1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup Dates 19 August 1990 – 15 May 1991 Teams 33 Champions Manchester United (1st title) Runners-up Barcelona 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
International football competition
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 .
Teams
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.
Notes
^ East Germany (GDR): All matches of
PSV Schwerin , representing the
DFV of East Germany as runners-up of the
1989–90 FDGB-Pokal (as
Dynamo Dresden won the double and qualified for the
European Cup ), on or after
German reunification of 3 October show the flag of the reunited nation of Germany. However, those matches and their records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.
Qualifying round
First leg
Second leg
Trabzonspor won 3–1 on aggregate.
First round
Nea Salamis Famagusta against Aberdeen at Tsirion Stadium in Limassol
† Order of legs reversed after original draw
First leg
Second leg
Aberdeen won 5–0 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.
Wrexham won 1–0 on aggregate.
Montpellier won 1–0 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Fram won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 5–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties.
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 8–1 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.
Montpellier won 8–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 8–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester United won 4–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
References
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