1996 UEFA Champions League final
Match programme cover
Event1995–96 UEFA Champions League
Ajax Juventus
Netherlands Italy
1 1
After extra time
Juventus won 4–2 on penalties
Date22 May 1996
VenueStadio Olimpico, Rome
RefereeManuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Attendance70,000[1]

The 1996 UEFA Champions League final was a football match played on 22 May 1996 between Ajax of the Netherlands and Juventus of Italy. The match ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time, forcing a penalty shoot-out, which Juventus won 4–2.[2] It was the club's second triumph in the competition.

Route to the final

Ajax Round Juventus
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Spain Real Madrid 1–0 (H) Matchday 1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–1 (A)
Hungary Ferencváros 5–1 (A) Matchday 2 Romania Steaua București 3–0 (H)
Switzerland Grasshopper 3–0 (H) Matchday 3 Scotland Rangers 4–1 (H)
Switzerland Grasshopper 0–0 (A) Matchday 4 Scotland Rangers 4–0 (A)
Spain Real Madrid 2–0 (A) Matchday 5 Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–2 (H)
Hungary Ferencváros 4–0 (H) Matchday 6 Romania Steaua București 0–0 (A)
Group D winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Netherlands Ajax 6 16
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 10
3 Hungary Ferencváros 6 5
4 Switzerland Grasshopper 6 2
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group C winner

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Italy Juventus 6 13
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 9
3 Romania Steaua București 6 6
4 Scotland Rangers 6 3
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–0 2–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Spain Real Madrid 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Greece Panathinaikos 3–1 0–1 (H) 3–0 (A) Semi-finals France Nantes 4–3 2–0 (H) 2–3 (A)

Match

Details

Ajax Netherlands1–1 (a.e.t.)Italy Juventus
Litmanen 41' Report Ravanelli 13'
Penalties
Davids soccer ball with red X
Litmanen soccer ball with check mark
Scholten soccer ball with check mark
Silooy soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Ferrara
soccer ball with check mark Pessotto
soccer ball with check mark Padovano
soccer ball with check mark Jugović
Attendance: 70,000[1]
Ajax
Juventus
GK1Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB2Netherlands Sonny Silooy
CB3Netherlands Danny Blind (c)Yellow card 83'
DM4Netherlands Frank de Boerdownward-facing red arrow 69'
LB5Netherlands Winston Bogarde
RM6Netherlands Ronald de Boerdownward-facing red arrow 91'
RW7Nigeria Finidi GeorgeYellow card 22'
LM8Netherlands Edgar Davids
CF9Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
AM10Finland Jari Litmanen
LW11Netherlands Kiki Musampadownward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
GK12Netherlands Fred Grim
MF13Netherlands Arnold Scholtenupward-facing green arrow 69'
MF14Netherlands Dave van den Bergh
FW15Netherlands Patrick Kluivertupward-facing green arrow 46'
MF16Netherlands Nordin WooterYellow card 92'upward-facing green arrow 91'
Manager:
Netherlands Louis van Gaal
GK1Italy Angelo Peruzzi
CB2Italy Ciro Ferrara
LB3Italy Gianluca Pessotto
RB4Italy Moreno TorricelliYellow card 102'
CB5Italy Pietro Vierchowod
CM6Portugal Paulo Sousadownward-facing red arrow 57'
LM7France Didier DeschampsYellow card 87'
RM8Italy Antonio Contedownward-facing red arrow 44'
CF9Italy Gianluca Vialli (c)
LW10Italy Alessandro Del Piero
RW11Italy Fabrizio Ravanellidownward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutions:
GK12Italy Michelangelo Rampulla
DF13Italy Sergio Porrini
MF14Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir JugovićYellow card 50'upward-facing green arrow 44'
MF15Italy Angelo Di LivioYellow card 106'upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW16Italy Michele Padovanoupward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Italy Marcello Lippi

Linesmen:
Joaquín Olmos González (Spain)
Manuel Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Aftermath

Although Juventus won the 1996 Champions League final, the victory remains controversial because of accusations of doping.[3][4] The Juventus team has been accused of using erythropoietin (EPO) and the matter went to trial in 2004.[5] In November 2004, club doctor Riccardo Agricola was given a 22-month prison sentence and fined €2,000 for sporting fraud by providing performance-enhancing drugs, specifically EPO, to players between 1994 and 1998,[6][7] Leading hematologist Giuseppe d'Onofrio said that it was "practically certain" that midfielders Antonio Conte and Alessio Tacchinardi had taken EPO to overcome brief bouts of anemia, and that it was "very probable" that seven other players – Alessandro Birindelli, Alessandro Del Piero, Didier Deschamps, Dimas, Paolo Montero, Gianluca Pessotto and Moreno Torricelli – had taken EPO in small doses.[8]

In April 2005, the Court of Arbitration for Sport gave the following advisory opinion, in part: "The use of pharmaceutical substances which are not expressly prohibited by sports law, and which cannot be considered as substances similar or related to those expressly prohibited, is not to be sanctioned by disciplinary measures. However, regardless of the existence or not of any judgement rendered by a State court, sports authorities are under the obligation to prosecute the use of pharmaceutical substances which are prohibited by sports law or any other anti-doping rule violation in order to adopt disciplinary measures."[9] In December 2005, Agricola was acquitted of the charges by Turin's court of appeal.[10] In March 2007, in the final verdict by the Supreme Court of Cassation, stated: "that in the years of 1994 to 1998 there was no ascertained positive case of doping substances by Juventus players, that the purchase of erythropoietin or its administration to the athletes of the club does not emerge from any act of the trial, and that the same expert had identified the possibility of an administration of erythropoietin in distant terms from the sure evidence ("very probable" and in two cases "practically certain"): it is that therefore, the judgement of probability and not of certainty, did not allow for a statement of responsibility."[11] The verdict also went on to say: "In response to the conclusion taken, the territorial court notes that there were no deferred values higher than the limits set in the various antidoping protocols and that the situation of the Juventus players, both with reference to the average hematological values, and in relation to that of material balance, did not differ from the national average population.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Why Ajax still feel 'cheated' by Juve's 1996 Champions League triumph". The Independent. 9 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Juventus vs Ajax: Revisiting the Doping Scandal That Tarnished the Champions League final of 1996". Sports Illustrated. 10 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Pitt-Brooke, Jack (1 June 2017). "Juventus' controversial European past casts dark shadows ahead of Champions League final against Real Madrid". The Independent.
  5. ↑ "Zidane admits using creatine in Juventus doping trial". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 January 2004.
  6. ↑ "Juve doctor convicted of doping". uefa.com. 26 November 2004.
  7. ↑ "Judge Convicts Juventus Doctor". apnews.com. 26 November 200.
  8. ↑ Dunne, Frank (1 December 2004). "The drug scandal that blackens the name of Juve's team of the Nineties". The Independent.
  9. ↑ "ADVISORY OPINION Pronounced by the COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT" (PDF). coni.it. 26 April 2005. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "Juventus doctor wins doping appeal". uefa.com. 14 December 2005.
  11. 1 2 "Repubblica Italiana La Corte Suprema Cassazione Sezione Seconda Penale In Nome Del Popolo Italiano" (PDF). Supreme Court of Cassation. 29 March 2007. pp. 40–42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011.
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