1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League began on 6 March 1996 and ended with the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 22 May 1996. The top two teams from each of the four groups in the group stage competed in the knockout stage. The quarter-finals were predetermined with pairings being Group A vs Group B and Group C vs. Group D. A group winner played the runners-up from the other group, with the group winner host the second leg. For the semi-final, the fixtures were also predetermined, with the ties containing the group winners of A and D playing each other, as well as those of groups B and C. The order of matches from the semifinals onward was decided by a draw.

Qualified teams[edit]

The knockout stage involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of all four groups in the group stage.

Group	Winners (seeded in quarter-final draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in quarter-final draw)
A	Panathinaikos	Nantes
B	Spartak Moscow	Legia Warsaw
C	Juventus	Borussia Dortmund
D	Ajax	Real Madrid

Format[edit]

Each quarter-final and semi-final was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home; the team that scored the most goals over the two legs qualified for the following round. In the event that the two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs, the team that scored more goals away from home qualified for the next round; if both teams scored the same number of away goals, matches would go to extra time and then penalties if the teams could not be separated after extra time.

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0

Ajax	2	1	3
				Ajax	0	3	3

				Panathinaikos	1	0	1
Legia Warsaw	0	0	0

Panathinaikos	0	3	3
								Ajax	1 (2)

								Juventus (p)	1 (4)
Real Madrid	1	0	1

Juventus	0	2	2
				Juventus	2	2	4

				Nantes	0	3	3
Nantes	2	2	4

Spartak Moscow	0	2	2

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2
Nantes	4–2	Spartak Moscow	2–0	2–2
Borussia Dortmund	0–3	Ajax	0–2	0–1
Legia Warsaw	0–3	Panathinaikos	0–0	0–3

First leg[edit]

6 March 1996

20:30

Real Madrid	1–0	Juventus
Raúl 20'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 65,000^[1]

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

6 March 1996

20:30

Nantes	2–0	Spartak Moscow
N'Doram 28' Ouédec 67'	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 29,523^[1]

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

6 March 1996

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Ajax
	Report	Davids 8' Kluivert 83'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 34,937^[1]

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

6 March 1996

20:30

Legia Warsaw	0–0	Panathinaikos
	Report

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 12,000^[1]

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Second leg[edit]

20 March 1996

20:30

Juventus	2–0	Real Madrid
Del Piero 17' Padovano 54'	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 69,041^[1]

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

20 March 1996

19:30

Spartak Moscow	2–2	Nantes
Nikiforov 32', 38'	Report	Ouédec 63', 86'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 17,000^[1]

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Nantes won 4–2 on aggregate.

20 March 1996

20:30

Ajax	1–0	Borussia Dortmund
Musampa 75'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 39,300^[1]

Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

20 March 1996

21:30

Panathinaikos	3–0	Legia Warsaw
Warzycha 34', 58' Borrelli 72'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 70,039^[1]

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	4–3	Nantes	2–0	2–3
Ajax	3–1	Panathinaikos	0–1	3–0

First leg[edit]

3 April 1996

20:30

Juventus	2–0	Nantes
Vialli 49' Jugović 66'	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 50,425^[1]

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

3 April 1996

20:30

Ajax	0–1	Panathinaikos
	Report	Warzycha 87'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 30,507^[1]

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Second leg[edit]

17 April 1996

20:30

Nantes	3–2	Juventus
Capron 44' N'Doram 69' Renou 82'	Report	Vialli 17' Sousa 50'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 39,150^[1]

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Juventus won 4–3 on aggregate.

17 April 1996

21:30

Panathinaikos	0–3	Ajax
	Report	Litmanen 4', 77' Wooter 86'

Spyridon Louis, Athens

Attendance: 73,529^[1]

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

22 May 1996

20:30

Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Litmanen 41'	Report	Ravanelli 12'
Penalties
Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy	2–4	Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 67,000^[1]

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook Season 1996/97. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 1996. p. 282.

External links[edit]

Knockout phase at UEFA.com

[attendances-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook Season 1996/97. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 1996. p. 282.

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