1990–91 European Cup

1990–91 European Cup
Stadio San Nicola in Bari hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 September 1990 – 29 May 1991
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored188 (3.19 per match)
Attendance1,614,372 (27,362 per match)
Top scorer(s)Peter Pacult (Swarovski Tirol)
Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille)
6 goals each

The 1990–91 European Cup was the 36th season of the European Cup, a tournament for men's football clubs in nations affiliated to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won for the first time by Red Star Belgrade on penalties in the final against Marseille; both were first-time finalists. This was only the second time that an Eastern European side had won the competition, after Steaua București of Romania in 1986. It was also the last tournament to be solely knock-out based, with a group stage added for the next season. Red Star won the tournament as the only Yugoslav club shortly before the breakup of Yugoslavia. This was also the last season to feature a team from East Germany, since the East and its West counterpart reunified in October 1990.

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.

Milan were eliminated by Marseille in the quarter-finals after the second leg had been awarded as a 3–0 win for Marseille when the eventual runners-up were leading 1–0, and 2–1 on aggregate, in injury time, when the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when floodlights were fixed and were banned, giving Marseille a 3–0 automatic win.

Teams

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A total of 31 teams participated in the competition.

Qualified teams for 1990–91 European Cup
Second round
Italy Milan (2nd)TH
First round
Italy Napoli (1st) West Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Spain Real Madrid (1st) Soviet Union Spartak Moscow (1st)
Belgium Club Brugge (1st) Portugal Porto (1st) Romania Dinamo București (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
Sweden Malmö FF (1st) France Marseille (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st) Austria Swarovski Tirol (1st)
East Germany Dynamo Dresden (1st)[Note GDR] Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague (1st) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st)
Switzerland Grasshopper (1st) Denmark OB (1st) Finland Kuusysi (1st) Poland Lech Poznań (1st)
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (1st) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st) Albania Dinamo Tirana (1st) Norway Lillestrøm (1st)
Northern Ireland Portadown (1st) Cyprus APOEL (1st) Iceland KA (1st) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic (1st)
Malta Valletta (1st) Luxembourg Union Luxembourg (1st)

Notes

  1. ^
    East Germany (GDR): All matches of Dynamo Dresden, who were representing the DFV of East Germany as champions of the 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga, on or after German reunification of 3 October show the flag of the reunited nation of Germany. However, those matches and their records were still counted for East Germany, and not for Germany, under UEFA regulations.

Bracket

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Cyprus APOEL 2 0 2
West Germany Bayern Munich 3 4 7 Germany Bayern Munich 4 3 7
Iceland KA 1 0 1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 0 0
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 3 3 Germany Bayern Munich 1 2 3
Romania Dinamo București 4 1 5 Portugal Porto 1 0 1
Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 0 1 1 Romania Dinamo București 0 0 0
Portugal Porto 5 8 13 Portugal Porto 0 4 4
Northern Ireland Portadown 0 1 1 Germany Bayern Munich 1 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1 4 5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2 2 4
Switzerland Grasshoper 1 1 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3 1 4
Malta Valletta 0 0 0 Scotland Rangers 0 1 1
Scotland Rangers 4 6 10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3 3 6
Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 1 0 1 Germany Dynamo Dresden 0 0 0
Germany Dynamo Dresden 3 3 6 Germany Dynamo Dresden (p.) 1 1 2(5)
Sweden Malmö FF 3 2 5 Sweden Malmö FF 1 1 2(4)
Turkey Beşiktaş 2 2 4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (p.) 0(5)
Italy Napoli 3 2 5 France Marseille 0(3)
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 0 0 0 Italy Napoli 0 0 0(3)
Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 0 0 0 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow (p.) 0 0 0(5)
Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 2 2 4 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0 3 3
Denmark OB 1 0 1 Spain Real Madrid 0 1 1
Spain Real Madrid 4 6 10 Spain Real Madrid 9 2 11
Austria Swarovski Tirol 5 2 7 Austria Swarovski Tirol 1 2 3
Finland Kuusysi 0 1 1 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 1 1 2
France Marseille 3 2 5
Italy Milan 0 1 1
Norway Lillestrøm 1 0 1 Belgium Club Brugge 0 0 0
Belgium Club Brugge 1 2 3 Italy Milan 1 0 1
Poland Lech Poznań 3 2 5 France Marseille 1 3 4
Greece Panathinaikos 0 1 1 Poland Lech Poznań 3 1 4
France Marseille 5 0 5 France Marseille 2 6 8
Albania Dinamo Tirana 1 0 1

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
APOEL Cyprus 2–7 West Germany Bayern Munich 2–3 0–4
KA Iceland 1–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–0 0–3
Dinamo București Romania 5–1 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 4–0 1–1
Porto Portugal 13–1 Northern Ireland Portadown 5–0 8–1
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–1 4–1
Valletta Malta 0–10 Scotland Rangers 0–4 0–6
Union Luxembourg Luxembourg 1–6 Germany Dynamo Dresden 1–3 0–3
Malmö FF Sweden 5–4 Turkey Beşiktaş 3–2 2–2
Napoli Italy 5–0 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 3–0 2–0
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 0–4 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0–2 0–2
OB Denmark 1–10 Spain Real Madrid 1–4 0–6
Swarovski Tirol Austria 7–1 Finland Kuusysi 5–0 2–1
Milan Italy Bye   – –
Lillestrøm Norway 1–3 Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 0–2
Lech Poznań Poland 5–1 Greece Panathinaikos 3–0 2–1
Marseille France 5–1 Albania Dinamo Tirana 5–1 0–0

First leg

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OB Denmark1–4Spain Real Madrid
Pedersen 22' Report Aldana 18'
Sánchez 26'
Villarroya 83'
Maqueda 87'
Attendance: 8,284
APOEL Cyprus2–3West Germany Bayern Munich
Gogić 5'
Pantziaras 78'		 Report Reuter 71'
McInally 87'
Strunz 89'
Attendance: 11,000
KA Iceland1–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Jakobsson 12' Report
Attendance: 1,208
Dinamo București Romania4–0Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic
Doboș 2'
Damaschin 19'
Mateuț 24'
Cheregi 80'		 Report
Attendance: 2,050[1]
Porto Portugal5–0Northern Ireland Portadown
Stewart 6' (o.g.)
Paille 17', 77'
Kostadinov 32'
Branco 50'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Binić 43' Report Közle 14'
Attendance: 50,157
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)
Valletta Malta0–4Scotland Rangers
Report McCoist 16' (pen.)
Hateley 58'
Johnston 75', 80'
Attendance: 1,731
Union Luxembourg Luxembourg1–3East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Morocutti 45' Report Gütschow 47'
Birsens 79' (o.g.)
Ratke 90'
Attendance: 1,476
Malmö FF Sweden3–2Turkey Beşiktaş
Lindman 29'
Sundström 58'
Recep 62' (o.g.)		 Report Uçar 50', 59'
Attendance: 5,580
Napoli Italy3–0Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Baroni 35'
Maradona 43', 77'		 Report
Attendance: 39,327
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia0–2Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Report Shalimov 25'
Shmarov 57'
Attendance: 7,702
Swarovski Tirol Austria5–0Finland Kuusysi
Gorosito 29'
Prudlo 35'
Pacult 41', 58', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 7,250
Lillestrøm Norway1–1Belgium Club Brugge
Halle 80' Report Staelens 3'
Attendance: 1,939
Referee: Oli Olsen (Iceland)
Lech Poznań Poland3–0Greece Panathinaikos
Jakołcewicz 2' (pen.), 19'
Rzepka 62'		 Report
Attendance: 13,063
Marseille France5–1Albania Dinamo Tirana
Papin 44' (pen.), 63', 75'
Cantona 70'
Vercruysse 90'		 Report Tahiri 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,328

Second leg

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Bayern Munich West Germany4–0Cyprus APOEL
Augenthaler 48'
Mihajlović 64', 89', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 10,500[3]

Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland6–0Malta Valletta
Dodds 5'
Spencer 6'
Johnston 19', 37', 78' (pen.)
McCoist 75'		 Report
Attendance: 20,627
Referee: Howard King (Wales)

Rangers won 10–0 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain6–0Denmark OB
Losada 13', 53', 75'
Míchel 34' (pen.)
Aldana 46', 81'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000[4]

Real Madrid won 10–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria3–0Iceland KA
Marashliev 19', 80'
Georgiev 48'		 Report
Attendance: 8,970[5]

CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland1–1Romania Dinamo București
Fenlon 36' Report Mateuț 76'
Attendance: 1,200[6]

Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate.

Portadown Northern Ireland1–8Portugal Porto
Fraser 36' Report Madjer 9', 15', 33', 55'
Semedo 40'
Paille 50', 79'
Jorge Couto 68'
Attendance: 2,486[7]

Porto won 13–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland1–4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Közle 62' (pen.) Report Pančev 11'
Prosinečki 49' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
Radinović 58'
Attendance: 25,500

Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden Germany3–0Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Jähnig 18', 45'
Gütschow 34'		 Report
Attendance: 6,250

Dynamo Dresden won 6–1 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş Turkey2–2Sweden Malmö FF
Gültiken 31'
Uçar 44'		 Report Ekheim 54'
Larsson 64'
Attendance: 21,033[8]

Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary0–2Italy Napoli
Report Incocciati 13'
Alemão 35'
Attendance: 14,000[9]

Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Perepadenko 33'
O. Ivanov 51'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000[10]

Spartak Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.

Kuusysi Finland1–2Austria Swarovski Tirol
Vehkakoski 71' (pen.) Report Pacult 5', 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 428

Swarovski Tirol won 7–1 on aggregate.

Club Brugge Belgium2–0Norway Lillestrøm
Booy 2'
Farina 83'		 Report
Attendance: 13,884

Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece1–2Poland Lech Poznań
Saravakos 44' (pen.) Report Pachelski 68'
Moskal 85'
Attendance: 49,310[11]

Lech Poznań won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tirana Albania0–0France Marseille
Report
Attendance: 6,200

Marseille won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 7–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 4–0 3–0
Dinamo București Romania 0–4 Portugal Porto 0–0 0–4
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–1 Scotland Rangers 3–0 1–1
Dynamo Dresden Germany 2–2 (5–4 p) Sweden Malmö FF 1–1 1–1
Napoli Italy 0–0 (3–5 p) Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0–0 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 11–3 Austria Swarovski Tirol 9–1 2–2
Milan Italy 1–0 Belgium Club Brugge 0–0 1–0
Lech Poznań Poland 4–8 France Marseille 3–2 1–6

First leg

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Bayern Munich Germany4–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Reuter 3', 63' (pen.)
Wohlfarth 28'
Augenthaler 54'		 Report
Attendance: 11,500[12]
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)
Dinamo București Romania0–0Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 2,062[13]
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Scotland Rangers
Brown 8' (o.g.)
Prosinečki 65'
Pančev 74'		 Report
Attendance: 58,223[14]
Dynamo Dresden Germany1–1Sweden Malmö FF
Gütschow 45' Report Engqvist 18'
Attendance: 6,870
Napoli Italy0–0Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 46,063[15]
Real Madrid Spain9–1Austria Swarovski Tirol
Butragueño 4', 31', 48'
Sánchez 7', 13', 73', 85'
Hierro 37'
Tendillo 80'		 Report Pacult 16'
Attendance: 31,000[16]
Milan Italy0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 71,307
Lech Poznań Poland3–2France Marseille
Łukasik 30'
Pachelski 41'
Juskowiak 58'		 Report Fournier 8'
Waddle 63'
Attendance: 12,661[17]

Second leg

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CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–3Germany Bayern Munich
Report Wohlfarth 17'
Effenberg 79'
McInally 84'
Attendance: 6,100[18]

Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.

Porto Portugal4–0Romania Dinamo București
Kostadinov 3', 22'
Geraldão 48' (pen.)
Domingos 63'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000[19]
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Porto won 4–0 on aggregate.

Rangers Scotland1–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
McCoist 76' Report Pančev 52'
Attendance: 23,821
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

Malmö FF Sweden1–1 (a.e.t.)Germany Dynamo Dresden
Persson 52' (pen.) Report Gütschow 17' (pen.)
Penalties
Persson soccer ball with red X
Skammelsrud soccer ball with check mark
Ågren soccer ball with check mark
Nylén soccer ball with check mark
Engqvist soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Lieberam
soccer ball with check mark Schößler
soccer ball with check mark Wagenhaus
soccer ball with check mark Kern
soccer ball with check mark Gütschow
Attendance: 8,112

2–2 on aggregate. Dynamo Dresden won 5–4 on penalties.

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union0–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Napoli
Report
Penalties
Karpin soccer ball with check mark
Shalimov soccer ball with check mark
Shmarov soccer ball with check mark
Kulkov soccer ball with check mark
Mostovoi soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with check mark Ferrara
soccer ball with check mark Mauro
soccer ball with red X Baroni
soccer ball with check mark Maradona
Attendance: 86,000[20]

0–0 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on penalties.

Swarovski Tirol Austria2–2Spain Real Madrid
Hörtnagl 13'
Linzmaier 90'		 Report Losada 33', 44'
Attendance: 14,000

Real Madrid won 11–3 on aggregate.

Club Brugge Belgium0–1Italy Milan
Report Carbone 47'
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Marseille France6–1Poland Lech Poznań
Papin 20'
Vercruysse 28', 45', 85'
Tigana 89'
Boli 90'		 Report Jakołcewicz 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 29,588[21]
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

Marseille won 8–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 3–1 Portugal Porto 1–1 2–0
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6–0 Germany Dynamo Dresden 3–0 3–01
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–1 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 3–1
Milan Italy 1–4 France Marseille 1–1 0–32

1 – Match abandoned due to rioting after 78 mins. With Red Star Belgrade leading 2–1, they were awarded the match 3–0.[22]

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

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Bayern Munich Germany1–1Portugal Porto
Bender 30' Report Domingos 65'
Attendance: 40,000
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Germany Dynamo Dresden
Prosinečki 21'
Binić 43'
Savićević 56'		 Report
Attendance: 73,730[23]
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 81,000[24]
Milan Italy1–1France Marseille
Gullit 14' Report Papin 27'
Attendance: 81,051[25]

Second leg

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Porto Portugal0–2Germany Bayern Munich
Report Ziege 19'
Bender 67'
Attendance: 65,000[26]

Bayern Munich won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden Germany0–3
Awarded		Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Gütschow 3' (pen.) Report Savićević 52'
Pančev 69'
Attendance: 10,761

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.

Real Madrid Spain1–3Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Butragueño 9' Report Radchenko 19', 38'
Shmarov 63'
Attendance: 65,000[27]

Spartak Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

Marseille France3–0
Awarded		Italy Milan
Waddle 75' Report
Attendance: 37,603
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 3–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–2 2–2
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 2–5 France Marseille 1–3 1–2

First leg

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Bayern Munich Germany1–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Wohlfarth 23' Report Pančev 45'
Savićević 70'
Attendance: 63,700[28]
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union1–3France Marseille
Shalimov 56' Report Pele 27'
Papin 31'
Vercruysse 89'
Attendance: 86,500[29]

Second leg

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Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–2Germany Bayern Munich
Mihajlović 25'
Augenthaler 90' (o.g.)		 Report Augenthaler 62'
Bender 67'
Attendance: 79,684[30]

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Marseille France2–1Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Pele 34'
Boli 48'		 Report Mostovoi 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 37,466[31]

Marseille won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–0 (a.e.t.)France Marseille
Report
Penalties
Prosinečki soccer ball with check mark
Binić soccer ball with check mark
Belodedici soccer ball with check mark
Mihajlović soccer ball with check mark
Pančev soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with red X Amoros
soccer ball with check mark Casoni
soccer ball with check mark Papin
soccer ball with check mark Mozer
Attendance: 51,587
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Austria Peter Pacult Austria Swarovski Tirol 6
France Jean-Pierre Papin France Olympique Marseille 6
3 Germany Torsten Gütschow Germany Dynamo Dresden 5