1987–88 UEFA Cup
The 1987–88 UEFA Cup was won by Bayer Leverkusen on penalty kicks over Español.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 September 1987 – 18 May 1988 |
| Teams | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Bayer Leverkusen (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Español |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 308 (2.44 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kenneth Brylle Larsen (Club Brugge) Kálmán Kovács (Honved) Dimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos) 6 goals each |
It was the third season of English clubs being barred from this and indeed all European competitions as the sequel of the Heysel disaster of May 1985. The English clubs who missed out on this season of the UEFA Cup were Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.
Soviet Union gained a fourth place, Austria and Romania a third one, while France, East Germany and Czechoslovakia remained with two places. Following UEFA ranking changes and the English ban, Italy gained a fourth place from Spain, and East Germany a third one from the Netherlands.
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