{"history":[],"article":{"id":"798d65da-fae6-46dd-a765-7058db36dfb7","title":"1995–96 UEFA Cup","slug":"1995-96-uefa-cup","content":":::summary\n**Year:** 1995–96 \n**Dates:** 8 August 1995 – 15 May 1996 \n**Num Teams:** 98 \n**Champion Other:** [Bayern Munich](https://bliptext.com/articles/fc-bayern-munich) \n**Count:** 1 \n**Second Other:** [Bordeaux](https://bliptext.com/articles/girondins-de-bordeaux) \n**Matches:** 126 \n**Goals:** 330 \n**Top Scorer:** [Jürgen Klinsmann](https://bliptext.com/articles/j-rgen-klinsmann) (Bayern Munich) · 15 goals \n**Prevseason:** [1994–95](https://bliptext.com/articles/1994-95-uefa-cup) \n**Nextseason:** [1996–97](https://bliptext.com/articles/1996-97-uefa-cup) \n**Extra Information:** Statistics are for the competition proper, which does not include the preliminary round. \n:::\n\n# \nThe **1995–96 [UEFA Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-europa-league)** was the 25th season of Europe's then-tertiary club [football](https://bliptext.com/articles/association-football) tournament organised by [UEFA](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa).\nIt was [won](https://bliptext.com/articles/1996-uefa-cup-final) by German club [Bayern Munich](https://bliptext.com/articles/fc-bayern-munich) on aggregate over [Bordeaux](https://bliptext.com/articles/fc-girondins-de-bordeaux) of France.\nGirondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the [1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/1995-uefa-intertoto-cup), its first season, being the only Intertoto Cup entrant to reach this far of the UEFA Cup.\nWith this victory, Bayern became the third club to have [won all three major European trophies](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-club-competition-records-and-statistics) ([European Cup/UEFA Champions League](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-champions-league), UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the [Cup Winners' Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-cup-winners-cup)).\nThe finals itself was the only UEFA Cup final during the 1990s to not feature any Italian sides.\nThe 1995–96 season also saw the return of [Yugoslav](https://bliptext.com/articles/federal-republic-of-yugoslavia) clubs on the international scene after three years of ban due to [UN embargo](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-nations-security-council-resolution-757).\nHowever, Yugoslav national champion, [Red Star Belgrade](https://bliptext.com/articles/red-star-belgrade), was eliminated as early as in the qualifying round.\n\n# Format\nAccording to 1994 UEFA ranking, the Netherlands and Hungary lost a slot, while Israel gained one.\nUnder a UEFA special decision, Czech Republic and Slovakia were still considered as a single country.\nThe access list was finally increased to 98 clubs:\n\n# Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:\n\n# Preliminary round\n

\n\n## First leg\n

\n\n## Second leg\nOmonia won 5–1 on aggregate.\nSparta Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.\nRAF Jelgava won 2–1 on aggregate.\nOlimpija Ljubljana won 3–2 on aggregate.\nWidzew Łódź won 5–0 on aggregate.\nBrøndby won 6–0 on aggregate.\nSilkeborg won 6–1 on aggregate.\nLevski Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.\nÚjpest won 3–1 on aggregate.\n''0–0 on aggregate.\nDinamo Minsk won 3–1 on penalties.''\nFenerbahçe won 6–0 on aggregate.\nVardar won 3–0 on aggregate.\nChornomorets Odesa won 7–2 on aggregate.\nAustria Wien won 9–1 on aggregate.\nLillestrøm won 4–1 on aggregate.\n''3–3 on aggregate.\nMyPa won on away goals.''\n''Örebro fielded an ineligible player, so the match was awarded 3–0 to Avenir Beggen.\nAvenir Beggen won 3–0 on aggregate.''\nBotev Plovdiv won 2–0 on aggregate.\nOlympiacos won 3–0 on aggregate.\nRaith Rovers won 6–2 on aggregate.\nNeuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.\nSlovan Bratislava won 6–0 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.\nHapoel Be'er Sheva won 3–0 on aggregate.\nMaribor won 2–1 on aggregate.\nViking won 7–1 on aggregate.\nZagłębie Lubin won 1–0 on aggregate.\nZimbru Chișinău won 2–0 on aggregate.\n

\nStrasbourg won 7–2 on aggregate.

\nBordeaux won 4–2 on aggregate.

\nMalmö FF won 4–0 on aggregate.\nLugano won 4-0 on aggregate.\nGlenavon won 1–0 on aggregate.\nÍA won 6–0 on aggregate.\n\n# First round\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nLugano won 2–1 on aggregate.\nMilan won 8–1 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nSparta Prague won on away goals.''\nLeeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.\nBayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.\nBrøndby won 3–0 on aggregate.\n''1–1 on aggregate.\nChornomorets Odesa won 6–5 on penalties.''\nLiverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.\nReal Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.\nDinamo Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 12–0 on aggregate.\nBenfica won 5–2 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nNottingham Forest won on away goals.''\nPSV Eindhoven won 8–2 on aggregate.\nRoma won 5–1 on aggregate.\nOlympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.\nEendracht Aalst won 3–1 on aggregate.\nRaith Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.\nRoda JC won 5–2 on aggregate.\nLyon won 2–0 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nRotor Volgograd won on away goals.''\nSevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.\nKaiserslautern won 4–2 on aggregate.\nLazio won 7–1 on aggregate.\nAuxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.\nVitória de Guimarães won 3–1 on aggregate.\nZimbru Chișinău won 3–1 on aggregate.\nWerder Bremen won 7–0 on aggregate.\nLens won 13–0 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.\nStrasbourg won 5–0 on aggregate.\n\n# Second round\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nSlavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.\nSparta Prague won 6–3 on aggregate.\nNottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.\nRoma won 4–0 on aggregate.\nBrøndby won 1–0 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.\nPSV Eindhoven won 8–3 on aggregate.\nLyon won 4–1 on aggregate.\nBayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nSevilla won on away goals.''\nBenfica won 3–2 on aggregate.\nWerder Bremen won 6–2 on aggregate.\nReal Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.\nLens won 4–0 on aggregate.\nMilan won 3–1 on aggregate.\n\n# Third round\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.\nRoma won 4–3 on aggregate.\nNottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.\nPSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.\nMilan won 2–0 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won 1–0 on aggregate.\n\n# Quarter-finals\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.\nBayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.\n''3–3 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won on away goals.''\n\n# Semi-finals\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 2–0 on aggregate.\n\n# Final\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.\n\n# Top scorers\nThe top scorers from the 1995–96 UEFA Cup are as follows:","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:48:38.202Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T07:48:38.202Z","search_vector":"'1995':1 '96':2 'cup':4 'uefa':3","search_content":" \n**Year:** 1995–96 \n**Dates:** 8 August 1995 – 15 May 1996 \n**Num Teams:** 98 \n**Champion Other:** [Bayern Munich](https://bliptext.com/articles/fc-bayern-munich) \n**Count:** 1 \n**Second Other:** [Bordeaux](https://bliptext.com/articles/girondins-de-bordeaux) \n**Matches:** 126 \n**Goals:** 330 \n**Top Scorer:** [Jürgen Klinsmann](https://bliptext.com/articles/j-rgen-klinsmann) (Bayern Munich) · 15 goals \n**Prevseason:** [1994–95](https://bliptext.com/articles/1994-95-uefa-cup) \n**Nextseason:** [1996–97](https://bliptext.com/articles/1996-97-uefa-cup) \n**Extra Information:** Statistics are for the competition proper, which does not include the preliminary round. \n \n\n# \nThe **1995–96 [[UEFA](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa) Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-europa-league)** was the 25th season of Europe's then-tertiary club [football](https://bliptext.com/articles/association-football) tournament organised by [UEFA](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa).\nIt was [won](https://bliptext.com/articles/1996-uefa-cup-final) by German club [Bayern Munich](https://bliptext.com/articles/fc-bayern-munich) on aggregate over [Bordeaux](https://bliptext.com/articles/fc-girondins-de-bordeaux) of France.\nGirondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the [1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/1995-uefa-intertoto-cup), its first season, being the only Intertoto Cup entrant to reach this far of the UEFA Cup.\nWith this victory, Bayern became the third club to have [won all three major European trophies](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-club-competition-records-and-statistics) ([European Cup/UEFA Champions League](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-champions-league), UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the [Cup Winners' Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-cup-winners-cup)).\nThe finals itself was the only UEFA Cup final during the 1990s to not feature any Italian sides.\nThe 1995–96 season also saw the return of [Yugoslav](https://bliptext.com/articles/federal-republic-of-yugoslavia) clubs on the international scene after three years of ban due to [UN embargo](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-nations-security-council-resolution-757).\nHowever, Yugoslav national champion, [Red Star Belgrade](https://bliptext.com/articles/red-star-belgrade), was eliminated as early as in the qualifying round.\n\n# Format\nAccording to 1994 UEFA ranking, the Netherlands and Hungary lost a slot, while Israel gained one.\nUnder a UEFA special decision, Czech Republic and Slovakia were still considered as a single country.\nThe access list was finally increased to 98 clubs:\n\n# Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:\n\n# Preliminary round\n \n \n\n## First leg\n \n \n\n## Second leg\nOmonia won 5–1 on aggregate.\nSparta Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.\nRAF Jelgava won 2–1 on aggregate.\nOlimpija Ljubljana won 3–2 on aggregate.\nWidzew Łódź won 5–0 on aggregate.\nBrøndby won 6–0 on aggregate.\nSilkeborg won 6–1 on aggregate.\nLevski Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.\nÚjpest won 3–1 on aggregate.\n''0–0 on aggregate.\nDinamo Minsk won 3–1 on penalties.''\nFenerbahçe won 6–0 on aggregate.\nVardar won 3–0 on aggregate.\nChornomorets Odesa won 7–2 on aggregate.\nAustria Wien won 9–1 on aggregate.\nLillestrøm won 4–1 on aggregate.\n''3–3 on aggregate.\nMyPa won on away goals.''\n''Örebro fielded an ineligible player, so the match was awarded 3–0 to Avenir Beggen.\nAvenir Beggen won 3–0 on aggregate.''\nBotev Plovdiv won 2–0 on aggregate.\nOlympiacos won 3–0 on aggregate.\nRaith Rovers won 6–2 on aggregate.\nNeuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.\nSlovan Bratislava won 6–0 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.\nHapoel Be'er Sheva won 3–0 on aggregate.\nMaribor won 2–1 on aggregate.\nViking won 7–1 on aggregate.\nZagłębie Lubin won 1–0 on aggregate.\nZimbru Chișinău won 2–0 on aggregate.\n \nStrasbourg won 7–2 on aggregate. \n \nBordeaux won 4–2 on aggregate. \nMalmö FF won 4–0 on aggregate.\nLugano won 4-0 on aggregate.\nGlenavon won 1–0 on aggregate.\nÍA won 6–0 on aggregate.\n\n# First round\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nLugano won 2–1 on aggregate.\nMilan won 8–1 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nSparta Prague won on away goals.''\nLeeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.\nBayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.\nBrøndby won 3–0 on aggregate.\n''1–1 on aggregate.\nChornomorets Odesa won 6–5 on penalties.''\nLiverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.\nReal Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.\nDinamo Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 12–0 on aggregate.\nBenfica won 5–2 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nNottingham Forest won on away goals.''\nPSV Eindhoven won 8–2 on aggregate.\nRoma won 5–1 on aggregate.\nOlympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.\nEendracht Aalst won 3–1 on aggregate.\nRaith Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.\nRoda JC won 5–2 on aggregate.\nLyon won 2–0 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nRotor Volgograd won on away goals.''\nSevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.\nKaiserslautern won 4–2 on aggregate.\nLazio won 7–1 on aggregate.\nAuxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.\nVitória de Guimarães won 3–1 on aggregate.\nZimbru Chișinău won 3–1 on aggregate.\nWerder Bremen won 7–0 on aggregate.\nLens won 13–0 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.\nStrasbourg won 5–0 on aggregate.\n\n# Second round\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nSlavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.\nSparta Prague won 6–3 on aggregate.\nNottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.\nRoma won 4–0 on aggregate.\nBrøndby won 1–0 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.\nPSV Eindhoven won 8–3 on aggregate.\nLyon won 4–1 on aggregate.\nBayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.\n''2–2 on aggregate.\nSevilla won on away goals.''\nBenfica won 3–2 on aggregate.\nWerder Bremen won 6–2 on aggregate.\nReal Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.\nLens won 4–0 on aggregate.\nMilan won 3–1 on aggregate.\n\n# Third round\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.\nRoma won 4–3 on aggregate.\nNottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.\nPSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.\nMilan won 2–0 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won 1–0 on aggregate.\n\n# Quarter-finals\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.\nBayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.\nBarcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.\n''3–3 on aggregate.\nSlavia Prague won on away goals.''\n\n# Semi-finals\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.\nBordeaux won 2–0 on aggregate.\n\n# Final\n\n## First leg\n\n## Second leg\nBayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.\n\n# Top scorers\nThe top scorers from the 1995–96 UEFA Cup are as follows:","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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