Under caretaker coach Franz Beckenbauer — who had already lived up to his reputation as a lucky charm with the 1994 championship — the German record champions beat Girondins de Bordeaux in the final legs (2-0 and 3-1) and became, after Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1988), Eintracht Frankfurt (1980) and Borussia Moenchengladbach (1975, 1979), the fourth German club to win the UEFA Cup.
With that, the club had won all three European trophies. The following year, the title defence failed in the first round — eliminated by FC Valencia (0-3/1-0) — but Giovanni Trapattoni's team reclaimed the German championship after two years of Dortmund dominance. Trap became the first Italian championship-winning coach in Germany.