1994–95 UEFA Champions League

1994–95 UEFA Champions League

The Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna held the final
Tournament details
Dates	10 – 24 August 1994 (qualifying) 14 September 1994 – 24 May 1995 (competition proper)
Teams	16 (group stage) 24 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (4th title)
Runners-up	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	140 (2.3 per match)
Attendance	2,328,515 (38,172 per match)
Top scorer(s)	George Weah (7 goals)

The 1994–95 UEFA Champions League was the 40th edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the third since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Ajax of the Netherlands with a late goal in the final against defending champions Milan of Italy. Ajax won the competition without losing a game, either in the group or the knock-out stage in winning the title for the first time since 1973.

Compared to the previous edition of the European Cup, radical changes were made to the format of the tournament, due to a recently expired contract which bound UEFA to the EBU for the transmission of the final, and this gave occasion for a general review of the format which attracted the interest of new and financially well-off private television companies. This year included four groups of four teams each in the group stage, up from two groups of four teams each in 1993–94. It was also the first year in which eight teams advanced to the knock-out stage and the first of three years in which champions of smaller nations entered the UEFA Cup instead of the Champions League. It was also the first time that this competition was known as UEFA Champions League from the first to the last match of the competition, the two previous seasons, the UEFA Champions League involved the round(s) between the round of 16 and the final of the European Champions Cup.

Qualifying round

Main article: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Group A
Avenir Beggen	1–9	Galatasaray	1–5	0–4
Sparta Prague	1–2	IFK Göteborg	1–0	0–2
Group B
Silkeborg	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	1–3
Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	Vác FC-Samsung	3–0	2–1
Group C
Legia Warsaw	0–5	Hajduk Split	0–1	0–4
Steaua București	5–2	Servette	4–1	1–1
Group D
AEK Athens	3–0	Rangers	2–0	1–0
Maccabi Haifa	2–5	SV Casino Salzburg	1–2	1–3

Group stage

Main article: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage

IFK Göteborg

Barcelona

Manchester United

Galatasaray

Paris Saint-Germain

Bayern

Spartak Moscow

Dynamo Kyiv

Benfica

Hajduk Split

Steaua București

Anderlecht

Ajax

Milan

Salzburg

AEK Athens

Location of teams of the 1994-95 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

10 teams of 16 made their UEFA Champions League group stage debut: AEK Athens, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Casino Salzburg, Dynamo Kyiv, Hajduk Split, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Steaua București. Two of these teams, Benfica and Dynamo Kyiv, had previously contested the 1991-92 European Cup group stage.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts IFK Göteborg 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 9 Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 6 Manchester United 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 6 Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6 3

BAR GAL GOT MU Barcelona – 2–1 1–1 4–0 Galatasaray 2–1 – 0–1 0–0 IFK Göteborg 2–1 1–0 – 3–1 Manchester United 2–2 4–0 4–2 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Paris Saint-Germain 6 6 0 0 12 3 +9 12 Bayern Munich 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 6 Spartak Moscow 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 2

BM DK PSG SPA Bayern Munich – 1–0 0–1 2–2 Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 – 1–2 3–2 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 1–0 – 4–1 Spartak Moscow 1–1 1–0 1–2 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Benfica 6 3 3 0 9 5 +4 9 Hajduk Split 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 6 Steaua București 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 5 Anderlecht 6 0 4 2 4 7 −3 4

AND BEN HAJ SB Anderlecht – 1–1 0–0 0–0 Benfica 3–1 – 2–1 2–1 Hajduk Split 2–1 0–0 – 1–4 Steaua București 1–1 1–1 0–1 –

Group D

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

AEK AJA CAS MIL AEK Athens – 1–2 1–3 0–0 Ajax 2–0 – 1–1 2–0 Casino Salzburg 0–0 0–0 – 0–1 Milan 2–1 0–2 3–0 –

Milan were deducted two points for crowd trouble against Casino Salzburg on Matchday Two.

Knockout stage

Main article: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Bayern Munich (a)	0	2	2
	IFK Göteborg	0	2	2
							Bayern Munich	0	2	2
							Ajax	0	5	5
	Hajduk Split	0	0	0
	Ajax	0	3	3
													Ajax
													Milan
	Barcelona	1	1	2
	Paris-Saint Germain	1	2	3
							Paris Saint-Germain	0	0	0
							Milan	1	2	3
	Milan	2	0	2
	Benfica	0	0	0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	2–2 (a)	IFK Göteborg	0–0	2–2
Hajduk Split	0–3	Ajax	0–0	0–3
Barcelona	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	1–2
Milan	2–0	Benfica	2–0	0–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	2–5	Ajax	0–0	2–5
Paris Saint-Germain	0–3	Milan	0–1	0–2

Final

Main article: 1995 UEFA Champions League Final

Ajax v Milan

24 May 1995 20:30

Ajax	1–0	Milan
Kluivert  85'	Report MatchCentre

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 49,730 Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	George Weah	Paris Saint-Germain	7
2	Jari Litmanen	Ajax	6
3	Magnus Erlingmark	IFK Göteborg	4
	Marco Simone	Milan	4
5	José Mari Bakero	Barcelona	3
	Romário	Barcelona	3
	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	3
	Claudio Caniggia	Benfica	3
	Christian Nerlinger	Bayern Munich	3
	Mehmet Scholl	Bayern Munich	3
	Viktor Leonenko	Dynamo Kyiv	3

See also

• 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• 1994–95 UEFA Cup

External links

• 1994–95 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at RSSSF
• All scorers 1994–95 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA
• All scorers qualifying round
• 1994/95 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)