The 1990–91 season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 football club tournament was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

 on penalties in the final against Marseille

Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...

. This was only the second time that an Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...

an side had won the competition, after Steaua Bucureşti of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 (1986). It was also the last tournament to be solely knock-out based, with a group stage added for the next season.

This tournament would have marked the return of English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium disaster

Heysel Stadium disaster

The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, as a result of rioting before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventus of Italy...

 in 1985 but English champions Liverpool had been banned for six years, so could not participate.

Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

 were the defending champions and were given a bye to the second round due to the absence of both an English and a Dutch side in the tournament, before being eliminated by Marseille in the quarter-finals after the second leg had been awarded as a 3–0 win for Marseille when the eventual runners-up were leading 1–0, and 2–1 on aggregate, in injury time, when the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when floodlights were fixed and were banned, giving Marseille a 3–0 automatic walkover. Ajax Amsterdam, the Dutch champions of the 1989/1990 season, were not allowed to participate in a European Cup competition in 1990/1991 because of the Ajax vs. Austria Vienna match in september 1989 when a supporter threw an iron bar on the field, which hit goal keeper Wohlfahrt.

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich beat APOEL 7-2 on aggregate.
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CSKA Sofia beat KA Akureyri 3-1 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Bucureşti beat St Patrick's Athletic 5-1 on aggregate.
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Porto beat Portadown 13-1 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade beat Grasshopper 5-2 on aggregate.
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Rangers beat Valetta 10-0 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Dresden beat Union Luxembourg 6-1 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF beat Beşiktaş 5-4 on aggregate.
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Napoli beat Újpesti Dózsa 5-0 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow beat Sparta Prague 4-0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid beat OB 10-1 on aggregate.
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Swarovski Tirol beat beat Kuusysi 7-1 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge beat Lillestrøm 3-1 on aggregate.
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Lech Poznań beat Panathinaikos 5-1 on aggregate.
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Marseille beat Dinamo Tirana 5-1 on aggregate.

Second round

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Second leg

Bayern Munich beat CSKA Sofia 7-0 on aggregate.
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Porto beat Dinamo Bucureşti 4-0 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade beat Rangers 4-1 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Dresden 2–2 Malmö on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won 5–4 on penalties.
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Spartak Moscow beat Napoli on penalty shoot-out.
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Real Madrid beat Swarovski Tirol 11-3 on aggregate.
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Milan beat Club Brugge 1-0 on aggregate.
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Marseille beat Lech Poznań 8-4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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¹ – Match abandoned due to rioting after 78 mins. With Red Star Belgrade leading 2–1 they were awarded the match 3–0.

² – With the score 1–0 to Marseille after 88 mins, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0.
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There is a contradiction between the well-known and generally accepted facts, and those that wrote the website UEFA.
Compare the report of games

• games Dynamo Dresden - Crvena Zvezda 1 games and 2 games
• games Marseille - Milan 1 games and 2 games

and note what is written by the sum of two games (Aggregate) and compare it with the above information in Wikipedia.

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich beat Porto 3-1 on aggregate.
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The match was stopped in the 78th minute by the decision of the match referee Emilio Soriano Aladrén

Emilio Soriano Aladren

Emilio Soriano Aladrén is a retired Spanish football referee. He officialed one match in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also officialed two matches in the UEFA European Football Championship, one in the 1988 and one in the 1992.-References:...

, due to Dynamo Dresden fans causing commotion in the stands and throwing objects onto the field. Red Star Belgrade led 2–1 at the time. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade beat Dynamo Dresden 6–0 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow beat Real Madrid 3-1 on aggregate.
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Game abandoned in injury time when two of the four light towers in the stadium failed. When the power was restored in 15 minutes, A.C. Milan refused to go back to the pitch. UEFA awarded 3-0 win to Marseille and banned Milan. Marseille beat Milan 4-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Second leg

Red Star Belgrade beat Bayern Munich 4–3 on aggregate.
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Marseille beat Spartak Moscow 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1990-91 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Peter Pacult Peter Pacult Peter Pacult is an Austrian former international football player who is now manager of RB Leipzig.-Club career:...	Swarovski Tirol FC Swarovski Tirol FC Swarovski Tirol was an Austrian association football club from 1986–1992, based in Innsbruck, Tyrol.It was created as a split-off of FC Wacker Innsbruck, whose Bundesliga license it adopted at the end of the 1985–86 season. With manager Ernst Happel it won the Austrian football championship of...	6
	Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...	Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...	6
3	Torsten Gütschow Torsten Gütschow Torsten Gütschow is a German former footballer who played as a striker. He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification. In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six...	Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...	5
	Mo Johnston Mo Johnston Maurice John Giblin "Mo" Johnston is a former football striker.Johnston began his football career with Partick Thistle in 1981 before moving to Watford in 1983. With Watford Johnston scored 23 league goals, made his international debut, and helped the team reach the 1984 FA Cup Final...	Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...	5
	Sebastián Losada Sebastián Losada Sebastián Losada Bestard is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.He amassed La Liga totals of 131 games and 34 goals in nine seasons, in representation of five teams, starting his career with Real Madrid....	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	5
	Darko Pančev Darko Pancev Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	5
	Hugo Sánchez Hugo Sánchez Hugo Sánchez Márquez , popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. Sanchez is considered the first highly talented Mexican player. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	5
	Philippe Vercruysse Philippe Vercruysse Philippe Vercruysse is a former football midfielder from France. Vercruysse was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. He earned a total number of twelve international caps for the French national team during the 1980s...	Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...	5
9	Emilio Butragueño Emilio Butragueño Emilio Butragueño Santos is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	4
	Rabah Madjer Rabah Madjer Mustapha Rabah Madjer is a retired Algerian footballer.A skilled striker, he reached stardom as an F.C. Porto player during the 1980s, and is widely regarded as one of the best Algerian football players of all time. He is widely remembered for scoring on 77 minutes, an audacious back-heeled...	Porto	4
	Robert Prosinečki Robert Prosinecki Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	4
12	Adolfo Aldana Adolfo Aldana Adolfo Aldana Torres is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a right midfielder.-Club career:...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	4
	Klaus Augenthaler Klaus Augenthaler Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	4
	Manfred Bender Manfred Bender Manfred Bender is a former German footballer.-Career:Between 1989 and 1999 he played for Bayern Munich, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich. In total Bender played 229 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 42 goals...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	4
	Emil Kostadinov Emil Kostadinov Emil Lubtchov Kostadinov is a former Bulgarian football striker, former member of the Bulgaria national team for which he played in two World Cups. He shares his birthdate with another legendary Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov...	Porto	3
	Ally McCoist Ally McCoist Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE ; 24 September 1962) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Rangers in Scotland....	Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...	3
	Radmilo Mihajlovic Radmilo Mihajlovic Radmilo Mihajlović is a former Bosnian Serb footballer who played for the Yugoslavia national football team.-Career:He started playing football at Sutjeska Foča and was spotted there as a talented forward.-FK Željezničar:...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	3
	Stefan Reuter Stefan Reuter Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	3
	Dejan Savićević Dejan Savicevic Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	3
	Feyyaz Uçar Feyyaz Uçar Feyyaz Uçar is a former footballer, as a striker, and more recently a coach.Uçar started to play football at Avcılar Spor Klübü. Attracted various scouts, he has been added to Beşiktaş juvenile team costing for just new outfits for Avcılar...	Beşiktaş Besiktas J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...	3
	Roland Wohlfarth Roland Wohlfarth Roland Wohlfarth is a former footballer.He was active in the Bundesliga from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120 goals. At first Wohlfarth played for Borussia Bocholt in his youth, then for Duisburg, Bayern Munich, Leipzig and Bochum. His career ended in the year 2000 at Wuppertal...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	3

External links

• 1990–91 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation