1992 European Cup final

Association football match June 2017 1992 European Cup final 200px Match programme cover 1991–92 European Cup Barcelona ESP 30px 1 Sampdoria ITA 30px 0 After extra time 20 May 1992 Wembley Stadium London Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) 70,827 1991 (Champions League) 1993 The 1992 European Cup final was a football match held on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Barcelona of Spain and Sampdoria of Italy. Barcelona won the game 1–0 after extra time, thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick, to record their first triumph in the competition. In 1992, Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympic Games, with its club winning the European Champion Clubs' Cup final. While the Olympics were a national event for Spain, the European Cup was won by FC Barcelona, who claimed their first title in the competition.UEFA.com The official website for European football https://www.uefa.com/errors/ 2026-03-05 UEFA.com en Prior to Johan Cruyff's appointment as Barcelona manager in 1988, the club had won 10 league titles and had not won a European Cup in its 89-year history. In the 38 years that followed, Barcelona won 16 league titles and five European Cups. 2020-04-28 The Games That Defined Modern Football: Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria (1992) Goal.com US https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/the-games-that-defined-modern-football-barcelona-1-0-sampdoria-1992/q5im4xcr971z1dk80tpi1o5nz 2026-03-05 www.goal.com en-US It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In doing so, they became the second Spanish club to win the tournament and the 19th overall. This was the last final before the competition was re-branded as the Champions League. The final is, as of 2026, the most recent in which both of the finalists entered a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final having not won any of the previous finals. The victory in London helped ease the disappointment of Barcelona's previous European Cup final defeats to Benfica in 1961 and Steaua Bucharest in 1986.FC Barcelona's first European Cup success: Wembley 1992 https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/card/2982808/fc-barcelonas-first-european-cup-success-wembley-1992 2026-03-05 www.fcbarcelona.com en But the defeat was difficult for the Italian side, who had also previously lost to Barcelona in the 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup final.UEFA.com The official website for European football https://www.uefa.com/errors/ 2026-03-05 UEFA.com en Teams TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners)ESP Barcelona2 (1961, 1986)ITA SampdoriaNone Route to the final 1991–92 European Cup Barcelona Barcelona reached the final after several rounds. They first defeated Hansa Rostock over two legs, then advanced past Kaiserslautern on away goals after a 3–3 aggregate draw, secured by a late goal from José Mari Bakero. In the group stage, Barcelona finished ahead of Sparta Prague, Benfica, and Dynamo Kyiv to reach the final in London against Serie A champions Sampdoria.FC Barcelona's first European Cup success: Wembley 1992 https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/card/2982808/fc-barcelonas-first-european-cup-success-wembley-1992 2026-03-05 www.fcbarcelona.com en Sampdoria The Luigi Ferraris Stadium, shared by Genoese clubs and built in 1911, is located in the Marassi district. It hosted its first European Cup match in September 1991, when Sampdoria faced Norwegian champions Rosenborg in the first round. Sampdoria won the first leg 5–0, with Attilio Lombardo scoring the opening goal after 11 minutes, and secured progression with a 2–1 victory in Trondheim.In the second round, Sampdoria faced Budapest Honved. After losing the first leg 2–1, they won the return leg in Genoa, where Lombardo equalised the tie before Gianluca Vialli scored twice to secure a 4–3 aggregate victory and qualification for the group stage.In the group stage, Sampdoria were drawn with Panathinaikos, Red Star Belgrade, and Anderlecht, whom they had defeated in the previous season's Cup Winners' Cup final. Sampdoria finished top of the group, with Vialli and Roberto Mancini scoring three goals each. A 3–1 victory over Red Star proved decisive. Due to the Yugoslav Wars, Red Star played their home matches in Sofia and Budapest rather than in Belgrade. Sampdoria later drew with Panathinaikos in their final group match to secure first place and reach the European Cup final in their first appearance in the competition, 46 years after the club's formation.Brooke James 2021-03-03 The season when Genoa nearly took over European football https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2021/mar/03/season-genoa-nearly-took-over-european-football-sampdoria-european-cup-uefa-cup 2026-03-05 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 ESP BarcelonaRoundITA SampdoriaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legGER Hansa Rostock3–13–0 (H)0–1 (A)First roundNOR Rosenborg7–15–0 (H)2–1 (A)GER 1. FC Kaiserslautern3–3 (a)2–0 (H)1–3 (A)Second roundHUN Kispest Honvéd4–31–2 (A)3–1 (H)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultTCH Sparta Prague3–2 (H)Matchday 1YUG Red Star Belgrade2–0 (H)POR Benfica0–0 (A)Matchday 2GRE Panathinaikos0–0 (A)URS Dynamo Kyiv2–0 (A)Matchday 3BEL Anderlecht2–3 (A)URS Dynamo Kyiv3–0 (H)Matchday 4BEL Anderlecht2–0 (H)TCH Sparta Prague0–1 (A)Matchday 5YUG Red Star Belgrade3–1 (A)POR Benfica2–1 (H)Matchday 6GRE Panathinaikos1–1 (H)Group B winner Group B yes n BARFinal standingsGroup A winner Group A yes n SAM Match Details 1992 5 20 y 20:15 BST Barcelona ESP 1–0 yes ITA Sampdoria Koeman 112 Wembley Stadium, London 70,827Nyon https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/01/99/48/32/1994832_DOWNLOAD.pdf 5. Finals UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2013/14 Union of European Football Associations 6 16 September 2013 19 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20140712134245/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/01/99/48/32/1994832_DOWNLOAD.pdf 12 July 2014 Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/5863/ _barcelona92a _barcelona92a _barcelona92a _barcelona92a _barcelona92a FF8000 FF8000 FF8000 FF8000 FF8000 Barcelona _ucsampdoria9192a _ucsampdoria9192a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF FFFFFF Sampdoria GK 1 ESP Andoni Zubizarreta (c)SW 4 NED Ronald KoemanCB 3 ESP Albert FerrerCB 2 ESP NandoDM 10ESP Pep Guardiola 112RWB11ESP Eusebio SacristánLWB5 ESP Juan CarlosAM 6 ESP José Mari Bakero 75AM 9 DEN Michael LaudrupSS 8 BUL Hristo StoichkovCF 7 ESP Julio Salinas 65Substitutes:DF 12ESP José Ramón Alexanko 112GK 13ESP Carles BusquetsFW 14ESP Txiki BegiristainMF 15ESP Miguel Ángel NadalMF 16ESP Jon Andoni Goikoetxea 65Manager:NED Johan Cruyff300px GK 1 ITA Gianluca PagliucaRB 2 ITA Moreno Mannini 39CB 5 ITA Pietro Vierchowod 66CB 6 ITA Marco LannaLB 3 SVN Srečko KatanecRM 7 ITA Attilio LombardoCM 4 ITA Fausto PariCM 8 BRA Toninho CerezoLM 11ITA Ivano Bonetti 73CF 10ITA Roberto Mancini (c) 118CF 9 ITA Gianluca Vialli 100Substitutes:GK 12ITA Giulio NuciariDF 13ITA Dario BonettiMF 14ITA Giovanni Invernizzi 73MF 15BRA Paulo SilasMF 16ITA Renato Buso 100Manager:FRY Vujadin Boškov Assistant referees: Joachim Ren (Germany) Uwe Ennuschat (Germany) Fourth official: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions. Impact on Barcelona In Catalonia, the victory is often regarded as a turning point in Barcelona's history. After 1992, including the La Liga title won two weeks after the final, Barcelona finished first in the league 13 times over the following 25 years, compared with 11 titles in the previous 92 years. The club also won four additional European Cups, bringing their total to five. Some observers view Cruyff's "Dream Team" and Koeman's winning goal as important foundations for the later success of the club, including the era of Pep Guardiola, Xavi Hernández, and Andrés Iniesta.Sam Marsden 2017-05-19 Barcelona's historic 1992 European Cup opened door for dominant era https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37474665/barcelonas-historic-1992-european-cup-opened-door-dominant-era 2026-03-05 ESPN en See also 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup final – contested by the same teams 1991–92 FC Barcelona season 1991–92 UC Sampdoria season 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1992 European Super Cup 1992 UEFA Cup final FC Barcelona in international football UC Sampdoria in European football References External links 1991–92 season at UEFA website Final 1992 Category:1991–92 in Spanish football Category:1991–92 in Italian football Category:1991–92 in English men's football Category:FC Barcelona matches Category:UC Sampdoria matches Category:1992 in sport in London Category:Football matches in London Category:Men's football finals in England Category:Sports events at Wembley Stadium Category:May 1992 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Italy–Spain sports relations