1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

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	Panathinaikos	Nantes
B	Spartak Moscow	Legia Warsaw
C	Juventus	Borussia Dortmund
D	Ajax	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
	Borussia Dortmund		0	0	0
	Ajax		2	1	3
								Ajax		0	3	3
								Panathinaikos		1	0	1
	Legia Warsaw		0	0	0
															22 May – Rome
	Panathinaikos		0	3	3
															Ajax		1 (2)
															Juventus (p)		1 (4)
	Real Madrid		1	0	1
	Juventus		0	2	2
								Juventus		2	2	4
								Nantes		0	3	3
	Nantes		2	2	4
	Spartak Moscow		0	2	2

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2
Nantes	4–2	Spartak Moscow	2–0	2–2
Borussia Dortmund	0–3	Ajax	0–2	0–1
Legia Warsaw	0–3	Panathinaikos	0–0	0–3

Matches

Real Madrid	1–0	Juventus
Raúl 20'	Report

6 March 1996 (1996-03-06)

20:30

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 65,000^[1]

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Juventus	2–0	Real Madrid
Del Piero 17' Padovano 53'	Report

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20)

20:30

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 62,783^[1]

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Nantes	2–0	Spartak Moscow
N'Doram 28' Ouédec 67'	Report

6 March 1996 (1996-03-06)

20:30

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 29,523^[1]

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Spartak Moscow	2–2	Nantes
Nikiforov 32', 38'	Report	Ouédec 63', 86'

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20)

15:30

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 17,000^[1]

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Nantes won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Ajax
	Report	Davids 8' Kluivert 85'

6 March 1996 (1996-03-06)

20:30

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 34,937^[1]

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Ajax	1–0	Borussia Dortmund
Musampa 75'	Report

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20)

20:30

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 39,300^[1]

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Ajax won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Legia Warsaw	0–0	Panathinaikos
	Report

6 March 1996 (1996-03-06)

20:30

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 12,000^[1]

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Panathinaikos	3–0	Legia Warsaw
Warzycha 33', 57' Borrelli 71'	Report

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20)

19:30

O.A.K.A., Athens

Attendance: 70,039^[1]

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Panathinaikos won 3–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

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

Matches

Juventus	2–0	Nantes
Vialli 49' Jugović 66'	Report

3 April 1996 (1996-04-03)

20:30

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 50,425^[1]

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Nantes	3–2	Juventus
Capron 44' N'Doram 69' Renou 82'	Report	Vialli 17' Sousa 50'

17 April 1996 (1996-04-17)

20:30

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 39,150^[1]

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Juventus won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Ajax	0–1	Panathinaikos
	Report	Warzycha 87'

3 April 1996 (1996-04-03)

20:30

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 30,507^[1]

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Panathinaikos	0–3	Ajax
	Report	Litmanen 4', 77' Wooter 86'

17 April 1996 (1996-04-17)

19:30

O.A.K.A., Athens

Attendance: 73,529^[1]

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 22 May 1996 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Litmanen 41'	Report	Ravanelli 12'
Penalties
Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy	2–4	Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović

22 May 1996 (1996-05-22)

20:30

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 70,000^[2]

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)