The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League featured 24 teams, with eight teams (the league champions from the seven top-ranked nations in the UEFA country coefficient table, plus the defending champions from 1994–95) qualifying automatically for the group stage and the remaining 16 (the league champions of the nations ranked 8–23 in the country coefficient table) playing in a two-legged preliminary round. The winners of each tie entered the Champions League group stage
Dynamo Kyiv won their tie against AaB, but, in their first group game against Panathinaikos, they were accused of a failed attempt to bribe referee Antonio López Nieto to get a win. Despite an appeal, they were thrown out of the competition by UEFA and were banned for the subsequent two years. AaB replaced them in the group stage. Dynamo's ban was eventually reduced to just one season.
Summary
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grasshopper 
|
2–1 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
|
1–1 | 1–0 |
Rangers 
|
1–0 |  Anorthosis Famagusta
|
1–0 | 0–0 |
Legia Warsaw 
|
3–1 |  IFK Göteborg
|
1–0 | 2–1 |
Casino Salzburg 
|
0–1 |  Steaua București
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
Dynamo Kyiv 
|
4–1 |  AaB
|
1–0 | 3–1 |
Rosenborg 
|
4–3 |  Beşiktaş
|
3–0 | 1–3 |
Anderlecht 
|
1–2 |  Ferencváros
|
0–1 | 1–1 |
Panathinaikos 
|
1–1 (a) |  Hajduk Split
|
0–0 | 1–1 |
Matches
edit| Grasshopper | 1–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
Ibrahim  49' |
Report | Kashentsev 54' |
Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Rangers | 1–0 | Anorthosis |
|---|---|---|
| Durie 68' |
Report |
| Anorthosis | 0–0 | Rangers |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | IFK Göteborg |
|---|---|---|
| Podbrożny 49' (pen.) |
Report |
| IFK Göteborg | 1–2 | Legia Warsaw |
|---|---|---|
| Blomqvist 25' |
Report | Pisz 72' Wieszczycki 90' |
Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Steaua București | 1–0 | Casino Salzburg |
|---|---|---|
| Ilie 33' |
Report |
Steaua București won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | AaB |
|---|---|---|
| Pokhlebayev 81' (pen.) |
Report |
| AaB | 1–3 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| P. Rasmussen 87' |
Report | Kalitvintsev 36' Shevchenko 49', 77' |
Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Anderlecht | 0–1 | Ferencváros |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kuntić 58' |
| Ferencváros | 1–1 | Anderlecht |
|---|---|---|
| Kopunović 50' |
Report | De Bilde 70' |
Ferencváros won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | Panathinaikos |
|---|---|---|
| Štimac 5' |
Report | Borrelli 54' |
1–1 on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.
References
editExternal links
edit- Qualifying round at UEFA.com