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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.

Format

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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.

Teams and draw

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The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage. The draw for the group stage was held on 8 November 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. The draw was open, with no seedings or pots used.[2]

Key to colours
Group winners advanced to final
Group stage participants
Team Notes Coeff.[3]
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade [TH] 1.586
Italy Sampdoria 1.625
Portugal Benfica 1.518
Spain Barcelona 1.447
Belgium Anderlecht 1.424
Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 1.363
Greece Panathinaikos 0.850
Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 0.785

Notes

  1. TH European Cup title holders

Groups

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

Group A

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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[4]
Sampdoria Italy2–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 29,981
Panathinaikos Greece0–0Italy Sampdoria
Report
Attendance: 53,841[5]
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–2Belgium Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Panathinaikos Greece0–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 55,311
Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)
Anderlecht Belgium3–2Italy Sampdoria
 Report
Attendance: 24,000
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Greece Panathinaikos
 Report
Attendance: 23,000
Sampdoria Italy2–0Belgium Anderlecht
 Report
Attendance: 33,874
Panathinaikos Greece0–0Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–3Italy Sampdoria
 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Anderlecht Belgium3–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Sampdoria Italy1–1Greece Panathinaikos
 Report
Attendance: 39,000

Group B

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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
 Report
Attendance: 41,500[6]
Barcelona Spain3–2Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 82,000
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia2–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 14,639
Benfica Portugal0–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 65,000[7]
Dynamo Kyiv Commonwealth of Independent States0–2Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 48,500
Benfica Portugal1–1Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia1–1Portugal Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 28,000
Barcelona Spain3–0Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia1–0Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 27,374
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
Benfica Portugal5–0Commonwealth of Independent States Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Dynamo Kyiv Commonwealth of Independent States1–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Barcelona Spain2–1Portugal Benfica
 Report
Attendance: 115,000

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "Meetings and Events". Bulletin officiel de l'UEFA. No. 137. Union of European Football Associations. December 1991. p. 33.
  2. ^ "Remarks to the UEFA tables". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Seeding for the European Cups (from 1979/80): 1991/92". Pawel Mogielnicki. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Anderlecht v Panathinaikos, 27 November 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Panathinaikos v Sampdoria, 11 December 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica, 27 November 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Benfica v Barcelona, 11 December 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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