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1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| year | 1990–91 |
| dates | 19 August 1990 – 15 May 1991 |
| num_teams | 33 |
| champion_other | ENG Manchester United |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | ESP Barcelona |
| matches | 63 |
| goals | 162 |
| attendance | 1112484 |
| top_scorer | Roberto Baggio (Juventus) |
| 9 goals | |
| prevseason | [1989–90](1989-90-european-cup-winners-cup) |
| nextseason | [1991–92](1991-92-european-cup-winners-cup) |
9 goals 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.
| First round | Qualifying round |
|---|---|
| ITA Sampdoria[TH](1989-90-european-cup-winners-cup) | ITA Juventus ([CW](1989-90-coppa-italia)) |
| URS Dynamo Kyiv ([CW](1989-90-soviet-cup)) | BEL Liège ([CW](1989-90-belgian-cup)) |
| ROU Steaua București ([CR](1989-90-cupa-romaniei)) | SCO Aberdeen ([CW](1989-90-scottish-cup)) |
| AUT Austria Wien ([CW](1989-90-austrian-cup)) | GDR PSV Schwerin ([CR](1989-90-fdgb-pokal)) |
| GRE Olympiacos ([CW](1989-90-greek-football-cup)) | SUI Neuchâtel Xamax ([CW](1989-90-swiss-cup)) |
| FIN KuPS ([CW](1989-finnish-cup)) | POL Legia Warsaw ([CW](1989-90-polish-cup)) |
| ALB KS Flamurtari ([CR](1989-90-albanian-cup)) | NOR Viking FK ([CW](1989-norwegian-football-cup)) |
| ISL Fram Reykjavík ([CW](1989-icelandic-cup)) | MLT Sliema Wanderers ([CW](1989-90-maltese-fa-trophy)) |
| TUR Trabzonspor ([CR](1989-90-turkish-cup)) | IRL Bray Wanderers ([CW](1989-90-fai-cup)) |
Notes
Qualifying round
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First leg
Second leg
Aslan Trabzonspor won 3–1 on aggregate.
First round
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† Order of legs reversed after original draw
First leg
J. Kostelník
Gillhaus
Pisz
Hantzidis
Webb
Gayle Yuran
Arnþórsson
Ernès
Zsak
Baggio
Second leg
Gillhaus Jess Aberdeen won 5–0 on aggregate.
Łatka Kosecki Legia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.
Mitropoulos Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.
Branca 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.
Dumitrescu Petrescu Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
Lytovchenko Yuran Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.
Záleský Dukla Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Fram won 4–1 on aggregate.
Amor Koeman Stoichkov Boz Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 5–0 on aggregate.
Gigon Fernandez Froidevaux Egli Rui Neves Dimas Paulo Jorge 2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties.
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
Schillaci Corini Bonetti Júlio César Juventus won 8–1 on aggregate.
Second round
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First leg
Bruce Pallister
Stoichkov
Xuereb Blanc Castro
Milošević
Baggio Schillaci
Second leg
Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.
Branca Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bruce Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.
Garande Guérin Montpellier won 8–0 on aggregate.
Bittengel Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Begiristain Pinilla Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Baggio Juventus won 8–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
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First leg
Salenko Urbano Stoichkov
Baggio Júlio César
Second leg
Bruce Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vialli Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Houben Häßler Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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First leg
Hughes Bruce
Goikoetxea
Second leg
Manchester United won 4–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Main article: 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ITA Roberto Baggio | ITA Juventus | 9 |
| 2 | BUL Hristo Stoichkov | ESP Barcelona | 6 |
| 3 | URS Sergei Yuran | URS Dynamo Kyiv | 5 |
| 4 | BEL Danny Boffin | BEL Liège | 4 |
| ENG Steve Bruce | ENG Manchester United | 4 | |
| ITA Pierluigi Casiraghi | ITA Juventus | 4 | |
| NED Ronald Koeman | ESP Barcelona | 4 | |
| SCO Brian McClair | ENG Manchester United | 4 | |
| 9 | ITA Marco Branca | ITA Sampdoria | 3 |
| WAL Mark Hughes | ENG Manchester United | 3 | |
| POL Roman Kosecki | POL Legia Warsaw | 3 | |
| POL Wojciech Kowalczyk | POL Legia Warsaw | 3 | |
| URS Oleg Salenko | URS Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | |
| ITA Salvatore Schillaci | ITA Juventus | 3 | |
| POL Jacek Ziober | FRA Montpellier | 3 |
References
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