1991–92 European Cup

The 1991–92 European Cup was the 37th season of the European Cup football club tournament. It was the first European Cup to have a group stage, from which the winning clubs progressed to the final. 1991–92 was the tournament's last edition before it was re-branded as the UEFA Champions League.

1991–92 European Cup
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates17 September 1991 – 20 May 1992
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up Sampdoria
Tournament statistics
Matches played73
Goals scored192 (2.63 per match)
Attendance1,725,387 (23,635 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sergei Yuran
Jean-Pierre Papin
(7 goals each)

The group stage involved the eight winning clubs from round 2. The clubs were split into two groups of four, playing each other home and away, and the winning club from each group met in the 1992 European Cup Final.

The competition was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria, the first victory in the tournament by a team from Spain since 1966. The winning goal was scored by Ronald Koeman with a free kick.

The defending champions, Red Star Belgrade, did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of the Yugoslav Wars, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. Red Star were eliminated in the group stage. It was also the final season in which the clubs from that country were able to participate in the primary European football competition. The clubs from some other former Yugoslav republics were allowed to compete as early as in the 1993–94 season, but due to UN embargo it was only in 1997–98 when the clubs from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia returned to what was now the UEFA Champions League.

In addition, it was the last time an East German team competed in the European Cup, F.C. Hansa Rostock.

English clubs returned to the European Cup, after their five-year ban from European competitions following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. The 1990 Football League champions Liverpool had been unable to participate in the 1990–91 European Cup because they had been banned for an additional sixth year. Arsenal represented England in 1991–92, and reached the second round.

Teams

A total of 32 teams participated in the competition, all entering into the first round.

Qualified teams for 1991–92 European Cup
Red Star Belgrade (1st)TH Sampdoria (1st) Kaiserslautern (1st)[Note GER] Barcelona (1st)
Marseille (1st) Anderlecht (1st) Benfica (1st) PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Dynamo Kyiv (1st)[Note URS] Rangers (1st) Universitatea Craiova (1st) Austria Wien (1st)
Hansa Rostock (1st)[Note GER] IFK Göteborg (1st) Brøndby (1st) Grasshopper (1st)
Sparta Prague (1st) Zagłębie Lubin (1st) Panathinaikos (1st) Arsenal (1st)
Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1st) Beşiktaş (1st) HJK (1st) Kispest Honvéd (1st)
Flamurtari (1st) Rosenborg (1st) Apollon Limassol (1st) Fram (1st)
Portadown (1st) Dundalk (1st) Union Luxembourg (1st) Ħamrun Spartans (1st)

Notes

  1. ^
    Soviet Union (URS): All matches of Dynamo Kyiv, representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union as champions of the 1990 Soviet Top League, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26 show the flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
  2. ^
    Germany (GER): The original slot allocation of the former West/East Germany still applied. 1. FC Kaiserslautern qualified as champions of the 1990–91 Bundesliga, while Hansa Rostock qualified as champions of the 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga. Due to the reunification of Germany in October 1990, all flags show Germany instead of East/West Germany. However, Hansa Rostock matches and records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.

First round
Main article: 1991–92 European Cup first round

The first legs were played on 17 and 18 September, and the second legs on 2 October 1991.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona 3–1 Hansa Rostock 3–0 0–1
Kaiserslautern 3–1 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 1–1
Union Luxembourg 0–10 Marseille 0–5 0–5
Sparta Prague 2–2 (a) Rangers 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ħamrun Spartans 0–10 Benfica 0–6 0–4
Arsenal 6–2 Austria Wien 6–1 0–1
HJK 0–4 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–3
Brøndby 4–2 Zagłębie Lubin 3–0 1–2
Fram 2–2 (a) Panathinaikos 2–2 0–0
IFK Göteborg 1–1 (a) Flamurtari 0–0 1–1
Beşiktaş 2–3 PSV Eindhoven 1–1 1–2
Anderlecht 4–1 Grasshopper 1–1 3–0
Red Star Belgrade 8–0 Portadown 4–0 4–0
Universitatea Craiova 2–3 Apollon Limassol 2–0 0–3
Kispest Honvéd 3–1 Dundalk 1–1 2–0
Sampdoria 7–1 Rosenborg 5–0 2–1

Second round
Main article: 1991–92 European Cup second round

The first legs were played on 23 October, and the second legs on 6 November 1991.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona 3–3 (a) Kaiserslautern 2–0 1–3
Marseille 4–4 (a) Sparta Prague 3–2 1–2
Benfica 4–2 Arsenal 1–1 3–1 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Brøndby 1–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 4–2 IFK Göteborg 2–0 2–2
PSV Eindhoven 0–2 Anderlecht 0–0 0–2
Red Star Belgrade 5–1 Apollon Limassol 3–1 2–0
Kispest Honvéd 3–4 Sampdoria 2–1 1–3

Group stage
Main article: 1991–92 European Cup group stage
Location of teams of the 1991–92 European Cup group stage.
Blue: Group A; Red: Group B.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAM RSB AND PAN
1 Sampdoria 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8 Advance to final — 2–0 2–0 1–1
2 Red Star Belgrade 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 6 1–3 — 3–2 1–0
3 Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 6 3–2 3–2 — 0–0
4 Panathinaikos 6 0 4 2 1 4 −3 4 0–0 0–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR PRA BEN DK
1 Barcelona 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 9 Advance to final — 3–2 2–1 3–0
2 Sparta Prague 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 6 1–0 — 1–1 2–1
3 Benfica 6 1 3 2 8 5 +3 5 0–0 1–1 — 5–0
4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 3 12 −9 4 0–2 1–0 1–0 —
Source: UEFA

Final
Main article: 1992 European Cup Final
Sampdoria 0–1 (a.e.t.) Barcelona
Report Koeman 112'
Attendance: 70,827

Top scorers
Hristo Stoichkov was part of the Barcelona team that won the competition.

The top scorers from the 1991–92 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Sergei Yuran Benfica 7
Jean-Pierre Papin Olympique Marseille 7
3 Luc Nilis Anderlecht 6
Darko Pančev Red Star Belgrade 6
Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria 6
6 Isaías Benfica 5
7 Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona 4
César Brito Benfica 4
Marc Degryse Anderlecht 4
Attilio Lombardo Sampdoria 4
Roberto Mancini Sampdoria 4
Siniša Mihajlović Red Star Belgrade 4
Alan Smith Arsenal 4
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