1996 UEFA Champions League Final

1996 UEFA Champions League Final

Event	1995–96 UEFA Champions League
Ajax Juventus 1 1
Juventus won 4–2 on penalties
Date	22 May 1996
Venue	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee	Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Attendance	67,000
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The 1996 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match played on 22 May 1996 between Juventus of Italy and Ajax of the Netherlands. 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

For more details on this topic, see 1995–96 UEFA Champions League.

Ajax			Round	Juventus
Opponent	Result	Legs	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Result	Legs
			Qualifying round
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage: Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ajax 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16 Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10 Ferencváros 6 1 2 3 9 19 –10 5 Grasshopper 6 0 2 4 3 13 –10 2			Group stage	Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage: Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Juventus 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13 Borussia Dortmund 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9 Steaua București 6 1 3 2 2 5 –3 6 Rangers 6 0 3 3 6 14 –8 3
Opponent	Result	Legs	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result	Legs
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	2–0 away; 1–0 home	Quarter-finals	Real Madrid	2–1	0–1 away; 2–0 home
Panathinaikos	3–1	0–1 home; 3–0 away	Semi-finals	Nantes	4–3	2–0 home; 2–3 away

Match

Details

22 May 1996 20:30 CEST	Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
	Litmanen  40'	Report MatchCentre	Ravanelli  12'
		Penalties
	Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy	2–4	Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović

Ajax

Juventus

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Sonny Silooy CB 3 Danny Blind (c)  83' CB 4 Frank de Boer  69' LB 5 Winston Bogarde CM 6 Ronald de Boer  90' RW 7 Finidi George  22' CM 8 Edgar Davids CF 9 Nwankwo Kanu AM 10 Jari Litmanen LW 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  90+2'  90' 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  86' 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

Assistant referees: Joaquín Olmos González (Spain) Fernando Tresaco-Gracia (Spain) Fourth official: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

See also

• 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

External links

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