1988–89 UEFA Cup
Napoli won its only major European title.
The 1988–89 UEFA Cup was the 18th season of the secondary club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was contested over two legs at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples and the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, with Napoli of Italy defeating Stuttgart of Germany 5–4 on aggregate. This victory gave Napoli its only major European title and marked the first UEFA Cup win by an Italian team since Juventus in 1977, beginning a period in which Italian clubs won six of the next seven editions.
Quick Facts
- Dates
- 7 September 1988 – 17 May 1989
- Teams
- 64
- Champion other
- ITA Napoli
- Second other
- FRG Stuttgart
- Matches
- 126
- Top scorer
- Torsten Gütschow (Dynamo Dresden); 7 goals
Facts from the source article.
Association team allocation
A total of 64 teams from 30 UEFA member associations entered the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, all beginning in the first round across six knockout rounds. The number of teams per association was determined by the 1987 UEFA country coefficients, which reflected performance in European competitions from 1982–83 to 1986–87. Associations ranked 1–3 each received four berths; associations 4–8 each received three; associations 9–21 each received two; and associations 22–32 each received one.
Second round
Several second-round ties featured notable incidents. The match between Partizan and Roma was briefly interrupted when Partizan fans set fire to a high jump sponge mat in the east stand, requiring fire brigade intervention. Roma captain Giuseppe Giannini was struck in the head by a coin thrown from the stands as Partizan supporters hurled missiles after a Roma goal. UEFA fined Partizan SFr200,000 and imposed a one-match stadium ban, enforced during their 1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup first round tie against Celtic. Aggregate results included Bayern Munich winning 5–1, Köln 3–1, Stuttgart 4–2, Roma advancing on away goals after a 4–4 draw, RŠD Velež winning 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 aggregate, and Napoli winning 3–1.
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