1995 UEFA Champions League final
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| Event | 1994–95 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 1995 | ||||||
| Venue | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | ||||||
| Referee | Ion Crăciunescu (Romania) | ||||||
| Attendance | 49,730[1] | ||||||
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]
Teams
[edit]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) |
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| Ajax | 4 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973) |
| Milan | 7 (1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994) |
Route to the final
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| 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
Source: UEFA
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Final standings | Group D runners-up
Source: UEFA
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| 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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See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Ames, Nick (24 May 2020). "'A volcano that exploded': the '95 Ajax side that changed European football". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Youngest player to score in a UEFA Champions League final". Guinness World Records. 24 May 1995. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- UEFA Champions League 1994/1995 season at UEFA.com