The 1996 UEFA Cup Final was a two-legged association football match contested by Bayern Munich of Germany and Bordeaux of France to determine the winner of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup. This was the only UEFA Cup final during the 1990s to not feature any Italian sides and Bordeaux became the only team in the competition's history to reach the final from qualifying through the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

1996 UEFA Cup final
Event1995–96 UEFA Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date1 May 1996
VenueOlympiastadion, Munich
RefereeSerge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Attendance63,000
Second leg
Date15 May 1996
VenueStade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
RefereeVadzim Zhuk (Belarus)
Attendance36,000
1995
1997

The first leg was played at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 1 May 1996, and the second leg was played two weeks later at Parc Lescure in Bordeaux. Bayern won the first leg 2–0 and the second leg 3–1 to record a 5–1 aggregate victory. With this victory, Bayern became the third club to have won all three major European trophies (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup).

Route to the final

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Bayern Munich Bordeaux
Opponent Result Legs Round Opponent Result Legs
  Lokomotiv Moscow 5–1 0–1 home; 5–0 away First round   Vardar 3–1 2–0 away; 1–1 home
  Raith Rovers 4–1 2–0 away; 2–1 home Second round   Rotor Volgograd 3–1 2–1 home; 1–0 away
  Benfica 7–2 4–1 home; 3–1 away Third round   Real Betis 3–2 2–0 home; 1–2 away
  Nottingham Forest 7–2 2–1 home; 5–1 away Quarter-finals   Milan 3–2 0–2 away; 3–0 home
  Barcelona 4–3 2–2 home; 2–1 away Semi-finals   Slavia Prague 2–0 1–0 away; 1–0 home

Match details

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First leg

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Bayern Munich  2–0  Bordeaux
Helmer   34'
Scholl   60'
Report
Overview
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bayern Munich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bordeaux
GK 1   Oliver Kahn
SW 10   Lothar Matthäus (c)   54'
CB 4   Oliver Kreuzer
CB 5   Thomas Helmer
RWB 2   Markus Babbel
LWB 3   Christian Ziege
CM 6   Dietmar Hamann
CM 8   Ciriaco Sforza
AM 7   Mehmet Scholl
CF 9   Jürgen Klinsmann
CF 11   Jean-Pierre Papin   29'   70'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Michael Probst
MF 13   Andi Herzog
MF 14   Christian Nerlinger
MF 15   Dieter Frey   54'
FW 16   Marcel Witeczek   70'
Manager:
  Franz Beckenbauer
 
GK 1   Gaëtan Huard
RB 2   François Grenet
CB 4   Jakob Friis-Hansen
CB 5   Jean-Luc Dogon   16'
LB 3   Bixente Lizarazu (c)
RM 7   Laurent Croci   46'
CM 6   Philippe Lucas   5'
CM 8   Daniel Dutuel
LM 10   Richard Witschge   76'
CF 11   Anthony Bancarel
CF 9   Didier Tholot   90'
Substitutes:
GK 16   Franck Fontan
DF 12   Yannick Fischer
MF 13   Joachim Fernandez
MF 14   Régis Castant
MF 15   Cédric Anselin   90'
Manager:
  Gernot Rohr

Assistant referees:
Ernst Felder (Switzerland)
Martin Freiburghaus (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Second leg

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Bordeaux  1–3  Bayern Munich
Dutuel   75' Report
Overview
Scholl   53'
Kostadinov   66'
Klinsmann   77'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Vadzim Zhuk (Belarus)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bordeaux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bayern Munich
GK 1   Gaëtan Huard
RB 2   Anthony Bancarel
CB 4   Jakob Friis-Hansen
CB 5   Jean-Luc Dogon
LB 3   Bixente Lizarazu (c)   31'
RM 8   Laurent Croci   35'   57'
CM 6   Philippe Lucas   81'
CM 7   Zinedine Zidane
LM 10   Richard Witschge   30'
CF 9   Didier Tholot   80'
CF 11   Christophe Dugarry   70'
Substitutes:
GK 16   Franck Fontan
DF 15   François Grenet   81'
MF 12   Cédric Anselin   31'
MF 13   Joachim Fernandez
MF 14   Daniel Dutuel   57'
Manager:
  Gernot Rohr
 
GK 1   Oliver Kahn
SW 10   Lothar Matthäus (c)
CB 2   Markus Babbel   80'
CB 5   Thomas Helmer   42'
RWB 4   Thomas Strunz
LWB 3   Christian Ziege
CM 6   Dieter Frey   57'   60'
CM 8   Ciriaco Sforza
AM 7   Mehmet Scholl
CF 9   Jürgen Klinsmann
CF 11   Emil Kostadinov   75'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Michael Probst
MF 13   Andi Herzog
MF 14   Christian Nerlinger
FW 15   Marcel Witeczek   75'
FW 16   Alexander Zickler   60'
Manager:
  Franz Beckenbauer

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Aleh Chykun (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Kazimir Znaydinsky (Belarus)

Match rules

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