1991/1992 Cup Winners Cup campaign and final

The only major international trophy of Werder was gained back in 1992 when the green-whites won the European Cup Winners Cup, by beating AS Monaco in the Lissabona final.

The road to the final:

1st Round:

1st Leg: 18.09.1991
FC Bacau – SV Werder 0:6 (0:3)
Spectators: 10.000
Referee: Marko/CSFR
Werder: Reck – Bratseth, Votava, Eilts, Bockenfeld, Schaaf, Neubarth, Legat, Kohn, Rufer (62.Bode), Allofs (64.Hermann)
FC Bacau: Alexa – Giradea, Condurache, Arteni, Ionescu, Burleanu, Otteanu, Hodina (73.Ghioane), Haidau, Mihaila, Capusa (62.Dragomir)
Goals: 1:0 Rufer (8.), 2:0 Rufer (12.), 3:0 Rufer (30.), 4:0 Bratseth (63.), 5:0 Votava (79.), 6:0 Neubarth (81.)

2nd Leg: 01.11.1991
SV Werder – FC Bacau 5:0 (3:0)
Spectators: 4.000
Referee: Kelly/Ireland
Werder: Reck – Bratseth, Schaaf, Borowka (46.Hermann), Bockenfeld, Votava, Eilts, Legat, Kohn (46.Bode), Rufer, Allofs
FC Bacau: Alexa – Giradea, Condurache, Ionescu, Arteni, Postulacche, Burleanu, Hodina (66.Dragomir), Ghioane, Haidau, Mihaila (76.Capusa)
Goals: 1:0 Kohn (6.), 2:0 Eilts (9.), 3:0 Kohn (17.), 4:0 Bratseth (66.), 5:0 Bode (71.)

2nd Round:

1st Leg: 23.10.1991
SV Werder – Ferencvaros Budapest 3:2 (3:1)
Spectators: 7.500
Referee: Syme/Norway
Werder: Reck – Bratseth, Votava, Borowka (52.Bockenfeld), Wolter, Eilts, Bode, Legat, Rufer, Neubarth, Allofs
Ferencvaros: Balogh – Telek, Simon, Kusnetzow, Keller, Paling (67.Patkos), Albert, Lipcei, Szenes, Schneider, Deszatnik (72.Vukovics)
Goals: 1:0 Neubarth (28.), 2:0 Allofs (33.), 2:1 Lipcsei (35.), 3:1 Neubarth (40.), 3:2 Lipcsei (73.)

2nd Leg: 06.11.1991
Ferencvaros Budapest – SV Werder 0:1 (0:0)
Spectators: 25.000
Referee: Halle/Norway
Werder: Reck – Bratseth, Wolter, Borowka, Votava, Harttgen (52.Legat), Eilts, Bode, Hermann, Rufer, Neubarth
Ferencvaros: Balogh – Telek, Simon, Keller, Albert, Szenes, Lipcsei, Vukovics, Kusnetzow, Paling, Deszatnik (76.Racz)
Goal: 0:1 Bode (48.)

Last 8:

1st Leg: 04.03.1992
SV Werder – Galatasaray Istanbul 2:1 (0:1)
Spectators: 30.000
Referee: Mistkiewicz/Poland
Werder: Reck – Neubarth, Votava, Borowka, Bockenfeld, Harttgen, Eilts, Hermann (54.Bester), Allofs, Rufer (31.Kohn), Bode
Galatasaray: Hayrettin – Ismail, Yusuf, Tugay, Önal, Muhammed, Rotariu, Hamza, Tayfun, Kosecki, Arif (82.Tanner)
Goals: 0:1 Kosecki (33.), 1:1 Kohn (79.), 2:1 Bester (85.)

2nd Leg: 18.03.1992
Galatasaray Istanbul – SV Werder 0:0
Spectators: 35.000
Referee: Nielsen/Danemark
Werder: Reck – Bratseth, Borowka, Otten, Bockenfeld (75.Bester), Schaaf, Eilts, Wolter, Hermann (81.Legat), Neubarth, Bode
Galatasaray: Hayrettin – Yusuf, Bülent, Tayfun, Muhammed, Rotariu, Tugay, Keser (69.Arif), Önal (75.Tanner), Kosecki, Hamza

Semifinal:

1st Leg: 01.04.1992
FC Brügge – SV Werder 1:0 (1:0)
Spectators: 21.000
Referee: Spassov/Bulgaria
Werder: Reck (69.Rollman) – Bratseth, Otten, Borowka, Bockenfeld, Wolter, Votava (76.Schaaf), Neubarth, Legat, Rufer, Bode
Brügge: Verlinden – Querter, Plovie (55.Vanmaele), Cossey, Boyens, Staelens, van der Elst, van der Heyden, Borkelmans, Booy, Amokachi
Goal: 1:0 Amokachi (5.)

2nd Leg: 15.04.1992
SV Werder – FC Brügge 2:0 (1:0)
Spectators: 35.000
Referee: King/Wales
Werder: Reck – Bratseth, Wolter, Borowka, Bockenfeld (88.Schaaf), Votava, Hermann (70.Allofs), Legat, Rufer, Kohn, Bode
Brügge: Verlinden – Queter, Cossey, Disztl (70.van der Heyden), Verspaaille, Greve (46.Beyens), van der Elst, Staelens, Borkelmans, Booy, Amokachi
Goals: 1:0 Bode (31.), 2:0 Bockenfeld (60.)

The final(uefa.com article):

SV Werder Bremen became the first German club to lift the trophy for 15 years, but only 16,000 saw the final in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisbon. Otto Rehhagel had built an effective unit. Uli Borowka and Rune Bratseth were the defensive pillars, Dieter Eilts played the anchor role in midfield while captain Miroslav Votava supplied front-runners Wynton Rufer and veteran Klaus Allofs, selected for the first time in six weeks to start the final.
Defending champions Manchester United FC were eliminated in the second round by Club Atlético de Madrid, who were in turn beaten by Club Brugge KV in the quarter-finals. Bremen knocked out the Belgians 2-1 on aggregate to secure their place in the final.

Midfield force drives Monaco
Arsène Wenger’s AS Monaco had, in Rui Barros, Marcel Dib, Emmanuel Petit and Gérald Passi a formidable midfield, while George Weah and Youssouf Fofana dispensed African skill up front. A solitary Rui Barros goal decided the quarter-final against AS Roma and in the semi-final, after a 1-1 home draw, they went 2-0 up against Feyenoord in Rotterdam, only for the Dutch to pull back to 2-2. The away-goals rule sent Monaco to Lisbon.

Bastia tragedy overshadows final
However, morale was badly affected by news of the Bastia tragedy on the eve of the final and, once behind, they lacked the heart to fight back. Bremen were content to let the French dominate possession and Allofs scored on the break after 41 minutes. When Rufer broke clear nine minutes after the interval to make it 2-0, the final was virtually over.

Date: 06.05.1992
SV Werder – AS Monaco 2:0 (1:0)
Stadium: Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Spectators: 16.000
Referee: D’Elia/Italien
Line-ups:

Werder: Rollmann – Bratseth, Wolter (34.Schaaf), Borowka, Bockenfeld, Votava, Eilts, Neubarth (75.Kohn), Bode, Rufer, Allofs

Monaco: Ettori – Valery (62.Djorkaeff), Mendy, Petit, Sonor, Gnako, Barros, Dib, Passi, Weah, Fofana (58.Clement)

Goals: 1:0 Allofs (40.), 2:0 Rufer (55.)

Video of the 2 goals: