cup | ||
The 1987–88 European Cup was the 33rd season of the European Cup club football tournament. The competition was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven, who beat two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, Germany. PSV became the first Dutch team to win the title in 15 years.
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Porto, the defending champions, were eliminated by Real Madrid in the second round.
English clubs were still banned, following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, so Everton were denied a place in the competition for the second time in three years.
First round
1 Partizani Tirana were disqualified from the competition by UEFA because they had four players sent off in their first leg.
This game was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA ban resulting from the incidents in the match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich the previous season.
Second leg
Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 5–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 6–0 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 5–3 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 7–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.
Omonia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.
AGF won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 10–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 1–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 1–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
Bordeaux 1–1 PSV Eindhoven on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.
Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second leg
Real Madrid 1–1 PSV Eindhoven on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.
Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1987–88 European Cup are as follows: