1986 UEFA Cup final

The 1986 UEFA Cup Final was an association football tie played on 30 April and 6 May 1986 between Real Madrid of Spain and Köln of West Germany. Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate and, in doing so, successfully defended their UEFA Cup title from the year prior.

1986 UEFA Cup final

Event	1985–86 UEFA Cup
Real Madrid 1. FC Köln 5 3
on aggregate
First leg
Real Madrid 1. FC Köln 5 1
Date	30 April 1986
Venue	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Referee	George Courtney (England)
Attendance	85,000
Second leg
1. FC Köln Real Madrid 2 0
Date	6 May 1986
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Bob Valentine (Scotland)
Attendance	21,185
← 1985 1987 →

Route to the final

Further information: 1985–86 UEFA Cup

En route to reaching the final, both Real Madrid and FC Köln benefitted from performing extremely well at home. In the first five rounds of the competition, Los Blancos had won all five home legs, outscoring opponents by a total of 19 goals to 2 in games played at the Bernabéu in Madrid. Köln was also dominant in their home fixtures–– throughout the entire competition, the West German side conceded only one goal whilst playing as the home team.

In the third round, Real Madrid achieved a shocking comeback against two-time champions Borussia Mönchengladbach. After being crushed by Gladbach in the away leg by a score of 5–1, Real stormed back to win the return leg 4–0, thus advancing on away goals. This is still regarded as one of the greatest comebacks in the history of European continental football.^[1]

This was also the second consecutive year that Real Madrid eliminated Inter Milan in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

Real Madrid				Round	1. FC Köln
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	5–1	0–1 (A)	5–0 (H)	First round	Sporting Gijón	2–1	0–0 (H)	2–1 (A)
Chornomorets Odesa	2–1	2–1 (H)	0–0 (A)	Second round	Bohemians Praha	8–2	4–0 (H)	4–2 (A)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–5 (a)	1–5 (A)	4–0 (H)	Third round	Hammarby	4–3	1–2 (A)	3–1 (H)
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Internazionale	6–4 (a.e.t.)	1–3 (A)	5–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	Semi-finals	K.S.V. Waregem	7–3	4–0 (H)	3–3 (A)

Match details

First leg

30 April 1986

Real Madrid	5–1	1. FC Köln
Sánchez 38' Gordillo 42' Valdano 51', 84' Santillana 89'	Report Overview (archive)	Allofs 29'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

Real Madrid[2]

Köln[2]

GK 1 Agustín RB 4 José Antonio Salguero CB 3 José Antonio Camacho (c) LB 2 Jesús Solana RM 10 Rafael Martín Vázquez  81' CM 7 Juanito CM 5 Míchel LM 6 Rafael Gordillo RF 8 Emilio Butragueño CF 9 Hugo Sánchez LF 11 Jorge Valdano Substitutes: CF 15 Santillana  81' Manager: Luis Molowny

GK 1 Harald Schumacher SW 4 Andreas Gielchen DF 3 Karl-Heinz Geils DF 5 Paul Steiner DF 2 Dieter Prestin MF 6 Ralf Geilenkirchen MF 8 Mathias Hönerbach MF 9 Uwe Bein  70' MF 10 Olaf Janßen FW 7 Pierre Littbarski  83' FW 11 Klaus Allofs (c) Substitutes: MF 15 Thomas Häßler  70' FW 14 Norbert Dickel  83' Manager: Georg Keßler

Second leg

Scheduling changes

The second leg was originally scheduled for Thursday, 8 May, but was moved to Tuesday, 6 May, following a request by Real Madrid due to their domestic fixtures. Additionally, the match was played in Berlin instead of Cologne because of sanctions imposed by UEFA on Köln stipulating that they must play at least 350 km from their home stadium after trouble caused by supporters during the 2nd leg of the semi-final against Waregem.^{[citation needed]}

Result

Like Real Madrid had in the earlier stages of the competition, Köln went into the second leg 5–1 down. However, Die Geißböcke were unable to replicate Real's successful third-round comeback against Mönchengladbach. Though Köln won the match 2–0 at home, it was not enough, and Real were crowned champions for the second successive year.

6 May 1986

1. FC Köln	2–0	Real Madrid
Bein 22' Geilenkirchen 72'	Report Overview (archive)

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 21,185

Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Köln[3]

Real Madrid[3]

GK 1 Harald Schumacher SW 4 Andreas Gielchen DF 2 Dieter Prestin DF 5 Paul Steiner  74' MF 3 Karl-Heinz Geils  8'  83' MF 6 Ralf Geilenkirchen MF 8 Mathias Hönerbach  18' MF 9 Uwe Bein MF 10 Olaf Janßen  58' FW 7 Pierre Littbarski FW 11 Klaus Allofs (c) Substitutes: DF 12 David Pizanti  58' MF 13 Robert Schmitz  83' Manager: Georg Keßler

GK 1 Agustín RB 2 Chendo CB 4 Antonio Maceda CB 3 José Antonio Camacho (c) LB 5 Jesús Solana RM 8 Míchel  81' CM 10 Ricardo Gallego LM 6 Rafael Gordillo RF 7 Emilio Butragueño  88' CF 9 Hugo Sánchez  20' LF 11 Jorge Valdano  30' Substitutes: CF 15 Santillana  20' RF 14 Juanito  88' Manager: Luis Molowny

See also

• 1986 European Cup final
• 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final
• 1. FC Köln in European football
• Real Madrid CF in international football competitions
• 1985–86 Real Madrid CF season