1991–92 European Cup
Sampdoria | |
Tournament statistics | |
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Matches played | 73 |
Goals scored | 192 (2.63 per match) |
Attendance | 1,725,387 (23,635 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Sergei Yuran (Benfica) Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille) 7 goals each |
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.
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
The competition was won for the first time by
The
In addition, it was the last time an East German team competed in the European Cup, 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.
Red Star Belgrade (1st)TH | Kaiserslautern (1st)[Note GER] | Sampdoria (1st )
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Barcelona (1st) |
Anderlecht (1st) | Benfica (1st) | Marseille (1st) | Dynamo Kyiv (1st)[Note URS] |
PSV Eindhoven (1st) | Universitatea Craiova (1st) | 1st )
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IFK Göteborg (1st) |
Austria Wien (1st) | Hansa Rostock (1st)[Note GER] | Grasshopper (1st) | Sparta Prague (1st) |
HJK (1st) | Brøndby (1st) | Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1st) | Panathinaikos (1st) |
Kispest Honvéd (1st) | Zagłębie Lubin (1st) | Beşiktaş (1st) | Flamurtari (1st) |
Rosenborg (1st) | Apollon Limassol (1st) | Portadown (1st) | Fram (1st) |
Ħamrun Spartans (1st) | Union Luxembourg (1st) | Dundalk (1st) | Arsenal (1st) |
Notes
- Dynamo Kyiv, representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union as champions of the 1990 Soviet Top League, after the dissolution of the Soviet Unionon December 26 show the flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
First round
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 September, and the second legs on 2 October 1991.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 | a.e.t. )
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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 |
7–1 | Rosenborg | 5–0 | 2–1 |
Second round
The first legs were played on 23 October, and the second legs on 6 November 1991.
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 | a.e.t. )
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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
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2–1 | 1–3 |