1992 European Cup final

{{Short description|The final of the 1991–92 edition of the European Cup}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1992 European Cup final

| image = 200px

| image_size =

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 1991–92 European Cup

| team1 = Sampdoria

| team1association = {{fbaicon|ITA|size=30px}}

| team1score = 0

| team2 = Barcelona

| team2association = {{fbaicon|ESP|size=30px}}

| team2score = 1

| details = After extra time

| date = 20 May 1992

| stadium = Wembley Stadium

| city = London

| referee = Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

| attendance = 70,827

| weather =

| previous = 1991

| next = (Champions League) 1993

}}

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 2025, 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.

Teams

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!Team

!Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)

{{fbaicon|ITA}} Sampdoria

|None

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|2 (1961, 1986)

Route to the final

{{further|1991–92 European Cup}}

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colspan=4|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Sampdoria

!Round

!colspan=4|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

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|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

align=left|{{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg

|7–1

|5–0 (H)

|2–1 (A)

|bgcolor="#c1e0ff"|First round

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} Hansa Rostock

|3–1

|3–0 (H)

|0–1 (A)

align=left|{{fbaicon|HUN}} Kispest Honvéd

|4–3

|1–2 (A)

|3–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Second round

|align=left|{{fbaicon|GER}} 1. FC Kaiserslautern

|3–3 (a)

|2–0 (H)

|1–3 (A)

bgcolor=#c1e0ff

|Opponent

|colspan=3|Result

|Group stage

|Opponent

|colspan=3|Result

align=left|{{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|colspan=3|2–0 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 1

|align=left|{{fbaicon|TCH}} Sparta Prague

|colspan=3|3–2 (H)

align=left|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|colspan=3|0–0 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 2

|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|colspan=3|0–0 (A)

align=left|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|colspan=3|2–3 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 3

|align=left|{{fbaicon|URS}} Dynamo Kyiv

|colspan=3|2–0 (A)

align=left|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|colspan=3|2–0 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 4

|align=left|{{fbaicon|URS}} Dynamo Kyiv

|colspan=3|3–0 (H)

align=left|{{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|colspan=3|3–1 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 5

|align=left|{{fbaicon|TCH}} Sparta Prague

|colspan=3|0–1 (A)

align=left|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|colspan=3|1–1 (H)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 6

|align=left|{{fbaicon|POR}} Benfica

|colspan=3|2–1 (H)

colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group A winner

{{:1991–92 European Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A|only_pld_pts=yes|show_matches=n|showteam=SAM}}

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Final standings

|colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group B winner

{{:1991–92 European Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B|only_pld_pts=yes|show_matches=n|showteam=BAR}}

Match

=Details=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1992|5|20|df=y}}

|time = {{CEST|20:15|localtz=BST}}

|team1 = Sampdoria {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score = 0–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance = 70,827{{cite book |location=Nyon |chapter-url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/01/99/48/32/1994832_DOWNLOAD.pdf |chapter=5. Finals |title=UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2013/14 |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |page=6 |date=16 September 2013 |access-date=19 September 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712134245/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/01/99/48/32/1994832_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=12 July 2014}}

|referee = Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/5863/

}}

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|{{Football kit

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GK1{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianluca Pagliuca
RB2{{flagicon|ITA}} Moreno Mannini{{yel|39}}
CB5{{flagicon|ITA}} Pietro Vierchowod{{yel|66}}
CB6{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Lanna
LB3{{flagicon|SVN}} Srečko Katanec
RM7{{flagicon|ITA}} Attilio Lombardo
CM4{{flagicon|ITA}} Fausto Pari
CM8{{flagicon|BRA}} Toninho Cerezo
LM11{{flagicon|ITA}} Ivano Bonetti{{suboff|73}}
CF10{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Mancini (c){{yel|118}}
CF9{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianluca Vialli{{suboff|100}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK12{{flagicon|ITA}} Giulio Nuciari
DF13{{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Bonetti
MF14{{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Invernizzi{{subon|73}}
MF15{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Silas
MF16{{flagicon|ITA}} Renato Buso{{subon|100}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|FRY}} Vujadin Boškov

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GK1{{flagicon|ESP}} Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
SW4{{flagicon|NED}} Ronald Koeman
CB3{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Ferrer
CB2{{flagicon|ESP}} Nando
DM10{{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola{{suboff|112}}
RWB11{{flagicon|ESP}} Eusebio Sacristán
LWB5{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos
AM6{{flagicon|ESP}} José Mari Bakero{{yel|75}}
AM9{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Laudrup
SS8{{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Stoichkov
CF7{{flagicon|ESP}} Julio Salinas{{suboff|65}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF12{{flagicon|ESP}} José Ramón Alexanko{{subon|112}}
GK13{{flagicon|ESP}} Carles Busquets
FW14{{flagicon|ESP}} Txiki Begiristain
MF15{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Nadal
MF16{{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Andoni Goikoetxea{{subon|65}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|NED}} Johan Cruyff

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Assistant referees:


Joachim Ren (Germany)


Uwe Ennuschat (Germany)


Fourth official:


Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

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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

References

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