1995 UEFA Champions League final

The 1995 UEFA Champions League final was the 40th edition and took place in Vienna between Ajax and Milan. It was a rematch of the 1969 European Cup final and Milan's third consecutive UEFA Champions League final, a feat which has since been matched in the Champions League era by Juventus between 1996 and 1998 and Real Madrid between 2016 and 2018. Milan was also aiming to tie Real Madrid's record of having won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League six times. After 85 minutes, the deadlock was broken when Ajax striker Patrick Kluivert, aged 18 years and 327 days, became the youngest player to score in a UEFA Champions League final.[2][3]

1995 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event1994–95 UEFA Champions League
Date24 May 1995
VenueErnst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
RefereeIon Crăciunescu (Romania)
Attendance49,730[1]
1994
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Teams

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In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Ajax 4 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973)
Milan 7 (1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)

Route to the final

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Ajax Round Milan
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Milan 2–0 (H) Matchday 1 Ajax 0–2 (A)
AEK Athens 2–1 (A) Matchday 2 Casino Salzburg 3–0 (H)
Casino Salzburg 0–0 (A) Matchday 3 AEK Athens 0–0 (A)
Casino Salzburg 1–1 (H) Matchday 4 AEK Athens 2–1 (H)
Milan 2–0 (A) Matchday 5 Ajax 0–2 (H)
AEK Athens 2–0 (H) Matchday 6 Casino Salzburg 1–0 (A)
Group D winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Ajax 6 10
2   Milan 6 5
3   Casino Salzburg 6 5
4   AEK Athens 6 2
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group D runners-up

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Ajax 6 10
2   Milan 6 5
3   Casino Salzburg 6 5
4   AEK Athens 6 2
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Hajduk Split 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals Benfica 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Bayern Munich 5–2 0–0 (A) 5–2 (H) Semi-finals Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)

* Milan were docked two points for crowd trouble against Casino Salzburg on Matchday Two.

Match

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Details

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Ajax  1–0  Milan
Kluivert   85' Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ajax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Milan
GK 1   Edwin van der Sar
RB 2   Michael Reiziger
CB 3   Danny Blind (c)   44'
DM 4   Frank Rijkaard
LB 5   Frank de Boer
RM 6   Clarence Seedorf   53'
RF 7   Finidi George
LM 8   Edgar Davids
CF 9   Ronald de Boer
AM 10   Jari Litmanen   70'
LF 11   Marc Overmars   33'
Substitutions:
GK 12   Fred Grim
DF 13   Winston Bogarde
FW 14   Nwankwo Kanu   53'
FW 15   Patrick Kluivert   70'
FW 16   Peter van Vossen
Manager:
  Louis van Gaal
 
GK 1   Sebastiano Rossi
RB 2   Christian Panucci
LB 3   Paolo Maldini
CM 4   Demetrio Albertini
CB 5   Alessandro Costacurta
CB 6   Franco Baresi (c)
RM 7   Roberto Donadoni
CM 8   Marcel Desailly
CF 9   Daniele Massaro   88'
LM 10   Zvonimir Boban   84'
CF 11   Marco Simone
Substitutions:
GK 12   Mario Ielpo
DF 13   Filippo Galli
MF 14   Stefano Eranio   88'
MF 15   Gianluigi Lentini   84'
MF 16   Giovanni Stroppa
Manager:
  Fabio Capello

Linesmen:
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Tudor Constantinescu (Romania)
Fourth official:
Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ Ames, Nick (24 May 2020). "'A volcano that exploded': the '95 Ajax side that changed European football". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Youngest player to score in a UEFA Champions League final". Guinness World Records. 24 May 1995. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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