The season
The 1991/92 competition used the format we call “knockouts, then two groups”. Two knockout rounds, then two groups of four whose winners met in the final. 32 clubs from 31 countries took part, and Barcelona won it, beating Sampdoria in the final.
By our squad ratings, FC Barcelona had the strongest squad in the field, with a best eleven averaging 83. The champions were also the favourites on paper, and they delivered. Their opponents in the final, Sampdoria, rated 80.
Germany sent the most clubs, 2. 30 of the 31 nations in the field had a single representative.
The highest-rated player in the competition, by our estimates, was Michael Laudrup of FC Barcelona, a CDM rated 88.
Thirty-two clubs played two knockout rounds over two legs. The eight survivors were split into two groups of four, playing each other home and away, and the two group winners met in the final. Ties level on aggregate were decided by away goals, then extra time and penalties.
The strongest squads
Our rating for each club is the average of its best eleven players that season, on the scale the game uses.
- 1FC BarcelonaSpain83
- 2Olympique de MarseilleFrance82
- 3PSV EindhovenNetherlands81
- 4ArsenalEngland80
- 5UC SampdoriaItaly80
- 6RangersScotland78
- 7FK Austria WienAustria77
- 8Red Star BelgradeYugoslavia77
The best players in the field
- 1Michael LaudrupFC Barcelona · CDM88
- 2Ronald KoemanFC Barcelona · CB88
- 3 RomárioPSV Eindhoven · ST86
- 4David SeamanArsenal · GK85
- 5Gerald VanenburgPSV Eindhoven · CDM85
- 6Jean-Pierre PapinOlympique de Marseille · RW85
- 7Roberto ManciniUC Sampdoria · RW85
- 8Txiki BegiristainFC Barcelona · CDM85
- 9Carlos MozerOlympique de Marseille · CB84
- 10Didier DeschampsOlympique de Marseille · CM84
The field
32 clubs took part, by country:
- Germany: 1. FC Kaiserslautern, FC Hansa Rostock
- Albania: Flamurtari
- Austria: FK Austria Wien
- Belgium: RSC Anderlecht
- Bulgaria: FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo)
- Cyprus: Apollon Limassol
- Czechoslovakia: AC Sparta Prague
- Denmark: Brøndby IF
- England: Arsenal
- Finland: Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
- France: Olympique de Marseille
- Greece: Panathinaikos
- Hungary: Budapest Honvéd
- Iceland: Knattspyrnufélagið Fram
- Italy: UC Sampdoria
- Luxembourg: Union Luxembourg
- Malta: Hamrun Spartans
- Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
- Northern Ireland: Portadown
- Norway: Rosenborg
- Poland: Zagłębie Lubin
- Portugal: SL Benfica
- Republic of Ireland: Dundalk
- Romania: FC U Craiova 1948
- Scotland: Rangers
- Soviet Union: FC Dynamo Kyiv
- Spain: FC Barcelona
- Sweden: IFK Göteborg
- Switzerland: Grasshopper Club Zurich
- Turkey: Beşiktaş
- Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade
Replay 1991/92 in Magic Nights
In Magic Nights you can take charge of any of these 32 clubs, with the squad they had that season, and play the competition in this exact format. Win it with the favourites, or try the hardest job in the game: lifting the trophy with a club from the bottom half of the field.