1988 UEFA Cup final

The 1988 UEFA Cup Final was an association football tie played on 4 May 1988 and 18 May 1988 between RCD Español^[a] of Spain and Bayer Leverkusen of West Germany, to determine the champion of the 1987–88 UEFA Cup competition. Leverkusen won 3–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw on aggregate.

1988 UEFA Cup final

Event	1987–88 UEFA Cup
Español Bayer Leverkusen 3 3
on aggregate Bayer Leverkusen won 3–2 on penalties
First leg
Español Bayer Leverkusen 3 0
Date	4 May 1988
Venue	Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona
Referee	Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance	31,180
Second leg
Bayer Leverkusen Español 3 0
After extra time
Date	18 May 1988
Venue	Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen
Referee	Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
Attendance	21,600
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Route to the final

Further information: 1987–88 UEFA Cup

Español				Round	Bayer Leverkusen
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–1	1–0 (A)	4–1 (H)	First round	Austria Wien	5–1	0–0 (A)	5–1 (H)
A.C. Milan	2–0	2–0 (A)	0–0 (H)	Second round	Toulouse	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)
Internazionale	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Third round	Feyenoord	3–2	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)
TJ Vítkovice	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Barcelona	1–0	0–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
Club Brugge	3–2 (a.e.t.)	0–2 (A)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match details

First leg

4 May 1988

Español	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Losada 45', 56' Soler 49'	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Sarria Stadium, Barcelona, Spain

Attendance: 31,180

Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Español

Bayer Leverkusen

GK 1 Thomas N'Kono DF 2 Job DF 5 Miguel Ángel DF 4 Josep María Gallart MF 3 Miquel Soler MF 6 Diego Orejuela (c)  66' MF 7 Santiago Urquiaga MF 8 Iñaki FW 9 Ernesto Valverde FW 10 Pichi Alonso  69' FW 11 Sebastián Losada Substitutes: DF 12 Joan Golobart  66' MF 14 John Lauridsen  69' Manager: Javier Clemente

GK 1 Rüdiger Vollborn SW 2 Wolfgang Rolff (c) CB 3 Jean-Pierre de Keyser CB 4 Alois Reinhardt CB 5 Florian Hinterberger RM 7 Cha Bum-kun  18' CM 6 Andrzej Buncol CM 8 Ralf Falkenmayer  75' LM 10 Tita CF 9 Herbert Waas CF 11 Klaus Täuber  54' Substitutes: MF 12 Falko Götz  18' MF 14 Knut Reinhardt  75' GK 13 Bernd Dreher Manager: Erich Ribbeck

Second leg

18 May 1988

Bayer Leverkusen	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Español
Tita 57' Götz 63' Cha Bum-kun 81'	Report Overview (archive) Overview
Penalties
Falkenmayer Rolff Waas Täuber	3–2	Alonso Job Urquiaga Zúñiga Losada

Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen, West Germany

Attendance: 21,600

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

Bayer Leverkusen

Español

GK 1 Rüdiger Vollborn SW 2 Wolfgang Rolff (c) CB 3 Erich Seckler CB 4 Alois Reinhardt  2' CB 5 Knut Reinhardt  88' CM 11 Christian Schreier  46' CM 6 Andrzej Buncol CM 8 Ralf Falkenmayer RF 7 Cha Bum-kun CF 9 Falko Götz LF 10 Tita  62' Substitutes: FW 12 Herbert Waas  46' FW 14 Klaus Täuber  62' GK 13 Bernd Dreher Manager: Erich Ribbeck

GK 1 Thomas N'Kono DF 2 Job DF 6 Josep María Gallart DF 4 Miguel Ángel  65' DF 5 Santiago Urquiaga  90' MF 9 Iñaki MF 7 Diego Orejuela  66' MF 8 Joan Golobart  73' MF 3 Miquel Soler FW 10 Pichi Alonso (c) FW 11 Sebastián Losada Substitutes: MF 12 Javier Zubillaga  66' MF 14 Manuel Zúñiga  73' Manager: Javier Clemente

See also

• 1988 European Cup final
• 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen in European football
• RCD Espanyol in European football

Notes

1. The Barcelona-based club had formerly been known as Reial Club Deportivo Espanyol, with the Catalan spelling reflecting its Catalonian roots.^[1] However, after the Spanish Civil War, they were forced to change their name to RCD Español (the Spanish spelling), due to Francisco Franco–– a Spanish nationalist–– ordering the abolishment of the Catalan language in Spain. This spelling of the team's name would last until 1995, when the club reverted to the original Catalan spelling;^[2] today the club is once again named RCD Espanyol.