1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final

1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final
	Match programme cover
Event	1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
	After extra time
Date	10 May 1995
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
Attendance	42,424
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Football match between Arsenal and Zaragoza

Football match

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 Aragon. 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]

This match marked the debut of the electronic substitution board for fourth officials in UEFA competitions. The board was supplied by the Italian company AMB Elettronic.^[3]

Route to the final

Arsenal					Zaragoza
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Omonia	6–1	3–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	First round	Gloria Bistrița	5–2	1–2 (A)	4–0 (H)
Brøndby	4–3	2–1 (A)	2–2 (H)	Second round	Tatran Prešov	6–1	4–0 (A)	2–1 (H)
Auxerre	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Feyenoord	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Sampdoria	5–5 (3–2 p)	3–2 (H)	2–3 (a.e.t.) (A)	Semi-finals	Chelsea	4–3	3–0 (H)	1–3 (A)

Match

Details

10 May 1995

20:15 CEST

Arsenal	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Zaragoza
Hartson 75'	Report	Esnáider 68' Nayim 119'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 42,424^[1]

Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Arsenal

Zaragoza


GK	1	David Seaman
CB	6	Tony Adams (c)
CB	5	Andy Linighan
CB	7	Martin Keown		46'
RM	2	Lee Dixon
CM	11	Ray Parlour
CM	4	Stefan Schwarz
LM	3	Nigel Winterburn		47'
AM	10	Paul Merson	32'
CF	9	John Hartson	2'
CF	8	Ian Wright
Substitutes:
DF	12	Steve Morrow		47'
MF	13	David Hillier		46'
MF	14	Eddie McGoldrick
FW	15	Chris Kiwomya
GK	16	Vince Bartram
Manager:
Stewart Houston


GK	1	Andoni Cedrún
RB	2	Alberto Belsué	66'
CB	6	Xavi Aguado
CB	4	Fernando Cáceres
LB	3	Jesús Solana
CM	5	Nayim	105'
CM	8	Santiago Aragón	85'
AM	11	Gus Poyet
RF	10	Francisco Higuera	6'	67'
CF	9	Juan Esnáider
LF	7	Miguel Pardeza (c)
Substitutes:
MF	12	Óscar
GK	13	José Belman
MF	14	Jesús García Sanjuán		67'	114'
MF	15	Geli			114'
FW	16	José Luis Loreto
Manager:
Víctor Fernández

Assistant referees:
Maurizio Padovan () Enrico Preziosi () Marcello Nicchi ()

Statistics

First half
	Arsenal	Zaragoza
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	2	7
Shots on target	1	0
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	1	2
Fouls committed	N/a	N/a
Offsides	2	3
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	0

Second half
	Arsenal	Zaragoza
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	5	15
Shots on target	3	3
Ball possession	49%	51%
Corner kicks	1	2
Fouls committed	N/a	N/a
Offsides	5	8
Yellow cards	0	2
Red cards	0	0

Extra time
	Arsenal	Zaragoza
Goals scored	0	1
Total shots	6	22
Shots on target	3	6
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	2	3
Fouls committed	N/a	N/a
Offsides	6	8
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Overall
	Arsenal	Zaragoza
Goals scored	1	2
Total shots	13	44
Shots on target	7	9
Ball possession	N/a	N/a
Corner kicks	4	7
Fouls committed	N/a	N/a
Offsides	13	19
Yellow cards	2	4
Red cards	0	0

References

1 2 "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Golden goal: Nayim for Zaragoza v Arsenal (1995)". The Guardian. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
↑ "AMB Elettronic - Substitution Board since 1994". AMB Elettronic - Substitution Board Professionali per Calcio e Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2026.

External links

1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

[attendance-1] 1 2 "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[2] "Golden goal: Nayim for Zaragoza v Arsenal (1995)". The Guardian. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

[3] "AMB Elettronic - Substitution Board since 1994". AMB Elettronic - Substitution Board Professionali per Calcio e Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2026.

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