41st season of the UEFA club football tournament
1995?96 UEFA Champions League
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Dates
| Qualifying:
9?23 August 1995
Competition proper:
13 September 1995 ? 22 May 1996
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Teams
| Competition proper:
16
Total:
24
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Champions
| Juventus
(2nd title)
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Runners-up
| Ajax
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Matches played
| 61
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Goals scored
| 159 (2.61 per match)
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Attendance
| 1,870,462 (30,663 per match)
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Top scorer(s)
| Jari Litmanen
(Ajax)
9 goals
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International football competition
The
1995?96 UEFA Champions League
was the 41st season of
UEFA
's premier European club
football
tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the
UEFA Champions League
. The tournament was won by
Juventus
, who beat defending champions
Ajax
on penalties in the final for their first European Cup since
1985
, and their second overall. It was the only Champions League title that Juventus won in the 1990s, despite reaching the next two finals, and one of only three Italian wins in the final, despite there being a
Serie A
club in every final for seven consecutive years from
1992
to
1998
.
It was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two.
Teams
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24 teams entered the competition ? the national champions of each of the top 24 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings, including UEFA Champions League holders,
Ajax
. The national champions of the associations ranked 1?7, plus the title holders, all received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions of the associations ranked 8?24 entered in the qualifying round. The remaining national champions from the associations ranked 25?47 were only allowed to participate in
UEFA Cup
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Round and draw dates
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The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in
Geneva
,
Switzerland
).
Phase
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Round
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Draw date
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First leg
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Second leg
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Qualifying round
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12 July 1995
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9 August 1995
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23 August 1995
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Group stage
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Matchday 1
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25 August 1995
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13 September 1995
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Matchday 2
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27 September 1995
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Matchday 3
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18 October 1995
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Matchday 4
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1 November 1995
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Matchday 5
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22 November 1995
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Matchday 6
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6 December 1995
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Knockout phase
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Quarter-finals
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6 March 1996
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20 March 1996
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Semi-finals
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3 April 1996
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17 April 1996
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Final
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22 May 1996 at
Stadio Olimpico
,
Rome
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Qualifying round
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Dynamo Kyiv
won their tie against
AaB
, but, in their first group game against
Panathinaikos
, they were accused of a failed attempt to bribe the referee,
Antonio Lopez Nieto
, to get a win. Despite an appeal, they were ejected from the competition and banned for two years, with Aalborg BK replacing them in the group stage. Dynamo's ban was eventually reduced to one season.
Group stage
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Location of teams of the
1995?96 UEFA Champions League
group stage.
Brown: Group A;
Red: Group B;
Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D.
11 teams of 16 made their debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage:
Aalborg BK
,
Blackburn Rovers
,
Borussia Dortmund
,
Ferencvaros
,
Grasshopper
,
Juventus
,
Legia Warsaw
,
Nantes
,
Panathinaikos
,
Real Madrid
and
Rosenborg
. Panathinaikos had already played in the group stage of the 1991?92 European Cup. Aalborg, Ferencvaros, Grasshopper, Legia and Rosenborg were the first teams to play in group stage from Denmark, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland and Norway respectively.
Group A
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After matchday 1 in the group, Aalborg BK replaced
Dynamo Kyiv
, who were banned following a failed attempt to bribe a referee.
Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
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Bracket
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Top goalscorers
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See also
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References
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External links
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