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| Event | 1991–92 European Cup | ||||||
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| Afterextra time | |||||||
| Date | 20 May 1992 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium,London | ||||||
| Referee | Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) | ||||||
| Attendance | 70,827[1] | ||||||
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The1992 European Cup final was afootball match held on 20 May 1992 atWembley Stadium,London, betweenSampdoria of Italy andBarcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the game 1–0 afterextra time, thanks to aRonald Koemanfree kick, to record their first triumph in the competition. It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In doing so, they became the second Spanish club to win the tournament and the 19th overall. This was the last final before the competition was re-branded as the Champions League. The final is, as of 2025, the most recent in which both of the finalists entered a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final having not won any of the previous finals.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Sampdoria | None |
 Barcelona | 2 (1961,1986) |
| Sampdoria | Round | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Rosenborg | 7–1 | 5–0 (H) | 2–1 (A) | First round |  Hansa Rostock | 3–1 | 3–0 (H) | 0–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kispest Honvéd | 4–3 | 1–2 (A) | 3–1 (H) | Second round | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–3 (a) | 2–0 (H) | 1–3 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Sparta Prague | 3–2 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Panathinaikos | 0–0 (A) | Matchday 2 |  Benfica | 0–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Anderlecht | 2–3 (A) | Matchday 3 |  Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anderlecht | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 (A) | Matchday 5 | Sparta Prague | 0–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 (H) | Matchday 6 | Benfica | 2–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group A winner
Source:UEFA | Final standings | Group B winner
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       Sampdoria |      Barcelona |
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