1995–96 UEFA Champions League qualifying round
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.
Teams
The sixteen lowest-ranked associations with teams that qualified for the Champions League entered the qualifying round.[1]
| Key to colours |
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| Winners of qualifying round advanced to group stage |
| Assoc. | Team |
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| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Anderlecht
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| 10 |  Beşiktaş
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| 11 |  Casino Salzburg
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| 13 |  Panathinaikos
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| 14 |  AaB
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| 15 |  IFK Göteborg
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| 16 |  Rangers
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| 17 | .svg.png){kind=small} Grasshopper
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| 18 |  Legia Warsaw
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| 19 |  Steaua București
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| 20 |  Rosenborg
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| 21 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 22 |  Ferencváros
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| 23 |  Hajduk Split
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| 24 | .svg.png){kind=small} Anorthosis Famagusta
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| 25 |  Dynamo Kyiv
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Seeding
The sixteen teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing eight teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.[1][2]
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
Summary
Dynamo Kyiv won their tie against AaB, but, in their first group game against Panathinaikos, they were accused of a failed attempt to bribe the referee, Antonio López Nieto, to get a win. Despite an appeal, they were ejected from the competition and banned for two years, with AaB replacing them in the group stage. Dynamo's ban was eventually reduced to one season.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | 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
| Grasshopper | 1–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Rangers | 1–0 | Anorthosis Famagusta |
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Rangers won 1–0 on aggregate.
| IFK Göteborg | 1–2 | Legia Warsaw |
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Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Steaua București | 1–0 | Casino Salzburg |
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Steaua București won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | AaB |
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| AaB | 1–3 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Dynamo Kyiv won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Anderlecht | 0–1 | Ferencváros |
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| Report |
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| Ferencváros | 1–1 | Anderlecht |
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Ferencváros won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | Panathinaikos |
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1–1 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.
References
- ^ a b "UEFA Country Ranking 1995". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Protzen, Martin (29 July 1994). "FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Besiktas - Rosenborg - 23.08. 1995". rbkmedia.no.
External links
- Qualifying round at UEFA.com