1990 European Cup final

The 1990 European Cup final was a football match between AC Milan of Italy and Benfica of Portugal, played on 23 May 1990 at the Praterstadion in Vienna, Austria. The winning goal came in the 68th minute for Milan, when Frank Rijkaard ran through the opposing defence and scored the only goal of the match.^[1][2]

1990 European Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1989–90 European Cup
Milan Benfica 1 0
Date	23 May 1990
Venue	Praterstadion, Vienna
Referee	Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Attendance	58,000
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Milan were the last club until Real Madrid in 2017 to successfully defend their title.

Route to the final

Further information: 1989–90 European Cup

Milan				Round	Benfica
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
HJK	5–0	4–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	First round	Derry City	6–1	2–1 (A)	4–0 (H)
Real Madrid	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Second round	Budapest Honvéd	9–0	2–0 (A)	7–0 (H)
Mechelen	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Quarter-finals	Dnipro	4–0	1–0 (H)	3–0 (A)
Bayern Munich	2–2 (a)	1–0 (H)	1–2 (a.e.t.) (A)	Semi-finals	Marseille	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

23 May 1990

20:15 CEST

Milan	1–0	Benfica
Rijkaard 68'	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Milan

Benfica

GK 1 Giovanni Galli RB 2 Mauro Tassotti LB 3 Paolo Maldini RM 4 Angelo Colombo  90' CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta CB 6 Franco Baresi (c) CM 7 Carlo Ancelotti  75' CM 8 Frank Rijkaard CF 9 Marco van Basten CF 10 Ruud Gullit LM 11 Alberico Evani Substitutes: GK 12 Andrea Pazzagli DF 13 Filippo Galli  90' FW 14 Daniele Massaro  75' FW 15 Marco Simone FW 16 Stefano Borgonovo Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

GK 1 Silvino (c) RB 2 José Carlos CB 3 Ricardo Gomes  65' LB 4 Samuel CB 5 Aldair  40' LW 6 António Pacheco  60' RW 7 Vítor Paneira  76' CM 8 Valdo CF 9 Mats Magnusson CM 10 Jonas Thern DM 11 Hernâni Substitutes: GK 12 Manuel Bento DF 13 Fernando Mendes MF 14 Diamantino FW 15 César Brito  60' FW 16 Vata  76' Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

Assistant referees: Hubert Forstinger (Austria) Heinz Holzmann (Austria) Fourth official: Friedrich Kaupe (Austria)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Five named substitutes, of which two may be used

See also

• 1963 European Cup final – contested between same teams
• 1989–90 European Cup
• AC Milan in European football
• S.L. Benfica in international football