1989–90 European Cup

The 1989–90 European Cup was the 35th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament, the European Cup. The final was played at the Praterstadion in Vienna on 23 May 1990. The final was contested by Italian defending champions Milan and Portuguese twice former winners Benfica. Milan successfully defended their title with a 1–0 victory, securing their fourth European Cup trophy. Milan remained the last team to successfully defend their trophy until Real Madrid did it again in 2017. Arsenal were denied a place in the competition, as this was the last year of a ban from European competitions for English clubs following the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985.

1989–90 European Cup

The Praterstadion in Vienna hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	13 September 1989 – 23 May 1990
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Milan (4th title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	169 (2.77 per match)
Attendance	1,639,836 (26,883 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille) Romário (PSV Eindhoven) 6 goals each
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Teams

17 Nëntori (1st)	Swarovski Tirol (1st)	Mechelen (1st)	CSKA Sofia (1st)
Omonia (1st)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Brøndby (1st)	HJK (1st)
Marseille (1st)	Dynamo Dresden (1st)	Bayern Münich (1st)	AEK Athens (1st)
Budapesti Honvéd (1st)	Fram (1st)	Derry City (1st)	Inter Milan (1st)
Milan (3rd)TH	Spora Luxembourg (1st)	Sliema Wanderers (1st)	PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Linfield (1st)	Rosenborg (1st)	Ruch Chorzów (1st)	Benfica (1st)
Steaua București (1st)	Rangers (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)	Malmö (1st)
Luzern (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1st)	Vojvodina (1st)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Malmö	1	1	2
	Inter Milan	0	1	1
							Malmö	0	1	1
							Mechelen	0	4	4
	Rosenborg	0	0	0
	Mechelen	0	5	5
													Mechelen	0	0	0
													Milan	0	2	2
	Milan	4	1	5
	HJK Helsinki	0	0	0
							Milan	2	0	2
							Real Madrid	0	1	1
	Spora Luxembourg	0	0	0
	Real Madrid	3	6	9
																			Milan (a)	1	1	2
																			Bayern Münich	0	2	2
	Rangers	1	0	1
	Bayern Münich	3	0	3
							Bayern Münich	3	3	6
							17 Nëntori	1	0	1
	17 Nëntori	0	5	5
	Sliema Wanderers	1	0	1
													Bayern Münich	2	1	3
													PSV Eindhoven	1	0	1
	PSV Eindhoven	3	2	5
	Luzern	0	0	0
							PSV Eindhoven	0	5	5
							Steaua București	1	1	2
	Steaua București	4	1	5
	Fram	0	0	0
																									Milan	1
																									Benfica	0
	Benfica	2	4	6
	Derry City	1	0	1
							Benfica	2	7	9
							Budapest Honvéd	0	0	0
	Budapest Honvéd (a)	1	1	2
	Vojvodina	0	2	2
													Benfica	1	3	4
													Dnipro	0	0	0
	Dnipro	2	1	3
	Linfield	1	0	1
							Dnipro	2	2	4
							Swarovski Tirol	0	2	2
	Swarovski Tirol	6	3	9
	Omonia	0	2	2
																			Benfica (a)	1	1	2
																			Marseille	2	0	2
	Marseille	3	1	4
	Brøndby	0	1	1
							Marseille	2	1	3
							AEK Athens	0	1	1
	AEK Athens	0	5	5
	Dynamo Dresden	1	3	4
													Marseille	1	3	4
													CSKA Sofia	0	1	1
	CSKA Sofia	1	5	6
	Ruch Chorzów	1	1	2
							CSKA Sofia	2	3	5
							Sparta Prague	2	0	2
	Sparta Prague	3	2	5
	Fenerbahçe	1	1	2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malmö	2–1	Inter Milan	1–0	1–1
Rosenborg	0–5	Mechelen	0–0	0–5
Milan	5–0	HJK	4–0	1–0
Spora Luxembourg	0–9	Real Madrid	0–3	0–6
Rangers	1–3	Bayern Münich	1–3	0–0
Sliema Wanderers	1–5	17 Nëntori	1–0	0–5
Steaua București	5–0	Fram	4–0	1–0
PSV Eindhoven	5–0	Luzern	3–0	2–0
Sparta Prague	5–2	Fenerbahçe	3–1	2–1
Ruch Chorzów	2–6	CSKA Sofia	1–1	1–5
Marseille	4–1	Brøndby	3–0	1–1
Dynamo Dresden	4–5	AEK Athens	1–0	3–5
Budapesti Honvéd	2–2 (a)	Vojvodina	1–0	1–2
Derry City	1–6	Benfica	1–2	0–4
Linfield	1–3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–2	0–1
Swarovski Tirol	9–2	Omonia	6–0	3–2

First leg

13 September 1989

Malmö	1–0	Inter Milan
Lindman 74'	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 20,033

Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

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13 September 1989

Rosenborg	0–0	Mechelen
	Report

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 10,352

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

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13 September 1989

Milan	4–0	HJK
Stroppa 5' Massaro 38', 70' Evani 81'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 41,205

Referee: Stefanos Hatzistefanou (Cyprus)

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13 September 1989

Spora Luxembourg	0–3	Real Madrid
	Report	Butragueño 26' Míchel 67' (pen.), 69'

Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken

Attendance: 5,900

Referee: Wim Egbertzen (Netherlands)

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13 September 1989

Rangers	1–3	Bayern Münich
Walters 26' (pen.)	Report	Kögl 28' Thon 46' (pen.) Augenthaler 66'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,135

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

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13 September 1989

Sliema Wanderers	1–0	17 Nëntori
Walker 59'	Report

Ta' Qali, Attard

Attendance: 1,268

Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Greece)

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13 September 1989

Steaua București	4–0	Fram
Petrescu 30' Hagi 41' (pen.) Balint 73' Muzsnay 86'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 8,236

Referee: Besnik Kaimi (Albania)

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13 September 1989

PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Luzern
Kieft 4' Ellerman 54' Romário 81'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 16,100

Referee: John Spillane (Republic of Ireland)

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13 September 1989

Sparta Prague	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Čabala 57' Bílek 74' (pen.), 78'	Report	Hakan 19'

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 15,944

Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

Due to fan incidents at the match, Sparta Prague were punished with a stadium ban, being ordered to play their next European home match at least 300 kilometres (190 mi) from Prague.

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13 September 1989

Ruch Chorzów	1–1	CSKA Sofia
Szewczyk 43'	Report	Penev 18'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 6,390

Referee: Ștefan Petrescu (Romania)

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13 September 1989

Marseille	3–0	Brøndby
Sauzée 62' Papin 67' Vercruysse 81'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 18,686

Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

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13 September 1989

Dynamo Dresden	1–0	AEK Athens
Lieberam 75'	Report

Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 33,014^[1]

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

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13 September 1989

Budapesti Honvéd	1–0	Vojvodina
Fodor 55'	Report

Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 4,046

Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)

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13 September 1989

Derry City	1–2	Benfica
Carlyle 73'	Report	Thern 59' Ricardo Gomes 64'

Brandywell Stadium, Derry

Attendance: 10,317

Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

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13 September 1989

Linfield	1–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Mooney 88' (pen.)	Report	Kudrytsky 9', 53'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 1,235

Referee: Frans Houben (Netherlands)

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13 September 1989

Swarovski Tirol	6–0	Omonia
Peischl 8' Müller 11' (pen.) Westerthaler 58' Pacult 72', 75' Hörtnagl 80'	Report

Tivoli-Stadion, Innsbruck

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Rudolf Liska (Czechoslovakia)

Second leg

27 September 1989

Inter Milan	1–1	Malmö
Serena 70'	Report	Engqvist 80'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 51,814

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Malmö FF won 2–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Mechelen	5–0	Rosenborg
Bosman 15', 55' Ohana 56', 78' Severeyns 87'	Report

Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Mechelen won 5–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

HJK	0–1	Milan
	Report	Borgonovo 29'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 17,864

Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Real Madrid	6–0	Spora Luxembourg
Sánchez 31' Esteban 35' Kremer 45' (o.g.) Losada 53' J. Llorente 59' Tendillo 87'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Edgar Azzopardi (Malta)

Real Madrid won 9–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Bayern Münich	0–0	Rangers
	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Bayern Münich won 3–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

17 Nëntori	5–0	Sliema Wanderers
Kola 29', 34' (pen.) Bardhi 39' Hodja 51' Riza 56'	Report

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Coşkun Kutay (Turkey)

17 Nëntori won 5–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Fram	0–1	Steaua București
	Report	Negrău 59'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 589

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Steaua București won 5–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Luzern	0–2	PSV Eindhoven
	Report	Romário 25', 32'

Stadion Allmend, Lucerne

Attendance: 11,700

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Fenerbahçe	1–2	Sparta Prague
Oğuz 83'	Report	Hašek 41' Novák 90'

Fenerbahçe Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 34,789

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Sparta Prague won 5–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

CSKA Sofia	5–1	Ruch Chorzów
Georgiev 20', 49' Bakalov 25' Penev 80' Vitanov 90'	Report	Warzycha 87'

Narodna Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jiří Stiegler (Czechoslovakia)

CSKA Sofia won 6–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Brøndby	1–1	Marseille
Olsen 54'	Report	Papin 64'

Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 10,300

Referee: Rodger Gifford (Wales)

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

AEK Athens	5–3	Dynamo Dresden
Manolas 27' Okoński 33' (pen.) Savvidis 37', 60' Savevski 82'	Report	Gütschow 10' Lieberam 63' Minge 85'

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 28,151

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

AEK Athens won 5–4 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Vojvodina	2–1	Budapesti Honvéd
Mihajlović 26' Tanjga 47'	Report	Gaćeša 76' (o.g.)

Gradski Stadion, Novi Sad

Attendance: 2,637

Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

2–2 on aggregate; Budapesti Honvéd won on away goals.

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27 September 1989

Benfica	4–0	Derry City
Magnusson 32' Vata 61' Ricardo Gomes 69' Aldair 80'	Report

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte (Spain)

Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0	Linfield
Son 7'	Report

Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Esa Palsi (Finland)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 3–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1989

Omonia	2–3	Swarovski Tirol
Xiourouppas 10' Giatrou 60'	Report	Baur 48' Westerthaler 85' Pacult 90'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 5,841

Referee: Dušan Colić (Yugoslavia)

Swarovski Tirol won 9–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malmö	1–4	Mechelen	0–0	1–4
Milan	2–1	Real Madrid	2–0	0–1
Bayern Münich	6–1	17 Nëntori	3–1	3–0
Steaua București	2–5	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	1–5
Sparta Prague	2–5	CSKA Sofia	2–2	0–3
Marseille	3–1	AEK Athens	2–0	1–1
Budapesti Honvéd	0–9	Benfica	0–2	0–7
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4–2	Swarovski Tirol	2–0	2–2

First leg

18 October 1989

Malmö	0–0	Mechelen
	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 19,015

Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

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18 October 1989

Milan	2–0	Real Madrid
Rijkaard 9' Van Basten 14' (pen.)	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 68,359

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

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18 October 1989

Bayern Münich	3–1	17 Nëntori
Kögl 16' (pen.) Mihajlović 24', 64'	Report	Minga 30'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

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18 October 1989

Steaua București	1–0	PSV Eindhoven
Lăcătuș 16'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,412

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

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18 October 1989

Sparta Prague	2–2	CSKA Sofia
Bílek 75' (pen.) Skuhravý 84'	Report	Stoichkov 13' Kostadinov 57'

Štadión Spartaka, Trnava^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 7,765

Referee: Aleksandr Kokriakov (Soviet Union)

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18 October 1989

Marseille	2–0	AEK Athens
Papin 55' Manolas 80' (o.g.)	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 24,263

Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)

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18 October 1989

Budapesti Honvéd	0–2	Benfica
	Report	Pacheco 32' (pen.) Valdo 86'

Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 4,621

Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

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18 October 1989

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–0	Swarovski Tirol
Yudin 37' Son 68'	Report

Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 27,500

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Second leg

1 November 1989

Mechelen	4–1	Malmö
De Wilde 18', 20' Bosman 46' P. Versavel 56'	Report	Lindman 59'

Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

Attendance: 6,815

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Mechelen won 4–1 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

Real Madrid	1–0	Milan
Butragueño 48'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 82,783

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

17 Nëntori	0–3	Bayern Münich
	Report	Strunz 45' Grahammer 47' Dorfner 89'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Bayern Münich won 6–1 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

PSV Eindhoven	5–1	Steaua București
Ellerman 21', 64' Romário 47', 49', 86'	Report	Lăcătuș 17'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

PSV Eindhoven won 5–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Sparta Prague
Stoichkov 45' (pen.), 89' Kostadinov 83'	Report

Narodna Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 21,330

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (East Germany)

CSKA Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

AEK Athens	1–1	Marseille
Savevski 79' (pen.)	Report	Papin 84'

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 33,260

Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

Benfica	7–0	Budapesti Honvéd
César Brito 15', 42' Abel Campos 36' Vata 62', 64' Magnusson 86', 89'	Report

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Allan Gunn (England)

Benfica won 9–0 on aggregate.

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1 November 1989

Swarovski Tirol	2–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Westerthaler 30' Pacult 77'	Report	Son 5' Lyutyi 80'

Tivoli-Stadion, Innsbruck

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mechelen	0–2	Milan	0–0	0–2 (aet)
Bayern Münich	3–1	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	1–4	Marseille	0–1	1–3
Benfica	4–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0	3–0

First leg

7 March 1990

Mechelen	0–0	Milan
	Report

Stade du Heysel, Brussels

Attendance: 32,081^[3]

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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7 March 1990

Bayern Münich	2–1	PSV Eindhoven
Wohlfarth 75' Grahammer 85'	Report	Povlsen 77'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

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7 March 1990

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Marseille
	Report	Thys 85'

Nationalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

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7 March 1990

Benfica	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Magnusson 9' (pen.)	Report

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000^[4]

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Second leg

21 March 1990

Milan	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Mechelen
Van Basten 106' Simone 117'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 62,801

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

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21 March 1990

PSV Eindhoven	0–1	Bayern Münich
	Report	Gerets 90' (o.g.)

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,500^[5]

Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Bayern Münich won 3–1 on aggregate.

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21 March 1990

Marseille	3–1	CSKA Sofia
Waddle 25' Papin 28' Sauzée 72'	Report	Urukov 84'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 34,651

Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.

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21 March 1990

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–3	Benfica
	Report	Lima 55', 60' Ricardo Gomes 86'

Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

Benfica won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	2–2 (a)	Bayern Münich	1–0	1–2 (aet)
Marseille	2–2 (a)	Benfica	2–1	0–1

First leg

4 April 1990

Milan	1–0	Bayern Münich
Van Basten 77' (pen.)	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 62,717

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

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4 April 1990

Marseille	2–1	Benfica
Sauzée 14' Papin 44'	Report	Lima 11'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 36,859

Referee: George Courtney (England)

Second leg

18 April 1990

Bayern Münich	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Milan
Strunz 60' McInally 108'	Report	Borgonovo 100'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

2–2 on aggregate; Milan won on away goals.

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18 April 1990

Benfica	1–0	Marseille
Vata 83'	Report

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon

Attendance: 80,000^[6]

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

2–2 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.

Final

Main article: 1990 European Cup Final

23 May 1990

Milan	1–0	Benfica
Rijkaard 68'	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 57,558^[7]

Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille	6
	Romário	PSV Eindhoven	6
3	Mats Magnusson	Benfica	4
	Peter Pacult	Swarovski Tirol	4
	Vata	Benfica	4
6	Michal Bílek	Sparta Prague	3
	John Bosman	KV Mechelen	3
	Juul Ellerman	PSV Eindhoven	3
	Lima	Benfica	3
	Ricardo Gomes	Benfica	3
	Franck Sauzée	Marseille	3
	Eduard Son	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3
	Hristo Stoitchkov	CSKA Sofia	3
	Marco van Basten	Milan	3
	Christoph Westerthaler	Swarovski Tirol	3

Notes

1. Linfield played their home match at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales, as their regular stadium Windsor Park, Belfast, was disqualified because of fan riots.^[2]
2. Match was played in Trnava due to a stadium ban of Sparta's home ground as a result of fan incidents at their European Cup first round home match versus Fenerbahçe and UEFA's subsequent punishment to play the next home match at least 300 kilometres (190 mi) away from Prague.