1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final

1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Arsenal Zaragoza
England Spain
1 2
After extra time
Date10 May 1995
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereePiero Ceccarini (Italy)
Attendance42,424[1]
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The 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match on 10 May 1995 contested between cup holders Arsenal of England and Zaragoza of Spain. The final was held at Parc des Princes in Paris. It was the final match of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 35th UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, and the first since the tournament changed name from the European Cup Winners' Cup. Zaragoza won the match 2–1 after extra time, preventing Arsenal from retaining the trophy that they had won in 1994.

The first half was goalless. In the second half, Zaragoza's Juan Esnáider opened the scoring, before John Hartson scored Arsenal's equaliser. The game went into extra time and looked to be heading to a penalty shoot-out. However, with seconds remaining, former Tottenham midfielder, Nayim, scored a last-minute goal with a 40-yard lob over Arsenal goalkeeper, David Seaman, securing the win for Zaragoza.[2]

Route to the final

Further information: 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
England Arsenal Spain Zaragoza
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Cyprus Omonia 6–1 3–1 (A) 3–0 (H) First round Romania Gloria Bistrița 5–2 1–2 (A) 4–0 (H)
Denmark Brøndby IF 4–3 2–1 (A) 2–2 (H) Second round Slovakia Tatran Prešov 6–1 4–0 (A) 2–1 (H)
France Auxerre 2–1 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Quarter-finals Netherlands Feyenoord 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Italy Sampdoria 5–5 (3–2 p) 3–2 (H) 2–3 (a.e.t.) (A) Semi-finals England Chelsea 4–3 3–0 (H) 1–3 (A)

Match

Details

Arsenal England1–2 (a.e.t.)Spain Real Zaragoza
Hartson 75' Report Esnáider 67'
Nayim 119'
Attendance: 42,424[1]
Arsenal
Real Zaragoza
GK 1 England David Seaman
RB 2 England Lee Dixon
LB 3 England Nigel Winterburn downward-facing red arrow 47'
LM 4 Sweden Stefan Schwarz
CB 5 England Andy Linighan
CB 6 England Tony Adams (c)
CM 7 England Martin Keown downward-facing red arrow 46'
RF 8 England Ian Wright
CF 9 Wales John Hartson Yellow card 2'
LF 10 England Paul Merson Yellow card 32'
RM 11 England Ray Parlour
Substitutes:
DF 12 Northern Ireland Steve Morrow upward-facing green arrow 47'
MF 13 England David Hillier upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 Republic of Ireland Eddie McGoldrick
FW 15 England Chris Kiwomya
GK 16 England Vince Bartram
Manager:
Scotland Stewart Houston
GK 1 Spain Andoni Cedrún
RB 2 Spain Alberto Belsué Yellow card 66'
LB 3 Spain Jesús Solana
CB 4 Argentina Fernando Cáceres
LM 5 Spain Nayim Yellow card 105'
CB 6 Spain Xavi Aguado
AM 7 Spain Miguel Pardeza (c)
CM 8 Spain Santiago Aragón Yellow card 85'
CF 9 Argentina Juan Esnáider
AM 10 Spain Francisco Higuera Yellow card 6' downward-facing red arrow 68'
RM 11 Uruguay Gustavo Poyet
Substitutes:
DF 12 Spain Óscar
GK 13 Spain José Belman
MF 14 Spain Jesús García Sanjuán upward-facing green arrow 68' downward-facing red arrow 114'
MF 15 Spain Geli upward-facing green arrow 114'
FW 16 Spain José Luis Loreto
Manager:
Spain Víctor Fernández

Assistant referees:
Maurizio Padovan (Italy)
Enrico Preziosi (Italy)
Fourth official:
Marcello Nicchi (Italy)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of two substitutions

Statistics

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Golden goal: Nayim for Zaragoza v Arsenal (1995)". The Guardian. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

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