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.
| Event | 1995–96 UEFA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 1 May 1996 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion, Munich | ||||||
| Referee | Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) | ||||||
| Attendance | 63,000 | ||||||
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| Date | 15 May 1996 | ||||||
| Venue | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | ||||||
| Referee | Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) | ||||||
| Attendance | 36,000 | ||||||
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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| 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 |  A.C. 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
First leg
          Bayern Munich |      Bordeaux |
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Assistant referees: | Match rules
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Second leg
Bordeaux  | 1–3 |  Bayern Munich |
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Dutuel  76' | Report Overview | Scholl 53' Kostadinov 65'Klinsmann 78' |
   Bordeaux |      Bayern Munich |
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Assistant referees: | Match rules
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See also
External links
- 1995–96 season at UEFA.com