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1994 European Cup Winners' Cup

Match programme cover

Event

1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup

Arsenal	Parma

1	0

Date

4 May 1994

Venue

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Referee

Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Attendance

33,765

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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 Denmark national 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

Arsenal					Parma
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Odense	3–2	2–1 (A)	1–1 (H)	First round	Degerfors	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Standard Liège	10–0	3–0 (H)	7–0 (A)	Second round	Maccabi Haifa	1–1 (3–1 p)	1–0 (A)	0–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Torino	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Ajax	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	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] Arsenal were fielding a starting midfield of Ian Selley, Steve Morrow and Paul Davis. The famous back five of Seaman, Dixon, Adams, Bould and Winterburn was safely in place but with Wright suspended, Alan Smith was given a lone role up front with Merson and Kevin Campbell instructed to play wide in a 4-5-1.

Details

4 May 1994

20:15 CEST

Arsenal	1–0	Parma
Smith 20'	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 33,765

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Arsenal

Parma


GK	1	David Seaman
RB	2	Lee Dixon
LB	3	Nigel Winterburn
CM	4	Paul Davis
CB	5	Steve Bould
CB	6	Tony Adams (c)	25'
RW	7	Kevin Campbell	78'
CM	8	Steve Morrow
CF	9	Alan Smith
LW	10	Paul Merson		86'
CM	11	Ian Selley	51'
Substitutes:
DF	12	Andy Linighan
GK	13	Alan Miller
MF	14	Eddie McGoldrick		86'
MF	15	Ray Parlour
FW	16	Paul Dickov
Manager:
George Graham


GK	1	Luca Bucci
RWB	2	Antonio Benarrivo
LWB	3	Alberto Di Chiara
SW	4	Lorenzo Minotti (c)
CB	5	Luigi Apolloni
CB	6	Roberto Sensini
CM	7	Tomas Brolin
CM	8	Gabriele Pin		71'
CM	9	Massimo Crippa	44'
AM	10	Gianfranco Zola
CF	11	Faustino Asprilla	45'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Marco Ballotta
DF	13	Roberto Maltagliati
DF	14	David Balleri
MF	15	Daniele Zoratto
FW	16	Alessandro Melli		71'
Manager:
Nevio Scala

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

References

^ ^a ^b "European Cup Winners' Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "European Competitions 1993–94". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Parken". The Stadium Guide. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Football – Match (C2) Cup Winners' Cup : Arsenal vs. Parma". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ JOE LOVEJOY (5 May 1994). "European Cup-Winners Cup: Smith's strike brings Arsenal European glory: Battling Londoners make light of the loss of Wright and Jensen". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "1. May 1994: Arsenal 1–0 Parma". Goal.com. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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