barcelona won their first champions league in 1992.
barcelona won their first champions league in 1992.
when did barcelona win their first champions league?
1992
under sacchi's replacement, fabio capello, milan would continue to be a dominant force in italy and in europe. maldini was also part of milan's undefeated serie a team, which won the championship in the 1991–92 season; in total, milan went unbeaten for an italian record of 58 league matches, earning the nickname "the invincibles". this championship would be milan's first of three consecutive serie a titles under capello in the early 1990s. maldini helped milan defend the serie a title the following season, and reach the first of three consecutive uefa champions league finals. milan would lose the 1993 champions league final in a 1–0 defeat to marseille. that season, maldini scored his first goal in european competitions on 21 october 1992 in a 1–0 champions league win against slovan bratislava, and also made his 200th appearance in serie a on 4 october of the same year. the following season, milan captured their third consecutive serie a title, finishing with the best defence in italy, conceding just 15 goals. maldini also helped lead milan to a second consecutive champions league final, where he helped his team defeat barcelona. due to alessandro costacurta's suspension and injuries sustained to franco baresi, jean-pierre papin and marco van basten, barcelona's "dream team", coached by johan cruyff, were heavy favourites to win the trophy, with the formidable attacking duo of romário and hristo stoichkov. despite their key absences, maldini helped the milan defence keep a clean sheet and overcome barcelona 4–0 in the final, with two goals from daniele massaro and one each from dejan savićević and marcel desailly.
paolo maldini
ter stegen would suffer an injury prior to the first league match of the season. due to this injury, barcelona manager luis enrique made claudio bravo the starting league goalkeeper, where he would go on to win the zamora trophy. ter stegen, however, was made the first-choice goalkeeper in both the copa del rey and in the uefa champions league. he made his debut in the latter tournament on 17 september, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over apoel. he helped barcelona win the final of the domestic cup in his first season, a 3–1 victory against athletic bilbao on 30 may 2015. a week later, he played in the champions league final at the olympiastadion in berlin, a 3–1 win over juventus. nonetheless, he did not play at all in the team's victorious league campaign. but he made significant contributions in the copa del rey and in the uefa champions league. he won the "best save" award for his spectacular "goal-line" save vs bayern munich, in the second leg of the uefa champions league semi-final.
marc-andré ter stegen