The season 1987-88 of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax Amsterdam. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant that they were never in a position to be as successful again.

[edit] Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEL	1 - 6	FC Dunajská Streda	0 - 1	1 - 5

[edit] First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	3 - 0	FC Dinamo Bucureşti	1 - 0	2 - 0
St Mirren F.C.	1 - 0	Tromsø I.L.	1 - 0	0 - 0
Real Sociedad	2 - 0	Śląsk Wrocław	0 - 0	2 - 0
FC Dinamo Minsk	4 - 1	Gençlerbirliği	2 - 0	2 - 1
Vitosha Sofia	2 - 3	OFI FC	1 - 0	1 - 3
Merthyr Tydfil F.C.	2 - 3	Atalanta B.C.	2 - 1	0 - 2
ÍA	0 - 1	Kalmar FF	0 - 0	0 - 1(aet)
Sporting Clube de Portugal	6 - 4	FC Swarovski Tirol	4 - 0	2 - 4
Vllaznia	6 - 0	Sliema Wanderers	2 - 0	4 - 0
RoPS	1(a) - 1	Glentoran F.C.	0 - 0	1 - 1
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	0 - 1	Olympique de Marseille	0 - 0	0 - 1
Aalborg Boldspilklub	1 - 1(p)	Hajduk Split	1 - 0	0 - 1(aet)
Újpest FC	2 - 3	FC Den Haag	1 - 0	1 - 3
FC Dunajská Streda	3 - 4	BSC Young Boys	2 - 1	1 - 3
Avenir Beggen	0 - 8	Hamburger SV	0 - 5	0 - 3
Ajax Amsterdam	6 - 0	Dundalk F.C.	4 - 0	2 - 0

[edit] Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	2 - 0	St Mirren F.C.	0 - 0	2 - 0
Real Sociedad	1 - 1(a)	FC Dinamo Minsk	1 - 1	0 - 0
OFI FC	1 - 2	Atalanta B.C.	1 - 0	0 - 2
Kalmar FF	1 - 5	Sporting Clube de Portugal	1 - 0	0 - 5
Vllaznia	0 - 2	RoPS	0 - 1	0 - 1
Olympique de Marseille	7 - 0	Hajduk Split	4 - 0	3 - 0*
FC Den Haag	2 - 2(a)	BSC Young Boys	2 - 1	0 - 1
Hamburger SV	0 - 3	Ajax Amsterdam	0 - 1	0 - 2

.*Game finished 2-0 to Hajduk Split, awarded 3-0 to Marseille following crowd violence

[edit] Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	2 - 1	FC Dinamo Minsk	1 - 0	1 - 1
Atalanta B.C.	3 - 1	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2 - 0	1 - 1
RoPS	0 - 4	Olympique de Marseille	0 - 1	0 - 3
BSC Young Boys	0 - 2	Ajax Amsterdam	0 - 1	0 - 1

[edit] Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KV Mechelen	4 - 2	Atalanta B.C.	2 - 1	2 - 1
Olympique de Marseille	2 - 4	Ajax Amsterdam	0 - 3	2 - 1

[edit] Final

11 May 1988	Y.R. K.V. Mechelen	1 – 0	AFC Ajax	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Attendance: 40,000
	Den Boer  53'

[edit] External links

• 1987-88 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation