# 1995–96 UEFA Cup

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 finals all the way from the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup, its first season, being the only Intertoto Cup entrant to reach this far of the UEFA Cup. With this victory, Bayern became the third club to have won all three major European trophies (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 (2nd) | Milan (4th) | Roma (5th) | Internazionale (6th) |
| Lyon (2nd) | Auxerre (4th) | Lens (5th) | Monaco (6th) |
| Werder Bremen (2nd) | Freiburg (3rd) | Kaiserslautern (4th) | Bayern Munich (6th) |
| Real Betis (3rd) | Barcelona (4th) | Sevilla (5th) | Manchester United (2nd) |
| Nottingham Forest (3rd) | Liverpool (LC) | Benfica (3rd) | Vitória de Guimarães (4th) |
| Farense (5th) | Lokomotiv Moscow (3rd) | Rotor Volgograd (4th) | Spartak Vladikavkaz (5th) |
| Standard Liège (2nd) | Eendracht Aalst (4th) | Lierse (5th) | Roda (2nd) |
| PSV Eindhoven (3rd) | Leeds United (FP) | | |
| Preliminary round ||||
| Galatasaray (3rd) | Fenerbahçe (4th) | Sturm Graz (2nd) | Austria Wien (4th) |
| Red Star Belgrade (1st) | Olympiacos (2nd) | Apollon Smyrnis (4th) | Brøndby (2nd) |
| Silkeborg (3rd) | Örebro (2nd) | Malmö FF (3rd) | Motherwell (2nd) |
| Raith Rovers (LC) | Lugano (2nd) | Neuchâtel Xamax (3rd) | Widzew Łódź (2nd) |
| Zagłębie Lubin (4th) | Universitatea Craiova (2nd) | Dinamo București (3rd) | Lillestrøm (2nd) |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva (3rd) | Hapoel Tel Aviv (4th) | Újpest (2nd) | Osijek (3rd) |
| Omonia (2nd) | Chornomorets Odesa (2nd) | Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) | Samtredia (2nd) |
| ÍA (1st) | FH (2nd) | Skonto (1st) | RAF Jelgava (2nd) |
| TPV (1st) | MyPa (2nd) | Slovan Bratislava (1st) | Košice (2nd) |
| Olimpija Ljubljana (1st) | Maribor (2nd) | Levski Sofia (1st) | Botev Plovdiv (3rd) |
| Slavia Sofia (4th) | Sparta Prague (1st) | Slavia Prague (2nd) | Bangor City (1st) |
| Afan Lido (2nd) | Crusaders (1st) | Glenavon (2nd) | Dundalk (1st) |
| Shelbourne (2nd) | Dinamo Minsk (1st) | Hibernians (1st) | Sliema Wanderers (2nd) |
| Tirana (1st) | Partizani (3rd) | Inkaras Kaunas (1st) | Jeunesse Esch (1st) |
| GÍ (1st) | Shirak (1st) | Vardar (1st) | Zimbru Chișinău (1st) |
| Flora (1st) | Kapaz (1st) | Bordeaux (IC) | Strasbourg (IC) |
| Karlsruhe (IC) | Tirol Innsbruck (IC) | Viking (FP) | Avenir Beggen (FP) |

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Omonia | 5–1 | Sliema Wanderers | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Sparta Prague | 4–2 | Galatasaray | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Afan Lido | 1–2 | RAF Jelgava | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2–3 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Bangor City | 0–5 | Widzew Łódź | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Brøndby | 6–0 | Inkaras Kaunas | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Crusaders | 1–6 | Silkeborg | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Dinamo București | 1–2 | Levski Sofia | 0–1 | 1–1(aet) |
| Dundalk | 0–4 | Malmö FF | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 0–4 | Lugano | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Košice | 1–3 | Újpest | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 0–0(p) | Dinamo Minsk | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 6–0 | Partizani | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Vardar | 3–0 | Samtredia | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Glenavon | 1–0 | FH | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Hibernians | 2–7 | Chornomorets Odesa | 2–5 | 0–2 |
| Kapaz | 1–9 | Austria Wien | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| Lillestrøm | 4–1 | Flora | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Motherwell | 3–3(a) | MyPa | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Örebro | 0–3 | Avenir Beggen | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2–0 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 0–3 | Olympiacos | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Raith Rovers | 6–2 | GÍ | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Shelbourne | 0–6 | ÍA | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 6–0 | Osijek | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Sturm Graz | 1–2 | Slavia Prague | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Tirana | 0–3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Skonto | 1–2 | Maribor | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| TPV | 1–7 | Viking | 0–4 | 1–3 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 1–0 | Shirak | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 2–7 | Strasbourg | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Karlsruhe | 2–4 | Bordeaux | 0–2 | 2–2 |

### 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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lugano | 2–1 | Internazionale | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 8–1 | Zagłębie Lubin | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Sparta Prague | (a)2–2 | Silkeborg | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Monaco | 1–3 | Leeds United | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 5–1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–1 | 5–0 |
| Brøndby | 3–0 | Lillestrøm | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1–1 (p) | Widzew Łódź | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Vladikavkaz | 1–2 | Liverpool | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 1–4 | Real Betis | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Austria Wien | 1–3 | Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Vardar | 1–3 | Bordeaux | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Glenavon | 0–7 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–12 | Barcelona | 0–7 | 0–5 |
| Lierse | 2–5 | Benfica | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Malmö FF | 2–2(a) | Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| MyPa | 2–8 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | 1–7 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–5 | Roma | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Olympiacos | 5–1 | Maribor | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Levski Sofia | 1–3 | Eendracht Aalst | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Raith Rovers | 3–2 | ÍA | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Lens | 13–0 | Avenir Beggen | 6–0 | 7–0 |
| Strasbourg | 5–0 | Újpest | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Roda JC | 5–2 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Farense | 0–2 | Lyon | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Freiburg | 1–2 | Slavia Prague | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Rotor Volgograd | (a)2–2 | Manchester United | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Sevilla | 3–1 | Botev Plovdiv | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–4 | Kaiserslautern | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Lazio | 7–1 | Omonia | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Viking | 1–2 | Auxerre | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–1 | Standard Liège | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3–1 | RAF Jelgava | 1–0 | 2–1 |

### 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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kaiserslautern | 1–4 | Real Betis | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Lugano | 1–3 | Slavia Prague | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Sparta Prague | 6–3 | Zimbru Chișinău | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Auxerre | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Roma | 4–0 | Eendracht Aalst | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Brøndby | 1–0 | Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Barcelona | 7–0 | Vitória de Guimarães | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 0–4 | Lens | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Bordeaux | 3–1 | Rotor Volgograd | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Leeds United | 3–8 | PSV Eindhoven | 3–5 | 0–3 |
| Lyon | 4–1 | Lazio | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–4 | Bayern Munich | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Strasbourg | 1–3 | Milan | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Sevilla | (a)2–2 | Olympiacos | 1–0 | 1–2(aet) |
| Benfica | 3–2 | Roda JC | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Werder Bremen | 6–2 | Dinamo Minsk | 5–0 | 1–2 |

### 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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Milan | 2–0 | Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 7–2 | Benfica | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Brøndby | 3–4 | Roma | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Bordeaux | 3–2 | Real Betis | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Lyon | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2–1 | Werder Bremen | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sevilla | 2–4 | Barcelona | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Slavia Prague | 1–0 | Lens | 0–0 | 1–0 (aet) |

### 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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Milan | 2–3 | Bordeaux | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Bayern Munich | 7–2 | Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Barcelona | 5–4 | PSV Eindhoven | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Slavia Prague | (a)3–3 | Roma | 2–0 | 1–3 (aet) |

### 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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bayern Munich | 4–3 | Barcelona | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 0–2 | Bordeaux | 0–1 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Bayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 2–0 on aggregate.

## Final
### Second leg

Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1995–96 UEFA Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Bayern Munich | 15 |
| 2 | Ronaldo | PSV Eindhoven | 6 |
| 3 | Luc Nilis | PSV Eindhoven | 5 |
| 3 | Pavel Nedvěd | Sparta Prague | 5 |
| 3 | Mehmet Scholl | Bayern Munich | 5 |
| 6 | Abel Balbo | Roma | 4 |
| 6 | Pierluigi Casiraghi | Lazio | 4 |
| 6 | Bernd Hobsch | Werder Bremen | 4 |
| 6 | Danny Lennon | Raith Rovers | 4 |
| 6 | Peter Møller | Brøndby | 4 |
| 6 | Roger | Barcelona | 4 |
| 6 | Davor Šuker | Sevilla | 4 |
| 6 | Joël Tiéhi | Lens | 4 |