# 1994–95 UEFA Champions League

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, clinching 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 that bound UEFA to the EBU for the transmission of the final. This gave occasion for a general review of the format, which attracted the interest of new and financially well-off private television companies. This edition 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 the 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 the UEFA Champions League from the first to the last match of the competition: in two previous seasons, the UEFA Champions League involved the matches played between the second round and the European Cup final.
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's entrants were unable to participate for the third season in a row due to the UN economic sanctions. Milan were the defending champions, but were defeated by Ajax in the final.

## Teams

24 teams entered the competition: the UEFA Champions League holders, Milan, who also won their domestic league, as well as the 23 best-ranked national champions according to the 1994 UEFA club seeding coefficients. The title holders and the other 7 best-ranked national champions received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions ranked 9–24 entered in the qualifying round. The remaining national champions were only allowed to participate in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup.

### Distribution

| Round | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
| Qualifying round (16 teams) | 16 champions ranked 9–24 by seeding coefficient | |
| Group stage (16 teams) | 8 champions ranked 1–8 by seeding coefficient (including title holders) | 8 winners from the qualifying round |
| Knockout stage (8 teams) | | 8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage |
Since the title holders (Milan) qualified via their domestic league and club seeding coefficient, the title holder spot was vacated and the following changes to the default access list were made:
* The champions ranked 8th (Anderlecht) were promoted from the qualifying round to the group stage.
* The champions ranked 24th (Avenir Beggen) were promoted from the UEFA Cup preliminary round to the Champions League qualifying round.

### Ranking

The teams were ranked according to their 1995 UEFA seeding coefficients, which took into account performances in European competitions from 1989–90 to 1993–94. Each club and national association had a seeding coefficient calculated (total points divided by total matches), with clubs taking the higher of these values as their final coefficient. This ranking then determined the competition (Champions League or UEFA Cup) and round (group stage or qualifying round) the teams would enter. Therefore, which associations had a participating team in the 1994–95 Champions League was partially dependant upon which club won the national championship.
Key to colours :
* Teams ranked 1 to 24 qualified
* Teams ranked 25 and below did not qualify
Ranking of national champions for 1994–95 UEFA competitions :
| Rank | Association | Team | Coeff. |
| Group stage ||||
| 1 | Italy | Milan (1st) | 1.861 |
| 2 | Netherlands | Ajax (1st) | 1.642 |
| 3 | England | Manchester United (1st) | 1.631 |
| 4 | Germany | Bayern Munich (1st) | 1.625 |
| 5 | Spain | Barcelona (1st) | 1.575 |
| 6 | Portugal | Benfica (1st) | 1.567 |
| 7 | Russia | Spartak Moscow (1st) | 1.470 |
| 8 | Belgium | Anderlecht (1st) | 1.441 |
| Qualifying round ||||
| 9 | France | Paris Saint-Germain (1st) | 1.426 |
| 10 | Scotland | Rangers (1st) | 1.400 |
| 10 | Poland | Legia Warsaw (1st) | 1.400 |
| 12 | Austria | Casino Salzburg (1st) | 1.214 |
| 13 | Sweden | IFK Göteborg (1st) | 1.187 |
| 14 | Ukraine | Dynamo Kyiv (1st) | 1.178 |
| 15 | Turkey | Galatasaray (1st) | 1.125 |
| 15 | Romania | Steaua București (1st) | 1.125 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | Sparta Prague (1st) | 1.115 |
| 18 | Greece | AEK Athens (1st) | 1.000 |
| 18 | Croatia | Hajduk Split (1st) | 1.000 |
| 18 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa (1st) | 1.000 |
| 21 | Switzerland | Servette (1st) | 0.906 |
| 22 | Hungary | Vác Samsung (1st) | 0.875 |
| 23 | Denmark | Silkeborg (1st) | 0.803 |
| 24 | Luxembourg | Avenir Beggen (1st) | 0.750 |
| Entered UEFA Cup preliminary round ||||
| 25 | Norway | Rosenborg (1st) | 0.700 |
| 25 | Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava (1st) | 0.700 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | Levski Sofia (1st) | 0.652 |
| 28 | Cyprus | Apollon Limassol (1st) | 0.500 |
| 28 | Belarus | Dinamo Minsk (1st) | 0.500 |
| 28 | Iceland | ÍA (1st) | 0.500 |
| 28 | Northern Ireland | Linfield (1st) | 0.500 |
| 32 | Finland | Jazz (1st) | 0.475 |
| 33 | Slovenia | Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) | 0.400 |
| 33 | Albania | Teuta (1st) | 0.400 |
| 35 | Latvia | Skonto (1st) | 0.250 |
| 36 | Republic of Ireland | Shamrock Rovers (1st) | 0.208 |
| 37 | Malta | Hibernians (1st) | 0.166 |
| 38 | Armenia | Ararat Yerevan (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Wales | Bangor City (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Georgia | Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Estonia | Flora (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Faroe Islands | GÍ (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Lithuania | ROMAR Mažeikiai (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | Turan Tovuz (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Macedonia | Vardar (1st) | 0.000 |
| 38 | Moldova | Zimbru Chișinău (1st) | 0.000 |
Associations without a participating team :
* FR Yugoslavia
* Liechtenstein
* San Marino
* ^ Liechtenstein (LIE): The teams affiliated with the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) played in the Swiss football league system, and thus were ineligible for a spot regardless of the association ranking. The only competition organised by the LFV was the Liechtenstein Football Cup – the winners of which qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
* ^ FR Yugoslavia (YUG): Due to the breakup of the country and the ensuing warfare, Yugoslavia was still disqualified from European club competitions. Thus, Partizan, champions of the 1993–94 First League of FR Yugoslavia, did not participate.

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows. The draw was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 20 July 1994, where qualifying round pairs as well as group formations were drawn. The knockout phase pairs were made automatically by a predetermined bracket.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying round | Qualifying round | 20 July 1994 | 10 August 1994 | 24 August 1994 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 20 July 1994 | 14 September 1994 | 14 September 1994 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 20 July 1994 | 28 September 1994 | 28 September 1994 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 20 July 1994 | 19 October 1994 | 19 October 1994 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 20 July 1994 | 2 November 1994 | 2 November 1994 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 20 July 1994 | 23 November 1994 | 23 November 1994 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 20 July 1994 | 7 December 1994 | 7 December 1994 |
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 20 July 1994 | 1 March 1995 | 15 March 1995 |
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 20 July 1994 | 5 April 1995 | 19 April 1995 |
| Knockout phase | Final | 20 July 1994 | 24 May 1995 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | 24 May 1995 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna |

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 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 | Casino Salzburg | 1–2 | 1–3 |

## Group stage

Ten of the sixteen participating teams 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. Casino Salzburg, Hajduk Split, Manchester United and Steaua București were the first teams to qualify for group stage from Austria, Croatia, England and Romania respectively.
It was also the last edition of the Champions League that saw teams in the group stage awarded two points for each win, with one point awarded for each draw.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GOT | BAR | MUN | GAL |
| 1 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | BAY | SPM | DKV |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | HAJ | STE | AND |
| 1 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | MIL | SAL | AEK |
| 1 | Ajax | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Casino Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — |
* ↑ Milan were docked two points for crowd trouble against Casino Salzburg on matchday 2. This occurred after Casino Salzburg goalkeeper Otto Konrad was hit on the head with a plastic bottle thrown from the stands, sustaining an injury for which he had to be substituted and taken to the hospital.

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Bayern Munich (a) | Bayern Munich (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| IFK Göteborg | IFK Göteborg | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| IFK Göteborg | IFK Göteborg | 0 | 2 | 2 | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | Ajax | Ajax | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | |
| Hajduk Split | Hajduk Split | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ajax | Ajax | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | |
| Hajduk Split | Hajduk Split | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 24 May – Vienna | | | |
| Ajax | Ajax | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 24 May – Vienna | | | |
| Ajax | Ajax | 0 | 3 | 3 | | Ajax | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | Ajax | 1 | | | Milan | Milan | 0 |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Milan | Milan | 0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | 2 | 3 | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | Milan | Milan | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| Milan | Milan | 2 | 0 | 2 | Milan | Milan | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| Benfica | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | 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. Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

The final was played on 24 May 1995 at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, Austria.

## Top goalscorers

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