bir önceki sene juventus ve everton arasında oynanması gereken final maçı heysel faciası yüzünden ingiliz takımlarına verilen avrupa kupalarına katılmama cezası nedeniyle oynanmamıştı.
maç siyasi nedenlerle tarafsız saha olan louis ii stadyumu'nda oynanmıştır. finallerin monaco'da oynanması geleneği yıllar sonra, 1998'de süper kupa'nın tek ayaklı oynanmasıyla başlar.
bu maçta steaua'yı anghel iordanescu, dynamo'yu ise valeri lobanovski çalıştırmıştır.
andras k. bodor'un futbol ve kültürü kitabında (ilk basım 1993) yer alan "diktatörlüğün derbisi: dinamo ve steaua bükreş" başlıklı yazısından;
steaua bükreş, şampiyon kulüpler kupası'nın 1986'da sevila'da oynanan dramatik finalinde, fc barcelona'yı uzatmalardan sonra penaltılarla 2-0 mağlup etti - tam dört penaltı kurtaran kaleci helmut duckadam'ın başarısı, rekorlar kitabına geçmiş olmalıdır. şubat 1987'de monte carlo'da süper kupa da kazanıldı; gheorghe hagi'nin golü, kupa galipleri kupası şampiyonu dinamo kiev'e karşı 1-0'lık galibiyeti getirdi. 1989 ilkbaharında steaua şampiyon kulüpler kupası finalindeydi, ama bu sefer ac milan'a 4-0'ia mağlup oldu.
in many ways, the 1986 uefa super cup was the first of the modern finals. it also marked the belated conclusion of a highly successful european season for fc steaua bucureşti. gheorghi hagi's 44th-minute goal was the first scored in the competition for over two years, after the 1985 edition had been cancelled, and it was all the romanian side would need to pick up their second european trophy in nine months.
steaua had defeated fc barcelona on penalties in seville to claim the european champion clubs' cup and were up against an fc dynamo kyiv side that had also overcome a primera división side, club atlético de madrid, to win the uefa cup winners' cup 3-0 at the stade de gerland in lyon.
rather than play the uefa super cup as the customary two-legged, home-and-away affair, steaua and dynamo decided to contest the fixture on a one-off basis, with uefa choosing monaco's stade louis ii as the neutral venue for the game, which took place on 24 february 1987. the same venue, of course, has hosted every uefa super cup since 1998.
hagi got the game's only goal shortly before half-time. oleh blokhin conceded a free-kick 25 metres out for a foul on tudorel stoica, and the future golden boy of the romanian national team gave a hint of what was to come in his career by curling a terrific left-footed free-kick into the dynamo net.
french sports paper l'equipe summed up the game neatly as a victory for the "legs, muscles and nerves" of the romanians over the "heads" of the ukrainians. their win was well deserved, and except for the first 25 minutes, the romanian side dominated. having played some sweet football in winning the uefa cup winners' cup, dynamo had gone into the game as favourites, but with defender vladimir bessonov injured, steaua assumed command. marius lăcătuş came close to doubling his side's lead after 66 minutes, but one goal would prove enough.
steaua bucarest: dumitru stingaciu, ılie barbulescu, miodrag belodedici, ştefan ıovan, adrian bumbescu, ladislau bölöni, gheorghe hagi (dk. 84 gavril balint), lucian balan, tudorel stoica, marius mihail lacatus (dk. 89 mihail majearu), victor piturca
