1995 UEFA Champions League final

The 1995 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match played on 24 May 1995 at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, Austria, to determine the winners of the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League, the 40th season of Europe's premier club competition organised by UEFA. It was contested by Dutch side Ajax and Milan of Italy in a rematch of the 1969 final. Milan were appearing in their third consecutive UEFA Champions League final, as well as aiming to win a sixth European Cup/UEFA Champions League title, which would have tied them with Real Madrid's record. However, after 85 minutes, Ajax striker Patrick Kluivert scored the only goal of the game to give Ajax the title; at the age of 18 years, 327 days, that made him the youngest player to score in a UEFA Champions League final.^[2][3]

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[1]
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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)

Route to the 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 v t e 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[a] Pos Team v t e 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)

1. Milan were docked two points for crowd trouble against Casino Salzburg on matchday 2.

Match

Details

24 May 1995 (1995-05-24)

20:30 UTC+2

Ajax	1–0	Milan
Kluivert 85'	Report

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 49,730^[1]

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Ajax

Milan

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Danny Blind (c)  44' DM 4 Frank Rijkaard LB 5 Frank de Boer RM 6 Clarence Seedorf  53' RF 7 Finidi George LM 8 Edgar Davids CF 9 Ronald de Boer AM 10 Jari Litmanen  70' 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 RM 10 Zvonimir Boban  84' CM 4 Demetrio Albertini CM 8 Marcel Desailly LM 7 Roberto Donadoni RF 9 Daniele Massaro  88' LF 11 Marco Simone Substitutions: GK 12 Mario Ielpo CB 13 Filippo Galli RM 14 Stefano Eranio  88' RM 15 Gianluigi Lentini  84' CM 16 Giovanni Stroppa Manager: Fabio Capello

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

See also

• 1969 European Cup final – contested by the same teams
• 1995 UEFA Super Cup
• 1994–95 A.C. Milan season
• 1994–95 AFC Ajax season
• A.C. Milan in European football
• AFC Ajax in European football