Paris Saint-Germain's previous European finals!

1995-1996 / European Cup Winners' Cup Final against Rapid Vienna (1-0)

History is in the making. After having eliminated Parma and Deportivo La Coruna in the previous rounds, Paris Saint-Germain is the big favourite in this final against Austrian outfit Rapid Vienna.

15,000 Paris fans made the short trip to Brussels to support the team as coach Luis Fernandez went with a first-choice starting XI.

N'Gotty fired the first shot of the game, before Paris were dealt a serious blow in the 12th minute of play as Raí succumbed to injury.

Paris Saint-Germain continued to dominate, with Youri Djorkaeff earning a free kick more than 30 metres out. Bruno N'Gotty fired it into the back of the net, and the Parisians were ahead (1-0, 29’).

Rapid threw everything at Paris is the final stages but were denied by an invincible Bernard Lama. Lama saved at the feet of Jancker (90') and then from Barisic's header (90') before the referee's final whistle confirmed Les Rouge et Bleu as the first French club, and the only one in history, to lift the Cup Winners' Cup.

Youri Djorkaeff, as he recounts his memories, makes no secret of his delight: "I usually take free kicks but it was a long way out and I said to Bruno N'Gotty: "Hit it hard!". The rest you know... At the final whistle, I felt something very strong, deep inside. It was not deliverance or a crowning glory, rather an accomplishment. The celebration with the fans was fantastic."

1996-1997 / European Cup Winners' Cup Final against FC Barcelona (0-1)

It's a party in Rotterdam as 15,000 Parisians made the trip. Paris Saint-Germain fielded their strongest team, with the youngsters Didier Domi and Jérôme Leroy in the starting line-up.

Barcelona were the first onto the front foot, with Portugal midfielder Luis Figo dragging his shot across the face of goal (10'). Paris Saint-Germain matched their illustrious opponents, Patrice Loko finding himself alone in front of the Barcelona goal but the referee whistled an non-existent offside (23'). Ronaldo was pushed into the box by Bruno Ngotty minutes later, and the Brazilian striker converted the penalty to open the scoring (37'). After the break, Loko had a great chance to equalise, but he was denied by the post. Leonardo then fired over (57') as the game got away from Paris.

Paris Saint-Germain pushed forward, Barcelona played counter-attacking football and Luis Figo hit the crossbar (87'). There was no change to the score in the final minutes as Paris narrowly missed out to Barcelona.

Ricardo was proud of his players: "We have nothing to be ashamed of in this defeat. We're beaten and obviously disappointed, but my players put up a great fight and the outcome was very close."