1987–88 European Cup

1987–88 European Cup

The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	16 September 1987 – 25 May 1988
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	PSV Eindhoven (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	143 (2.34 per match)
Attendance	1,719,208 (28,184 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rui Águas (Benfica) Gheorghe Hagi (Steaua București) Rabah Madjer (Porto) Ally McCoist (Rangers) Míchel (Real Madrid) Petar Novák (Sparta Prague) René van der Gijp (Neuchâtel Xamax) 4 goals each
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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 defeated two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. PSV became the first Dutch team to win the title in 15 years. They also set a record by winning only three matches on their route to the Cup, including no wins from the quarter-final onwards.

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.

Teams

Partizani (1st)	Rapid Wien (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	CSKA Sredets (1st)
Omonia (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)	AGF Aarhus (1st)	Kuusysi (1st)
Bordeaux (1st)	BFC Dynamo (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)
MTK (1st)	Fram (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	Napoli (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Ħamrun Spartans (1st)	PSV Eindhoven (1st)	Linfield (1st)
Lillestrøm (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Porto (2nd)TH
Steaua București (1st)	Rangers (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)
Neuchâtel Xamax (1st)	Galatasaray (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Vardar (5th)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Neuchâtel Xamax	5	1	6
	Kuusysi	0	2	2
							Neuchâtel Xamax	2	0	2
							Bayern Munich	1	2	3
	Bayern Munich	4	1	5
	CSKA	0	0	0
													Bayern Munich	3	0	3
													Real Madrid	2	2	4
	Real Madrid	2	1	3
	Napoli	0	1	1
							Real Madrid	2	2	4
							Porto	1	1	2
	Porto	3	3	6
	Vardar	0	0	0
																			Real Madrid	1	0	1
																			PSV Eindhoven (a.)	1	0	1
	Lillestrøm	1	4	5
	Linfield	1	2	3
							Lillestrøm	0	0	0
							Bordeaux	0	1	1
	Bordeaux	2	2	4
	BFC Dynamo	0	0	0
													Bordeaux	1	0	1
													PSV Eindhoven (a.)	1	0	1
	Rapid Wien	6	1	7
	Ħamrun Spartans	0	0	0
							Rapid Wien	1	0	1
							PSV Eindhoven	2	2	4
	PSV Eindhoven	3	0	3
	Galatasaray	0	2	2
																									PSV Eindhoven (p.)	0(6)
																									Benfica	0(5)
	Steaua București	4	0	4
	MTK Budapest	0	2	2
							Steaua București	3	2	5
							Omonia	1	0	1
	Shamrock Rovers	0	0	0
	Omonia	1	0	1
													Steaua București	2	1	3
													Rangers	0	2	2
	Dynamo Kyïv	1	0	1
	Rangers	0	2	2
							Rangers	3	1	4
							Górnik Zabrze	1	1	2
	Olympiacos	1	1	2
	Górnik Zabrze	1	2	3
																			Steaua București	0	0	0
																			Benfica	0	2	2
	Aarhus	4	0	4
	Jeunesse Esch	1	1	2
							Aarhus	0	0	0
							Benfica	0	1	1
	Benfica	4	-	w
	Partizani	0	-	o
													Benfica	2	0	2
													Anderlecht	0	1	1
	Fram	0	0	0
	Sparta Praha	2	8	10
							Sparta Praha	1	0	1
							Anderlecht	2	1	3
	Malmö FF	0	0	0
	Anderlecht	1	0	1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neuchâtel Xamax	6–2	Kuusysi	5–0	1–2
Bayern Munich	5–0	CSKA Sredets	4–0	1–0
Real Madrid	3–1	Napoli	2–0	1–1
Porto	6–0	Vardar	3–0	3–0
Lillestrøm	5–3	Linfield	1–1	4–2
Bordeaux	4–0	BFC Dynamo	2–0	2–0
Rapid Wien	7–0	Ħamrun Spartans	6–0	1–0
PSV Eindhoven	3–2	Galatasaray	3–0	0–2
Steaua București	4–2	MTK	4–0	0–2
Shamrock Rovers	0–1	Omonia	0–1	0–0
Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Rangers	1–0	0–2
Olympiacos	2–3	Górnik Zabrze	1–1	1–2
AGF Aarhus	4–2	Jeunesse Esch	4–1	0–1
Benfica	4–0	Partizani	4–0	(w/o)1
Fram	0–10	Sparta Prague	0–2	0–8
Malmö FF	1–2	Anderlecht	0–1	1–1

¹ Partizani Tirana were disqualified due to the behaviour of their players and officials, including having four players sent off in their first leg.

First leg

16 September 1987

20:00

Neuchâtel Xamax	5–0	Kuusysi
Van der Gijp 9', 20', 75' Hermann 31' Sutter 50'	Report

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 12,200

Referee: René Bindels (Luxembourg)

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16 September 1987

20:00

Bayern Munich	4–0	CFKA Sredets
Wegmann 32', 64' Dorfner 37' Brehme 56'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

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16 September 1987

21:45

Real Madrid	2–0	Napoli
Míchel 18' (pen.) De Napoli 76' (o.g.)	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 499

Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

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16 September 1987

22:30

Porto	3–0	Vardar
Madjer 14', 84' Sousa 51'	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

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16 September 1987

17:45

Lillestrøm	1–1	Linfield
Olsen 45'	Report	Baxter 74'

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Attendance: 1,123

Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)

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16 September 1987

20:30

Bordeaux	2–0	BFC Dynamo
Bijotat 47' Ferreri 57'	Report

Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 12,798

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

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16 September 1987

19:30

Rapid Wien	6–0	Ħamrun Spartans
Kranjčar 9' (pen.), 43' Stojadinović 29', 81', 88' Willfurth 78'	Report

Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Janusz Eksztajn (Poland)

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16 September 1987

19:30

PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Galatasaray
Gillhaus 56' Koeman 75' Koot 89'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

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16 September 1987

16:00

Steaua București	4–0	MTK
Hagi 11', 26' Bölöni 63' Lăcătuș 83'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Velodi Miminoshvili (Soviet Union)

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16 September 1987

20:30

Shamrock Rovers	0–1	Omonia
	Report	Theofanous 10'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Attendance: 2,489

Referee: Jean-François Crucke (Belgium)

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16 September 1987

18:00

Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Rangers
Mykhaylychenko 74' (pen.)	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

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16 September 1987

19:30

Olympiacos	1–1	Górnik Zabrze
Alexiou 19'	Report	Klemenz 27'

Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Athens

Attendance: 39,092

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

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16 September 1987

19:00

AGF Aarhus	4–1	Jeunesse Esch
Beck Andersen 1' Lundkvist 8', 19' Bartram 43' (pen.)	Report	Scholten 73'

Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus

Attendance: 3,253

Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

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16 September 1987

22:00

Benfica	4–0	Partizani
Hametaj 37' (o.g.) Mozer 81' Águas 86', 90'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: José Pes Pérez (Spain)

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16 September 1987

18:30

Fram	0–2	Sparta Prague
	Report	Skuhravý 78' Novák 86'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 871

Referee: Tore Hollung (Norway)

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16 September 1987

19:00

Malmö FF	0–1	Anderlecht
	Report	Vervoort 37'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 10,528

Referee: Manfred Roßner (East Germany)

Second leg

30 September 1987

19:00

Kuusysi	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax
Lius 7' Kousa 28'	Report	Van der Gijp 9'

Lahti Stadium, Lahti

Attendance: 2,218

Referee: Kurt Sørensen (Denmark)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

19:00

CFKA Sredets	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Kögl 70'

Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Bayern Munich won 5–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

20:30

Napoli	1–1	Real Madrid
Francini 9'	Report	Butragueño 44'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 83,231

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

17:00

Vardar	0–3	Porto
	Report	Sousa 37' Magalhães 64' Madjer 66'

Gradski Stadion Skopje, Skopje

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Porto won 6–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

19:30

Linfield	2–4	Lillestrøm
McGaughey 40', 67'	Report	Larsen 26', 80' Håberg 42' Sognnæs 81'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 4,947

Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

Lillestrøm won 5–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

17:00

BFC Dynamo	0–2	Bordeaux
	Report	Zlatko Vujović 58' Ferreri 87'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin

Attendance: 18,345

Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Bordeaux won 4–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

15:00

Ħamrun Spartans	0–1	Rapid Wien
	Report	H. Weber 70'

National Stadium, Attard

Attendance: 500

Referee: Goce Popev (Yugoslavia)

Rapid Wien won 7–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

15:00

Galatasaray	2–0	PSV Eindhoven
Çolak 5' Nielsen 42' (o.g.)	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 25,412

Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

20:00

MTK	2–0	Steaua București
Híres 18' Szeibert 43'	Report

MTK Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Dimitar Charlatchki (Bulgaria)

Steaua București won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

19:00

Omonia	0–0	Shamrock Rovers
	Report

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 15,269

Referee: Anton Vasilev (Bulgaria)

Omonia won 1–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

19:30

Rangers	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Falco 24' McCoist 50'	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 43,305

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

17:00

Górnik Zabrze	2–1	Olympiacos
Cyroń 24' Iwan 42'	Report	Kostikos 65' (pen.)

Stadion Zabrze, Zabrze

Attendance: 18,100

Referee: Philippe Mercier (Switzerland)

Górnik Zabrze won 3–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

19:15

Jeunesse Esch	1–0	AGF Aarhus
Theis 67'	Report

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

AGF Aarhus won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

Partizani	0–3	Benfica
	Report

Partizani were disqualified due to the behaviour of their players and officials, having four players sent off in their first leg. Benfica qualified on a walkover.

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30 September 1987

17:00

Sparta Prague	8–0	Fram
Hašek 7', 77' Novák 14', 56', 64' Griga 17' Čabala 59' Chovanec 73'	Report

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 7,407

Referee: Wieland Ziller (East Germany)

Sparta Prague won 10–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1987

20:00

Anderlecht	1–1	Malmö FF
Vervoort 29'	Report	Engqvist 62'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Howard King (Wales)

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–3	Bayern Munich	2–1	0–2
Real Madrid	4–2	Porto	2–1	2–1
Lillestrøm	0–1	Bordeaux	0–0	0–1
Rapid Wien	1–4	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	0–2
Steaua București	5–1	Omonia	3–1	2–0
Rangers	4–2	Górnik Zabrze	3–1	1–1
AGF Aarhus	0–1	Benfica	0–0	0–1
Sparta Prague	1–3	Anderlecht	1–2	0–1

First leg

21 October 1987

20:30

Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	Bayern Munich
Lüthi 28' Sutter 51'	Report	Matthäus 47'

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 21,322

Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

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21 October 1987

21:45

Real Madrid	2–1	Porto
Sánchez 80' Sanchís 90'	Report	Madjer 13'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

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21 October 1987

18:00

Lillestrøm	0–0	Bordeaux
	Report

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Attendance: 4,267

Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

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21 October 1987

19:30

Rapid Wien	1–2	PSV Eindhoven
Kranjčar 47' (pen.)	Report	Van Aerle 7' Gillhaus 77'

Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

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21 October 1987

14:00

Steaua București	3–1	Omonia
Hagi 14' (pen.), 68' Iovan 43'	Report	Xiourouppas 38'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 14,584

Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

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21 October 1987

19:30

Rangers	3–1	Górnik Zabrze
McCoist 7' Durrant 22' Falco 45'	Report	Urban 58'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 41,366

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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21 October 1987

19:00

AGF Aarhus	0–0	Benfica
	Report

Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus

Attendance: 12,479

Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)

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21 October 1987

17:00

Sparta Prague	1–2	Anderlecht
Hašek 9'	Report	Vervoort 27' Frimann 50'

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 31,267

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Second leg

4 November 1987

20:00

Bayern Munich	2–0	Neuchâtel Xamax
Pflügler 88' Wegmann 90'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

22:00

Porto	1–2	Real Madrid
Sousa 23'	Report	Míchel 54', 69'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

18:00

Bordeaux	1–0	Lillestrøm
Ferreri 41'	Report

Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 15,397

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Bordeaux won 1–0 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

19:30

PSV Eindhoven	2–0	Rapid Wien
Lerby 15' Gillhaus 84'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 25,500

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

19:00

Omonia	0–2	Steaua București
	Report	Christofi 8' (o.g.) Lăcătuș 35'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 14,448

Referee: Plarent Kotherja (Albania)

Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

17:00

Górnik Zabrze	1–1	Rangers
Orzeszek 63'	Report	McCoist 41' (pen.)

Stadion Zabrze, Zabrze

Attendance: 18,700

Referee: Gerasimos Germanakos (Greece)

Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

22:00

Benfica	1–0	AGF Aarhus
Nunes 38'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,500

Referee: Philippe Mercier (Switzerland)

Benfica won 1–0 on aggregate.

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4 November 1987

20:00

Anderlecht	1–0	Sparta Prague
Nilis 14'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Anderlecht won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–4	Real Madrid	3–2	0–2
Bordeaux	1–1 (a)	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	0–0
Steaua București	3–2	Rangers	2–0	1–2
Benfica	2–1	Anderlecht	2–0	0–1

First leg

2 March 1988

20:15

Bayern Munich	3–2	Real Madrid
Pflügler 39' Eder 45' Wohlfarth 47'	Report	Butragueño 85' Sánchez 90'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

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2 March 1988

20:30

Bordeaux	1–1	PSV Eindhoven
Touré 21'	Report	Kieft 40'

Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 26,928

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

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2 March 1988

14:00

Steaua București	2–0	Rangers
Pițurcă 2' Iovan 67'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 16,124

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

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2 March 1988

22:00

Benfica	2–0	Anderlecht
Magnusson 16' Chiquinho 19'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Second leg

16 March 1988

21:00

Real Madrid	2–0	Bayern Munich
Janković 26' Míchel 41'	Report

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 78,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

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16 March 1988

19:30

PSV Eindhoven	0–0	Bordeaux
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

1–1 on aggregate; PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.

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16 March 1988

19:30

Rangers	2–1	Steaua București
Gough 16' McCoist 32' (pen.)	Report	Lăcătuș 3'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.

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16 March 1988

20:00

Anderlecht	1–0	Benfica
Guðjohnsen 63'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 37,650

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–1 (a)	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	0–0
Steaua București	0–2	Benfica	0–0	0–2

First leg

6 April 1988

21:00

Real Madrid	1–1	PSV Eindhoven
Sánchez 6' (pen.)	Report	Linskens 19'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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6 April 1988

16:00

Steaua București	0–0	Benfica
	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 21,789

Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)

Second leg

20 April 1988

19:30

PSV Eindhoven	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

1–1 on aggregate; PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.

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20 April 1988

22:00

Benfica	2–0	Steaua București
Águas 22', 33'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Benfica won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1988 European Cup Final

25 May 1988

20:15

PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Koeman Kieft Nielsen Vanenburg Lerby Janssen	6–5	Elzo Dito Hajry Pacheco Mozer Veloso

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Top scorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Petar Novák	Sparta Prague	4	185
	René van der Gijp	Neuchâtel Xamax	4	270
	Rabah Madjer	Porto	4	349
	Ally McCoist	Rangers	4	435
	Rui Águas	Benfica	4	597
	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua București	4	675
	Míchel	Real Madrid	4	720
8	Jürgen Wegmann	Bayern Munich	3	179
	Jean-Marc Ferreri	Bordeaux	3	345
	Ivan Hašek	Sparta Prague	3	360
	Zlatko Kranjčar	Rapid Wien	3	360
	António Sousa	Porto	3	360
	Zoran Stojadinović	Rapid Wien	3	360
	Hugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	3	450
	Patrick Vervoort	Anderlecht	3	495
	Marius Lăcătuș	Steaua București	3	578
	Hans Gillhaus	PSV Eindhoven	3	647

External links

• 1987–88 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1987–88 European Cup according to protocols UEFA