1991 European Cup Final

Event

1990–91 European Cup

Red Star Belgrade	Marseille

0	0

Red Star Belgrade won 5–3 on penalties

Date

29 May 1991

Venue

Stadio San Nicola, Bari

Referee

Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Attendance

56,000

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^[1] 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.

1 Route to the final
2 Lead-up to the match
3 Match
- 3.1 Details
4 Analysis
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links

Route to the final

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Match

Details

29 May 1991
20:15 CEST

Red Star Belgrade	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Marseille
	Report
	Penalties
Prosinečki Binić Belodedici Mihajlović Pančev	5–3	Amoros Casoni Papin Mozer

Stadio San Nicola, Bari
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

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.

Analysis

Over twenty years later in 2011, talking to a French football magazine about the famous win in Bari, Siniša Mihajlović said:

“

That final is still very vivid in my memory. I think it was the most boring final match in the European Cup history. Few hours before the match, seven of us were shown tapes with Olympique matches. I remember [manager] Ljupko Petrović telling us: 'If we attack them we'll leave ourselves open for counterattacks', to which I asked 'so, what do we do then'. His answer was: 'When you get the ball, give it back to them'. So we spent 120 minutes on the pitch without practically touching the ball. The match went to penalties, [Marseille player] Manuel Amoros failed to convert his whereas we converted all five. Had we approached the match with attacking mentality, we probably would've lost, not because Olympique were necessarily better than us, but because their players were used to playing big matches like this one. We had a squad full of 21, 22, and 23-year-old kids.^[6]

”

Notes

^ UEFA conventionally refers to Red Star Belgrade by the club's Serbian-language name, Crvena Zvezda. Since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competes under the auspices of its successor Serbian Football Association.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "1990/91: Crvena Zvezda spot on". Archive: UEFA Champions League. UEFA. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
^ "Member associations: Serbia: Honours". UEFA. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
^ Red Star in Bari
^ Red Star in Bari
^ Red Star in Bari
^ Mihajlović: Finale u Bariju najdosadnije u istoriji;sportal.rs, 12 September 2011

External links

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

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See also:

Red Star Belgrade matches

Yugoslav Cup Finals	1948 1949 1950 1952 1954 1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 1971 1973 1980 1982 1984 1985 1988 1990 1991

Serbia and Montenegro Cup Finals	1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Serbian Cup Finals	2007 2010 2012

European Cup Final	1991

UEFA Cup Final	1979

European Super Cup	1991

Intercontinental Cup	1991

Olympique de Marseille matches

Coupe de France Finals	1924 1926 1927 1934 1935 1938 1940 1943 1954 1969 1972 1976 1986 1987 1989 1991 2006 2007

Coupe de la Ligue Finals	2010 2011 2012

Trophée des Champions	1969 1971 1972 2010 2011

UEFA Champions League Finals	1991 1993

UEFA Cup Finals	1999 2004

UEFA Intertoto Cup Finals	2005

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