1985–86 European Cup

1985–86 European Cup

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	18 September 1985 – 7 May 1986
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Steaua Bucharest (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	167 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Torbjörn Nilsson (7 goals)

The 1985–86 European Cup was the 31st season of UEFA's premier club football tournament, the European Cup. The European Champion Clubs' Cup was won by Steaua Bucharest on penalties in a final against Barcelona. Steaua became the first Eastern European side to win the tournament, mainly thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam, who after keeping a clean sheet in the final saved all four of Barcelona's penalties to win the cup.

No English club was entered into the competition this year, owing to a ban from European competition after the Heysel Stadium disaster. Had the ban not been imposed, then Everton would have represented England in the competition.

Juventus, the defending champions, were eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Górnik Zabrze	2–6	Bayern Munich	1–2	1–4
Dynamo Berlin	1–4	Austria Vienna	0–2	1–2
Anderlecht	(w/o)	Everton	–	–
Rabat Ajax	0–10	Omonia	0–5	0–5
Budapest Honvéd	5–1	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	3–1
Vejle	2–5	Steaua Bucharest	1–1	1–4
Zenit Leningrad	4–0	Vålerenga	2–0	2–0
Kuusysi	4–2	FK Sarajevo	2–1	2–1
Linfield	3–4	Servette	2–2	1–2
ÍA	2–7	Aberdeen	1–3	1–4
Gothenburg	5–3	Botev Plovdiv	3–2	2–1
Bordeaux	2–3	Fenerbahçe	2–3	0–0
Sparta Prague	2–2 (a)	Barcelona	1–2	1–0
Porto	2–0	Ajax	2–0	0–0
Hellas Verona	5–2	PAOK	3–1	2–1
Jeunesse Esch	1–9	Juventus	0–5	1–4

(w/o) Everton could not fulfill this fixture due to the ban on English clubs entering European competition following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Austria Vienna won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Omonia won 10–0 on aggregate.

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Budapest Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Steaua Bucharest won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Zenit Leningrad won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Kuusysi won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Servette won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Aberdeen won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Gothenburg won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Fenerbahçe won 3–2 on aggregate.

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AC Sparta Prague 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.

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Porto won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Hellas Verona won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	7–5	Austria Vienna	4–2	3–3
Anderlecht	4–1	Omonia	1–0	3–1
Budapest Honvéd	2–4	Steaua Bucharest	1–0	1–4
Zenit Leningrad	3–4	Kuusysi	2–1	1–3
Servette	0–1	Aberdeen	0–0	0–1
Gothenburg	5–2	Fenerbahçe	4–0	1–2
Barcelona	3–3 (a)	Porto	2–0	1–3
Hellas Verona	0–2	Juventus	0–0	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

Bayern Munich won 7–5 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Steaua Bucharest won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Kuusysi won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Gothenburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Barcelona 3–3 Porto on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.

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Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	2–3	Anderlecht	2–1	0–2
Steaua Bucharest	1–0	Kuusysi	0–0	1–0
Aberdeen	2–2 (a)	Gothenburg	2–2	0–0
Barcelona	2–1	Juventus	1–0	1–1

First leg

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Second leg

Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Steaua Bucharest won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Aberdeen 2–2 Gothenburg on aggregate. Gothenburg won on away goals.

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Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anderlecht	1–3	Steaua Bucharest	1–0	0–3
Gothenburg	3–3 (p)	Barcelona	3–0	0–3

First leg

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Second leg

Steaua Bucharest won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Gothenburg 3–3 Barcelona on aggregate. Barcelona won on penalties.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1985–86 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Torbjörn Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	7
2	Lajos Détári	Budapest Honvéd	5
	Ismo Lius	Kuusysi	5
	Victor Piţurcă	Steaua Bucharest	5
	Aldo Serena	Juventus	5
6	Preben Elkjær Larsen	Hellas Verona	4
	Andreas Andreou	Omonia	4
	Toni Polster	Austria Vienna	4
9	Pichi Alonso	Barcelona	3
	Per Frimann	Anderlecht	3
	John Hewitt	Aberdeen	3
	Dieter Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	3
	Juary	Porto	3
	Mats Magnusson	Servette	3
	Reinhold Mathy	Bayern Munich	3
	Michel Platini	Juventus	3
	Roland Wohlfarth	Bayern Munich	3
	Yuri Zheludkov	Zenit Leningrad	3

References

External links

• 1985–86 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1985–86 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
• 1985/86 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1985-86 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1985-86 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1985–86 European Cup