1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

1994 European Cup Winners' Cup
Event 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup
Arsenal Parma
England Italy
1 0
Date 4 May 1994
Venue Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Referee Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)
Attendance 33,765

The 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match on 4 May 1994 contested between Arsenal of England and Parma of Italy. It was the final match of the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 34th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, and Arsenal won 1–0 with the goal coming from Alan Smith. It is widely considered as the peak of Arsenal's famous defence. Arsenal became the fourth London club to win the trophy after Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and West Ham United.[1]

Background

Having beaten Antwerp in the same competition in the previous year, Parma were aiming to become the first side to win consecutive finals; five sides had previously failed to do so after reaching the final for a consecutive year. The final was the first time that Parma had come up against English opposition. On the other hand, Arsenal had three times played out two-legged affairs with Italian clubs. The first meeting was in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, when they overcame Lazio 4–2 on aggregate, drawing the first leg in Rome and winning the second leg 2–0 at Highbury. Arsenal had also faced Italians in the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup at the semi-final stage; Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregate. The most recent meeting was in the quarter-finals of this year's competition, where they overcame Torino 1–0 over two legs.[2]

It was the first time Parken Stadium had hosted the major European competition's final and the first time any European competition's final had been held in Denmark. The stadium had opened only recently — in 1992 — and was the home of Copenhagen and the Danish national football team, taking two years to construct at the cost of 640 million Danish kroner. It was built on the site of the national team's previous home, Idrætsparken.[3]

Route to the final

England Arsenal Italy Parma
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Denmark Odense 3–2 2–1 (A) 1–1 (H) First round Sweden Degerfors 4–1 2–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Belgium Standard Liège 10–0 3–0 (H) 7–0 (A) Second round Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–1 (3–1 p) 1–0 (A) 0–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Italy Torino 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Netherlands Ajax 2–0 0–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
France Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 1–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals Portugal Benfica 2–2 (a) 1–2 (A) 1–0 (H)

Match

Summary

A crowd of 33,765 witnessed a tactical match. Parma’s Tomas Brolin hit the post early on but, in the 20th minute, Lorenzo Minotti miss-hit an overhead clearance and Alan Smith capitalized, beating Luca Bucci with a left-footed volley.[4] Arsenal then invited pressure from Parma but, by controlling Gianfranco Zola and Faustino Asprilla, defended their lead and became the fourth London club to win the trophy.[1] The final was noted for Arsenal fans singing "one nil to the Arsenal" throughout the match.[5]

Arsenal were without their leading goalscorer Ian Wright, who missed the final through suspension as well as the injured John Jensen, Martin Keown, and David Hillier.[6]

Details

Arsenal England 1–0 Italy Parma
Smith  20' Report
Attendance: 33,765
Arsenal
Parma
GK1England David Seaman
RB2England Lee Dixon
LB3England Nigel Winterburn
CM4England Paul Davis
CB5England Steve Bould
CB6England Tony Adams (c)Yellow card 25'
RW7England Kevin CampbellYellow card 78'
CM8Northern Ireland Steve Morrow
CF9England Alan Smith
LW10England Paul Merson 86'
CM11England Ian SelleyYellow card 51'
Substitutes:
DF12England Andy Linighan
GK13England Alan Miller
MF14Republic of Ireland Eddie McGoldrick 86'
MF15England Ray Parlour
FW16Scotland Paul Dickov
Manager:
Scotland George Graham
GK1Italy Luca Bucci
RWB2Italy Antonio Benarrivo
LWB3Italy Alberto Di Chiara
SW4Italy Lorenzo Minotti (c)
CB5Italy Luigi Apolloni
CB6Argentina Roberto Sensini
CM7Sweden Tomas Brolin
CM8Italy Gabriele Pin 71'
CM9Italy Massimo CrippaYellow card 44'
AM10Italy Gianfranco Zola
CF11Colombia Faustino AsprillaYellow card 45'
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Marco Ballotta
DF13Italy Roberto Maltagliati
DF14Italy David Balleri
MF15Italy Daniele Zoratto
FW16Italy Alessandro Melli 71'
Manager:
Italy Nevio Scala

Assistant referees:
Czech Republic Josef Zvonic (Czech Republic)
Czech Republic Otakar Draštík (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
Czech Republic Lubomír Puček (Czech Republic)

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 two substitutions.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "European Cup Winners' Cup". Rsssf.com. 2000-01-26. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  2. ↑ "European Competitions 1993-94". Rsssf. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Parken". The Stadium Guide. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  4. ↑ "Football - Match (C2) Cup Winners' Cup : Arsenal vs. Parma". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  5. ↑ JOE LOVEJOY (1994-05-05). "European Cup-Winners Cup: Smith's strike brings Arsenal European glory: Battling Londoners make light of the loss of Wright and Jensen". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  6. ↑ "1. May 1994: Arsenal 1-0 Parma". Goal.com. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
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