Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 9–23 August 1995 Competition proper: 13 September 1995 – 22 May 1996 |
Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 24 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 61 |
Goals scored | 159 (2.61 per match) |
Attendance | 1,870,462 (30,663 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Jari Litmanen (Ajax) 9 goals |
The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on penalties in the final for their first European Cup since 1985, and their second overall. It was the only Champions League title that Juventus won in the 1990s, despite reaching the next two finals, and one of only three Italian wins in the final, despite there being a Serie A club in every final for seven consecutive years from 1992 to 1998.
It was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two.
Teams
[edit]24 teams entered the competition – the national champions of each of the top 24 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings, including UEFA Champions League holders, Ajax. The national champions of the associations ranked 1–7, plus the title holders, all received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions of the associations ranked 8–24 entered in the qualifying round. The remaining national champions from the associations ranked 25–47 were only allowed to participate in UEFA Cup.[1]
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Round and draw dates
[edit]The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland).
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying round | 12 July 1995 | 9 August 1995 | 23 August 1995 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 25 August 1995 | 13 September 1995 | |
Matchday 2 | 27 September 1995 | |||
Matchday 3 | 18 October 1995 | |||
Matchday 4 | 1 November 1995 | |||
Matchday 5 | 22 November 1995 | |||
Matchday 6 | 6 December 1995 | |||
Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 6 March 1996 | 20 March 1996 | |
Semi-finals | 3 April 1996 | 17 April 1996 | ||
Final | 22 May 1996 at Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
Qualifying round
[edit]Dynamo Kyiv won their tie against AaB, but, in their first group game against Panathinaikos, they were accused of a failed attempt to bribe the referee, Antonio López Nieto, to get a win. Despite an appeal, they were ejected from the competition and banned for two years, with Aalborg BK replacing them in the group stage. Dynamo's ban was eventually reduced to one season.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Grasshopper ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 |
Rangers ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Legia Warsaw ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 |
Casino Salzburg ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Dynamo Kyiv ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Rosenborg ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–3 |
Anderlecht ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Group stage
[edit]11 teams of 16 made their debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage: Aalborg BK, Blackburn Rovers, Borussia Dortmund, Ferencváros, Grasshopper, Juventus, Legia Warsaw, Nantes, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid and Rosenborg. Panathinaikos had already played in the group stage of the 1991–92 European Cup. Aalborg, Ferencvaros, Grasshopper, Legia and Rosenborg were the first teams to play in group stage from Denmark, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland and Norway respectively.
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | NAN | POR | AAB | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |
Notes:
- ^ After matchday 1 in the group, Aalborg BK replaced Dynamo Kyiv, who were banned following a failed attempt to bribe a referee.
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPA | LW | ROS | BR | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 18 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | 2–4 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | DOR | STE | RAN | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJA | RM | FER | GRA | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | 0–2 | — | 6–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
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Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–1 |
Legia Warsaw ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Nantes ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–2 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 3–0 |
Juventus ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–3 |
Final
[edit]Ajax ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Litmanen ![]() |
Report | Ravanelli ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Davids ![]() Litmanen ![]() Scholten ![]() Silooy ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Top goalscorers
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9 |
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6 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1995–96 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All matches - Line ups
- European Cup results at RSSSF
- All scorers 1995–96 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- 1995/96 UEFA Champions League – results and line-ups (archive)