1990–91 European Cup

A total of 31 teams participated in the competition. Teams are ordered below by the 1989 UEFA association coefficients. Although 1990–91 marked the return of English clubs to the Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup, after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium disaster, Liverpool had been banned for an additional year, so could not participate in the European Cup as English champions. Ajax, the Dutch champions, were not allowed to participate in a European Cup competition because of the poor behaviour of their fans during a game the previous season, so their spot in the qualification was simply vacated, giving the two-time defending champions Milan a first-round bye. Notes Seeding For the first and second round draws, teams were ranked according to their 1990 UEFA club seeding coefficients. The seedings took into account performances in European competitions from 1985–86 to 1989–90, and were calculated by taking the club's total UEFA coefficient points earned divided by total matches played. • Milan (1.464)TH • Marseille (1.812) • Bayern Munich (1.615) • Real Madrid (1.475) • Porto (1.444) • Red Star Belgrade (1.423) • Dynamo Dresden (1.300) • Napoli (1.272) • Dinamo București (1.200) • Rangers (1.200) • CSKA Sofia (1.166) • Lech Poznań (1.166) • Spartak Moscow (1.125) • Malmö FF (1.000) • Swarovski Tirol (1.000) • Club Brugge (0.958) • Sparta Prague (0.928) • Kuusysi (0.916) • Panathinaikos (0.900) • Újpesti Dózsa (0.833) • Dinamo Tirana (0.800) • Grasshopper (0.700) • Beşiktaş (0.666) • APOEL (0.500) • Lillestrøm (0.500) • Union Luxembourg (0.166) • Valletta (0.000) • KA (0.000) • OB (0.000) • Portadown (0.000) • St Patrick's Athletic (0.000) ==Bracket==

Seeding The 30 teams were divided into a seeded and unseeded pot, each containing 15 teams, for the draw. Summary First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate. ---- Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate. ---- Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate. ---- CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Porto won 13–1 on aggregate. ---- Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate. ---- Dynamo Dresden won 6–1 on aggregate. ---- Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate. ---- Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate. ---- Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate. ---- Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate. ---- Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Lech Poznań won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate. ==Second round==

Seeding The 16 teams were divided into a seeded and unseeded pot, each containing 8 teams, for the draw. Summary First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate. ---- Porto won 4–0 on aggregate. ---- Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate. ---- 2–2 on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won 5–4 on penalties. ---- 0–0 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on penalties. ---- Real Madrid won 11–3 on aggregate. ---- Milan won 1–0 on aggregate. ---- Marseille won 8–4 on aggregate. ==Quarter-finals==

1 – Match abandoned due to rioting after 78 mins. With Red Star Belgrade leading 2–1, they were awarded the match 3–0. 2 – With the score at 1–0 to Marseille during stoppage time at the end of the second half, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0. First leg ---- ---- ---- Second leg Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- The match was abandoned in the 78th minute as per the decision by the match referee Emilio Soriano Aladrén due to Dynamo Dresden fans causing commotion in the stands and pelting the pitch with objects that landed in the vicinity of Red Star player Robert Prosinečki who was about to take a corner kick and the assistant referee on the sideline. Following several minutes of unsuccessful attempts to calm the fans, the match referee ordered the teams off the pitch and the contest was never resumed. Red Star Belgrade led 2–1 on the night and 5–1 on aggregate at the moment of the stoppage. At a disciplinary hearing several days later, UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Red Star Belgrade and banned Dynamo Dresden for a year from European competition.Red Star Belgrade won 6–0 on aggregate. ---- Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille led 1–0 on the night and 2–1 on aggregate at the moment. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan director Adriano Galliani decided not to let his team go back on the pitch at which point the contest was abandoned permanently. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan for a year from European competition including suspending Galliani from all official club functions for two years.Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate. ==Semi-finals==

First leg ---- Second leg Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate. ==Final==

The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup are as follows: ==References==