UEFA Champions League 1995/96

UEFA Champions League 1995/96
Cup winners	Juventus Turin (2nd title)
Beginning	August 9, 1995
final	May 22, 1996
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Rome
Teams	16 (24 with qualifying rounds)
Games	77
Gates	185  (ø 2.4 per game)
Top scorer	Jari Litmanen (9)
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Stadio Olimpico

The 1995/96 UEFA Champions League was the 4th season of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 41st overall. Once again, not all of the registered national champions were at the start because, due to the increased number of member associations since the beginning of the 1990s, UEFA had decided to allow the champions , who were lower in the UEFA five-year ranking , to start in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup . As in the previous year, only 24 teams took part in the competition, including the defending champion and current Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam.

The final took place on May 22, 1996 in the Olympic Stadium in Rome .

mode

There were no changes to the game mode compared to the previous year. However, this was the first season in which three points were awarded for a win in the group stage .

qualification

The first leg took place on the 9th, the second leg on August 23, 1995.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Grasshopper Club Zurich	2: 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1: 1	1-0
Glasgow Rangers	1-0	Anorthosis Famagusta	1-0	0-0
Legia Warsaw	3: 1	IFK Gothenburg	1-0	2: 1
SV Austria Salzburg	0: 1	Steaua Bucharest	0-0	0: 1
Dynamo Kiev ( 1 )	4: 1	Aalborg BK	1-0	3: 1
Rosenborg Trondheim	4: 3	Beşiktaş JK	3-0	1: 3
RSC Anderlecht	1: 2	Ferencváros Budapest	0: 1	1: 1
Panathinaikos Athens	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Hajduk Split	0-0	1: 1

¹ Dynamo Kiev was disqualified for bribery and Aalborg BK took Kiev's place in the group stage.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Panathinaikos Athens	6th	3	2	1	007: 300	+4	11
2.	FC Nantes	6th	2	3	1	008: 600	+2	09
3.	FC Porto	6th	1	4th	1	006: 500	+1	07th
4th	Aalborg BK	6th	1	1	4th	005:120	−7	04th

September 13, 1995
FC Nantes	0-0	FC Porto
September 27, 1995
Panathinaikos Athens	3: 1	FC Nantes
FC Porto	2-0	Aalborg BK
October 18, 1995
FC Porto	0: 1	Panathinaikos Athens
FC Nantes	3: 1	Aalborg BK
October 25, 1995
Aalborg BK	2: 1	Panathinaikos Athens
November 1, 1995
Panathinaikos Athens	0-0	FC Porto
Aalborg BK	0: 2	FC Nantes
November 22, 1995
FC Porto	2: 2	FC Nantes
Panathinaikos Athens	2-0	Aalborg BK
December 6, 1995
FC Nantes	0-0	Panathinaikos Athens
Aalborg BK	2: 2	FC Porto

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spartak Moscow	6th	6th	0	0	015: 400	+11	18th
2.	Legia Warsaw	6th	2	1	3	005: 800	−3	07th
3.	Rosenborg Trondheim	6th	2	0	4th	011:160	−5	06th
4th	Blackburn Rovers	6th	1	1	4th	005: 800	−3	04th

September 13, 1995
Legia Warsaw	3: 1	Rosenborg Trondheim
Blackburn Rovers	0: 1	Spartak Moscow
September 27, 1995
Spartak Moscow	2: 1	Legia Warsaw
Rosenborg Trondheim	2: 1	Blackburn Rovers
October 18, 1995
Legia Warsaw	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Rosenborg Trondheim	2: 4	Spartak Moscow
November 1, 1995
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Legia Warsaw
Spartak Moscow	4: 1	Rosenborg Trondheim
November 22, 1995
Rosenborg Trondheim	4-0	Legia Warsaw
Spartak Moscow	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
December 6, 1995
Legia Warsaw	0: 1	Spartak Moscow
Blackburn Rovers	4: 1	Rosenborg Trondheim

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	6th	4th	1	1	015: 400	+11	13
2.	Borussia Dortmund	6th	2	3	1	008: 800	± 0	09
3.	Steaua Bucharest	6th	1	3	2	002: 500	−3	06th
4th	Glasgow Rangers	6th	0	3	3	006:140	−8	03

September 13, 1995
Steaua Bucharest	1-0	Glasgow Rangers
Borussia Dortmund	1: 3	Juventus Turin
September 27, 1995
Juventus Turin	3-0	Steaua Bucharest
Glasgow Rangers	2: 2	Borussia Dortmund
October 18, 1995
Borussia Dortmund	1-0	Steaua Bucharest
Juventus Turin	4: 1	Glasgow Rangers
November 1, 1995
Steaua Bucharest	0-0	Borussia Dortmund
Glasgow Rangers	0: 4	Juventus Turin
November 22, 1995
Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	Steaua Bucharest
Juventus Turin	1: 2	Borussia Dortmund
December 6, 1995
Steaua Bucharest	0-0	Juventus Turin
Borussia Dortmund	2: 2	Glasgow Rangers

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ajax Amsterdam	6th	5	1	0	015: 100	+14	16
2.	real Madrid	6th	3	1	2	011: 500	+6	10
3.	Ferencváros Budapest	6th	1	2	3	009:190	−10	05
4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	6th	0	2	4th	003:130	−10	02

September 13, 1995
Ajax Amsterdam	1-0	real Madrid
Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 3	Ferencváros Budapest
September 27, 1995
Ferencváros Budapest	1: 5	Ajax Amsterdam
real Madrid	2-0	Grasshopper Club Zurich
October 18, 1995
Ajax Amsterdam	3-0	Grasshopper Club Zurich
real Madrid	6: 1	Ferencváros Budapest
November 1, 1995
Grasshopper Club Zurich	0-0	Ajax Amsterdam
Ferencváros Budapest	1: 1	real Madrid
November 22, 1995
real Madrid	0: 2	Ajax Amsterdam
Ferencváros Budapest	3: 3	Grasshopper Club Zurich
December 6, 1995
Ajax Amsterdam	4-0	Ferencváros Budapest
Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 2	real Madrid

Knockout phase

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 5, the second leg on March 20, 1996.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Borussia Dortmund	0: 3	Ajax Amsterdam	0: 2	0: 1
real Madrid	1: 2	Juventus Turin	1-0	0: 2
Legia Warsaw	0: 3	Panathinaikos Athens	0-0	0: 3
FC Nantes	4: 2	Spartak Moscow	2-0	2: 2

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 3, the second legs on April 17, 1996.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 1	Panathinaikos Athens	0: 1	3-0
Juventus Turin	4: 3	FC Nantes	2-0	2: 3

final

Juventus Turin		Ajax Amsterdam
	May 22, 1996 in Rome ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 1), 4: 2 i. E. Spectators: 80,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega ( Spain )
	Angelo Peruzzi - Moreno Torricelli , Ciro Ferrara , Pietro Vierchowod , Gianluca Pessotto - Paulo Sousa (57th Angelo Di Livio ), Didier Deschamps , Antonio Conte (44th Vladimir Jugović ) - Alessandro Del Piero - Gianluca Vialli , Fabrizio Ravanelli (77th Michele) Padovano ) Coach: Marcello Lippi	Edwin van der Sar - Sonny Silooy , Danny Blind , Frank de Boer (68th Arnold Scholten ), Winston Bogarde - Ronald de Boer (91st Nordin Wooter ), Jari Litmanen , Edgar Davids - Finidi George , Nwankwo Kanu , Kizito Musampa (46th . Patrick Kluivert ) Coach: Louis van Gaal
	1-0 Fabrizio Ravanelli (12th)	1: 1 Jari Litmanen (41st)
	penalties shoot
	1-0 Ciro Ferrara 2-1 Gianluca Pessotto 3-2 Michele Padovano 4-2 Vladimir Jugović	Peruzzi holds against David's 1: 1 Jari Litmanen 2: 2 Arnold Scholten Peruzzi holds against Silooy
	Torricelli, Deschamps, Jugović, Di Livio	Blind, Finidi George, Wooter

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Jari Litmanen	Ajax Amsterdam	9
2	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus Turin	6th
	Raúl	real Madrid	6th
	Krzysztof Warzycha	Panathinaikos Athens	6th
5	Patrick Kluivert	Ajax Amsterdam	5
	Yuri Nikiforov	Spartak Moscow	5
	Nicolas Ouédec	FC Nantes	5
8th	Mike Newell	Blackburn Rovers	4th
	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Juventus Turin	4th
	Iván Zamorano	real Madrid	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used Juventus Turin

Juventus Turin

Goalkeepers: Angelo Peruzzi (10 / -); Michelangelo Rampulla (1 / -) Defense: Gianluca Pessotto (10 / -); Ciro Ferrara (9 / -); Moreno Torricelli (8/1); Pietro Vierchowod (8 / -); Massimo Carrera (7 / -); Sergio Porrini (7 / -) Midfield: Antonio Conte (9/2); Angelo Di Livio (9/1); Vladimir Jugovic (8/1); Paulo Sousa (8/1); Didier Deschamps (8 / -); Giancarlo Marocchi (7/1); Attilio Lombardy (4 / -); Alessio Tacchinardi (4 / -) Forward: Alessandro Del Piero (11/6); Michele Padovano (8/2); Fabrizio Ravanelli (7/4); Gianluca Vialli (7/2) Coach: Marcello Lippi

* Luca Fusi (1 / -) and Juan Pablo Sorín (1 / -) left the club during the season.

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1995/96
• 1995/96 UEFA Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.welt.de - The hour of the oligarchs with reference to the exclusion of Dynamo Kiev

Web links

• Official website for the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League
• Game details for the 1995/96 season on fussballdaten.de
• further information on the 1995/96 season