1988–89 European Cup

The 1988–89 European Cup was the 34th season of the European Cup football club tournament. The competition was won by Milan, the first time since 1969 and third time overall, comfortably defeated former winners Steaua București in the final.

1988–89 Champions Clubs Cup

Camp Nou in Barcelona hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	6 September 1988 – 24 May 1989
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Milan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Steaua București
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	170 (2.88 per match)
Attendance	1,773,922 (30,066 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco van Basten (Milan) 10 goals
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

As the defending champions, PSV Eindhoven received a bye to the second round, but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. English clubs were still banned, following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, so Liverpool were denied a place in the competition.

Teams

17 Nëntori (1st)	Rapid Wien (1st)	Club Brugge (1st)	Vitosha Sofia (1st)
Pezoporikos Larnaca (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Brøndby (1st)	HJK (1st)
Monaco (1st)	BFC Dynamo (1st)	Werder Bremen (1st)	AEL (1st)
Budapesti Honvéd (1st)	Valur (1st)	Dundalk (1st)	Milan (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Ħamrun Spartans (1st)	PSV Eindhoven (1st)TH	Glentoran (1st)
Moss (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)	Porto (1st)	Steaua București (1st)
Celtic (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)	IFK Göteborg (1st)	Neuchâtel Xamax (1st)
Galatasaray (1st)	Spartak Moscow (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							PSV Eindhoven	5	0	5
							Porto	0	2	2
	Porto	3	0	3
	HJK	0	2	2
													PSV Eindhoven	1	1	2
													Real Madrid	1	2	3
	Górnik Zabrze	3	4	7
	Jeunesse Esch	0	1	1
							Górnik Zabrze	0	2	2
							Real Madrid	1	3	4
	Real Madrid	3	1	4
	Moss	0	0	0
																			Real Madrid	1	0	1
																			Milan	1	5	6
	Budapest Honvéd	1	0	1
	Celtic	0	4	4
							Celtic	0	0	0
							Werder Bremen	1	0	1
	BFC Dynamo	3	0	3
	Werder Bremen	0	5	5
													Werder Bremen	0	0	0
													Milan	0	1	1
	Vitosha Sofia	0	2	2
	Milan	2	5	7
							Milan (p)	1	1	2 (4)
							Red Star Belgrade	1	1	2 (2)
	Dundalk	0	0	0
	Red Star Belgrade	5	3	8
																									Milan	4
																									Steaua București	0
	Ħamrun Spartans	2	0	2
	17 Nëntori	1	2	3
							17 Nëntori	0	0	0
							IFK Göteborg	3	1	4
	Pezoporikos Larnaca	1	1	2
	IFK Göteborg	2	5	7
													IFK Göteborg	1	1	2
													Steaua București	0	5	5
	Sparta Prague	1	2	3
	Steaua București	5	2	7
							Steaua București	3	2	5
							Spartak Moscow	0	1	1
	Spartak Moscow	2	1	3
	Glentoran	0	1	1
																			Steaua București	4	1	5
																			Galatasaray	0	1	1
	Club Brugge (a)	1	1	2
	Brøndby	0	2	2
							Club Brugge	1	1	2
							Monaco	0	6	6
	Valur	1	0	1
	Monaco	0	2	2
													Monaco	0	1	1
													Galatasaray	1	1	2
	AEL	2	1	3 (0)
	Neuchâtel Xamax (p)	1	2	3 (3)
							Neuchâtel Xamax	3	0	3
							Galatasaray	0	5	5
	Rapid Wien	2	0	2
	Galatasaray	1	2	3

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	3–2	HJK	3–0	0–2
Górnik Zabrze	7–1	Jeunesse Esch	3–0	4–1
Real Madrid	4–0	Moss	3–0	1–0
Budapesti Honvéd	1–4	Celtic	1–0	0–4
BFC Dynamo	3–5	Werder Bremen	3–0	0–5
Vitosha Sofia	2–7	Milan	0–2	2–5
Dundalk	0–8	Red Star Belgrade	0–5	0–3
Ħamrun Spartans	2–3	17 Nëntori	2–1	0–2
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2–7	IFK Göteborg	1–2	1–5
Sparta Prague	3–7	Steaua București	1–5	2–2
Spartak Moscow	3–1	Glentoran	2–0	1–1
Club Brugge	2–2 (a)	Brøndby	1–0	1–2
Valur	1–2	Monaco	1–0	0–2
AEL	3–3 (0–3 p)	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	1–2
Rapid Wien	2–3	Galatasaray	2–1	0–2

As defending champions, and due to the ban on English clubs in UEFA competition after the Heysel Stadium disaster reducing the number of teams in the competition, PSV Eindhoven were given a bye to the second round.

First leg

BFC Dynamo	3–0	Werder Bremen
Doll 16' Thom 62' Pastor 77'	Report

6 September 1988

20:00

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion, East Berlin

Attendance: 24,000^[1]

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

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Valur	1–0	Monaco
Eðvaldsson 55'	Report

6 September 1988

18:30

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Thorbjørn Aas (Norway)

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Porto	3–0	HJK
Madjer 6' Sousa 22' Águas 75'	Report

7 September 1988

22:30

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

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Górnik Zabrze	3–0	Jeunesse Esch
Warzycha 33' Urban 45', 73'	Report

7 September 1988

17:30

Stadion Zabrze, Zabrze

Attendance: 13,120

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union)

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Real Madrid	3–0	Moss
Losada 20' Tendillo 29' Butragueño 32'	Report

7 September 1988

21:00

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 66,250

Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta)

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Budapesti Honvéd	1–0	Celtic
Fodor 8'	Report

7 September 1988

19:00

Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Ignace van Swieten (Netherlands)

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Vitosha Sofia	0–2	Milan
	Report	Virdis 18' Gullit 75'

7 September 1988

19:30

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gerasimos Germanakos (Greece)

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Dundalk	0–5	Red Star Belgrade
	Report	Mrkela 50' Musemić 60' Stojković 63' (pen.) Stošić 86' Đurović 88'

7 September 1988

20:30

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 3,206

Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

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Ħamrun Spartans	2–1	17 Nëntori
Refalo 46', 90'	Report	Stoja 5'

7 September 1988

16:45

National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Attard

Attendance: 5,250

Referee: Dragiša Komadinić (Yugoslavia)

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Pezoporikos Larnaca	1–2	IFK Göteborg
Livathinos 21' (pen.)	Report	Eriksson 17' Ravelli 57'

7 September 1988

16:00

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Borislav Aleksandrov (Bulgaria)

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Sparta Prague	1–5	Steaua București
Kukleta 20'	Report	Lăcătuș 29', 45' Hagi 78', 88' Stoica 86'

7 September 1988

17:00

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 22,296

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

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Spartak Moscow	2–0	Glentoran
Ivanov 53' Shalimov 54'	Report

7 September 1988

17:00

Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: İhsan Türe (Turkey)

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Club Brugge	1–0	Brøndby
Bettagno 88'	Report

7 September 1988

20:00

Olympiastadion, Bruges

Attendance: 19,667

Referee: Antal Hutak (Hungary)

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AEL	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax
Agorogiannis 5' Mitsibonas 90'	Report	Hermann 59'

7 September 1988

16:00

Alcazar Stadium, Larissa

Attendance: 9,717

Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)

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Rapid Wien	2–1	Galatasaray
Kranjčar 32' Kienast 51'	Report	Demiral 81'

7 September 1988

19:30

Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Second leg

Monaco	2–0	Valur
Baldursson 15' (o.g.) Weah 38'	Report

4 October 1988

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 6,383

Referee: Jean-Pierre Schön (Luxembourg)

Monaco won 2–1 on aggregate.

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HJK	2–0	Porto
Valla 60' Kanerva 85'	Report

5 October 1988

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,243

Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Jeunesse Esch	1–4	Górnik Zabrze
Theis 32'	Report	Komornicki 6', 30' Urban 67' Zagórski 83'

5 October 1988

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 960

Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

Górnik Zabrze won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Moss	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Butragueño 39'

5 October 1988

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 5,415

Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Celtic	4–0	Budapesti Honvéd
Stark 15' Walker 77' McAvennie 80' McGhee 89'	Report

5 October 1988

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 42,763

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Celtic won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Dundalk
Šabanadžović 4' Mrkela 51' Savićević 67'	Report

5 October 1988

Marakana, Belgrade

Attendance: 10,816^[2]

Referee: Sadık Deda (Turkey)

Red Star Belgrade won 8–0 on aggregate.

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17 Nëntori	2–0	Ħamrun Spartans
Hodja 66' Josa 69'	Report

5 October 1988

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 19,250

Referee: Ștefan Petrescu (Romania)

17 Nëntori won 3–2 on aggregate.

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IFK Göteborg	5–1	Pezoporikos Larnaca
R. Nilsson 6' Zetterlund 8' Holmgren 27' Fröberg 44', 54'	Report	Livathinos 39'

5 October 1988

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 6,442

Referee: Janusz Eksztajn (Poland)

IFK Göteborg won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Steaua București	2–2	Sparta Prague
Hagi 39' Lăcătuș 78'	Report	Bílek 12', 88'

5 October 1988

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

Steaua București won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Glentoran	1–1	Spartak Moscow
Moore 48'	Report	Cherenkov 89'

5 October 1988

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Oli Olsen (Iceland)

Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Brøndby	2–1	Club Brugge
Frank 36' Christensen 68'	Report	Brylle 80'

5 October 1988

Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 14,105

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

2–2 on aggregate; Club Brugge won on away goals.

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Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1 (a.e.t.)	AEL
Lei-Ravello 61' (pen.) Lüthi 71'	Report	Karapialis 59'
Penalties
Hermann Lei-Ravello Decastel	3–0	Mitsibonas Bannon Tsiolis

5 October 1988

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 12,200

Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

3–3 on aggregate; Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties.

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Galatasaray	2–0	Rapid Wien
Tanju 53' Cüneyt 67'	Report

5 October 1988

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 37,500

Referee: George Courtney (England)

Galatasaray won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Milan	5–2	Vitosha Sofia
Van Basten 2', 13', 43', 84' Virdis 64'	Report	Nachev 29' Iliev 74'

6 October 1988

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 53,086

Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

Milan won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen	5–0	BFC Dynamo
Kutzop 22' (pen.) Hermann 55' Riedle 62' Burgsmüller 71' Schaaf 90'	Report

11 October 1988

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 23,542

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Werder Bremen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	5–2	Porto	5–0	0–2
Górnik Zabrze	2–4	Real Madrid	0–1	2–3
Celtic	0–1	Werder Bremen	0–1	0–0
Milan	2–2 (4–2 p)	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	1–11
17 Nëntori	0–4	IFK Göteborg	0–3	0–1
Steaua București	5–1	Spartak Moscow	3–0	2–1
Club Brugge	2–6	Monaco	1–0	1–6
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–5	Galatasaray	3–0	0–5

¹ The second leg in Belgrade was replayed. The original second leg match in Belgrade was stopped by West German referee Dieter Pauly due to thick fog with Red Star leading 1–0. The result was then annulled and a replay took place the very next day. The replay ended in the above 1–1 scoreline.^[3]

First leg

PSV Eindhoven	5–0	Porto
Kieft 15' Ellerman 37' Koeman 42', 52' Janssen 48'	Report

26 October 1988

Philips Sportpark, Eindhoven

Attendance: 25,500

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

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Górnik Zabrze	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Sánchez 64' (pen.)

26 October 1988

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 62,500

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

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Celtic	0–1	Werder Bremen
	Report	Wolter 57'

26 October 1988

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,624

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

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Milan	1–1	Red Star Belgrade
Virdis 48'	Report	Stojković 47'

26 October 1988

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 71,316

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

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17 Nëntori	0–3	IFK Göteborg
	Report	Forsberg 32' Ingesson 36' L. Nilsson 82'

26 October 1988

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)

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Steaua București	3–0	Spartak Moscow
Dumitrescu 33' Hagi 58', 70' (pen.)	Report

26 October 1988

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

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Club Brugge	1–0	Monaco
Mbuyu 48'	Report

26 October 1988

Olympiastadion, Bruges

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

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Neuchâtel Xamax	3–0	Galatasaray
Lüthi 55' Chassot 87' Decastel 90'	Report

26 October 1988

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

Second leg

Werder Bremen	0–0	Celtic
	Report

8 November 1988

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 38,980

Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Werder Bremen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Porto	2–0	PSV Eindhoven
Águas 44' Domingos 82'	Report

9 November 1988

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: George Courtney (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade	1–0	Milan
Savićević 50'	Report

9 November 1988

Marakana, Belgrade

Attendance: 71,212^[4]

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

The match was abandoned in the 57th minute because of dense fog and low visibility with the score at 1–0. It was then voided and a full match replay was ordered for the following day with a 15:00 CET starting time. Furthermore, the replay was to begin with the same starting line-ups as the abandoned match, with the exception of Milan players Pietro Paolo Virdis and Carlo Ancelotti; Virdis had been sent off in the abandoned match, while Ancelotti picked up his second yellow card of the competition, meaning that he had to sit out a match.

Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Milan
Stojković 39'	Report	Van Basten 35'
Penalties
Stojković Prosinečki Savićević Mrkela	2–4	Baresi Van Basten Evani Rijkaard

10 November 1988

Marakana, Belgrade

Attendance: 65,500^[5]

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

2–2 on aggregate; Milan won on penalties.

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IFK Göteborg	1–0	17 Nëntori
Forsberg 30'	Report

9 November 1988

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 4,434

Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

IFK Göteborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow	1–2	Steaua București
Cherenkov 44'	Report	Lăcătuș 11' Balint 89'

9 November 1988

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)

Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Monaco	6–1	Club Brugge
Fofana 5', 26', 73' Sonor 8' Touré 24', 30'	Report	Audoor 62'

9 November 1988

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 12,729

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Monaco won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray	5–0	Neuchâtel Xamax
Uğur 18', 76' Tanju 55', 78', 84'	Report

9 November 1988

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 35,149

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid	3–2	Górnik Zabrze
Sánchez 27', 84' Butragueño 77'	Report	Jegor 41' Baran 54'

10 November 1988

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 37,500

Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	2–3	Real Madrid	1–1	1–2
Werder Bremen	0–1	Milan	0–0	0–1
IFK Göteborg	2–5	Steaua București	1–0	1–5
Monaco	1–2	Galatasaray	0–1	1–1

First leg

PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Real Madrid
Romário 53'	Report	Butragueño 45'

1 March 1989

Philips Sportpark, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,500^[6]

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

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Werder Bremen	0–0	Milan
	Report

1 March 1989

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 39,090^[7]

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

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IFK Göteborg	1–0	Steaua București
Ingesson 54'	Report

1 March 1989

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 16,067

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

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Monaco	0–1	Galatasaray
	Report	Tanju 19'

1 March 1989

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 16,000^[8]

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

Second leg

Real Madrid	2–1 (a.e.t.)	PSV Eindhoven
Sánchez 72' (pen.) Martín Vázquez 105'	Report	Romário 84'

15 March 1989

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Milan	1–0	Werder Bremen
Van Basten 31' (pen.)	Report

15 March 1989

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 71,207

Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Steaua București	5–1	IFK Göteborg
Lăcătuș 7', 16', 65' Dumitrescu 39' Balint 90'	Report	Zetterlund 53'

15 March 1989

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 23,000^[9]

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray	1–1	Monaco
Prekazi 51'	Report	Weah 65'

15 March 1989

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 60,000^[10]

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

Galatasaray won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–6	Milan	1–1	0–5
Steaua București	5–1	Galatasaray	4–0	1–1

First leg

Real Madrid	1–1	Milan
Sánchez 41'	Report	Van Basten 74'

5 April 1989

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 85,500^[11]

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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Steaua București	4–0	Galatasaray
Dumitrescu 8' Hagi 39' (pen.) Petrescu 68' Balint 71'	Report

5 April 1989

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 21,161^[12]

Referee: Vítor Fernandes Correia (Portugal)

Second leg

Milan	5–0	Real Madrid
Ancelotti 18' Rijkaard 25' Gullit 45' Van Basten 49' Donadoni 59'	Report

19 April 1989

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 73,112

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray	1–1	Steaua București
Cüneyt 36'	Report	Dumitrescu 39'

19 April 1989

İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 35,000^[13]

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Steaua București won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1989 European Cup Final

Steaua București	0–4	Milan
	Report	Gullit 18', 38' Van Basten 28', 46'

24 May 1989

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 97,000

Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Marco van Basten	Milan	10
2	Marius Lăcătuș	Steaua București	7
3	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua București	6
4	Tanju Çolak	Galatasaray	5
	Hugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	5
6	Ilie Dumitrescu	Steaua București	4
	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	4
	Ruud Gullit	Milan	4
9	Gabi Balint	Steaua București	3
	Youssouf Falikou Fofana	Monaco	3
	Dragan Stojković	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	3
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	Milan	3

See also

• 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1988–89 UEFA Cup