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 title holders 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 their first title in 22 years and as of 2026 the most recent; at the age of , that made him the youngest player to score in a UEFA Champions League final.
Teams In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era. TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)Ajax4 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973)Milan7 (1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)
Route to the final
AjaxRound MilanOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Milan2–0 (H)Matchday 1 Ajax0–2 (A) AEK Athens2–1 (A)Matchday 2 Casino Salzburg3–0 (H) Casino Salzburg0–0 (A)Matchday 3 AEK Athens0–0 (A) Casino Salzburg1–1 (H)Matchday 4 AEK Athens2–1 (H) Milan2–0 (A)Matchday 5 Ajax0–2 (H) AEK Athens2–0 (H)Matchday 6 Casino Salzburg1–0 (A)Group D winnerFinal standingsGroup D runners-upOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Hajduk Split3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)Quarter-finals Benfica2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A) Bayern Munich5–20–0 (A)5–2 (H)Semi-finals Paris Saint-Germain3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H)
Match Details
GK 1 Edwin van der SarRB 2 Michael ReizigerCB 3 Danny Blind (c) DM 4 Frank RijkaardLB 5 Frank de BoerRM 6 Clarence Seedorf RF 7 Finidi GeorgeLM 8 Edgar DavidsCF 9 Ronald de BoerAM 10 Jari Litmanen LF 11 Marc Overmars Substitutions:GK 12 Fred GrimDF 13 Winston BogardeFW 14 Nwankwo Kanu FW 15 Patrick Kluivert FW 16 Peter van VossenManager: Louis van Gaal GK 1 Sebastiano RossiRB 2 Christian PanucciCB 5 Alessandro CostacurtaCB 6 Franco Baresi (c)LB 3 Paolo MaldiniDM 4 Demetrio AlbertiniDM 8 Marcel DesaillyRM 7 Roberto DonadoniLM 10 Zvonimir Boban SS 11 Marco SimoneCF 9 Daniele Massaro Substitutions:GK 12 Mario IelpoCB 13 Filippo GalliRM 14 Stefano Eranio RM 15 Gianluigi Lentini CM 16 Giovanni StroppaManager: 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 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final 1995 UEFA Cup final 1994–95 AC Milan season 1994–95 AFC Ajax season AC Milan in international football AFC Ajax in international football
References
External links UEFA Champions League 1994/1995 season at UEFA.com