1995/96 UEFA Cup

1995/96 UEFA Cup

Cup winners	Germany FC Bayern Munich (1st title)
Beginning	August 8, 1995
The End	May 15, 1996
Teams	96
Games	190
Gates	472 (ø 2.48 per game)
Top scorer	Germany Jürgen Klinsmann ( FC Bayern Munich ) 15 goals
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The 1995/96 UEFA Cup was the 25th edition of the competition and was won by Bayern Munich . The German record champions defeated the French club Girondins Bordeaux in the finals , making them the fourth German club to win the cup after Bayer 04 Leverkusen ( 1988 ), Eintracht Frankfurt ( 1980 ) and Borussia Mönchengladbach ( 1975 , 1979 ).

Other German participants were SC Freiburg (eliminated in the first round), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2nd round) and Werder Bremen (3rd round).

Preliminary round

Starting this season, two clubs were able to qualify for the UEFA Cup for the first time through the UEFA Intertoto Cup . This season these were the two French clubs Racing Strasbourg and Girondins Bordeaux , which started in the first round. As usual, the competition was played in six rounds, both home and away. In the event of a tie, the number of goals scored away was decided first , then overtime, if no decision was reached after 15 minutes twice, a penalty shoot-out followed until the winner was determined.

qualification

	total		First leg	Return leg
Crusaders FC Northern Ireland	1: 6	Denmark Silkeborg IF	1: 2	0: 4
Afan Lido FC Wales	1: 2	Latvia RAF Jelgava	1: 2	0-0
Raith Rovers Scotland	6: 2	Faroese GÍ Gøta	4-0	2: 2
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria	0: 3	Greece Olympiacos Piraeus	0: 2	0: 1
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova Republic	2-0	Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv	2-0	0-0
Sparta Prague Czech Republic	4: 2	Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul	3: 1	1: 1
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 1960	5: 1	Malta Sliema Wanderers	3-0	2: 1
1. FC Košice Slovakia	1: 3	Hungary Újpest Budapest	0: 1	1: 2
FC Universitatea Craiova Romania	0: 0 (1: 3 in good condition)	Belarus 1995 FK Dinamo Minsk	0-0	0: 0 a.d.
Fenerbahçe Istanbul Turkey	6-0	Albania FK Partizani Tirana	2-0	4-0
Vardar Skopje North Macedonia	3-0	Georgia 1990 FC Samtredia	1-0	2-0
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria	2-0	Georgia 1990 Dinamo Tbilisi	1-0	1-0
Apollo Smyrnis Greece	2: 3	Slovenia NK Olimpija Ljubljana	1-0	1: 3
FK Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992	0: 1	Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax	0: 1	0-0
Hibernians Football Club Malta	2: 7	Ukraine Chornomorets Odessa	2: 5	0: 2
PFK Kəpəz Azerbaijan	1: 9	Austria FK Austria Vienna	0: 4	1: 5
SK Tirana Albania	0: 3	Israel Hapoel Beer Sheva	0: 1	0: 2
Dinamo Bucharest Romania	1: 2	Bulgaria Levski -1913 Sofia	0: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Zagłębie Lubin Poland	1-0	Armenia FC Shirak Gyumri	0-0	1-0
Örebro SK Sweden	0: 3	Luxembourg FC Avenir Beggen	0-0	^{( 1 )}0: 3 ^{( 1 )}
Tampere PV Finland	1: 7	Norway Viking Stavanger	0: 4	1: 3
Bangor City Wales	0: 5	Poland Widzew Łódź	0: 4	0: 1
Brøndby IF Denmark	6-0	Lithuania 1989 FK Inkaras Kaunas	3-0	3-0
Lillestrøm SK Norway	4: 1	Estonia FC Flora Tallinn	4-0	0: 1
Motherwell FC Scotland	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Finland Myllycosken Pallo -47	1: 3	2-0
Riga discount Latvia	1: 2	Slovenia NK Maribor	1-0	0: 2
SK Sturm Graz Austria	1: 2	Czech Republic Slavia Prague	0: 1	1: 1
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Slovakia	6-0	Croatia NK Osijek	4-0	2-0
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg	0: 4	Switzerland FC Lugano	0-0	0: 4
Shelbourne FC Ireland	0: 6	Iceland ÍA Akranes	0: 3	0: 3
Glenavon FC Northern Ireland	1-0	Iceland FH Hafnarfjörður	0-0	1-0
Dundalk FC Ireland	0: 4	Sweden Malmö FF	0: 2	0: 2

¹ The second leg ended 1-1. But the game wasrated0: 3 for FC Avenir Beggen , as Örebro SK used a foreigner too much.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sparta Prague Czech Republic	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Denmark Silkeborg IF	0: 1	2: 1
Lierse SK Belgium	2: 5	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	1: 3	1: 2
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland	1: 5	Italy AS Roma	1: 1	0: 4
Sevilla FC Spain	3: 1	Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv	2-0	1: 1
Roda JC Kerkrade Netherlands	5: 2	Slovenia NK Olimpija Ljubljana	5-0	0: 2
FC Bayern Munich Germany	5: 1	Russia Moscow locomotive	0: 1	5-0
FK Austria Vienna Austria	1: 3	Belarus 1995 FK Dinamo Minsk	1: 2	0: 1
Malmö FF Sweden	(a)2: 2 ( a )	England Nottingham Forest	2: 1	0: 1
Chornomorets Odessa Ukraine	1: 1 (6: 5 i.E.)	Poland Widzew Łódź	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
AS Monaco France	1: 3	England Leeds United	0: 3	1-0
Brøndby IF Denmark	3-0	Norway Lillestrøm SK	3-0	0-0
Raith Rovers Scotland	3: 2	Iceland ÍA Akranes	3: 1	0: 1
Sc freiburg Germany	1: 2	Czech Republic Slavia Prague	1: 2	0-0
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Slovakia	2: 4	Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 1	0: 3
FC Lugano Switzerland	2: 1	Italy Inter Milan	1: 1	1-0
Olympiacos Piraeus Greece	5: 1	Slovenia NK Maribor	2-0	3: 1
Hapoel Beer Sheva Israel	00:12	Spain FC Barcelona	0: 7	0: 5
Lazio Rome Italy	7: 1	Cyprus 1960 Omonia Nicosia	5-0	2: 1
Vitória Guimarães Portugal	3: 1	Belgium Standard Liege	3: 1	0-0
Fenerbahçe Istanbul Turkey	1: 4	Spain Betis Seville	1: 2	0: 2
Rotor Volgograd Russia	( a ) 2: 2(a)	England Manchester United	0-0	2: 2
Myllycosken Pallo -47 Finland	2: 8	Netherlands PSV Eindhoven	1: 1	1: 7
AC Milan Italy	8: 1	Poland Zagłębie Lubin	4-0	4: 1
Levski -1913 Sofia Bulgaria	1: 3	Belgium Eendracht Aalst	1: 2	0: 1
Viking Stavanger Norway	1: 2	France AJ Auxerre	1: 1	0: 1
Alania Vladikavkaz Russia	1: 2	England Liverpool FC	1: 2	0-0
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova Republic	3: 1	Latvia RAF Jelgava	1-0	2: 1
Racing Strasbourg France	5-0	Hungary Újpest Budapest	3-0	2-0
SC Farense Portugal	0: 2	France Olympique Lyon	0: 1	0: 1
Glenavon FC Northern Ireland	0: 7	Germany Werder Bremen	0: 2	0: 5
RC Lens France	13: 00	Luxembourg FC Avenir Beggen	6-0	7-0
Vardar Skopje North Macedonia	1: 3	France Girondins Bordeaux	0: 2	1: 1

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
AJ Auxerre France	0: 1	England Nottingham Forest	0: 1	0-0
FC Barcelona Spain	7-0	Portugal Vitória Guimarães	3-0	4-0
AS Roma Italy	4-0	Belgium Eendracht Aalst	4-0	0-0
FC Lugano Switzerland	1: 3	Czech Republic Slavia Prague	1: 2	0: 1
Benfica Lisbon Portugal	3: 2	Netherlands Roda JC Kerkrade	1-0	2: 2
Sparta Prague Czech Republic	6: 3	Moldova Republic Zimbru Chișinău	4: 3	2-0
Girondins Bordeaux France	3: 1	Russia Rotor Volgograd	2: 1	1-0
Leeds United England	3: 8	Netherlands PSV Eindhoven	3: 5	0: 3
Sevilla FC Spain	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Greece Olympiacos Piraeus	1-0	1: 2
Olympique Lyon France	4: 1	Italy Lazio Rome	2: 1	2-0
Raith Rovers Scotland	1: 4	Germany FC Bayern Munich	0: 2	1: 2
Brøndby IF Denmark	1-0	England Liverpool FC	0-0	1-0
Werder Bremen Germany	6: 2	Belarus 1995 FK Dinamo Minsk	5-0	1: 2
Chornomorets Odessa Ukraine	0: 4	France RC Lens	0-0	0: 4
Racing Strasbourg France	1: 3	Italy AC Milan	0: 1	1: 2
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany	1: 4	Spain Betis Seville	1: 3	0: 1

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Bayern Munich Germany	7: 2	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	4: 1	3: 1
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands	2: 1	Germany Werder Bremen	2: 1	0-0
Nottingham Forest England	1-0	France Olympique Lyon	1-0	0-0
Brøndby IF Denmark	3: 4	Italy AS Roma	2: 1	1: 3
Sevilla FC Spain	2: 4	Spain FC Barcelona	1: 1	1: 3
Girondins Bordeaux France	3: 2	Spain Betis Seville	2-0	1: 2
Slavia Prague Czech Republic	1-0	France RC Lens	0-0	1: 0 a.d.
AC Milan Italy	2-0	Czech Republic Sparta Prague	2-0	0-0

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Barcelona Spain	5: 4	Netherlands PSV Eindhoven	2: 2	3: 2
Slavia Prague Czech Republic	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Italy AS Roma	2-0	1: 3
AC Milan Italy	2: 3	France Girondins Bordeaux	2-0	0: 3
FC Bayern Munich Germany	7: 2	England Nottingham Forest	2: 1	5: 1

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Slavia Prague Czech Republic	0: 2	France Girondins Bordeaux	0: 1	0: 1
FC Bayern Munich Germany	4: 3	Spain FC Barcelona	2: 2	2: 1

final

First leg

FC Bayern Munich

Girondins Bordeaux

Lineup

May 1, 1996 in Munich ( Olympic Stadium )

Result: 2: 0 (1: 0)

Spectators: 63,000

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler ( Switzerland )

Oliver Kahn - Lothar Matthäus (54th Dieter Frey ), Thomas Helmer , Markus Babbel , Dietmar Hamann - Ciriaco Sforza , Oliver Kreuzer , Mehmet Scholl , Christian Ziege - Jürgen Klinsmann , Jean-Pierre Papin (70th Marcel Witeczek ) Team principal: Franz Beckenbauer

Gaëtan Huard - Jakob Friis-Hansen , Jean-Luc Dogon , François Grenet , Bixente Lizarazu - Philippe Lucas , Laurent Croci , Daniel Dutuel , Richard Witschge - Anthony Bancarel , Didier Tholot (90th Cédric Anselin ) Trainer: Gernot Rohr ( Germany )

1: 0 Thomas Helmer (34.)

2: 0 Mehmet Scholl (60.)

Jean-Pierre Papin

Philippe Lucas, Laurent Croci, Richard Witschge

Return leg

Girondins Bordeaux

FC Bayern Munich

Lineup

May 15, 1996 in Bordeaux ( Stade du Parc Lescure )

Result: 1: 3 (0: 0)

Spectators: 36,000

Referee: Wadsim Schuk ( Belarus )

Gaëtan Huard - Anthony Bancarel , Jakob Friis-Hansen , Jean-Luc Dogon , Bixente Lizarazu (31st Cédric Anselin ) - Laurent Croci (57th Daniel Dutuel ), Philippe Lucas (81st François Grenet ), Zinédine Zidane , Richard Witschge - Didier Tholot , Christophe Dugarry Trainer: Gernot Rohr ( Germany )

Oliver Kahn - Lothar Matthäus , Markus Babbel , Thomas Helmer , Thomas Strunz - Ciriaco Sforza , Dieter Frey (60th Alexander Zickler ), Mehmet Scholl , Christian Ziege - Jürgen Klinsmann , Emil Kostadinow (75th Marcel Witeczek ) Team principal: Franz Beckenbauer

1: 2 Daniel Dutuel (76.)

0: 1 Mehmet Scholl (53.)

0: 2 Emil Kostadinow (65.)

1: 3 Jürgen Klinsmann (78.)

Richard Witschge, Laurent Croci, Christophe Dugarry, Didier Tholot

Thomas Helmer, Dieter Frey, Markus Babbel

Best goal scorers

without preliminary round

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Germany Jürgen Klinsmann	FC Bayern Munich	15th
2	Brazil Ronaldo	PSV Eindhoven	6th
3	Belgium Luc Nilis	PSV Eindhoven	5
	Germany Mehmet Scholl	FC Bayern Munich	5
5	Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi	RC Lens	4th
	Germany Bernd Hobsch	Werder Bremen	4th
	Italy Pierluigi Casiraghi	Lazio Rome	4th
	Italy Francesco Moriero	AS Roma	4th
	Croatia Before that, Šuker	Sevilla FC	4th
	Argentina Abel Balbo	AS Roma	4th
	Spain Roger García Junyent	FC Barcelona	4th

Used players FC Bayern Munich

1.	FC Bayern Munich
	Goal: Oliver Kahn (12 / -) Defense: Thomas Helmer (12/1); Christian goat (10/1); Markus Babbel (9/2); Oliver Kreuzer (8 / -); Lothar Matthäus (7 / -); Dieter Frey (6 / -); Roman Grill (1 / -)(C) Midfield: Ciriaco Sforza (12 / -); Mehmet Scholl (11/5); Thomas Strunz (9/2); Marcel Witeczek (8/2); Christian Nerlinger (8 / -); Andreas Herzog (7/2); Dietmar Hamann (7 / -) Attack: Jürgen Klinsmann (12/15); Alexander Zickler (8 / -); Jean-Pierre Papin (6/1); Emil Kostadinow (4/1); Trainer: Otto Rehhagel (2nd round to semifinals); Franz Beckenbauer (final)

* Alain Sutter (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Individual evidence

↑ List of goalscorers on uefa.com

Web links

[1] List of goalscorers on uefa.com