European Champions League Preliminary Round 1995-96
Anderlecht Bel Ferencvaros Hun 0-1 1-1 1-2
Austria Salzburg Aut Steaua Bucharest Rom 0-0 0-1 0-1
Dynamo Kiev Ukr AaB Aalborg Den 1-0 3-1 4-1a
Grasshoppers Sui Maccabi Tel Aviv Isr 1-1 1-0 2-1
Legia Warsaw Pol IFK Gothenburg Swe 1-0 2-1 3-1
Panathinaikos Gre Hajduk Split Cro 0-0 1-1b †1-1
Rangers Sco Anorthosis Cyp 1-0 0-0 1-0
Rosenborg Nor Besiktas Tur 3-0 1-3 4-3
a - AaB later admitted to Champions League after Dynamo Kiev was excluded because
of an alleged bribery attempt in their first Champions League match at home to Panathinaikos
b - 2nd leg in Rijeka
Byes: Ajax, Juventus, Nantes, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid,
Blackburn Rovers, FC Porto, Spartak Moscow
European Champions League 1995-96
European Champions League Group A 1995-96
Nantes Fra FC Porto Por 0-0
Dynamo Kiev Ukr Panathinaikos Gre a
Panathinaikos Gre Nantes Fra 3-1
FC Porto Por AaB Aalborg Den 2-0
FC Porto Por Panathinaikos Gre 0-1
Nantes Fra AaB Aalborg Den 3-1
AaB Aalborg Den Panathinaikos Gre 2-1
Panathinaikos Gre FC Porto Por 0-0
AaB Aalborg Den Nantes Fra 0-2
FC Porto Por Nantes Fra 2-2
Panathinaikos Gre AaB Aalborg Den 2-0
Nantes Fra Panathinaikos Gre 0-0
AaB Aalborg Den FC Porto Por 2-2
a - Dynamo Kiev v Panathinaikos – Match annulled. Dynamo Kiev replaced by Aalborg
Dynamo Kiev were accused of attempting to bribe Spanish referee Lopez Nieto before their first
round home tie with Panathinaikos. They won the game 1-0.
AaB Aalborg whom Dynamo had beaten in the preliminary round were awarded Dinamo's place.
UEFA subsequently excluded Dynamo Kiev from European competitions for three years, including season 1995/96.
This ban was lifted in April 1996.
European Champions League Group A Table
P W D L F A Pts
Panathinaikos 6 3 2 1 7 3 11
Nantes 6 2 3 1 8 6 9
FC Porto 6 1 4 1 6 5 7
AaB Aalborg 6 1 1 4 5 12 4
Panathinaikos and Nantes qualify
European Champions League Group B 1995-96
Legia Warsaw Pol Rosenborg Nor 3-1
Blackburn Rovers Eng Spartak Moscow Rus 0-1
Spartak Moscow Rus Legia Warsaw Pol 2-1
Rosenborg Nor Blackburn Rovers Eng 2-1
Legia Warsaw Pol Blackburn Rovers Eng 1-0
Rosenborg Nor Spartak Moscow Rus 2-4
Blackburn Rovers Eng Legia Warsaw Pol 0-0
Spartak Moscow Rus Rosenborg Nor 4-1
Rosenborg Nor Legia Warsaw Pol 4-0
Spartak Moscow Rus Blackburn Rovers Eng 3-0
Legia Warsaw Pol Spartak Moscow Rus 0-1
Blackburn Rovers Eng Rosenborg Nor 4-1
European Champions League Group B Table
P W D L F A Pts
Spartak Moscow 6 6 0 0 15 4 18
Legia Warsaw 6 2 1 3 5 8 7
Rosenborg 6 2 0 4 11 6 6
Blackburn Rovers 6 1 1 4 5 4 4
Spartak Moscow and Legia Warsaw qualify
European Champions League Group C 1995-96
Steaua Bucharest Rom Rangers Sco 1-0
Borussia Dortmund BRD Juventus Ita 1-3
Juventus Ita Steaua Bucharest Rom 3-0
Rangers Sco Borussia Dortmund BRD 2-2
Borussia Dortmund BRD Steaua Bucharest Rom 1-0
Juventus Ita Rangers Sco 4-1
Steaua Bucharest Rom Borussia Dortmund BRD 0-0
Rangers Sco Juventus Ita 0-4
Rangers Sco Steaua Bucharest Rom 1-0
Juventus Ita Borussia Dortmund BRD 1-2
Steaua Bucharest Rom Juventus Ita 0-0
Borussia Dortmund BRD Rangers Sco 2-2
European Champions League Group C Table
P W D L F A Pts
Juventus 6 4 1 1 15 4 13
Borussia Dortmund 6 2 3 1 8 8 9
Steaua Bucharest 6 1 3 2 2 5 6
Rangers 6 0 3 3 6 14 3
Juventus and Borussia Dortmund qualify
European Champions League Group D 1995-96
Ajax Ned Real Madrid Esp 1-0
Grasshoppers Sui Ferencvaros Hun 0-3
Ferencvaros Hun Ajax Ned 1-5
Real Madrid Esp Grasshoppers Sui 2-0
Ajax Ned Grasshoppers Sui 3-0
Real Madrid Esp Ferencvaros Hun 6-1
Grasshoppers Sui Ajax Ned 0-0
Ferencvaros Hun Real Madrid Esp 1-1
Real Madrid Esp Ajax Ned 0-2
Ferencvaros Hun Grasshoppers Sui 3-3
Ajax Ned Ferencvaros Hun 4-0
Grasshoppers Sui Real Madrid Esp 0-2
European Champions League Group D Table
P W D L F A Pts
Ajax 6 5 1 0 15 1 16
Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 5 10
Ferencvaros 6 1 2 3 9 19 5
Grasshoppers 6 0 2 4 3 13 2
Ajax and Real Madrid qualify
European Champions League Quarter-Finals 1995-96
Borussia Dortmund Ger Ajax Ned 0-2 0-1 0-3
Legia Warsaw Pol Panathinaikos Gre 0-0 0-3 0-3
Nantes Fra Spartak Moscow Rus 2-0 2-2 4-2
Real Madrid Esp Juventus Ita 1-0 0-2 1-2
European Champions League Semi-Finals 1995-96
Ajax Ned Panathinaikos Gre 0-1 3-0 3-1
Juventus Ita Nantes Fra 2-0 2-3 4-3
FINAL - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 22nd May 1996
JUVENTUS 1-1 AJAX
Ravanelli (12) aet Litmanen (41)
Juventus won 4-2 on penalties
attendance 65,000
Penalties:
Davids (saved) 0-0, Ferrara (scored) 1-0, Litmanen (scored) 1-1,
Pessotto (scored) 2-1, Scholten (scored) 2-2, Padovano (scored) 3-2,
Silooy (saved) 3-2, Jugovic (scored) 4-2
Juventus - Lippi) Peruzzi, Torricelli, Vierchowod, Pessotto, Conte (Jugovic),
Paulo Sousa (Di Livio), Deschamps, Del Piero, Vialli, Ravanelli (Padovano)
Manager - Lippi
Ajax - van der Sar, Silooy, Blind, Davids, F.de Boer (Scholten),
R.de Boer (Wooter), Litmanen, Musampa (Kluivert), Finidi, Kanu, Bogarde
Manager - van Gaal
† = won on away goals