1987 UEFA Cup final

1987 UEFA Cup final
Event1986–87 UEFA Cup
IFK Göteborg Dundee United
Sweden Scotland
2 1
on aggregate
First leg
IFK Göteborg Dundee United
1 0
Date6 May 1987
VenueUllevi, Gothenburg
RefereeSiegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance50,023
Second leg
Dundee United IFK Göteborg
1 1
Date20 May 1987
VenueTannadice Park, Dundee
RefereeIoan Igna (Romania)
Attendance20,911

The 1987 UEFA Cup Final was a football tie played on 6 and 20 May 1987 between IFK Göteborg of Sweden and Dundee United of Scotland. Göteborg won 2–1 on aggregate, their second UEFA Cup triumph, following victory in 1982. It was Dundee United's first, and so far only, major European final.[1][2]

Route to the final

Main article: 1986–87 UEFA Cup
IFK Göteborg Round Dundee United
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Czechoslovakia Sigma Olomouc 5–1 1–1 (A) 4–0 (H) First round France Lens 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
East Germany Stahl Brandenburg 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Second round Romania Universitatea Craiova 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
Belgium Gent 5–0 1–0 (A) 4–0 (H) Third round Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Italy Internazionale 1–1 (a) 0–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Spain Barcelona 3–1 1–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
Austria Swarovski Tirol 5–1 4–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Semi-finals West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 0–0 (H) 2–0 (A)

Match details

First leg

IFK Göteborg Sweden1–0Scotland Dundee United
Pettersson 38' Report

Overview (archive)

Overview
Attendance: 50,023
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
IFK Göteborg
Dundee United
GK 1 Sweden Thomas Wernerson
DF 2 Sweden Mats-Ola Carlsson
DF 3 Sweden Glenn Hysén (c)
DF 4 Sweden Peter Larsson
DF 5 Sweden Stig Fredriksson
MF 6 Sweden Magnus Johansson downward-facing red arrow 67'
MF 7 Sweden Tord Holmgren downward-facing red arrow 89'
MF 8 Sweden Michael Andersson
MF 9 Sweden Tommy Holmgren
FW 10 Sweden Stefan Pettersson
FW 11 Sweden Lennart Nilsson
Substitutes:
DF 12 Sweden Roland Nilsson upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 14 Sweden Lars Zetterlund upward-facing green arrow 89'
MF 15 Norway Per Edmund Mordt
FW 16 Finland Jari Rantanen
GK 13 Sweden Ove Tobiasson
Manager:
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson


Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:

GK 1 Scotland Billy Thomson
DF 2 Scotland Maurice Malpas
DF 3 Scotland David Narey (c)
DF 4 Scotland Paul Hegarty downward-facing red arrow 54'
DF 5 Scotland John Holt
MF 6 Scotland Jim McInally
MF 7 Scotland Billy Kirkwood
MF 8 Scotland Dave Bowman
MF 9 Scotland Eamonn Bannon
FW 10 Scotland Paul Sturrock downward-facing red arrow 89'
FW 11 Scotland Ian Redford
Substitutes:
DF 12 Scotland John Clark upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF 14 Scotland Dave Beaumont upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Scotland Jim McLean

Second leg

Dundee United Scotland1–1Sweden IFK Göteborg
Clark 60' Report

Overview (archive)

Overview		 L. Nilsson 22'
Attendance: 20,911
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Dundee United
IFK Göteborg
GK 1 Scotland Billy Thomson
DF 2 Scotland Maurice Malpas
DF 3 Scotland John Clark
DF 4 Scotland David Narey (c)
DF 5 Scotland John Holt downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 6 Scotland Jim McInally
MF 7 Scotland Iain Ferguson
MF 8 Scotland Billy Kirkwood
FW 9 Scotland Paul Sturrock
FW 10 Scotland Ian Redford downward-facing red arrow 71'
FW 11 Scotland Kevin Gallacher
Substitutes:
DF 12 Scotland Paul Hegarty upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 Scotland Eamonn Bannon upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Scotland Jim McLean


Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:

GK 1 Sweden Thomas Wernersson
DF 2 Sweden Mats-Ola Carlsson
DF 3 Sweden Glenn Hysén (c)
DF 4 Sweden Peter Larsson
DF 5 Sweden Stig Fredriksson
MF 6 Sweden Roland Nilsson downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 7 Sweden Tord Holmgren
MF 8 Sweden Michael Andersson
MF 9 Sweden Tommy Holmgren downward-facing red arrow 78'
FW 10 Sweden Stefan Pettersson
FW 11 Sweden Lennart Nilsson
Substitutes:
MF 12 Sweden Magnus Johansson upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 14 Norway Per Edmund Mordt
MF 15 Sweden Lars Zetterlund upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 16 Finland Jari Rantanen
GK 13 Sweden Ove Tobiasson
Manager:
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson

See also

References

General

  • Low, Dave. "Dundee Utd reach the UEFA Cup Final 1987". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  • RSSSF - UEFA Cup 1986-87
  • RSSSF - IFK in Europe 1981-1995

Specific

  1. ^ Winton, Richard (20 May 2020). "On This Day: Dundee United reach Uefa Cup final in 1987". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ Strachan, Graeme (20 May 2022). "Dundee United photos found in attic show amazing Uefa Cup final scenes at Tannadice". The Courier. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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