1987 UEFA Cup final

1987 UEFA Cup final
Event	1986–87 UEFA Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	6 May 1987
Venue	Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee	Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance	50,023
Second leg
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]

Route to the final

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)

Match details

First leg

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

Second leg

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

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

^ Winton, Richard (20 May 2020). "On This Day: Dundee United reach Uefa Cup final in 1987". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ 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.

[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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