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1995 UEFA Champions League Final

1995 UEFA Champions League Final
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Match programme cover
Event1994–95 UEFA Champions League
Ajax Milan
1 0
Date24 May 1995
VenueErnst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
RefereeIon Crăciunescu (Romania)
Attendance49,730[1]

The 1995 UEFA Champions League Final was the 40th edition and took place in Vienna between Ajax and Milan. It was 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 Patrick Kluivert,[2] aged 18 years and 327 days, became the youngest player to score (on an assist by Frank Rijkaard) in a UEFA Champions League final.[3]

Teams

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)

Road to final

Further information: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League
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 Netherlands Ajax 6 10
2 Italy Milan 6 5
3 Austria Casino Salzburg 6 5
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 2
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group D runners-up
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Netherlands Ajax 6 10
2 Italy Milan 6 5
3 Austria Casino Salzburg 6 5
4 Greece 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

Details

Ajax1–0Milan
Kluivert Goal 85' Report
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 49,730[1]
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)
Ajax
Milan
GK 1 Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB 2 Netherlands Michael Reiziger
CB 3 Netherlands Danny Blind (c) Yellow card 44'
DM 4 Netherlands Frank Rijkaard
LB 5 Netherlands Frank de Boer
RM 6 Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Substituted off 53'
RF 7 Nigeria Finidi George
LM 8 Netherlands Edgar Davids
CF 9 Netherlands Ronald de Boer
AM 10 Finland Jari Litmanen Substituted off 70'
LF 11 Netherlands Marc Overmars Yellow card 33'
Substitutions:
GK 12 Netherlands Fred Grim
DF 13 Netherlands Winston Bogarde
FW 14 Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu Substituted in 53'
FW 15 Netherlands Patrick Kluivert Substituted in 70'
FW 16 Netherlands Peter van Vossen
Manager:
Netherlands Louis van Gaal
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GK 1 Italy Sebastiano Rossi
RB 2 Italy Christian Panucci
LB 3 Italy Paolo Maldini
CM 4 Italy Demetrio Albertini
CB 5 Italy Alessandro Costacurta
CB 6 Italy Franco Baresi (c)
RM 7 Italy Roberto Donadoni
CM 8 France Marcel Desailly
CF 9 Italy Daniele Massaro Substituted off 88'
LM 10 Croatia Zvonimir Boban Substituted off 84'
CF 11 Italy Marco Simone
Substitutions:
GK 12 Italy Mario Ielpo
DF 13 Italy Filippo Galli
MF 14 Italy Stefano Eranio Substituted in 88'
MF 15 Italy Gianluigi Lentini Substituted in 84'
MF 16 Italy Giovanni Stroppa
Manager:
Italy Fabio Capello

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

See also

  • 1969 European Cup Final – contested by the same teams
  • 1995 UEFA Super Cup
  • 1994–95 A.C. Milan season
  • 1994–95 AFC Ajax season
  • A.C. Milan in European football
  • AFC Ajax in European football

References

  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. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

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