1987 UEFA Cup final

Event	1986–87 UEFA Cup
IFK Göteborg Dundee United 2 1
on aggregate
First leg
IFK Göteborg Dundee United 1 0
Date	6 May 1987
Venue	Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee	Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance	50,023
Second leg
Dundee United IFK Göteborg 1 1
Date	20 May 1987
Venue	Tannadice Park, Dundee
Referee	Ioan Igna (Romania)
Attendance	20,911
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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]

IFK Göteborg				Round	Dundee United
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Sigma Olomouc	5–1	1–1 (A)	4–0 (H)	First round	Lens	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Stahl Brandenburg	3–1	2–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Second round	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Gent	5–0	1–0 (A)	4–0 (H)	Third round	Hajduk Split	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
Internazionale	1–1 (a)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Barcelona	3–1	1–0 (H)	2–1 (A)
Swarovski Tirol	5–1	4–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	0–0 (H)	2–0 (A)

6 May 1987

IFK Göteborg	1–0	Dundee United
Pettersson 38'	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 50,023

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

IFK Göteborg

Dundee United

GK 1 Thomas Wernerson DF 2 Mats-Ola Carlsson DF 3 Glenn Hysén (c) DF 4 Peter Larsson DF 5 Stig Fredriksson MF 6 Magnus Johansson  67' MF 7 Tord Holmgren  89' MF 8 Michael Andersson MF 9 Tommy Holmgren FW 10 Stefan Pettersson FW 11 Lennart Nilsson Substitutes: DF 12 Roland Nilsson  67' MF 14 Lars Zetterlund  89' MF 15 Per Edmund Mordt FW 16 Jari Rantanen GK 13 Ove Tobiasson Manager: Gunder Bengtsson Man of the Match: Assistant referees:

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

20 May 1987

Dundee United	1–1	IFK Göteborg
Clark 60'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	L. Nilsson 22'

Tannadice Park, Dundee

Attendance: 20,911

Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Dundee United

IFK Göteborg

GK 1 Billy Thomson DF 2 Maurice Malpas DF 3 John Clark DF 4 David Narey (c) DF 5 John Holt  46' MF 6 Jim McInally MF 7 Iain Ferguson MF 8 Billy Kirkwood FW 9 Paul Sturrock FW 10 Ian Redford  71' FW 11 Kevin Gallacher Substitutes: DF 12 Paul Hegarty  46' MF 14 Eamonn Bannon  71' Manager: Jim McLean Man of the Match: Assistant referees:

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

• 1986–87 UEFA Cup
• Dundee United F.C. in European football
• IFK Göteborg in European football

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

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