1991 European Cup Final

1991 European Cup Final

Red Star Belgrade Marseille 0 0
Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 on penalties
Event	1990–91 European Cup
Date	29 May 1991
Venue	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
Referee	Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Attendance	56,000
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The 1991 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari, Italy, on 29 May 1991, that saw Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia defeat Marseille of France in a penalty shoot-out. After normal time and extra time could not separate the two sides, the match was to be decided on penalty kicks. Manuel Amoros's miss for the French side proved crucial, as Red Star held their nerve to win their first European Cup.

Route to the final

For more details on this topic, see 1990–91 European Cup.

Red Star Belgrade				Round	Marseille
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Grasshopper	5–2	1–1 (H)	4–1 (A)	First round	Dinamo Tirana	5–1	5–1 (H)	0–0 (A)
Rangers	4–1	3–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Second round	Lech Poznań	8–4	2–3 (A)	6–1 (H)
Dynamo Dresden	6–0	3–0 (H)	3–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Milan	4–1	1–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
Bayern Munich	4–3	2–1 (A)	2–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Spartak Moscow	5–2	3–1 (A)	2–1 (H)

Lead-up to the match

Red Star arrived to Italy unusually early, on Thursday, 23 May 1991, six full days ahead of the final. The team set up base in the town of Monopoli, 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of Bari. There they stayed in Il Melograno Hotel and trained at the facilities of A.C. Monopoli. Due to a lot of interest from richer European clubs already being raised for the future services of young Red Star players, the club management tried to ensure its footballers are fully focused on the task at hand. The players were placed in semi-quarantine immediately upon arrival to Italy, which meant being separated from wives and girlfriends without ability to receive incoming phone calls in hotel rooms, though able to make outgoing calls.

Over the coming days, the club also organized for a large entourage consisting of former players & coaches, friends of the club, etc. to arrive in Bari in order to watch Red Star in its very first European Cup final. Therefore, club legends Rajko Mitić and Dragoslav Šekularac, notable former players Srđan Mrkušić, Stanislav Karasi, club's former coach Miša Pavić along with Serbian celebrities and public personalities such as Ljuba Tadić, Ivan Bekjarev, Bora Đorđević, etc. made their way to Italy.

Match

Details

29 May 1991 20:15 CEST	Red Star Belgrade	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Stadio San Nicola, Bari Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
		Report
		Penalties
	Prosinečki Binić Belodedici Mihajlović Pančev	5–3	Amoros Casoni Papin Mozer

Red Star Belgrade

Marseille

GK 1 Stevan Stojanović (c) CM 2 Vladimir Jugović CB 3 Slobodan Marović 61' RB 4 Refik Šabanadžović SW 5 Miodrag Belodedici LB 6 Ilija Najdoski CM 7 Robert Prosinečki LM 8 Siniša Mihajlović 40' CF 9 Darko Pančev AM 10 Dejan Savićević 84' RM 11 Dragiša Binić 26' Substitutes: GK 12 Milić Jovanović DF 13 Ivica Momčilović DF 14 Rade Tošić MF 15 Vlada Stošić 84' FW 16 Vladan Lukić Manager: Ljupko Petrović

GK 1 Pascal Olmeta RM 2 Manuel Amoros LM 3 Éric Di Meco 112' CB 4 Basile Boli 28' CB 5 Carlos Mozer CM 6 Bruno Germain CB 7 Bernard Casoni RF 8 Chris Waddle CF 9 Jean-Pierre Papin (c) LF 10 Abedi Pelé CM 11 Laurent Fournier 75' Substitutes: GK 16 Alain Casanova DF 15 Éric Mura MF 12 Dragan Stojković 112' MF 13 Philippe Vercruysse 75' MF 14 Jean Tigana Manager: Raymond Goethals

Assistant referees: Castello Buonocore (Italy) Roberto Calabassi (Italy) Fourth official: Pierluigi Magni (Italy)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

• 1990–91 European Cup

External links

• 1990–91 season at UEFA website (English)
• 1991 European Cup Final at European Cup History