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1991–92 UEFA Cup — 21st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

January 1, 1991

Ajax won the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, becoming only the second club to hold all three major European trophies simultaneously.

Quick Facts

Year
1991
Category
general

Key Facts

Tournament edition
21st season of the UEFA Cup
Winner
Ajax (Netherlands)
Runner-up
Torino (Italy)
Aggregate score
2–2 (Ajax won on away goals)
First leg venue
Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy
Second leg venue
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Location

Turin / Amsterdam, Italy / Netherlands

Cause → Event → Consequence

Cause

UEFA organised its 21st UEFA Cup competition for European club sides. Liverpool returned as the sole English entrant after serving a five-year ban imposed following the Heysel disaster at the 1985 European Cup final, with an additional year of exclusion applied to them specifically.

Event

Ajax of the Netherlands and Torino of Italy met in a two-legged final, played at Stadio Delle Alpi in Turin and Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam. The ties ended level at 2–2 on aggregate, and Ajax claimed the trophy on the away goals rule.

Consequence

Ajax's victory gave the Dutch club their first UEFA Cup title and made them only the second team, after city rivals Juventus of Torino, to have won all three of UEFA's major club trophies: the European Cup, the UEFA Cup, and the Cup Winners' Cup.

Timeline Context

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