1987 European Cup Winners' Cup final

The 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Ajax of Netherlands and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig of East Germany. It was the final match of the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 27th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Ajax won the match 1–0 with a 20th-minute header from Marco van Basten.

1987 European Cup Winners' Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup
Ajax 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1 0
Date	13 May 1987
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Athens
Referee	Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance	35,000
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Route to the final

Ajax players celebrating the victory

Further information: 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup

Ajax					1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bursaspor	7–0	2–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	First round	Glentoran	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Olympiacos	5–1	4–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Second round	Rapid Wien	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (aet) (H)
Malmö FF	3–1	0–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Sion	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
Zaragoza	6–2	3–2 (A)	3–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Bordeaux	1–1 (6–5 p)	1–0 (A)	0–1 (aet) (H)

Match

Details

13 May 1987

21:15 EEST

Ajax	1–0	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Van Basten 20'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 35,000^[1]

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Ajax	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

GK 1 Stanley Menzo RB 2 Sonny Silooy CB 3 Frank Verlaat CB 4 Frank Rijkaard LB 5 Peter Boeve CM 6 Aron Winter CM 8 Jan Wouters CM 10 Arnold Mühren  83' RF 7 John van 't Schip CF 9 Marco van Basten (c) LF 11 Rob Witschge  66' Substitutes: GK 12 Erik de Haan DF 13 Ronald Spelbos MF 14 Petri Tiainen MF 16 Arnold Scholten  83' FW 15 Dennis Bergkamp  66' Manager: Johan Cruyff

GK 1 René Müller RB 2 Ronald Kreer CB 4 Matthias Lindner CB 3 Frank Baum (c) LB 5 Uwe Zötzsche RM 7 Heiko Scholz CM 6 Uwe Bredow CM 9 Frank Edmond  55' LM 8 Matthias Liebers  76' CF 10 Hans Richter CF 11 Olaf Marschall Substitutes: GK 16 Maik Kischko DF 12 Torsten Kracht MF 13 Hans-Jörg Leitzke   55' MF 14 Wolfgang Altmann FW 15 Dieter Kühn  76' Manager: Hans-Ulrich Thomale

Assistant referees: Carlo Longhi (Italy) Maurizio Mattei (Italy)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

• 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1987 European Cup Final
• 1987 UEFA Cup Final
• AFC Ajax in international football competitions