1991–92 European Cup group stage

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Location of teams of the 1991–92 European Cup group stage.
Blue: Group A; Red: Group B.

The 1991–92 European Cup group stage began on 27 November 1991 and ended on 15 April 1992. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the two finalists of the 1991–92 European Cup. This was the first use of a group stage in the history of the competition.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 November 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] The eight teams that advanced from the second round were drawn into two groups of four.[citation needed]

Format

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The winner of each group then faced each other in the final.

Groups

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAM RSB AND PAN
1 Italy Sampdoria 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8 Advance to final — 2–0 2–0 1–1
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 6 1–3 — 3–2 1–0
3 Belgium Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 6 3–2 3–2 — 0–0
4 Greece Panathinaikos 6 0 4 2 1 4 −3 4 0–0 0–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Anderlecht Belgium0–0Greece Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 16,500[2]
Sampdoria Italy2–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Nedeljković 7' (o.g.)
Vialli 73'		 Report
Attendance: 29,981
Panathinaikos Greece0–0Italy Sampdoria
Report
Attendance: 53,841[3]
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–2Belgium Anderlecht
Ratković 19'
Ivić 68'
Pančev 87'		 Report Lamptey 33'
Nilis 60'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Panathinaikos Greece0–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Pančev 70', 86'
Attendance: 55,311
Anderlecht Belgium3–2Italy Sampdoria
Degryse 54'
Nilis 69', 90'		 Report Vialli 27', 63'
Attendance: 24,000
Sampdoria Italy2–0Belgium Anderlecht
Lombardo 35'
Mancini 37'		 Report
Attendance: 33,874
Panathinaikos Greece0–0Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
Sampdoria Italy1–1Greece Panathinaikos
Mancini 36' Report Marangos 27'
Attendance: 39,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR SPP BEN DKV
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 9 Advance to final — 3–2 2–1 3–0
2 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 6 1–0 — 1–1 2–1
3 Portugal Benfica 6 1 3 2 8 5 +3 5 0–0 1–1 — 5–0
4 Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 3 12 −9 4 0–2 1–0 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1–0Portugal Benfica
Salenko 30' Report
Attendance: 41,500[4]
Barcelona Spain3–2Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Amor 15'
Laudrup 33'
Bakero 61'		 Report Vrabec 18'
Němeček 64'
Attendance: 82,000
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia2–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Němeček 13'
Vrabec 22'		 Report Sharan 55'
Attendance: 14,639
Benfica Portugal0–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 65,000[5]
Dynamo Kyiv Commonwealth of Independent States0–2Spain Barcelona
Report Stoichkov 32'
Salinas 68'
Attendance: 48,500
Benfica Portugal1–1Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Pacheco 53' (pen.) Report Novotný 32'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia1–1Portugal Benfica
Chovanec 45' Report Vítor Paneira 30'
Attendance: 28,000
Barcelona Spain3–0Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv
Stoichkov 59', 83'
Salinas 87'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia1–0Spain Barcelona
Siegl 66' Report
Attendance: 27,374
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
Benfica Portugal5–0Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv
César Brito 25', 62'
Isaías 71'
Yuran 83', 87'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Dynamo Kyiv Commonwealth of Independent States1–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Salenko 83' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Barcelona Spain2–1Portugal Benfica
Stoichkov 12'
Bakero 24'		 Report César Brito 28'
Attendance: 115,000

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 18 March 1992 (matchdays 1–4), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (matchdays 5–6).
  2. ^ Match was played in Hungary since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.
  3. ^ a b Match was played in Bulgaria since UEFA suspended Yugoslav teams from playing their home matches in Yugoslavia due to the deteriorating security situation in the country caused by the ethnic incidents that eventually turned into the Yugoslav Wars.

References

  1. ^ "Meetings and Events". Bulletin officiel de l'UEFA. No. 137. Union of European Football Associations. December 1991. p. 33.
  2. ^ "Anderlecht v Panathinaikos, 27 November 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Panathinaikos v Sampdoria, 11 December 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica, 27 November 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Benfica v Barcelona, 11 December 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.