The 1995âÂÂ96 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 1995âÂÂ96 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.
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 labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
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Omonia won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
RAF Jelgava won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Olimpija Ljubljana won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Widzew à Âódà º won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Silkeborg won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
ÃÂjpest won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
0âÂÂ0 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 3âÂÂ1 on penalties.
Fenerbahçe won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Vardar won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Chornomorets Odesa won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 9âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Lillestrøm won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. MyPa won on away goals.
ÃÂrebro fielded an ineligible player, so the match was awarded 3âÂÂ0 to Avenir Beggen. Avenir Beggen won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Botev Plovdiv won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Raith Rovers won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Neuchâtel Xamax won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Maribor won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Viking won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Zagà ÂÃÂbie Lubin won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Zimbru ChiÃÂinÃÂu won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Lugano won 4-0 on aggregate.
Glenavon won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
ÃÂA won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Lugano won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Milan won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.
Leeds United won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Chornomorets Odesa won 6âÂÂ5 on penalties.
Liverpool won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Minsk won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 12âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won on away goals.
PSV Eindhoven won 8âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Roma won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Eendracht Aalst won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Raith Rovers won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Roda JC won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Lyon won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Rotor Volgograd won on away goals.
Sevilla won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Lazio won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Zimbru ChiÃÂinÃÂu won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Lens won 13âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Roma won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 7âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 8âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Lyon won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.
Benfica won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Lens won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Milan won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Roma won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Nottingham Forest won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Milan won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.
Bayern Munich won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
The top scorers from the 1995âÂÂ96 UEFA Cup are as follows: