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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Real Madrid  1–0  Juventus
Raúl   20' Report
Attendance: 65,000[1]
Nantes  2–0  Spartak Moscow
N'Doram   28'
Ouédec   67'		 Report
Attendance: 29,523[1]
Borussia Dortmund  0–2  Ajax
Report Davids   8'
Kluivert   85'
Attendance: 34,937[1]
Legia Warsaw  0–0  Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 12,000[1]

Second leg

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Juventus  2–0  Real Madrid
Del Piero   17'
Padovano   53'		 Report
Attendance: 62,783[1]

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow  2–2  Nantes
Nikiforov   32', 38' Report Ouédec   63', 86'
Attendance: 17,000[1]

Nantes won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ajax  1–0  Borussia Dortmund
Musampa   75' Report
Attendance: 39,300[1]

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos  3–0  Legia Warsaw
Warzycha   33', 57'
Borrelli   71'		 Report
Attendance: 70,039[1]

Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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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

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Juventus  2–0  Nantes
Vialli   49'
Jugović   66'		 Report
Attendance: 50,425[1]
Ajax  0–1  Panathinaikos
Report Warzycha   87'
Attendance: 30,507[1]

Second leg

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Nantes  3–2  Juventus
Capron   44'
N'Doram   69'
Renou   82'		 Report Vialli   17'
Sousa   50'
Attendance: 39,150[1]

Juventus won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos  0–3  Ajax
Report Litmanen   4', 77'
Wooter   86'
Attendance: 73,529[1]

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 22 May 1996 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

Ajax  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Juventus
Litmanen   41' Report Ravanelli   12'
Penalties
Davids  
Litmanen  
Scholten  
Silooy  		 2–4   Ferrara
  Pessotto
  Padovano
  Jugović
Attendance: 70,000[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook Season 1996/97. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 1996. p. 282.
  2. ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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