Format
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 federations with a UEFA place rose from the traditional number of 32 to 36, * the national champions excluded from the Champions League were 23, * 4 winners of the new UEFA Intertoto Cup quarter-finals entered into the UEFA Cup, * 3 clubs of the UEFA Fair Play ranking were added.Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * TH: Title holders * LC: League Cup winners * Nth: League position * IC: Intertoto Cup * FP: Fair playPreliminary round
First leg
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''Omonia won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sparta Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''RAF Jelgava won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Widzew Łódź won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Silkeborg won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Levski Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Újpest won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''0–0 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won 3–1 on penalties.'' ---- ''Fenerbahçe won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vardar won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Chornomorets Odesa won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Austria Wien won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lillestrøm won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. MyPa won on away goals.'' ---- ''Örebro fielded an ineligible player, so the match was awarded 3–0 to Avenir Beggen. Avenir Beggen won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Botev Plovdiv won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Raith Rovers won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slovan Bratislava won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Maribor won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Viking won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zagłębie Lubin won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zimbru Chișinău won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Strasbourg won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bordeaux won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Malmö FF won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lugano won 4-0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Glenavon won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''ÍA won 6–0 on aggregate.''First round
First leg
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''Lugano won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.'' ---- ''Leeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Chornomorets Odesa won 6–5 on penalties.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Minsk won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Nottingham Forest won on away goals.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roma won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Eendracht Aalst won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Raith Rovers won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roda JC won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slavia Prague won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Rotor Volgograd won on away goals.'' ---- ''Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kaiserslautern won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lazio won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vitória de Guimarães won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zimbru Chișinău won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Werder Bremen won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lens won 13–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Strasbourg won 5–0 on aggregate.''Second round
First leg
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''Slavia Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sparta Prague won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roma won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Sevilla won on away goals.'' ---- ''Benfica won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Werder Bremen won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lens won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.''Third round
First leg
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''Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Roma won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nottingham Forest won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slavia Prague won 1–0 on aggregate.''Quarter-finals
First leg
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''Bordeaux won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.''Semi-finals
First leg
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''Bayern Munich won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bordeaux won 2–0 on aggregate.''Final
First leg
Second leg
''Bayern Munich won 5–1 on aggregate.''Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1995–96 UEFA Cup are as follows:See also
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