1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	23 August 1987 – 11 May 1988
Teams	32 (First Round) 33 (Qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	Mechelen (1st title)
Runners-up	Ajax
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	131 (2.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paulinho Cascavel (6 goals)

The 1987–88 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant that they were never in a position to be as successful again.

Preliminary round

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

First leg

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Second leg

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mechelen	3–0	Dinamo Bucureşti	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 Akranes	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)
Újpest	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

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Second leg

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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 flares being thrown onto the pitch followed by a pitch invasion by Hajduk fans. The match was voided and awarded 3–0 to Marseille due to the crowd trouble.

First leg

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Second leg

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The match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to flares being thrown onto the pitch followed by a pitch invasion by Hajduk fans. The match was voided and awarded 0-3 to Marseille due to the crowd trouble.

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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

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Second leg

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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

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Second leg

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Final

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

External links

• 1987-88 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation