1988–89 UEFA Cup
18th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1988–89 UEFA Cup was the 18th season of the UEFA Cup, the secondary club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy, and at the Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany. The competition was won by Napoli of Italy, who defeated Stuttgart of Germany by an aggregate result of 5–4 to claim their only major European title.
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Dates | 7 September 1988 – 17 May 1989 |
Teams | 64 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Napoli (1st title) |
Runners-up | Stuttgart |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 334 (2.65 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Torsten Gütschow (Dynamo Dresden) 7 goals |
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This was the first final and win in the UEFA Cup by an Italian team since Juventus in 1977, starting a successful era for Italian teams who went on to win six UEFA Cup titles in a seven-year period. This was the fourth season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions