Arsenal Anniversaries: 4 May 1994, we win the Cup winners Cup

By Tony Attwood

4 May 1994 – Arsenal won the EUFA Cup Winners Cup by beating Parma 1-0.

Parma were the defending champions having beaten Antwerp the previous season, and were trying to be the first team to retain the trophy.

The game was held at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, which had opened in 1992 with a crowd of 34,000.  Alan Smith scored with a left footed volley.

The Italian team included Gianfranco Zola and Faustino Asprilla.  Ian Wright missed the final through suspension.

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Dixon Bould Adams Campbell Winterburn

Davis Morrow Merson Selley

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Used Sub: McGoldrick

Attendance 33,764

Looking back to the journey to the CWC final, it all seems amazingly short and simple, compared with the Champions League these days where there might be a qualifying match, followed by six league games, before one gets to the knock out stages.

This was Arsenal’s journey

  • 15 September 1993: Odesnse BK 1 Arsenal 2
  • 29 September 1993: Arsenal 1 Odense 1
  • 20 October 1993: Arsenal 3 Standard Liege 0
  • 3 November 1993: Standard Liege 0 Arsenal 7
  • 2 March 1994: Torino 0 Arsenal 0
  • 15 March 1994: Arsenal 1 Torino 0
  • 29 March 1994: PSG 1 Arsenal 1
  • 15 April 1994: Arsenal 1 PSG 0
  • 4 May 1994: Arsenal 1 Parma 0

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