1995 UEFA Champions League final

1995 UEFA Champions League Final

Match programme cover
Event	1994–95 UEFA Champions League
Ajax Milan 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

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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ajax 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 10 Milan 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 5* Casino Salzburg 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 5 AEK Athens 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2				Final standings	Group D runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ajax 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 10 Milan 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 5* Casino Salzburg 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 5 AEK Athens 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2
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

24 May 1995

20:30 CEST

Ajax	1–0	Milan
Kluivert 85'	Report MatchCentre

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 49,730

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Ajax

Milan

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Danny Blind (c)  44' LB 5 Frank de Boer DM 4 Frank Rijkaard RM 6 Clarence Seedorf  53' LM 8 Edgar Davids AM 10 Jari Litmanen  70' RF 7 Finidi George CF 9 Ronald de Boer 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 CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta CB 6 Franco Baresi (c) LB 3 Paolo Maldini CM 4 Demetrio Albertini CM 8 Marcel Desailly RW 7 Roberto Donadoni LW 10 Zvonimir Boban  84' CF 9 Daniele Massaro  88' 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

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

See also

• 1994–95 UEFA Champions League

External links

• UEFA Champions League 1994/1995 season at UEFA.com