1994–95 UEFA Champions League

European football tournament UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Ernst-Happel-Stadion Bundesfeuerwehrbewerb Wien2008a.jpg 250px The Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna held the final. Qualifying:10–24 August 1994Competition proper:14 September 1994 – 24 May 1995 Competition proper: 16Total: 24 NED Ajax 4 ITA Milan 61 140 2328515 George Weah (Paris Saint-Germain)7 goals 1993–94 1995–96 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 RoundTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from the previous roundQualifying round(16 teams) 16 champions ranked 9–24 by seeding coefficientGroup stage(16 teams) 8 champions ranked 1–8 by seeding coefficient (including title holders) 8 winners from the qualifying roundKnockout stage(8 teams) 4 group winners from the group stage 4 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.http://www.mogiel.net/EC/seeding.php#1994/95 Seeding for the European Cups (from 1979/80): 1994/95 Pawel Mogielnicki 29 January 2025http://www.mogiel.net/EC/remarks.php Remarks to the UEFA tables Pawel Mogielnicki 29 January 2025Protzen Martin https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/faq1994.txt FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups RSSSF 29 July 1994 29 January 2025 Therefore, which associations had a participating team in the 1994–95 Champions League was partially dependent upon which club won the national championship. +Key to coloursTeams ranked 1 to 24 qualifiedTeams ranked 25 and below did not qualify + Ranking of national champions for 1994–95 UEFA competitionsRank Ranking based on the club seeding coefficientAssociationTeamCoeff. UEFA club seeding coefficientGroup stage1ITAMilan (1st)TH1.8612NEDAjax (1st)1.6423ENGManchester United (1st)1.6314GERBayern Munich (1st)1.6255ESPBarcelona (1st)1.5756PORBenfica (1st)1.5677RUSSpartak Moscow (1st)1.4708BELAnderlecht (1st)1.441Qualifying round9FRA 1974Paris Saint-Germain (1st)1.42610SCORangers (1st)1.400POLLegia Warsaw (1st)1.40012AUTCasino Salzburg (1st)1.21413SWEIFK Göteborg (1st)1.18714UKRDynamo Kyiv (1st)1.17815TURGalatasaray (1st)1.125ROUSteaua București (1st)1.12517CZESparta Prague (1st)1.11518GREAEK Athens (1st)1.000CROHajduk Split (1st)1.000ISRMaccabi Haifa (1st)1.00021SUIServette (1st)0.90622HUNVác Samsung (1st)0.87523DENSilkeborg (1st)0.80324LUXAvenir Beggen (1st)0.750Entered UEFA Cup preliminary round25NORRosenborg (1st)0.700SVKSlovan Bratislava (1st)0.70027BULLevski Sofia (1st)0.65228CYP 1960Apollon Limassol (1st)0.500BLR 1991Dinamo Minsk (1st)0.500ISLÍA (1st)0.500NIRLinfield (1st)0.50032FINJazz (1st)0.47533SVNOlimpija Ljubljana (1st)0.400ALB 1992Teuta (1st)0.40035LVASkonto (1st)0.25036IRLShamrock Rovers (1st)0.20837MLTHibernians (1st)0.16638ARMArarat Yerevan (1st)0.000WALBangor City (1st)0.000GEO 1990Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)0.000ESTFlora (1st)0.000FROGÍ (1st)0.000LTU 1988ROMAR Mažeikiai (1st)0.000AZE 1991Turan Tovuz (1st)0.000MKD 1992 MacedoniaVardar (1st)0.000MDAZimbru Chișinău (1st)0.000 +Associations without a participating teamFRYNote YUG LIENote LIE SMR disc Note LIE 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. Note YUG 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 was 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. PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifying round20 July 199410 August 199424 August 1994Group stageMatchday 114 September 1994Matchday 228 September 1994Matchday 319 October 1994Matchday 42 November 1994Matchday 523 November 1994Matchday 67 December 1994Knockout phaseQuarter-finals1 March 199515 March 1995Semi-finals5 April 199519 April 1995Final24 May 1995 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna Qualifying round 1994–95 UEFA Champions League qualifying round QR Group stage 1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage Europe 600 right Location of teams of the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage.8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D. Europe 57.706111 11.980556 IFK Göteborg Brown pog.svg right Europe 41.385064 2.173403 Barcelona Brown pog.svg Europe 53.463056 -2.291389 Manchester United Brown pog.svg Europe 41.102869 28.990419 Galatasaray Brown pog.svg Europe 48.856614 2.352222 Paris Saint-Germain Red pog.svg left Europe 48.135125 11.581981 Bayern Red pog.svg top Europe 55.755826 37.617300 Spartak Moscow Red pog.svg Europe 50.450100 30.523400 Dynamo Kyiv Red pog.svg Europe 38.722252 -9.139337 Benfica Orange pog.svg right Europe 43.508132 16.440193 Hajduk Split Orange pog.svg Europe 44.426767 26.102538 Steaua București Orange pog.svg Europe 50.836581 4.308187 Anderlecht Orange pog.svg Europe 52.370216 4.895168 Ajax Yellow pog.svg Europe 45.465422 9.185924 Milan Yellow pog.svg Europe 47.809490 13.055010 Salzburg Yellow pog.svg right Europe 37.983917 23.729360 AEK Athens Yellow pog.svg 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 Group A yes no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B yes no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C yes no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D yes no_hide_class_rules Knockout stage 1994–95 UEFA Champions League knockout stage Bracket Bracket Quarter-finals QF Semi-finals SF Final F Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1LBR George WeahFRA 1974 Paris Saint-Germain72FIN Jari LitmanenNED Ajax63SWE Magnus ErlingmarkSWE IFK Göteborg4ITA Marco SimoneITA Milan45ESP José Mari BakeroESP Barcelona3BRA RomárioESP Barcelona3BUL Hristo StoichkovESP Barcelona3ARG 1861 Claudio CaniggiaPOR Benfica3GER Christian NerlingerGER Bayern Munich3GER Mehmet SchollGER Bayern Munich3UKR Viktor LeonenkoUKR Dynamo Kyiv3 See also 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 UEFA Cup References External links 1994–95 All matches – season at UEFA website European Cup results at RSSSF All scorers 1994–95 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA All scorers qualifying round https://archive.today/20120708193528/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1994/intro.html 1994/95 UEFA Champions League el - results and line-ups (archive) Category:UEFA Champions League seasons 1