The 1988âÂÂ89 UEFA Cup was the 18th 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 Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy, and at the Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany. The competition was won by Napoli of Italy, who defeated Stuttgart of Germany by an aggregate result of 5âÂÂ4 to claim their only major European title.
This was the first final and win in the UEFA Cup by an Italian team since Juventus in 1977, starting a successful era for Italian teams who went on to win six UEFA Cup titles in a seven-year period. This was the fourth season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions
A total of 64 teams from 30 UEFA member associations participated in the 1988âÂÂ89 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 English ban, their two berths were allocated to associations 10âÂÂ11, each gaining a third berth.
For the 1988âÂÂ89 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1987 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1982âÂÂ83 to 1986âÂÂ87.
The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, except for the first leg of the quarter-finals, which was held on a Tuesday.
Stuttgart won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 10âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Groningen won on away goals.
Lokomotive Leipzig won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate. Real Sociedad won on away goals.
RFC Liège won 11âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
ÃÂjpesti Dózsa won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dunajská Streda won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. TPS won on away goals.
Waregem won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. First Vienna won on away goals.
Juventus won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Rà  D Veleà ¾ won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Victoria BucureÃÂti won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Partizan won 10âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Servette won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Köln won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Belenenses won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Roma won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
The match was briefly interrupted for an intervention by the fire brigade due to Partizan fans starting a large fire at the stadium's east stand by burning the high jump sponge mat. Furthermore, Roma captain Giuseppe Giannini got hit in the head with a coin thrown from the stands as Partizan fans pelted the pitch with missiles following one of the Roma goals. In addition to the SFr200,000 monetary fine, UEFA punished Partizan with a one-match stadium ban, enforced for their 1989âÂÂ90 Cup Winners' Cup first round tie versus Celtic.
Bayern Munich won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Köln won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
4âÂÂ4 on aggregate. Roma won on away goals.
0âÂÂ0 on aggregate. Rà  D Veleà ¾ won 4âÂÂ3 on penalties.
Real Sociedad won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 7âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. TPS won on away goals.
Internazionale won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Groningen won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Victoria BucureÃÂti won on away goals.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Bayern Munich won on away goals.
Real Sociedad won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Heart of Midlothian won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Napoli won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Victoria BucureÃÂti won on away goals.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Stuttgart won 4âÂÂ2 on penalties.
Bayern Munich won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Napoli won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.