1992 European Cup final

The 1992 European Cup final was a football match held on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sampdoria of Italy and Barcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the game 1–0 after extra time, thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick, to record their first triumph in the competition. It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In doing so, they became the second Spanish club to win the tournament and the 19th overall. This was the last final before the competition was re-branded as the Champions League. The final is, as of 2025, the most recent in which both of the finalists entered a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final having not won any of the previous finals.

1992 European Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1991–92 European Cup
Sampdoria Barcelona 0 1
After extra time
Date	20 May 1992
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
Attendance	70,827[1]
← 1991 (Champions League) 1993 →

Teams

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Sampdoria	None
Barcelona	2 (1961, 1986)

Route to the final

Further information: 1991–92 European Cup

Sampdoria				Round	Barcelona
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	7–1	5–0 (H)	2–1 (A)	First round	Hansa Rostock	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Kispest Honvéd	4–3	1–2 (A)	3–1 (H)	Second round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3 (a)	2–0 (H)	1–3 (A)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Red Star Belgrade	2–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Sparta Prague	3–2 (H)
Panathinaikos	0–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Benfica	0–0 (A)
Anderlecht	2–3 (A)			Matchday 3	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0 (A)
Anderlecht	2–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0 (H)
Red Star Belgrade	3–1 (A)			Matchday 5	Sparta Prague	0–1 (A)
Panathinaikos	1–1 (H)			Matchday 6	Benfica	2–1 (H)
Group A winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Sampdoria 6 8 2 Red Star Belgrade 6 6 3 Anderlecht 6 6 4 Panathinaikos 6 4 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group B winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Barcelona 6 9 2 Sparta Prague 6 6 3 Benfica 6 5 4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 4 Source: UEFA

Match

Details

20 May 1992 (1992-05-20)

19:15 UTC+1

Sampdoria	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona
	Report	Koeman 112'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 70,827^[1]

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Sampdoria

Barcelona

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Moreno Mannini  39' CB 5 Pietro Vierchowod  66' CB 6 Marco Lanna LB 3 Srečko Katanec RM 7 Attilio Lombardo CM 4 Fausto Pari CM 8 Toninho Cerezo LM 11 Ivano Bonetti  73' CF 10 Roberto Mancini (c)  118' CF 9 Gianluca Vialli  100' Substitutes: GK 12 Giulio Nuciari DF 13 Dario Bonetti MF 14 Giovanni Invernizzi  73' MF 15 Paulo Silas MF 16 Renato Buso  100' Manager: Vujadin Boškov

GK 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (c) SW 4 Ronald Koeman CB 3 Albert Ferrer CB 2 Nando DM 10 Pep Guardiola  112' RWB 11 Eusebio Sacristán LWB 5 Juan Carlos AM 6 José Mari Bakero  75' AM 9 Michael Laudrup SS 8 Hristo Stoichkov CF 7 Julio Salinas  65' Substitutes: DF 12 José Ramón Alexanko  112' GK 13 Carles Busquets FW 14 Txiki Begiristain MF 15 Miguel Ángel Nadal MF 16 Jon Andoni Goikoetxea  65' Manager: Johan Cruyff

Assistant referees: Joachim Ren (Germany) Uwe Ennuschat (Germany) Fourth official: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

• 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – contested by the same teams
• 1991–92 European Cup
• FC Barcelona in international football competitions
• U.C. Sampdoria in European football