Event | 1995–96 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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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] | ||||||
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.[2] It was the club's second triumph in the competition.
Route to the final
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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
Source: UEFA
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Final standings | Group C winner
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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
Ajax | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Juventus |
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Litmanen 41' | Report | Ravanelli 13' |
Penalties | ||
Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy |
2–4 | Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović |
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Aftermath
Although Juventus won the 1996 Champions League Final, the victory remains controversial because of accusations of doping use.[3] [4] The Juventus team has been accused of using EPO and the matter went to trial in Turin in 2004.[5] Club doctor Riccardo Agricola was given a suspended prison sentence for providing performance enhancing drugs, specifically EPO, to the players, but he was acquitted on appeal the following year. Leading hematologist Giuseppe d'Onofrio said that it was "practically certain" that midfielders Antonio Conte and Alessio Tacchinardi had taken EPO to overcome brief bouts of anaemia, and that it was "very probable" that seven other players – Alessandro Birindelli, Alessandro Del Piero, Didier Deschamps, Manuel Dimas, Paolo Montero, Gianluca Pessotto and Moreno Torricelli – had taken EPO in small doses.[6]
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
- ^ a b "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Why Ajax still feel 'cheated' by Juve's 1996 Champions League triumph". The Independent. April 9, 2019.
- ^ "Juventus vs Ajax: Revisiting the Doping Scandal That Tarnished the Champions League Final of 1996". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Jack Pitt-Brooke (1 June 2017). "Juventus' controversial European past casts dark shadows ahead of Champions League final against Real Madrid". The Independent.
- ^ "Zidane admits using creatine in Juventus doping trial". January 26, 2004 – via www.abc.net.au.
- ^ Frank Dunne (1 December 2004). "The drug scandal that blackens the name of Juve's team of the Nineties". The Independent.
External links
- 1995–96 UEFA Champions League at UEFA.com
- 1995–96 UEFA Champions League at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation