The 1995–96 UEFA Cup was the 25th season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. It was won by German club Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux of France. Girondins de Bordeaux went to the final all the way from the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup, its first season, being the only Intertoto Cup entrant to reach this far in the UEFA Cup. With this victory, Bayern became the third club to have won all three major European trophies at the time (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup). The finals itself was the only UEFA Cup final during the 1990s to not feature any Italian sides.
The 1995–96 season also saw the return of Yugoslav clubs on the international scene after three years of ban due to UN embargo. However, Yugoslav national champion, Red Star Belgrade, was eliminated as early as in the qualifying round.
Format According to 1994 UEFA ranking, the Netherlands and Hungary lost a slot, while Israel gained one. Under a UEFA special decision, Czech Republic and Slovakia were still considered as a single country.
The access list was finally increased to 98 clubs: the federations with a UEFA place rose from the traditional number of 32 to 36, the national champions excluded from the Champions League were 23, 4 winners of the new UEFA Intertoto Cup quarter-finals entered into the UEFA Cup, 3 clubs of the UEFA Fair Play ranking were added.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders LC: League Cup winners Nth: League position IC: Intertoto Cup FP: Fair play
First round Lazio Milan Roma Internazionale Lyon Auxerre Lens Monaco Werder Bremen Freiburg Kaiserslautern Bayern Munich Real Betis Barcelona Sevilla Manchester United Nottingham Forest Liverpool Benfica Vitória de Guimarães Farense Lokomotiv Moscow Rotor Volgograd Spartak Vladikavkaz Standard Liège Eendracht Aalst Lierse Roda PSV Eindhoven Leeds United Preliminary round Galatasaray Fenerbahçe Sturm Graz Austria Wien Red Star Belgrade Olympiacos Apollon Smyrnis Brøndby Silkeborg Örebro Malmö FF Motherwell Raith Rovers Lugano Neuchâtel Xamax Widzew Łódź Zagłębie Lubin Universitatea Craiova Dinamo București Lillestrøm Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Tel Aviv Újpest Osijek Omonia Chornomorets Odesa Dinamo Tbilisi Samtredia ÍA FH Skonto RAF Jelgava TPV MyPa Slovan Bratislava Košice Olimpija Ljubljana Maribor Levski Sofia Botev Plovdiv Slavia Sofia Sparta Prague Slavia Prague Bangor City Afan Lido Crusaders Glenavon Dundalk Shelbourne Dinamo Minsk Hibernians Sliema Wanderers Tirana Partizani Inkaras Kaunas Jeunesse Esch GÍ Shirak Vardar Zimbru Chișinău Flora Kapaz Bordeaux Strasbourg Karlsruhe Tirol Innsbruck Viking Avenir Beggen
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
Omonia won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.
RAF Jelgava won 2–1 on aggregate.
Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Widzew Łódź won 5–0 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 6–0 on aggregate.
Silkeborg won 6–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpest won 3–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 3–1 on penalties.
Fenerbahçe won 6–0 on aggregate.
Vardar won 3–0 on aggregate.
Chornomorets Odesa won 7–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 9–1 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 4–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. MyPa won on away goals.
Örebro fielded an ineligible player, so the match was awarded 3–0 to Avenir Beggen. Avenir Beggen won 3–0 on aggregate.
Botev Plovdiv won 2–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3–0 on aggregate.
Raith Rovers won 6–2 on aggregate.
Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 6–0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 3–0 on aggregate.
Maribor won 2–1 on aggregate.
Viking won 7–1 on aggregate.
Zagłębie Lubin won 1–0 on aggregate.
Zimbru Chișinău won 2–0 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 7–2 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 4–2 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 4–0 on aggregate.
Lugano won 4-0 on aggregate.
Glenavon won 1–0 on aggregate.
ÍA won 6–0 on aggregate.
First round
First leg
Second leg
Lugano won 2–1 on aggregate.
Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.
Leeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Chornomorets Odesa won 6–5 on penalties.
Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 12–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won on away goals.
PSV Eindhoven won 8–2 on aggregate.
Roma won 5–1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.
Eendracht Aalst won 3–1 on aggregate.
Raith Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Roda JC won 5–2 on aggregate.
Lyon won 2–0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Rotor Volgograd won on away goals.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 4–2 on aggregate.
Lazio won 7–1 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zimbru Chișinău won 3–1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 7–0 on aggregate.
Lens won 13–0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 5–0 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 6–3 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 4–0 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 1–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 8–3 on aggregate.
Lyon won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.
Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 6–2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.
Lens won 4–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Third round
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
Roma won 4–3 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 1–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1995–96 UEFA Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Jürgen Klinsmann Bayern Munich152 Ronaldo PSV Eindhoven63 Luc Nilis PSV Eindhoven5 Pavel Nedvěd Sparta Prague5 Mehmet Scholl Bayern Munich56 Abel Balbo Roma4 Pierluigi Casiraghi Lazio4 Bernd Hobsch Werder Bremen4 Danny Lennon Raith Rovers4 Peter Møller Brøndby4 Roger Barcelona4 Davor Šuker Sevilla4 Joël Tiéhi Lens4
See also 1995–96 UEFA Champions League 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
External links
1995–96 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website All matches - Line ups Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 1995–96 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round 1995/96 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)