1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1987–88 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. This led to their 1988 European Super Cup title in the club's first ever European campaign (1987–89). As the next season's Belgian league victor it defended its title in a semifinal of the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup. Financial problems have been keeping this last Belgian holder of any European cup away from a position to be as successful again.

1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates23 August 1987 – 11 May 1988
Teams32 (first round)
33 (qualifying)
Final positions
Champions Mechelen (1st title)
Runners-up Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored131 (2.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paulinho Cascavel
(6 goals)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEL Limassol 1–6 Dunajská Streda 0–1 1–5

First leg
AEL Limassol 0–1 Dunajská Streda
Majoros 66'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heinz Holzmann (Austria)

Second leg
Dunajská Streda 5–1 AEL Limassol
Mičinec 6', 39'
J. Medgyes 20'
Pavlík 27'
Majoros 85' (pen.)		 Aristotelous 69'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

Dunajská Streda won 6–1 on aggregate.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen 3–0 Dinamo București 1–0 2–0
St Mirren 1–0 Tromsø 1–0 0–0
Real Sociedad 2–0 Śląsk Wrocław 0–0 2–0
Dinamo Minsk 4–1 Gençlerbirliği 2–0 2–1
Vitosha Sofia 2–3 OFI Crete 1–0 1–3
Merthyr Tydfil 2–3 Atalanta 2–1 0–2
ÍA 0–1 Kalmar FF 0–0 0–1 (aet)
Sporting CP 6–4 Swarovski Tirol 4–0 2–4
Vllaznia 6–0 Sliema Wanderers 2–0 4–0
RoPS 1–1 (a) Glentoran 0–0 1–1
Lokomotive Leipzig 0–1 Marseille 0–0 0–1
Aalborg BK 1–1 (2–4 p) Hajduk Split 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Újpesti Dózsa 2–3 Den Haag 1–0 1–3
Dunajská Streda 3–4 Young Boys 2–1 1–3
Avenir Beggen 0–8 Hamburg 0–5 0–3
Ajax 6–0 Dundalk 4–0 2–0

First leg
Vllaznia 2–0 Sliema Wanderers
Bushati 53'
Jera 68'
Attendance: 12,500
ÍA 0–0 Kalmar FF
Attendance: 2,108
Sporting CP 4–0 Swarovski Tirol
Sealy 7', 41'
Cascavel 24' (pen.), 83'
Attendance: 51,000
Avenir Beggen 0–5 Hamburg
Labbadia 9', 70'
Laubinger 44'
Okoński 58'
Dittmer 83'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alphonse Costantin (Belgium)
Mechelen 1–0 Dinamo București
den Boer 50'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte (Spain)
St Mirren 1–0 Tromsø
McDowall 3'
Attendance: 7,797
Referee: Ignace Goris (Belgium)
Real Sociedad 0–0 Śląsk Wrocław
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)
Dinamo Minsk 2–0 Gençlerbirliği
Zygmantovich 83'
Gotsmanov 88'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)
Vitosha Sofia 1–0 OFI Crete
Sirakov 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Atalanta
Rogers 34'
Ceri Williams 82'		 Progna 41'
Attendance: 8,000
RoPS 0–0 Glentoran
Attendance: 3,987
Lokomotive Leipzig 0–0 Marseille
Attendance: 30,800
Aalborg BK 1–0 Hajduk Split
Boye 63'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)
Újpesti Dózsa 1–0 Den Haag
Herédi 31' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,600
Dunajská Streda 2–1 Young Boys
Mičinec 9'
Kašpar 37'		 Zuffi 22'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ignace van Swieten (Netherlands)
Ajax 4–0 Dundalk
Rijkaard 65'
Blind 73'
Winter 81'
Stapleton 85'
Attendance: 15,712
Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira (Spain)

Second leg
Glentoran 1–1 RoPS
Caskey 65' Kallio 63'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

1–1 on aggregate. RoPS won on away goals

Sliema Wanderers 0–4 Vllaznia
Pashaj 15'
Vukatana 59'
Rragami 70' (pen.)
Fakja 83'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aldo Soldatic (Yugoslavia)

Vllaznia won 6–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo București 0–2 Mechelen
Hofkens 39'
den Boer 71'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

Mechelen won 3–0 on aggregate.

Tromsø 0–0 St Mirren
Attendance: 5,114
Referee: Kurt Horsted (Denmark)

St Mirren won 1–0 on aggregate.

Śląsk Wrocław 0–2 Real Sociedad
Loren 76'
Begiristain 82'
Attendance: 35,000

Real Sociedad won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Dinamo Minsk
Tuncay 29' Derkach 69'
Kondratiev 84'
Attendance: 7,445
Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)

Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

OFI Crete 3–1 Vitosha Sofia
Tsimbos 26'
Marinakis 48'
Charalambidis 68'		 Kurdov 71'
Attendance: 12,000

OFI Crete won 3–2 on aggregate.

Atalanta 2–0 Merthyr Tydfil
Garlini 16'
Cantarutti 21'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Victor Mintoff (Malta)

Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.

Kalmar FF 1–0
(a.e.t.)		 ÍA
Alexandersson 102'
Attendance: 1,067
Referee: Tadeusz Diakonowicz (Poland)

Kalmar FF won 1–0 on aggregate.

Swarovski Tirol 4–2 Sporting CP
Marko 16'
Roscher 53'
Pezzey 69'
Linzmaier 85'		 Sealy 57'
Cascavel 67'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.

Marseille 1–0 Lokomotive Leipzig
Allofs 8'
Attendance: 23,680
Referee: Franz Gächter (Switzerland)

Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split 1–0
(a.e.t.)		 Aalborg BK
Asanović 43' (pen.)
Penalties
Bursać
Dražić
Miljuš
Asanović 		4–2 Simonsen
Dissing
Boye
Henrik P. Hansen
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Sadık Deda (Turkey)

1–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 4–2 on penalties.

Den Haag 3–1 Újpesti Dózsa
Boere 22', 24'
Varga 82' (o.g.)		 Rostás 89'
Attendance: 11,500

Den Haag won 3–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys 3–1 Dunajská Streda
Zuffi 63'
Weber 67'
Maissen 88'		 Majoros 78'
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Wolf-Günter Wiesel (West Germany)

Young Boys won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburg 3–0 Avenir Beggen
Kroth 9'
Kaltz 72'
Labbadia 82'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

Hamburg won 8–0 on aggregate.

Dundalk 0–2 Ajax
Newe 71' (o.g.)
Meijer 87'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen 2–0 St Mirren 0–0 2–0
Real Sociedad 1–1 (a) Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0
OFI Crete 1–2 Atalanta 1–0 0–2
Kalmar FF 1–5 Sporting CP 1–0 0–5
Vllaznia 0–2 RoPS 0–1 0–1
Marseille 7–0 Hajduk Split 4–0 3–01
Den Haag 2–2 (a) Young Boys 2–1 0–1
Hamburg 0–3 Ajax 0–1 0–2
Notes
  • Note 1: With Hajduk Split winning 2–0, the match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to tear gas being thrown onto the stands The match was voided and awarded 3–0 to Marseille due to the crowd trouble.

First leg
Mechelen 0–0 St Mirren
Attendance: 6,146
Referee: Lajos Hartmann (Hungary)
Real Sociedad 1–1 Dinamo Minsk
Gajate 87' Kondratiev 5'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vítor Fernandes Correia (Portugal)
OFI Crete 1–0 Atalanta
Persias 17'
Attendance: 9,500
Kalmar FF 1–0 Sporting CP
T. Arvidsson 88'
Attendance: 2,070
Vllaznia 0–1 RoPS
Polack 27'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
Den Haag 2–1 Young Boys
de Roode 3'
Boere 71'		 Zuffi 62'
Attendance: 9,337
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Hamburg 0–1 Ajax
Meijer 52'
Attendance: 24,600
Marseille 4–0 Hajduk Split
Papin 30'
Diallo 48'
Allofs 69'
Giresse 89'
Attendance: 28,313
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Second leg
St Mirren 0–2 Mechelen
Ohana 34', 50'
Attendance: 14,368
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Mechelen won 2–0 on aggregate.

Sporting CP 5–0 Kalmar FF
Cascavel 34' (pen.), 53', 57'
Sealy 62'
Duílio 73'
Attendance: 45,000

Sporting CP won 5–1 on aggregate.

RoPS 1–0 Vllaznia
Polack 47'
Attendance: 7,312
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

RoPS won 2–0 on aggregate.

Young Boys 1–0 Den Haag
Fimian 66'
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

2–2 on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals.

Ajax 2–0 Hamburg
Mühren 13'
Meijer 83'
Attendance: 42,943

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dinamo Minsk 0–0 Real Sociedad
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

1–1 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.

Atalanta 2–0 OFI Crete
Nicolini 22'
Garlini 73'
Attendance: 15,000

Atalanta won 2–1 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split 0–3
Awarded		 Marseille
Asanović 19' (pen.)
Bursać 83'
Attendance: 22,000

The match was interrupted in the 10th minute with the score 0-0 due to tear gas being thrown in the stands by Hajduk fans. The resulting commotion was accompanied with flares being thrown onto the pitch followed by a pitch invasion by Hajduk fans. The match was resumed some 15 minutes later and completed with Hajduk winning 2–0 on the night and Marseille advancing 4–2 on aggregate. At a disciplinary hearing several days later, UEFA voided the match due to the crowd trouble, awarding a 0–3 win to Marseille and banning Hajduk from European competition for two seasons.
Marseille won 7–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen 2–1 Dinamo Minsk 1–0 1–1
Atalanta 3–1 Sporting CP 2–0 1–1
RoPS 0–4 Marseille 0–1 0–3
Young Boys 0–2 Ajax 0–1 0–1

First leg
Mechelen 1–0 Dinamo Minsk
De Wilde 86'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Gerasimos Germanakos (Greece)
Atalanta 2–0 Sporting CP
Nicolini 44' (pen.)
Cantarutti 79'
Attendance: 25,000
RoPS 0–1 Marseille
Papin 26'
Attendance: 1,631
Referee: Velichko Tsonchev (Bulgaria)
Young Boys 0–1 Ajax
Bosman 44'
Attendance: 7,686

Second leg
Dinamo Minsk 1–1 Mechelen
Kisten 59' Ohana 29'
Attendance: 50,000

Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sporting CP 1–1 Atalanta
Houtman 66' Cantarutti 82'
Attendance: 55,000

Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.

Marseille 3–0 RoPS
Genghini 18'
Allofs 22'
Papin 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,016
Referee: Vítor Fernandes (Portugal)

Marseille won 4–0 on aggregate.

Ajax 1–0 Young Boys
Larsson 39'
Attendance: 28,000

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechelen 4–2 Atalanta 2–1 2–1
Marseille 2–4 Ajax 0–3 2–1

First leg
Mechelen 2–1 Atalanta
Ohana 7'
den Boer 83'		 Strömberg 8'
Attendance: 11,700
Marseille 0–3 Ajax
Rob Witschge 12', 42'
Bergkamp 89'
Attendance: 42,584
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Second leg
Atalanta 1–2 Mechelen
Garlini 39' (pen.) Rutjes 57'
Emmers 80'
Attendance: 40,000

Mechelen won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ajax 1–2 Marseille
Larsson 23' Papin 67'
Allofs 90'
Attendance: 42,000

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Mechelen 1–0 Ajax
den Boer 53'
Attendance: 39,446

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1987–88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Paulinho Cascavel Sporting CP 6
2 Klaus Allofs Olympique Marseille 4
Piet den Boer KV Mechelen 4
Eli Ohana KV Mechelen 4
Jean-Pierre Papin Olympique Marseille 4
Tony Sealy Sporting CP 4
7 Remco Boere Den Haag 3
Aldo Cantarutti Atalanta 3
Oliviero Garlini Atalanta 3
Bruno Labbadia Hamburg 3
Juraj Majoroš Dunajská Streda 3
Henny Meijer Ajax 3
Dario Zuffi Young Boys 3
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