1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup


The 1987–88 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. This led to their 1988 European Super Cup title in the club's first ever European campaign. As the next season's Belgian league victor it defended its title in a semifinal of the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup. Financial problems have been keeping this last Belgian holder of any European cup away from a position to be as successful again.

Preliminary round

First leg

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Second leg

Dunajská Streda won 6–1 on aggregate.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

1–1 on aggregate. RoPS won on away goals
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Vllaznia won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Mechelen won 3–0 on aggregate.
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St Mirren won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Real Sociedad won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Minsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
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OFI Crete won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Atalanta won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Kalmar FF won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.
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1–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won 4–2 on penalties.
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Den Haag won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Young Boys won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Hamburg won 8–0 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Mechelen won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 5–1 on aggregate.
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RoPS won 2–0 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals.
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Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.
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1–1 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.
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Atalanta won 2–1 on aggregate.
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The match was interrupted in the 10th minute with the score 0-0 due to tear gas being thrown in the stands by Hajduk fans. The resulting commotion was accompanied with flares being thrown onto the pitch followed by a pitch invasion by Hajduk fans. The match was resumed some 15 minutes later. UEFA voided the match and awarded a 0–3 win to Marseille due to the crowd trouble. Hajduk was banned from European competition for the two subsequent seasons. Marseille won 7–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Atalanta won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Marseille won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Mechelen won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1987–88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Paulinho Cascavel Sporting CP6
2 Klaus Allofs Olympique Marseille4
2 Piet den Boer KV Mechelen4
2 Eli Ohana KV Mechelen4
2 Jean-Pierre Papin Olympique Marseille4
2 Tony Sealy Sporting CP4
7 Remco Boere Den Haag3
7 Aldo Cantarutti Atalanta3
7 Oliviero Garlini Atalanta3
7 Bruno Labbadia Hamburg3
7 Juraj Majoroš Dunajská Streda3
7 Henny Meijer Ajax3
7 Dario Zuffi Young Boys3