1996 UEFA Champions League Final

1996 UEFA Champions League Final

Match programme cover
Event	1995–96 UEFA Champions League
Ajax Juventus 1 1
After extra time Juventus won 4–2 on penalties
Date	22 May 1996
Venue	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee	Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Attendance	70,000[1]
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The 1996 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match played on 22 May 1996 between Ajax of the Netherlands and Juventus of Italy. The match ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time, forcing a penalty shoot-out, which Juventus won 4–2. It was the club's second triumph in the competition.

Route to the final[]

Ajax				Round	Juventus
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Real Madrid	1–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Borussia Dortmund	3–1 (A)
Ferencváros	5–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Steaua București	3–0 (H)
Grasshopper	3–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Rangers	4–1 (H)
Grasshopper	0–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Rangers	4–0 (A)
Real Madrid	2–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Borussia Dortmund	1–2 (H)
Ferencváros	4–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Steaua București	0–0 (A)
Group D winner Pos Team v t Pld Pts 1 Ajax 6 16 2 Real Madrid 6 10 3 Ferencváros 6 5 4 Grasshopper 6 2 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group C winner Pos Team v t Pld Pts 1 Juventus 6 13 2 Borussia Dortmund 6 9 3 Steaua București 6 6 4 Rangers 6 3 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	2–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Real Madrid	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Panathinaikos	3–1	0–1 (H)	3–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Nantes	4–3	2–0 (H)	2–3 (A)

Match[]

Details[]

22 May 1996

20:30 CEST

Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Litmanen 41'	Report	Ravanelli 13'
Penalties
Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy	2–4	Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 70,000^[1]

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Ajax

Juventus

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Sonny Silooy CB 3 Danny Blind (c)  83' DM 4 Frank de Boer  69' LB 5 Winston Bogarde RM 6 Ronald de Boer  91' RF 7 Finidi George  22' LM 8 Edgar Davids CF 9 Nwankwo Kanu AM 10 Jari Litmanen LF 11 Kiki Musampa  46' Substitutions: GK 12 Fred Grim MF 13 Arnold Scholten  69' MF 14 Dave van den Bergh FW 15 Patrick Kluivert  46' MF 16 Nordin Wooter  92'  91' Manager: Louis van Gaal

GK 1 Angelo Peruzzi CB 2 Ciro Ferrara LB 3 Gianluca Pessotto RB 4 Moreno Torricelli  102' CB 5 Pietro Vierchowod CM 6 Paulo Sousa  57' LM 7 Didier Deschamps  87' RM 8 Antonio Conte  44' CF 9 Gianluca Vialli (c) LF 10 Alessandro Del Piero RF 11 Fabrizio Ravanelli  77' Substitutions: GK 12 Michelangelo Rampulla DF 13 Sergio Porrini MF 14 Vladimir Jugović  50'  44' MF 15 Angelo Di Livio  106'  57' FW 16 Michele Padovano  77' Manager: Marcello Lippi

See also[]

• 1973 European Cup Final – contested by the same teams
• 1995–96 UEFA Champions League
• AFC Ajax in European football
• Juventus F.C. in European football

References[]

External links[]

• 1995–96 UEFA Champions League at UEFA.com
• 1995–96 UEFA Champions League at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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