1995 UEFA Champions League Final

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]

1995 UEFA Champions League Final
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]

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 Ajax 6 10
2 Milan 6 5
3 Casino Salzburg 6 5
4 AEK Athens 6 2
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group D runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Ajax 6 10
2 Milan 6 5
3 Casino Salzburg 6 5
4 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  85' Report
Attendance: 49,730[1]
Ajax
Milan
GK1 Edwin van der Sar
RB2 Michael Reiziger
CB3 Danny Blind (c) 44'
DM4 Frank Rijkaard
LB5 Frank de Boer
RM6 Clarence Seedorf 53'
RF7 Finidi George
LM8 Edgar Davids
CF9 Ronald de Boer
AM10 Jari Litmanen 70'
LF11 Marc Overmars 33'
Substitutions:
GK12 Fred Grim
DF13 Winston Bogarde
FW14 Nwankwo Kanu 53'
FW15 Patrick Kluivert 70'
FW16 Peter van Vossen
Manager:
Louis van Gaal
GK1 Sebastiano Rossi
RB2 Christian Panucci
LB3 Paolo Maldini
CM4 Demetrio Albertini
CB5 Alessandro Costacurta
CB6 Franco Baresi (c)
RM7 Roberto Donadoni
CM8 Marcel Desailly
CF9 Daniele Massaro 88'
LM10 Zvonimir Boban 84'
CF11 Marco Simone
Substitutions:
GK12 Mario Ielpo
DF13 Filippo Galli
MF14 Stefano Eranio 88'
MF15 Gianluigi Lentini 84'
MF16 Giovanni Stroppa
Manager:
Fabio Capello

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

See also

References
  1. "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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