1995 UEFA Champions League Final

1995 UEFA Champions League Final

Match programme cover
Event 1994–95 UEFA Champions League
Ajax Milan
Netherlands Italy
1 0
Date 24 May 1995
Venue Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Referee Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)
Attendance 49,730

The 1995 UEFA Champions League Final was the 40th edition and took place in Vienna between AFC Ajax and A.C. Milan. It was Milan's third consecutive European Cup final, a feat which has only been matched in the Champions League era by Juventus between 1996 and 1998, and they were aiming to tie Real Madrid's record of having won the European Cup six times. After 85 minutes the deadlock was broken when Frank Rijkaard, a former Milan player found Patrick Kluivert with just enough space in the penalty area to lose his two markers and slot the ball past Milan keeper Sebastiano Rossi.

This was the first final aired by private broadcasters and not by EBU, and the first year that shirts with sponsoring were worn in the European Cup final.

Road to final

For more details on this topic, see 1994–95 UEFA Champions League.
Netherlands Ajax Round Italy Milan
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Italy Milan 2–0 (H) Matchday 1 Netherlands Ajax 0–2 (A)
Greece AEK Athens 2–1 (A) Matchday 2 Austria Casino Salzburg 3–0 (H)
Austria Casino Salzburg 0–0 (A) Matchday 3 Greece AEK Athens 0–0 (A)
Austria Casino Salzburg 1–1 (H) Matchday 4 Greece AEK Athens 2–1 (H)
Italy Milan 2–0 (A) Matchday 5 Netherlands Ajax 0–2 (H)
Greece AEK Athens 2–0 (H) Matchday 6 Austria Casino Salzburg 1–0 (A)
Group D winner
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
 Final standings Group D runners-up
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
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia Hajduk Split 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals Portugal Benfica 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Germany Bayern Munich 5–2 0–0 (A) 5–2 (H) Semi-finals France 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

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

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

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

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