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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 September 1991 – 20 May 1992 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Barcelona (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Sampdoria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| 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 |
1992–93 (UEFA Champions League) → | |
The1991–92 European Cup was the 37th season of theEuropean Cupfootball 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 theUEFA 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 the1992 European Cup Final.
The competition was won for the first time byBarcelona afterextra time in the final againstSampdoria, the first victory in the tournament by a team from Spain since1966. This would mark the first of a total of fiveEuropean Cup trophies for Barcelona.[1] The winning goal was scored byRonald Koeman with afree kick.
Thedefending champions,Red Star Belgrade, did not have an opportunity to play at their own ground because of theYugoslav Wars, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. Red Star were eliminated in the group stage. It was also the final season in which the clubs from that country were able to participate in the primary European football competition since the summer of 1991 Slovenia and Croatia announced their independence.
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 theHeysel Stadium disaster in1985. The1990 Football League championsLiverpool had been unable to participate in the1990–91 European Cup because they had been banned for an additional sixth year.Arsenal represented England in 1991–92, and reached the second round.
A total of 32 teams participated in the competition, all entering into thefirst round. Teams are ordered below by the 1990UEFA association coefficients.[2]
Notes
All draws for the competition were held inGeneva, Switzerland.[3][4]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 11 July 1991 | 17–18 September 1991 | 2 October 1991 | |
| Second round | 4 October 1991 | 23 October 1991 | 6 November 1991 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 8 November 1991 | 27 November 1991 | |
| Matchday 2 | 11–12 December 1991 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 4 March 1992 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 18 March 1992 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 1 April 1992 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 15 April 1992 | |||
| Final | 20 May 1992 atWembley Stadium,London | |||
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 September, and the second legs on 2 October 1991.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 3–1 |  Hansa Rostock | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| 1. FC 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 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Hamrun 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 |
| Sampdoria | 7–1 |  Rosenborg | 5–0 | 2–1 |
The first legs were played on 23 October, and the second legs on 6 November 1991.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 3–3 (a) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Marseille | 4–4 (a) | Sparta Prague | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Benfica | 4–2 | Arsenal | 1–1 | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
| 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 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
Blue: Group A;
Red: Group B.| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAM | RSB | AND | PAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sampdoria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 | Advance tofinal | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | SPP | BEN | DKV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Advance tofinal | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 |  Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |
The final was played on 20 May 1992 atWembley Stadium inLondon, England.
The top scorers from the 1991–92 European Cup are as follows:
