1992 European Cup final

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The 1992 European Cup final was a football match held on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sampdoria of Italy and Barcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the game 1–0 after extra time, thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick, to record their first triumph in the competition. 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 2023, 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.

1992 European Cup Final
Event1991–92 European Cup
After extra time
Date20 May 1992
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeAron Schmidhuber (Germany)
Attendance70,827
1991
(Champions League) 1993

Teams edit

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
  Sampdoria None
  Barcelona 2 (1961, 1986)

Route to the final edit

  Sampdoria Round   Barcelona
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Rosenborg BK 7–1 5–0 (H) 2–1 (A) First round   Hansa Rostock 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
  Honvéd 4–3 1–2 (A) 3–1 (H) Second round   1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–3 (a) 2–0 (H) 1–3 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Red Star Belgrade 2–0 (H) Matchday 1   Sparta Prague 3–2 (H)
  Panathinaikos 0–0 (A) Matchday 2   Benfica 0–0 (A)
  Anderlecht 2–3 (A) Matchday 3   Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 (A)
  Anderlecht 2–0 (H) Matchday 4   Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 (H)
  Red Star Belgrade 3–1 (A) Matchday 5   Sparta Prague 0–1 (A)
  Panathinaikos 1–1 (H) Matchday 6   Benfica 2–1 (H)
Group A winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Sampdoria 6 8
2   Red Star Belgrade 6 6
3   Anderlecht 6 6
4   Panathinaikos 6 4
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group B winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Barcelona 6 9
2   Sparta Prague 6 6
3   Benfica 6 5
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 4
Source: UEFA

Match edit

Details edit

Sampdoria  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Barcelona
Report Koeman   112'
Attendance: 70,827
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sampdoria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barcelona
GK 1   Gianluca Pagliuca
RB 2   Moreno Mannini   39'
CB 5   Pietro Vierchowod   66'
CB 6   Marco Lanna
LB 3   Srečko Katanec
RM 7   Attilio Lombardo
CM 4   Fausto Pari
CM 8   Toninho Cerezo
LM 11   Ivano Bonetti   73'
CF 10   Roberto Mancini (c)   118'
CF 9   Gianluca Vialli   100'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Giulio Nuciari
DF 13   Dario Bonetti
MF 14   Giovanni Invernizzi   73'
MF 15   Paulo Silas
MF 16   Renato Buso   100'
Manager:
  Vujadin Boškov
 
GK 1   Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
SW 4   Ronald Koeman
CB 3   Albert Ferrer
CB 2   Nando
DM 10   Pep Guardiola   112'
RWB 11   Eusebio Sacristán
LWB 5   Juan Carlos
AM 6   José Mari Bakero   75'
AM 9   Michael Laudrup
SS 8   Hristo Stoichkov
CF 7   Julio Salinas   65'
Substitutes:
DF 12   José Ramón Alexanko   112'
GK 13   Carles Busquets
FW 14   Txiki Begiristain
MF 15   Miguel Ángel Nadal
MF 16   Jon Andoni Goikoetxea   65'
Manager:
  Johan Cruyff

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.

See also edit

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