UEFA Champions League 1995–96

The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st edition 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. It was the only Champions League title that Juventus won in the 1990s, despite their reaching the next two finals, and one of only two Italian wins in the final, despite there being a Serie A club in every final for seven straight years from 1992 to 1998.

It was the first tournament in which three points were awarded for a win instead of two.

Qualifying round

Dynamo Kyiv won their tie against Aalborg BK, but, in their first group game against Panathinaikos, they were accused of a failed attempt to bribe the referee to get a win. Despite an appeal, they were thrown out of the competition by UEFA and were banned for the subsequent two years. Aalborg BK replaced them in the group stage. Dynamo's ban was eventually reduced to just one season.

Group stage

Group A

Group D

emi-finals

Final

footballbox
date = 1996-05-22
team1 = Juventus flagicon|ITA
score = 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
team2 = flagicon|NED Ajax
goals1 = Ravanelli goal|12
goals2 = Litmanen goal|41
stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Rome
attendance = 67,000
referee = Manuel Díaz Vega flagicon|ESP

penshootoutbox
penalties1=Ciro Ferrara pengoal
Gianluca Pessotto pengoal
Michele Padovano pengoal
Vladimir Jugović pengoal
penaltyscore=4 – 2
penalties2=penmiss Edgar Davids
pengoal Jari Litmanen
pengoal Arnold Scholten
penmiss Sonny Silooy

ee also

*UEFA Cup 1995-96
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1995/intro.html 1995-96 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec199596.html#cc European Cup results at RSSSF]