The 1990–91 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Manchester United against Barcelona. The victory for United was significant as it was the season English clubs returned to European football, after completing a five-year ban as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 August 1990 – 15 May 1991 |
| Teams | 33 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Manchester United (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Barcelona |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 160 (2.54 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,112,484 (17,658 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Roberto Baggio (Juventus) 9 goals |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → | |
A total of 33 teams participated in the competition. Yugoslav Cup winners Red Star Belgrade won the double, and cup runners-up Hajduk Split were disqualified, so no representative of Yugoslavia participated.
| First round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 SampdoriaTH
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Juventus (CW)
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 1. FC Kaiserslautern (CW)
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Barcelona (CW)
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 Dynamo Kyiv (CW)
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 Liège (CW)
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 PSV Eindhoven (CW)
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 Estrela da Amadora (CW)
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 Steaua București (CR)
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 Aberdeen (CW)
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 Djurgårdens IF (CW)
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 Montpellier (CW)
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 Austria Wien (CW)
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 PSV Schwerin (CR)[Note GDR]
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 Dukla Prague (CW)
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 Pécsi Mecsek (CW)
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 Olympiacos (CW)
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 Neuchâtel Xamax (CW)
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 Lyngby BK (CW)
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 Wrexham (CR)
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 KuPS (CW)
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 Legia Warsaw (CW)
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 Sliven (CW)
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Manchester United (CW)
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 KS Flamurtari (CR)
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 Viking FK (CW)
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 Glentoran (CW)
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 Nea Salamis (CW)
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 Fram Reykjavík (CW)
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 Sliema Wanderers (CW)
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 Swift Hesperange (CW)
| |
| Qualifying round | |||
 Trabzonspor (CR)
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 Bray Wanderers (CW)
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Notes
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray Wanderers
|
1–3 | Trabzonspor
|
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Bray Wanderers | 1–1 | Trabzonspor |
|---|---|---|
Nugent  51' |
Report | Đukić 2' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
| Trabzonspor | 2–0 | Bray Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Đukić 48' Aslan 62' |
Report |
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)
Trabzonspor won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nea Salamis
|
0–5 | Aberdeen
|
0–2 | 0–3 |
| Legia Warsaw
|
6–0 | Swift Hesperange
|
3–0 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos
|
5–1 | Flamurtari
|
3–1 | 2–0 |
| Kaiserslautern
|
1–2 | Sampdoria
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Manchester United
|
3–0 | Pécsi Munkás
|
2–0 | 1–0 |
| Wrexham
|
1–0 | Lyngby
|
0–0 | 1–0 |
| Montpellier
|
1–0 | PSV Eindhoven
|
1–0 | 0–0 |
| Glentoran
|
1–6 | Steaua București
|
1–1 | 0–5 |
| KuPS
|
2–6 | Dynamo Kyiv
|
2–2 | 0–4 |
| Sliema Wanderers
|
1–4 | Dukla Prague
|
1–2 | 0–2 |
| Fram
|
4–1 | Djurgårdens IF
|
3–0 | 1–1 |
| Trabzonspor
|
3–7 | Barcelona
|
1–0 | 2–7 |
| Viking
|
0–5 | RFC Liège
|
0–2 | 0–3 |
| Estrela da Amadora
|
2–2 (4–3 p)† | Neuchâtel Xamax
|
1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
| PSV Schwerin
|
0–2 | Austria Wien
|
0–2 | 0–0 |
| Sliven
|
1–8 | Juventus
|
0–2 | 1–6 |
† Order of legs reversed after original draw
| Sliema Wanderers | 1–2 | Dukla Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Walker 54' |
Report | V. Rada 32' J. Kostelník 87' |
Attendance: 850
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)
| Nea Salamis | 0–2 | Aberdeen |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mason 62' Gillhaus 81' |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Octavian Streng (Romania)
| Legia Warsaw | 3–0 | Swift Hesperange |
|---|---|---|
| Kosecki 48', 79' Pisz 90' |
Report |
Attendance: 4,172
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | Flamurtari |
|---|---|---|
| Anastopoulos 9', 69' Hantzidis 25' |
Report | Ziu 75' |
Attendance: 14,907
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
| Kaiserslautern | 1–0 | Sampdoria |
|---|---|---|
| Kuntz 75' |
Report |
Attendance: 32,674
Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)
| Manchester United | 2–0 | Pécsi Munkás |
|---|---|---|
| Blackmore 10' Webb 17' |
Report |
Attendance: 28,411
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
| Wrexham | 0–0 | Lyngby |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 3,417
Referee: Frans van der Wijngaert (Belgium)
| Montpellier | 1–0 | PSV Eindhoven |
|---|---|---|
| Ziober 54' |
Report |
Attendance: 14,404
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)
| Glentoran | 1–1 | Steaua București |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas 84' |
Report | Stan 47' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,163
Referee: Tore Hollung (Norway)
| KuPS | 2–2 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| K. Nyyssönen 38' Gayle 90' |
Report | Salenko 11' Yuran 66' |
Attendance: 2,460
Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)
| Fram | 3–0 | Djurgårdens IF |
|---|---|---|
| Ragnarsson 55', 57' Arnþórsson 89' |
Report |
Attendance: 637
Referee: Wilfred Wallace (Republic of Ireland)
| Trabzonspor | 1–0 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Aslan 67' |
Report |
Attendance: 21,352
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)
| Viking | 0–2 | RFC Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Boffin 15' Ernès 82' |
Attendance: 1,845
Referee: George Smith (Scotland)
| Estrela da Amadora | 1–1 | Neuchâtel Xamax |
|---|---|---|
| Ricky 26' |
Report | Sutter 57' |
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)
| PSV Schwerin | 0–2 | Austria Wien |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Miļevskis 34' Zsak 36' |
Attendance: 835
Referee: John Nielsen (Denmark)
| Sliven | 0–2 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Schillaci 26' Baggio 88' (pen.) |
Attendance: 17,600
Referee: Ignace van Swieten (Netherlands)
| Aberdeen | 3–0 | Nea Salamis |
|---|---|---|
| C. Robertson 13' Gillhaus 33'Jess 67' |
Report |
Attendance: 9,884
Referee: Andrew Ritchie (Northern Ireland)
Aberdeen won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Swift Hesperange | 0–3 | Legia Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Jóźwiak 60' Łatka 82'Kosecki 88' |
Attendance: 518
Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Germany)
Legia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Flamurtari | 0–2 | Olympiacos |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Christodoulou 84' Mitropoulos 87' |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: László Molnár (Hungary)
Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | Kaiserslautern |
|---|---|---|
| Mancini 6' (pen.) Branca 75' |
Report |
Attendance: 29,994
Referee: Neil Midgley (England)
Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Pécsi Munkás | 0–1 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Report | McClair 78' |
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Lyngby | 0–1 | Wrexham |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Armstrong 10' |
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Jiří Stiegler (Czechoslovakia)
Wrexham won 1–0 on aggregate.
| PSV Eindhoven | 0–0 | Montpellier |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)
Montpellier won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Steaua București | 5–0 | Glentoran |
|---|---|---|
| Stan 21' Dumitrescu 37', 45'Petrescu 80', 88' |
Report |
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Arsen Hoxha (Albania)
Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4–0 | KuPS |
|---|---|---|
| Salenko 14' Lytovchenko 25', 54'Yuran 85' |
Report |
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Sadık Deda (Turkey)
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Dukla Prague | 2–0 | Sliema Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Walker 47' (o.g.) Záleský 73' |
Report |
Attendance: 677
Referee: Ernest Kesseler (Luxembourg)
Dukla Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Djurgårdens IF | 1–1 | Fram |
|---|---|---|
| Martinsson 81' |
Report | Ormslev 9' (pen.) |
Attendance: 956
Fram won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Barcelona | 7–2 | Trabzonspor |
|---|---|---|
| Begiristain 13' Amor 29'Koeman 32', 40', 76' (pen.)Stoichkov 44', 87' |
Report | Hami 7' Boz 68' |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.
| RFC Liège | 3–0 | Viking |
|---|---|---|
| Boffin 22', 35', 88' |
Report |
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: José Veiga Trigo (Portugal)
RFC Liège won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Estrela da Amadora |
|---|---|---|
| Sutter 49' |
Report | Valério 82' |
| Penalties | ||
Sutter  Gigon Fernandez Froidevaux  Egli |
3–4 | Valério Rui Neves Dimas Paulo Jorge |
Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)
2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties.
| Austria Wien | 0–0 | PSV Schwerin |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Zdravko Đokić (Yugoslavia)
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 6–1 | Sliven |
|---|---|---|
| Baggio 15' (pen.), 18' Schillaci 25'Corini 49'Bonetti 52'Júlio César 56' |
Report | Kelepov 85' |
Attendance: 9,765
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
Juventus won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen
|
0–1 | Legia Warsaw
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos
|
1–4 | Sampdoria
|
0–1 | 1–3 |
| Manchester United
|
5–0 | Wrexham
|
3–0 | 2–0 |
| Montpellier
|
8–0 | Steaua București
|
5–0 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv
|
3–2 | Dukla Prague
|
1–0 | 2–2 |
| Fram
|
1–5 | Barcelona
|
1–2 | 0–3 |
| RFC Liège
|
2–1 | Estrela da Amadora
|
2–0 | 0–1 |
| Austria Wien
|
0–8 | Juventus
|
0–4 | 0–4 |
| Manchester United | 3–0 | Wrexham |
|---|---|---|
| McClair 42' Bruce 44' (pen.)Pallister 59' |
Report |
Attendance: 29,406
Referee: Antonio Martín Navarrete (Spain)
| Fram | 1–2 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Daðason 60' |
Report | Salinas 32' Stoichkov 86' |
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Rodger Gifford (Wales)
| Aberdeen | 0–0 | Legia Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 15,946
Referee: José Francisco Silva (Portugal)
| Olympiacos | 0–1 | Sampdoria |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Katanec 53' |
Attendance: 14,289
Referee: George Courtney (England)
| Montpellier | 5–0 | Steaua București |
|---|---|---|
| Ziober 27', 63' Xuereb 51'Blanc 56' (pen.)Castro 81' |
Report |
Attendance: 18,869
Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Dukla Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Lytovchenko 65' |
Report |
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Borislav Aleksandrov (Bulgaria)
| RFC Liège | 2–0 | Estrela da Amadora |
|---|---|---|
| Malbaša 7' Milošević 86' |
Report |
Attendance: 4,809
Referee: Wieland Ziller (Germany)
| Austria Wien | 0–4 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Casiraghi 30', 45' Baggio 49'Schillaci 70' (pen.) |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
| Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | Aberdeen |
|---|---|---|
| Iwanicki 85' |
Report |
Attendance: 5,665
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Sampdoria | 3–1 | Olympiacos |
|---|---|---|
| Lombardo 17' Branca 29', 66' |
Report | Drakopoulos 62' |
Attendance: 23,745
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Wrexham | 0–2 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Robins 31' Bruce 35' |
Attendance: 13,327
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Steaua București | 0–3 | Montpellier |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Colleter 52' Garande 71'Guérin 82' |
Attendance: 2,188
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Montpellier won 8–0 on aggregate.
| Dukla Prague | 2–2 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Foldyna 51' Bittengel 72' |
Report | Yuran 6', 60' |
Attendance: 2,191
Referee: Borislav Aleksandrov (Bulgaria)
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Barcelona | 3–0 | Fram |
|---|---|---|
| Eusebio 17' Begiristain 33'Pinilla 69' |
Report |
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Greece)
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Estrela da Amadora | 1–0 | RFC Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Duílio 32' |
Report |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Spillane (Republic of Ireland)
RFC Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 4–0 | Austria Wien |
|---|---|---|
| Alessio 3' Baggio 25' (pen.), 46', 52' |
Report |
Attendance: 12,082
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Juventus won 8–0 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legia Warsaw
|
3–2 | Sampdoria
|
1–0 | 2–2 |
| Manchester United
|
3–1 | Montpellier
|
1–1 | 2–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv
|
3–4 | Barcelona
|
2–3 | 1–1 |
| RFC Liège
|
1–6 | Juventus
|
1–3 | 0–3 |
| Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | Sampdoria |
|---|---|---|
| Czykier 44' |
Report |
Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
| Manchester United | 1–1 | Montpellier |
|---|---|---|
| McClair 1' |
Report | Martin 7' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 41,942
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Zayets 33' Salenko 81' (pen.) |
Report | Bakero 5' Urbano 45'Stoichkov 63' (pen.) |
Attendance: 96,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
| RFC Liège | 1–3 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
| Houben 83' |
Report | Wégria 32' (o.g.) Baggio 43'Júlio César 47' |
Attendance: 16,463
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
| Montpellier | 0–2 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Blackmore 45' Bruce 49' (pen.) |
Attendance: 20,433
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Sampdoria | 2–2 | Legia Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
| Mancini 67' Vialli 88' |
Report | Kowalczyk 19', 54' |
Attendance: 25,860
Referee: Wieland Ziller (Germany)
Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Barcelona | 1–1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Amor 90' |
Report | Yuran 62' |
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 3–0 | RFC Liège |
|---|---|---|
| Casiraghi 9' Houben 18' (o.g.)Häßler 22' |
Report |
Attendance: 20,641
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legia Warsaw
|
2–4 | Manchester United
|
1–3 | 1–1 |
| Barcelona
|
3–2 | Juventus
|
3–1 | 0–1 |
| Legia Warsaw | 1–3 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Cyzio 37' |
Report | McClair 38' Hughes 54'Bruce 68' |
Attendance: 6,652
Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)
| Barcelona | 3–1 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
| Stoichkov 58', 61' Goikoetxea 77' |
Report | Casiraghi 13' |
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| Manchester United | 1–1 | Legia Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
| Sharpe 29' |
Report | Kowalczyk 56' |
Attendance: 44,269
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
Manchester United won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 1–0 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Baggio 61' |
Report |
Attendance: 64,469
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 2–1 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Hughes 67', 74' |
Report | Koeman 79' |
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows: