Champions Milan (4th title) Champion A.C. Milan Goals scored 169 Matches played 61 | Runners-up Benfica Dates 13 Sep 1989 – 23 May 1990 Teams 32 | |
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Top scorers Jean-Pierre Papin, Romário Similar 1988–89 European Cup, 1968–69 European Cup, 1965–66 European Cup, 1963–64 European Cup, 1961–62 European Cup | ||
The 1989–90 European Cup was the 35th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament, the European Cup. The final was played at the Praterstadion in Vienna on 23 May 1990. The final was contested by Italian defending champions Milan and Portuguese two-time former winners Benfica. Milan successfully defended their title with a 1–0 victory, securing their fourth European Cup trophy. Milan remain, as of 2016, the last team to successfully defend their trophy.
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Second leg
Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.
KV Mechelen won 5–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 9–0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.
Nëntori Tirana won 5–1 on aggregate.
Steaua Bucureşti won 5–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 5–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 6–2 on aggregate.
Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 5–4 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd 2–2 Vojvodina on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd won on away goals.
Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Swarovski Tirol won 9–2 on aggregate.
This game was Sparta forced to play at least 300 km from Prague due to a UEFA ban resulting from the incidents in the 13 September 1989 game in the previous round of the European Cup between Sparta and Fenerbahce.
Second leg
KV Mechelen won 4–1 on aggregate.
Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.
Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 9–0 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second leg
Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.
Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
Marseille 2–2 Benfica on aggregate. Benfica won on away goals.
Milan 2–2 Bayern Munich on aggregate. Milan won on away goals.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1989–90 European Cup are as follows: