# 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1990–91 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Manchester United against Barcelona. The victory for United was significant as it was the season English clubs returned to European football, after completing a five-year ban as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster.

## Teams

A total of 33 teams participated in the competition. Yugoslav Cup winners Red Star Belgrade won the double, and cup runners-up Hajduk Split were disqualified, so no representative of Yugoslavia participated.
Qualified teams for 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup :
| First round ||||
| Sampdoria | Juventus (CW) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (CW) | Barcelona (CW) |
| Dynamo Kyiv (CW) | Liège (CW) | PSV Eindhoven (CW) | Estrela da Amadora (CW) |
| Steaua București (CR) | Aberdeen (CW) | Djurgårdens IF (CW) | Montpellier (CW) |
| Austria Wien (CW) | PSV Schwerin (CR) | Dukla Prague (CW) | Pécsi Mecsek (CW) |
| Olympiacos (CW) | Neuchâtel Xamax (CW) | Lyngby BK (CW) | Wrexham (CR) |
| KuPS (CW) | Legia Warsaw (CW) | Sliven (CW) | Manchester United (CW) |
| KS Flamurtari (CR) | Viking FK (CW) | Glentoran (CW) | Nea Salamis (CW) |
| Fram Reykjavík (CW) | Sliema Wanderers (CW) | Swift Hesperange (CW) |
| Qualifying round ||||
| Trabzonspor (CR) | Bray Wanderers (CW) | | |
Notes
* ^ East Germany (GDR): All matches of PSV Schwerin, representing the DFV of East Germany as runners-up of the 1989–90 FDGB-Pokal (as Dynamo Dresden won the double and qualified for the European Cup), 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.

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bray Wanderers | 1–3 | Trabzonspor | 1–1 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

Trabzonspor won 3–1 on aggregate.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Nea Salamis | 0–5 | Aberdeen | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Legia Warsaw | 6–0 | Swift Hesperange | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Olympiacos | 5–1 | Flamurtari | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Kaiserslautern | 1–2 | Sampdoria | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Manchester United | 3–0 | Pécsi Munkás | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Wrexham | 1–0 | Lyngby | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Montpellier | 1–0 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Glentoran | 1–6 | Steaua București | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| KuPS | 2–6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 1–4 | Dukla Prague | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Fram | 4–1 | Djurgårdens IF | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Trabzonspor | 3–7 | Barcelona | 1–0 | 2–7 |
| Viking | 0–5 | RFC Liège | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–2 (4–3 p)$^†$ | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
| PSV Schwerin | 0–2 | Austria Wien | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Sliven | 1–8 | Juventus | 0–2 | 1–6 |
$^†$ Order of legs reversed after original draw

### Second leg

Aberdeen won 5–0 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 6–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.
Wrexham won 1–0 on aggregate.
Montpellier won 1–0 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Fram won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 5–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Estrela da Amadora won 4–3 on penalties.
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 8–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Aberdeen | 0–1 | Legia Warsaw | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos | 1–4 | Sampdoria | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Manchester United | 5–0 | Wrexham | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Montpellier | 8–0 | Steaua București | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–2 | Dukla Prague | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Fram | 1–5 | Barcelona | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| RFC Liège | 2–1 | Estrela da Amadora | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Austria Wien | 0–8 | Juventus | 0–4 | 0–4 |

### Second leg

Legia Warsaw won 1–0 on aggregate.
Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.
Montpellier won 8–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
RFC Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 8–0 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Legia Warsaw | 3–2 | Sampdoria | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Manchester United | 3–1 | Montpellier | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–4 | Barcelona | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| RFC Liège | 1–6 | Juventus | 1–3 | 0–3 |

### Second leg

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 6–1 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–4 | Manchester United | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Barcelona | 3–2 | Juventus | 3–1 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Manchester United won 4–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Roberto Baggio | Juventus | 9 |
| 2 | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona | 6 |
| 3 | Sergei Yuran | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 |
| 4 | Danny Boffin | Liège | 4 |
| 4 | Steve Bruce | Manchester United | 4 |
| 4 | Pierluigi Casiraghi | Juventus | 4 |
| 4 | Ronald Koeman | Barcelona | 4 |
| 4 | Brian McClair | Manchester United | 4 |
| 9 | Marco Branca | Sampdoria | 3 |
| 9 | Mark Hughes | Manchester United | 3 |
| 9 | Roman Kosecki | Legia Warsaw | 3 |
| 9 | Wojciech Kowalczyk | Legia Warsaw | 3 |
| 9 | Oleg Salenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 |
| 9 | Salvatore Schillaci | Juventus | 3 |
| 9 | Jacek Ziober | Montpellier | 3 |