The 1987âÂÂ88 UEFA Cup was the 17th season of the UEFA Cup, the secondary club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Estadi de Sarriá, Barcelona, Spain, and at Ulrich-Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany. The competition was won by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, who defeated Español of Spain on penalty kicks with an aggregate result of 3âÂÂ3.
In only their second season of European football, Bayer Leverkusen earned their first major title in professional competition. This was also the second UEFA Cup final decided on penalty kicks, four years after the first one. This was the third season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions
A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1987âÂÂ88 UEFA Cup, all entering from the first round over six knock-out rounds. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
Due to the ongoing ban on English clubs, their three berths were allocated to associations 9âÂÂ11, each gaining a third berth.
For the 1987âÂÂ88 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1986 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1981âÂÂ82 to 1985âÂÂ86.
The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
Notes
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches exceptionally took place on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays.
Internazionale won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Español won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Budapesti Honvéd won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Borussia Dortmund won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Victoria BucureÃÂti won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate; Wismut Aue won on away goals.
Spartak Moscow won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate; Chaves won on away goals.
TJ VÃÂtkovice won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 10âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Moscow won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Beveren won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Flamurtari won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Utrecht won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Hellas Verona won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Milan won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate. The game was played in Lecce because of the ban on San Siro.
Sportul StudenÃÂesc won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Toulouse won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
TPS won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Veleà ¾ Mostar won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 7âÂÂ6 on aggregate.
Español won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Feyenoord won on away goals.
Borussia Dortmund won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Sportul StudenÃÂesc won 3âÂÂ0 on penalties.
Budapesti Honvéd won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
TJ VÃÂtkovice won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Verona won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Flamurtari won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.
Club Brugge won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate; Vitória de Guimarães won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
Club Brugge won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 7âÂÂ6 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Hellas Verona won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Español won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; TJ VÃÂtkovice won 5âÂÂ4 on penalties.
Werder Bremen won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Español won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Español won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate; Bayer Leverkusen won 3âÂÂ2 on penalties.