1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The 1994–95 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Real Zaragoza in the final against defending champions Arsenal, the Spanish club winning thanks to a last-minute goal from midfielder Nayim with a shot from 40 yards. Moldova joined the competition for the first time. It was the first season under a new name as the tournament used to be known as the European Cup Winners' Cup.

1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 August 1994 – 10 May 1995
Teams44
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Zaragoza (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played85
Goals scored261 (3.07 per match)
Attendance1,196,492 (14,076 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ian Wright (Arsenal)
9 goals

Qualifying round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bangor 0–5 Tatran Prešov0–10–4
Barry Town 0–7 Žalgiris Vilnius0–10–6
Bodø/Glimt 6–0 Olimpija Rīga6–00–0
Fandok Bobruisk 4–4 (a) SK Tirana4–10–3
Ferencváros 12–2 F91 Dudelange6–16–1
Floriana 2–3 Sligo Rovers2–20–1
Keflavík 2–6 Maccabi Tel Aviv1–21–4
Norma Tallinn 1–14 Maribor1–40–10
Pirin Blagoevgrad 4–0 Schaan3–01–0
B71 Sandoy 0–7 HJK0–50–2
Tiligul Tiraspol 1–4 Omonia0–11–3
Viktoria Žižkov 4–3 IFK Norrköping1–03–3

First leg

Bangor 0–1 Tatran Prešov
ReportNenadić 71'
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)

Barry Town 0–1 Žalgiris Vilnius
ReportVencevičius 77'
Attendance: 1,914

Bodø/Glimt 6–0 Olimpija Rīga
Berstad 6'
R. Berg 53', 89'
Bjørkan 70'
Johnsen 72', 82'
Report
Attendance: 2,290
Referee: Sten Johanzon (Sweden)

Fandok Bobruisk 4–1 SK Tirana
Yaromka 1', 5'
Khrypach 65'
Savostsikaw 72'
ReportPrenga 89'
Attendance: 5,500

Ferencváros 6–1 F91 Dudelange
Neagoe 2'
Szekeres 17', 75'
Páling 44'
Lipcsei 55'
Albert 76'
ReportFanelli 82'
Attendance: 13,825
Referee: Adrian Geamăn Moroianu (Romania)

Floriana 2–2 Sligo Rovers
Stefanović 52', 89'ReportMoran 12'
M. Reid 31'
Attendance: 2,030
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain)

Keflavík 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tanasić 74'ReportKlinger 38'
Nimni 82'
Attendance: 844
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

Norma Tallinn 1–4 Maribor
Rõtškov 82'ReportGalič 51'
Milevski 62'
Ǵurovski 69'
Šimundža 90'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mika Peltola (Finland)

Pirin Blagoevgrad 3–0 Schaan
Orachev 18'
Yanev 29'
Petrov 59'
Report
Attendance: 1,744
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

B71 Sandoy 0–5 HJK
ReportVanhala 4', 85'
Lius 20', 68'
Heinola 81'
Attendance: 462

Tiligul Tiraspol 0–1 Omonia
ReportGogrichiani 16'

Viktoria Žižkov 1–0 IFK Norrköping
Poborský 73'Report

Second leg

Schaan 0–1 Pirin Blagoevgrad
ReportYanev 2'
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Štefan Tivold (Slovenia)

Pirin Blagoevgrad won 4–0 on aggregate.


HJK 2–0 B71 Sandoy
Kottila 1'
Suokonautio 80'
Report
Attendance: 1,257
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

HJK won 7–0 on aggregate.


Tatran Prešov 4–0 Bangor
Kociš 13', 48'
Matta 40'
Höger 56'
Report
Attendance: 4,972
Referee: Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

Tatran Prešov won 5–0 on aggregate.


Žalgiris Vilnius 6–0 Barry Town
Karvelis 17', 49'
Baltušnikas 39'
Poderis 48'
Maciulevičius 65'
Jankauskas 86'
Report
Attendance: 2,900

Žalgiris Vilnius won 7–0 on aggregate.


Olimpija Rīga 0–0 Bodø/Glimt
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Finn Lambek (Denmark)

Bodø/Glimt won 6–0 on aggregate.


SK Tirana 3–0 Fandok Bobruisk
Fortuzi 46', 77', 90'Report

4–4 on aggregate. SK Tirana won on away goals.


F91 Dudelange 1–6 Ferencváros
Morgante 20'ReportLisztes 6'
Páling 17'
Lipcsei 38', 68'
Christiansen 55'
Zavadszky 88'
Attendance: 1,162
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Ferencváros won 12–2 on aggregate.


Sligo Rovers 1–0 Floriana
Brennan 70'Report
Attendance: 3,058
Referee: António Almeida Marçal (Portugal)

Sligo Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.


Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 Keflavík
Shoham 14'
G. Brumer 17'
Klinger 24'
Driks 69'
ReportTanasić 38'
Attendance: 8,125
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 6–2 on aggregate.


Maribor 10–0 Norma Tallinn
Gjurovski 5', 9'
Gutalj 20', 45'
Bozgo 22', 24' (pen.), 42', 82'
Šimundža 39', 84'
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Maribor won 14–1 on aggregate.


Omonia 3–1 Tiligul Tiraspol
Andreou 6'
Tutić 45'
Savvidis 89'
ReportBelous 50'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

Omonia won 4–1 on aggregate.


IFK Norrköping 3–3 Viktoria Žižkov
Hansson 40', 70'
Vaattovaara 89' (pen.)
ReportTrval 52'
Kordule 58'
Vrabec 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,060
Referee: Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland)

Viktoria Žižkov won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

For the 1994–95 season, England had two representatives in the tournament, neither of which was the domestic cup winners. The first was Arsenal, who were the Cup Winners' Cup holders, and the second was Chelsea, who had lost the 1994 FA Cup final to double winners Manchester United. Both teams were eliminated from competition by eventual winners Real Zaragoza of Spain.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Žalgiris Vilnius 2–3 Feyenoord1–11–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–2 Werder Bremen0–00–2
Dundee United 4–5 Tatran Prešov3–21–3
Gloria Bistrița 2–5 Real Zaragoza2–10–4
Sligo Rovers 2–5 Club Brugge1–21–3
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–8 Panathinaikos0–21–6
Chelsea 4–2 Viktoria Žižkov4–20–0
Maribor 1–4 Austria Wien1–10–3
Brøndby 4–0 SK Tirana3–01–0
Omonia 1–6 Arsenal1–30–3
Beşiktaş 3–1 HJK2–01–1
Croatia Zagreb 3–4 Auxerre3–10–3
Bodø/Glimt 3–4 Sampdoria3–20–2
Grasshopper 3–1 Chornomorets Odesa3–00–1
Porto 3–0 ŁKS Łódź2–01–0
CSKA Moscow 3–3 (6–7 p) Ferencváros2–11–2 (aet)

First leg

Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 Werder Bremen
Report
Attendance: 10,000[1]
Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)

Žalgiris Vilnius 1–1 Feyenoord
Tereškinas 87' (pen.)ReportLarsson 9'

Dundee United 3–2 Tatran Prešov
Petrić 16'
Nixon 66'
Hannah 69'
ReportSkalka 10'
Zvara 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,454[3]
Referee: Léon Schelings (Belgium)

Gloria Bistrița 2–1 Real Zaragoza
Răduță 51'
Lungu 52'
ReportEsnáider 44'

Sligo Rovers 1–2 Club Brugge
Kenny 44'ReportVermant 10'
G. Verheyen 62'
Attendance: 5,000[5]
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)

Pirin Blagoevgrad 0–2 Panathinaikos
ReportNioplias 70'
Alexoudis 84'
Attendance: 11,972[6]
Referee: Yuri Chebotarev (Russia)

Chelsea 4–2 Viktoria Žižkov
Furlong 3'
Sinclair 4'
Rocastle 53'
Wise 68'
ReportMajoroš 35', 42'
Attendance: 22,036[7]
Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)

Maribor 1–1 Austria Wien
Bozgo 46' (pen.)ReportProsenik 23'
Attendance: 7,100[8]

Brøndby 3–0 SK Tirana
B. Jensen 20' (pen.)
B. Hansen 57'
Malko 66' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 6,035[9]
Referee: Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)

Omonia 1–3 Arsenal
Malekkos 73'ReportMerson 37', 80'
Wright 49'
Attendance: 13,954[10]
Referee: António Almeida Marçal (Portugal)

Beşiktaş 2–0 HJK
Oktay 27'
Ertuğrul 35' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 23,256[11]
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)

Croatia Zagreb 3–1 Auxerre
Jeličić 1'
Soldo 40'
Pamić 65'
ReportDiomède 20'
Attendance: 20,000[12]
Referee: Marcello Nicchi (Italy)

Bodø/Glimt 3–2 Sampdoria
Staurvik 2'
Johnsen 32', 58'
ReportBertarelli 47'
Platt 67'
Attendance: 2,015[13]

Grasshopper 3–0 Chornomorets Odesa
Bickel 41'
Koller 52'
Subiat 85'
Report
Attendance: 3,600[14]
Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)

Porto 2–0 ŁKS Łódź
Domingos 71'
Rui Barros 76'
Report
Attendance: 17,000[15]
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

CSKA Moscow 2–1 Ferencváros
Mamchur 50'
Sergeyev 74'
ReportChristiansen 60'
Attendance: 6,000[16]
Referee: Veselin Bogdanov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

Feyenoord 2–1 Žalgiris Vilnius
Larsson 54'
Heus 65' (pen.)
ReportVencevičius 89'
Attendance: 18,428[17]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.


Werder Bremen 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bode 55'
Basler 75'
Report
Attendance: 22,431[18]
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

Werder Bremen won 2–0 on aggregate.


Tatran Prešov 3–1 Dundee United
Zvara 11', 77'
Kociš 20'
ReportNixon 3'
Attendance: 8,184[19]
Referee: Serdar Çakman (Turkey)

Tatran Prešov won 5–4 on aggregate.


Real Zaragoza 4–0 Gloria Bistrița
Pardeza 12'
Aguado 42'
Poyet 49', 57'
Report
Attendance: 4,500[20]

Real Zaragoza won 5–2 on aggregate.


Club Brugge 3–1 Sligo Rovers
Staelens 3', 45' (pen.)
Eijkelkamp 60'
ReportRooney 8'
Attendance: 6,281[21]
Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Club Brugge won 5–2 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos 6–1 Pirin Blagoevgrad
Alexoudis 7', 17'
Warzycha 30', 87', 90'
Borrelli 65'
ReportOrachev 44'
Attendance: 22,230[22]

Panathinaikos won 8–1 on aggregate.


Viktoria Žižkov 0–0 Chelsea
Report

Chelsea won 4–2 on aggregate.


Austria Wien 3–0 Maribor
Flögel 18'
Kubica 53', 56'
Report
Attendance: 5,014[25]
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Austria Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.


SK Tirana 0–1 Brøndby
ReportStrudal 29'
Attendance: 4,650[26]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Brøndby won 4–0 on aggregate.


Arsenal 3–0 Omonia
Wright 9', 70'
Schwarz 31'
Report
Attendance: 24,165[27]
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

Arsenal won 6–1 on aggregate.


HJK 1–1 Beşiktaş
Rantanen 68'ReportOktay 88'
Attendance: 2,390[28]

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.


Auxerre 3–0 Croatia Zagreb
Diomède 41'
Mahé 75'
Lamouchi 89'
Report
Attendance: 13,874[29]
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

Auxerre won 4–3 on aggregate.


Sampdoria 2–0 Bodø/Glimt
Platt 13'
Lombardo 37'
Report

Sampdoria won 4–3 on aggregate.


Chornomorets Odesa 1–0 Grasshopper
Huseynov 10'Report

Grasshopper won 3–1 on aggregate.


ŁKS Łódź 0–1 Porto
ReportDrulović 44'

Porto won 3–0 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate. Ferencváros won 7–6 on penalties.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Feyenoord 5–3 Werder Bremen1–04–3
Tatran Prešov 1–6 Real Zaragoza0–41–2
Club Brugge 1–0 Panathinaikos1–00–0
Chelsea 1–1 (a) Austria Wien0–01–1
Brøndby 3–4 Arsenal1–22–2
Beşiktaş 2–4 Auxerre2–20–2
Sampdoria 5–3 Grasshopper3–02–3
Porto 6–2 Ferencváros6–00–2

First leg

Feyenoord 1–0 Werder Bremen
Larsson 57'Report
Attendance: 35,624[34]
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Tatran Prešov 0–4 Real Zaragoza
ReportPoyet 26'
Varga 43' (o.g.)
Esnáider 50', 88'
Attendance: 12,105[35]

Club Brugge 1–0 Panathinaikos
Staelens 5' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 14,760[36]
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Chelsea 0–0 Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 22,560[37]

Brøndby 1–2 Arsenal
Strudal 53'ReportWright 16'
Smith 18'
Attendance: 13,406[38]
Referee: Werner Müller (Switzerland)

Beşiktaş 2–2 Auxerre
Mehmet 40'
Ertuğrul 43'
ReportSaïb 54'
Martins 59'

Sampdoria 3–0 Grasshopper
Melli 45'
Mihajlović 76'
Maspero 83'
Report

Porto 6–0 Ferencváros
Jorge Costa 14'
Rui Barros 15'
Drulović 40', 58'
Domingos 85'
Aloísio 87'
Report
Attendance: 15,880[41]
Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

Second leg

Werder Bremen 3–4 Feyenoord
Beschastnykh 12', 60'
Basler 90'
ReportLarsson 21', 34', 67' (pen.)
Heus 55' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,118[42]

Feyenoord won 5–3 on aggregate.


Real Zaragoza 2–1 Tatran Prešov
Esnáider 6'
Óscar 56'
ReportKočiš 38'
Attendance: 2,500[43]

Real Zaragoza won 6–1 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos 0–0 Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 67,133[44]

Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate.


Austria Wien 1–1 Chelsea
Narbekovas 73'ReportSpencer 40'
Attendance: 18,000[45]
Referee: Frans Van Den Wijngaert (Belgium)

1–1 on aggregate. Chelsea won on away goals.


Arsenal 2–2 Brøndby
Wright 25' (pen.)
Selley 46'
ReportB. Hansen 2'
Eggen 69'
Attendance: 32,290[46]

Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.


Auxerre 2–0 Beşiktaş
Lamouchi 45', 49'Report

Auxerre won 4–2 on aggregate.


Grasshopper 3–2 Sampdoria
Willems 13'
Bickel 52'
Koller 55'
ReportMelli 17'
Lombardo 40'
Attendance: 12,100[48]

Sampdoria won 5–3 on aggregate.


Ferencváros 2–0 Porto
Zavadszky 27'
Neagoe 60'
Report

Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Feyenoord 1–2 Real Zaragoza1–00–2
Club Brugge 1–2 Chelsea1–00–2
Arsenal 2–1 Auxerre1–11–0
Sampdoria 1–1 (5–3 p) Porto0–11–0 (aet)

First leg

Club Brugge 1–0 Chelsea
N. Verheyen 82'Report

Feyenoord 1–0 Real Zaragoza
Larsson 61'Report
Attendance: 41,920[51]
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Arsenal 1–1 Auxerre
Wright 59' (pen.)ReportVerlaat 63'
Attendance: 35,208[52]
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Sampdoria 0–1 Porto
ReportYuran 64'

Second leg

Real Zaragoza 2–0 Feyenoord
Pardeza 58'
Esnáider 71'
Report
Attendance: 25,000[54]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Real Zaragoza won 2–1 on aggregate.


Chelsea 2–0 Club Brugge
Stein 16'
Furlong 38'
Report
Attendance: 28,661[55]

Chelsea won 2–1 on aggregate.


Auxerre 0–1 Arsenal
ReportWright 16'

Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregate.


1–1 on aggregate. Sampdoria won 5–3 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Zaragoza 4–3 Chelsea3–01–3
Arsenal 5–5 (3–2 p) Sampdoria3–22–3 (aet)

First leg

Real Zaragoza 3–0 Chelsea
Pardeza 7'
Esnáider 25', 55'
Report
Attendance: 35,000[58]
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Arsenal 3–2 Sampdoria
Bould 34', 37'
Wright 69'
ReportJugović 51', 78'
Attendance: 38,089[59]
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands)

Second leg

Chelsea 3–1 Real Zaragoza
Furlong 30'
Sinclair 62'
Stein 86'
ReportAragón 54'
Attendance: 26,456[60]
Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)

Real Zaragoza won 4–3 on aggregate.


5–5 on aggregate. Arsenal won 3–2 on penalties.

Final

Arsenal 1–2 (a.e.t.) Real Zaragoza
Hartson 75'ReportEsnáider 67'
Nayim 119'
Attendance: 42,424

Top goalscorers

A replica of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup trophy at the Real Zaragoza museum
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Ian Wright Arsenal9
2 Juan Esnáider Real Zaragoza8
3 Henrik Larsson Feyenoord7
4 Kliton Bozgo Maribor5
5 Péter Lipcsei Ferencváros4
Bent Inge Johnsen Bodø/Glimt
Róbert Kociš Tatran Prešov
8 Indrit Fortuzi KF Tirana3
Lorenzo Staelens Club Brugge
Paul Furlong Chelsea
Sabri Lamouchi Auxerre
Alexis Alexoudis Panathinaikos
Milko Gjurovski Maribor
Krzysztof Warzycha Panathinaikos
Eugen Neagoe Ferencváros
Ljubinko Drulović Porto
Vladislav Zvara Tatran Prešov
Ante Šimundža Maribor
Miguel Pardeza Real Zaragoza
Gus Poyet Real Zaragoza

See also

References