1994–95 UEFA Champions League

1994–95 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates 10 – 24 August 1994 (qualifying)
14 September 1994 – 24 May 1995 (competition proper)
Teams 16 (group stage)
24 (total)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands Ajax (4th title)
Runners-up Italy Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 61
Goals scored 140 (2.3 per match)
Attendance 2,328,515 (38,172 per match)
Top scorer(s) Liberia George Weah
(7 goals)

The 1994–95 UEFA Champions League was the 40th edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the third since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Ajax of the Netherlands with a late goal in the final against defending champions Milan of Italy. Ajax won the competition without losing a game, either in the group or the knock-out stage in winning the title for the first time since 1973.

Compared to the previous edition of the European Cup, radical changes were made to the format of the tournament, due to a recently expired contract which bound UEFA to the EBU for the transmission of the final, and this gave occasion for a general review of the format which attracted the interest of new and financially well-off private television companies. This year included four groups of four teams each in the group stage, up from two groups of four teams each in 1993–94. It was also the first year in which eight teams advanced to the knock-out stage and the first of three years in which champions of smaller nations entered the UEFA Cup instead of the Champions League. It was also the first time that this competition was known as UEFA Champions League from the first to the last match of the competition, the two previous seasons, the UEFA Champions League involved the round(s) between the round of 16 and the final of the European Champions Cup.

Yugoslavia was unable to participate for the second edition in a row due to the UN economic sanctions.

Qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Group A
Avenir Beggen Luxembourg 1–9 Turkey Galatasaray 1–5 0–4
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–2 Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 0–2
Group B
Silkeborg Denmark 1–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–3
Paris Saint-Germain France 5–1 Hungary Vác FC-Samsung 3–0 2–1
Group C
Legia Warsaw Poland 0–5 Croatia Hajduk Split 0–1 0–4
Steaua București Romania 5–2 Switzerland Servette 4–1 1–1
Group D
AEK Athens Greece 3–0 Scotland Rangers 2–0 1–0
Maccabi Haifa Israel 2–5 Austria SV Casino Salzburg 1–2 1–3

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Group stage

Location of teams of the 1994-95 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

10 teams of 16 made their UEFA Champions League group stage debut: AEK Athens, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Casino Salzburg, Dynamo Kyiv, Hajduk Split, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Steaua București. Two of these teams, Benfica and Dynamo Kyiv, had previously contested the 1991-92 European Cup group stage.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sweden IFK Göteborg 6411107+39
Spain Barcelona 6222118+36
England Manchester United 6222111106
Turkey Galatasaray 611439−63
 BARGALGOTMU
Barcelona 2–1 1–1 4–0
Galatasaray 2–1 0–1 0–0
IFK Göteborg 2–1 1–0 3–1
Manchester United 2–2 4–0 4–2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Paris Saint-Germain 6600123+912
Germany Bayern Munich 622287+16
Russia Spartak Moscow 6123812−44
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6105511−62
 BMDKPSGSPA
Bayern Munich 1–0 0–1 2–2
Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 1–2 3–2
Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 1–0 4–1
Spartak Moscow 1–1 1–0 1–2

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Benfica 633095+49
Croatia Hajduk Split 622257−26
Romania Steaua București 613276+15
Belgium Anderlecht 604247−34
 ANDBENHAJSB
Anderlecht 1–1 0–0 0–0
Benfica 3–1 2–1 2–1
Hajduk Split 2–1 0–0 1–4
Steaua București 1–1 1–1 0–1

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands Ajax 642092+710
Italy Milan 631265+15*
Austria Casino Salzburg 613246−25
Greece AEK Athens 602439−62
 AEKAJACASMIL
AEK Athens 1–2 1–3 0–0
Ajax 2–0 1–1 2–0
Casino Salzburg 0–0 0–0 0–1
Milan 2–1 0–2 3–0

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
 Germany Bayern Munich (a) 0 2 2  
 Sweden IFK Göteborg 0 2 2  
   Germany Bayern Munich 0 2 2  
   Netherlands Ajax 0 5 5  
 Croatia Hajduk Split 0 0 0
   Netherlands Ajax 0 3 3  
     Netherlands Ajax 1
   Italy Milan 0
   Spain Barcelona 1 1 2  
 France Paris-Saint Germain 1 2 3  
   France Paris Saint-Germain 0 0 0
   Italy Milan 1 2 3  
 Italy Milan 2 0 2
   Portugal Benfica 0 0 0  

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 2–2 (a) Sweden IFK Göteborg 0–0 2–2
Hajduk Split Croatia 0–3 Netherlands Ajax 0–0 0–3
Barcelona Spain 2–3 France Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 1–2
Milan Italy 2–0 Portugal Benfica 2–0 0–0

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 2–5 Netherlands Ajax 0–0 2–5
Paris Saint-Germain France 0–3 Italy Milan 0–1 0–2

Final

24 May 1995
20:30
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Italy Milan
Kluivert  85' Report

MatchCentre

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Liberia George Weah France Paris Saint-Germain 7
2 Finland Jari Litmanen Netherlands Ajax 6
3 Sweden Magnus Erlingmark Sweden IFK Göteborg 4
Italy Marco Simone Italy Milan 4
5 Spain José Mari Bakero Spain Barcelona 3
Brazil Romário Spain Barcelona 3
Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona 3
Argentina Claudio Caniggia Portugal Benfica 3
Germany Christian Nerlinger Germany Bayern Munich 3
Germany Mehmet Scholl Germany Bayern Munich 3
Ukraine Viktor Leonenko Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3

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