1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

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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

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 Greece Panathinaikos France Nantes
B Russia Spartak Moscow Poland Legia Warsaw
C Italy Juventus Germany Borussia Dortmund
D Netherlands Ajax Spain Real Madrid

Format

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

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
          
Germany Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 2 1 3
Netherlands Ajax 0 3 3
Greece Panathinaikos 1 0 1
Poland Legia Warsaw 0 0 0
Greece Panathinaikos 0 3 3
Netherlands Ajax 1 (2)
Italy Juventus (p) 1 (4)
Spain Real Madrid 1 0 1
Italy Juventus 0 2 2
Italy Juventus 2 2 4
France Nantes 0 3 3
France Nantes 2 2 4
Russia Spartak Moscow 0 2 2

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 1–2 Italy Juventus 1–0 0–2
Nantes France 4–2 Russia Spartak Moscow 2–0 2–2
Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–3 Netherlands Ajax 0–2 0–1
Legia Warsaw Poland 0–3 Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 0–3

First leg

Real Madrid Spain1–0Italy Juventus
Raúl 20' Report
Attendance: 65,000
Nantes France2–0Russia Spartak Moscow
N'Doram 28'
Ouédec 67'		 Report
Attendance: 29,523
Borussia Dortmund Germany0–2Netherlands Ajax
Report Davids 8'
Kluivert 83'
Attendance: 34,937
Legia Warsaw Poland0–0Greece Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Second leg

Juventus Italy2–0Spain Real Madrid
Del Piero 17'
Padovano 54'		 Report
Attendance: 69,041

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow Russia2–2France Nantes
Nikiforov 32', 38' Report Ouédec 63', 86'
Attendance: 17,000

Nantes won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands1–0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Musampa 75' Report
Attendance: 39,300

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece3–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Warzycha 34', 58'
Borrelli 72'		 Report
Attendance: 70,039

Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

First leg

Juventus Italy2–0France Nantes
Vialli 49'
Jugović 66'		 Report
Attendance: 50,425
Ajax Netherlands0–1Greece Panathinaikos
Report Warzycha 87'
Attendance: 30,507

Second leg

Nantes France3–2Italy Juventus
Capron 44'
N'Doram 69'
Renou 82'		 Report Vialli 17'
Sousa 50'
Attendance: 39,150

Juventus won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece0–3Netherlands Ajax
Report Litmanen 4', 77'
Wooter 86'
Attendance: 73,529

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League Final

References

  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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