1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final explained

1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final
Event:1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Team1:Paris Saint-Germain
Team1association:
Team1score:1
Team2:Rapid Wien
Team2association:
Team2score:0
Date:8 May 1996
Stadium:King Baudouin Stadium
City:Brussels
Referee:Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
Attendance:37,500[1]
Previous:1995
Next:1997

The 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final was a football match contested between Paris Saint-Germain of France and Rapid Wien of Austria. It was the final match of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 36th Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on 8 May 1996, hosting its first European club final since the scenes of the Heysel Stadium disaster eleven years prior. Paris Saint-Germain won the match 1–0, thanks to a free kick from Bruno Ngotty.

Excluding their victory in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, this remains the last occasion in club history where PSG has won a major European competition.

Route to the final

Paris Saint-GermainRound Rapid Wien
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legStagesOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Molde6–23–2 (A)3–0 (H)First round Petrolul Ploiești3–13–1 (H)0–0 (A)
Celtic4–01–0 (H)3–0 (A)Second round Sporting CP4–20–2 (A)4–0 (aet) (H)
Parma3–20–1 (A)3–1 (H)Quarter-finals Dynamo Moscow4–01–0 (A)3–0 (H)
Deportivo La Coruña2–01–0 (A)1–0 (H)Semi-finals Feyenoord4–11–1 (A)3–0 (H)

Match

Details

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GK 1 Bernard Lama (c)
RB 2 Patrick Colleter
CB 4 Bruno Ngotty
CB 3 Paul Le Guen
LB 5 Alain Roche
DM 9
RM 7 Daniel Bravo
LM 8
AM 10
CF 6 Youri Djorkaeff
CF 11 Patrice Loko
Substitutes:
FW 12 Pascal Nouma
DF 13 Oumar Dieng
DF 14
FW 15
GK 16 Richard Dutruel
Manager:
Luis Fernández
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GK 1 Michael Konsel (c)
RB 2
CB 4 Trifon Ivanov
CB 5
LB 3 Peter Guggi
DM 11
RM 10 Dietmar Kühbauer
LM 6
AM 8 Stephan Marasek
CF 7
CF 9
Substitutes:
MF 12 Oliver Lederer
DF 13 René Haller
MF 14
MF 15 Sergei Mandreko
GK 16 Raimund Hedl
Manager:
Ernst Dokupil
Assistant referees:
Donato Nicoletti (Italy)
Tullio Manfredini (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 three substitutions.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: All-time finals . https://archive.today/20120716101258/http://en.archive.uefa.com/uefa/news/kind=1/newsid=2577.html . dead . 16 July 2012 . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) . 30 June 2005 . 12 August 2014 .