1989–90 UEFA Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 1989 – 16 May 1990 | 
| Teams | 65 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 128 | 
| Goals scored | 329 (2.57 per match) | 
| Attendance | 2,464,303 (19,252 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | Falko Götz (Köln) Karl-Heinz Riedle (Werder Bremen) 6 goals each  | 
← 1988–89  1990–91 →   | |
The 1989–90 UEFA Cup was the 19th season of the UEFA Cup, the secondary club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo, Turin, Italy, and at the Stadio Partenio, Avellino, Italy. The competition was won by Juventus, who defeated fellow Italian team Fiorentina by an aggregate result of 3–1 to claim their second UEFA Cup title.
This was the first final between two Italian sides in the UEFA competitions history and the third between two clubs of the same country. This was the fifth and final season in which all English clubs were banned from European football competitions
Association team allocation
A total of 65 teams from 31 UEFA member associations participated in the 1988–89 UEFA Cup. 63 teams entered from the first round, competing over six knock-out rounds, while two other teams competed in a preliminary round.
The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
 - Associations 4–8 each have three teams qualify.
 - Associations 9–21 each have two teams qualify.
 - Associations 22–32 each have one team qualify.
 
Due to the ongoing English ban, their first berth was allocated to association 9, gaining a third berth. As two associations were tied for 10th place in the UEFA rankings, both of them qualified a third team for a preliminary round, whose winner would take the remaining English berth in the first round.
Association ranking
For the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 1988 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1983–84 to 1987–88.
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Teams
The labels in parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
- TH: Title holders
 - CW: Cup winners
 - CR: Cup runners-up
 - LC: League Cup winners
 - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
 - P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
 
Notes
- ^ Albania: Partizani finished second in the 1988–89 Albanian National Championship, but couldn't compete in the UEFA Cup, as it was serving a 4-year ban from European competitions, which was eventually reduced to two years. The ban was imposed in late 1987, due to the violent play against Benfica in the first round of the 1987–88 European Cup, and its subsequent disqualification. Apolonia, the next-best team not yet qualified for European competition, took its spot in the UEFA Cup.
 - ^ Yugoslavia: Hajduk Split finished third in the 1988–89 Yugoslav First League, but it was banned in November 1987 from entering any UEFA competition for two seasons, due to crowd trouble during the club's 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup second round return leg against Marseille, which came after repeated prior incidents at Hajduk's European home matches throughout the early-to-mid 1980s. The ban was only enacted on seasons where Hadjuk Split would've qualified for European competition, with this being the first instance. Dinamo Zagreb, the next-best team not yet qualified for European competition, took its spot in the UEFA Cup.
 
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with each legs of both semifinals now being held over consecutive days. Matches for the first and second round were held on Tuesdays, while other rounds were held on Wednesdays, except for the Antwerp vs Stuttgart match-up in the third round.
| Round | First leg | Second leg | 
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 9 August 1989 | 23 August 1989 | 
| First round | 12 September 1989 | 26 September 1989 | 
| Second round | 17 October 1989 | 31 October 1989 | 
| Third round | 21–22 November 1989 | 5–6 December 1989 | 
| Quarter-finals | 7 March 1990 | 21 March 1990 | 
| Semi-finals | 3–4 April 1990 | 17–18 April 1990 | 
| Final | 2 May 1990 | 16 May 1990 | 
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxerre  | 
3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 
First leg
| Auxerre  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Šuker  | 
Second leg
Auxerre won 3–2 on aggregate.
First round
First leg
| Austria Wien  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Degeorgi  | 
Report | 
| Apollon Limassol  | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Juanito  Pardeza Pablo Alfaro  | 
| Aberdeen  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| C. Robertson  Grant  | 
Report | Kranjčar  | 
| Atlético Madrid  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baltazar  | 
Report | 
| Valencia  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Toni  Fenoll Flores  | 
Report | Coraș  | 
| RoPS  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tiainen  | 
Report | Kubisztal  | 
| Sochaux  | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lada  Silvestre Oudjani Carrasco Petry  | 
Report | 
| Iraklis  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Toutziaris  | 
Report | 
| Lillestrøm  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pedersen  | 
Report | Eilts  Bode  | 
| Twente  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| Górnik Zabrze  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Zavarov  | 
| Sporting CP  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| Porto  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zé Carlos  Branco  | 
Report | 
| Köln  | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Götz  Littbarski  | 
Report | Hipp  | 
| Galatasaray  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hasan  | 
Report | Mrkela  | 
| Žalgiris Vilnius  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fridrikas  | 
Report | 
| Rad  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nestorović  Đoinčević  | 
Report | Tsalouchidis  | 
| Karl-Marx-Stadt  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Köhler  | 
Report | 
| Hansa Rostock  | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wahl  | 
Report | Kula  Hýravý Horváth  | 
Second leg
| Ajax  | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wouters  | 
Report | Pleva  | 
The match was abandoned in the 104th minute with the score at 1–1 after Austria Wien's goalkeeper Franz Wohlfahrt was struck by an iron rod thrown from the home stand. As a result, Ajax had to concede the match by default and were excluded from competing in European football for a year. Austria Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Antwerp  | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Geilenkirchen  Claesen Quaranta  | 
Report | Slavchev  Donkov Mihtarski  | 
Antwerp won 4–3 on aggregate.
Zaragoza won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Rapid Wien  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fjørtoft  | 
Report | 
2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.
Hibernian won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Fiorentina  | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Buso  | 
Report | |
| Penalties | ||
| Battistini  Pioli Sereni Volpecina Baggio  | 
3–1 | |
1–1 on aggregate; Fiorentina won 3–1 on penalties.
| Victoria București  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hanganu  | 
Report | Toni  | 
Valencia won 4–2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.
| GKS Katowice  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Karila  | 
RoPS won 2–1 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 8–0 on aggregate.
Sochaux won 12–0 on aggregate.
Sion won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Dundee United  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Clark  Gallacher  | 
Report | 
Dundee United won 5–1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cherenkov  Rodionov  | 
Report | 
Spartak Moscow won 2–0 on aggregate.
| First Vienna  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jenisch  Balzis  | 
Report | 
First Vienna won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Werder Bremen  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Neubarth  Sauer  | 
Report | 
Werder Bremen won 5–1 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Juventus  | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Schillaci  Fortunato Marocchi  | 
Report | Koseła  Lissek  | 
Juventus won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Napoli  | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Crippa  Careca Mauro Baroni Maradona Ferrara  | 
4–3 | |
0–0 on aggregate; Napoli won 4–3 on penalties.
| Flacăra Moreni  | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Beldie  | 
Report | Magalhães  Águas  | 
Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Plastika Nitra  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Higl  | 
Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Hamburg  | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| von Heesen  Beiersdorfer Furtok Eck Fischer  | 
Report | Grandelius  | 
Hamburg won 7–2 on aggregate.
Wettingen won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lukić  Pančev  | 
Report | 
Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Leningrad won 3–1 on aggregate.
| IFK Göteborg  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Nilsson  | 
Report | 
Žalgiris Vilnius won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Olympiacos  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Détári  Anastopoulos  | 
Report | 
Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Boavista  | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| João Pinto  | 
Report | Heidrich  Mehlhorn  | 
Karl-Marx-Stadt won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Baník Ostrava  | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nečas  Chýlek Záleský Pěcháček  | 
Report | 
Baník Ostrava won 7–2 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Vienna  | 
3–3 (a) | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Antwerp  | 
6–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | |
| Club Brugge  | 
4–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 | |
| Hibernian  | 
0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| Zaragoza  | 
1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| RoPS  | 
0–8 | 0–5 | 0–3 | |
| Paris Saint-Germain  | 
1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Fiorentina  | 
1–1 (a) | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Porto  | 
5–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | |
| Werder Bremen  | 
5–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | |
| Köln  | 
3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Sion  | 
3–5 | 2–1 | 1–4 | |
| Wettingen  | 
1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv  | 
4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Zenit Leningrad  | 
0–6 | 0–1 | 0–5 | |
| Red Star Belgrade  | 
5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 
First leg
| First Vienna  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Niederstrasser  Haiden  | 
Report | Tsalouchidis  Alexiou  | 
| Antwerp  | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Geilenkirchen  Van Rooij Claesen  | 
Report | 
| Club Brugge  | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Christiaens  | 
Report | Keglevits  Pfeifenberger  | 
| Paris Saint-Germain  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rui Barros  | 
| Fiorentina  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| Werder Bremen  | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Neubarth  Hermann Riedle Rufer Kutzop  | 
Report | 
| Köln  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sturm  Görtz Ordenewitz  | 
Report | Cherenkov  | 
| Sion  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brigger  Piffaretti  | 
Report | Laudeley  | 
| Dynamo Kyiv  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mykhaylychenko  Bezsonov Lytovchenko  | 
Report | 
| Zenit Leningrad  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Allgöwer  | 
| Red Star Belgrade  | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Savićević  Kanatlarovski Pančev Drizić  | 
Report | Ivanauskas  | 
Second leg
| Olympiacos  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Détári  | 
Report | Jenisch  | 
3–3 on aggregate; Olympiacos won on away goals.
| Dundee United  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Paatelainen  O'Neill Clark  | 
Report | Lehnhoff  Claesen  | 
Antwerp won 6–3 on aggregate.
| Rapid Wien  | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fjørtoft  Keglevits Pfeifenberger  | 
Report | Farina  Ceulemans Booy  | 
Rapid Wien won 6–4 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 1–0 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 8–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Sochaux  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Laurey  | 
Report | Buso  | 
1–1 on aggregate; Fiorentina won on away goals.
| Valencia  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fenoll  | 
Report | Madjer  Jorge Couto  | 
Porto won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Austria Wien  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hasenhüttl  | 
Report | 
Werder Bremen won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Spartak Moscow  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.
Karl-Marx-Stadt won 5–3 on aggregate.
Napoli won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Baník Ostrava  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chýlek  | 
Report | Bezsonov  | 
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Stuttgart  | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Walter  Sigurvinsson Allgöwer Buchwald  | 
Report | 
Stuttgart won 6–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–1 on aggregate.
Third round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Wien  | 
2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Antwerp  | 
2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Olympiacos  | 
1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Fiorentina  | 
1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Napoli  | 
3–8 | 2–3 | 1–5 | |
| Juventus  | 
3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Hamburg  | 
2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Red Star Belgrade  | 
2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 
First leg
| Rapid Wien  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kranjčar  | 
Report | 
| Olympiacos  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Anastopoulos  | 
Report | Kovács  | 
| Fiorentina  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baggio  | 
Report | 
| Hamburg  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| von Heesen  | 
Report | 
| Red Star Belgrade  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Savićević  | 
Report | 
Second leg
| Stuttgart  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Frontzeck  | 
Report | Broeckaert  | 
Antwerp won 2–1 on aggregate.
| RFC Liège  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Waseige  Ernès Boffin  | 
Report | Fjørtoft  | 
RFC Liège won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Auxerre  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
1–1 on aggregate; Auxerre won on away goals.
Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 8–3 on aggregate.
| Karl-Marx-Stadt  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | De Agostini  | 
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Porto  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nascimento  Jorge Couto  | 
Report | Eck  | 
2–2 on aggregate; Hamburg won on away goals.
| Köln  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Götz  Ordenewitz  | 
Report | 
Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFC Liège  | 
3–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| Fiorentina  | 
2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Köln  | 
2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Hamburg  | 
2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 
First leg
| RFC Liège  | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Varga  | 
Report | Bockenfeld  Riedle Rufer  | 
| Fiorentina  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Volpecina  | 
Report | 
| Köln  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Littbarski  Giske  | 
Report | 
Second leg
Werder Bremen won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Auxerre  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nappi  | 
Fiorentina won 2–0 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventus  | 
3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Werder Bremen  | 
1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | 
First leg
| Werder Bremen  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Landucci  | 
Report | Nappi  | 
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate; Fiorentina won on away goals.
Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
| Juventus  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Galia  Casiraghi De Agostini  | 
Report | Buso  | 
Second leg
| Fiorentina  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Notes
- ^ This season Fiorentina played in Perugia as Fiorentina's stadium was undergoing renovations for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
 - ^ Fiorentina played the home game in Avellino as its substitute home stadium was closed after crowd incidents in the semifinal.