1996 UEFA Cup final

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—in its only ever European final as of 2026—became the only team in the competition's history to reach the final from qualifying through the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

1996 UEFA Cup final

Event	1995–96 UEFA Cup
Bayern Munich Bordeaux 5 1
on aggregate
First leg
Bayern Munich Bordeaux 2 0
Date	1 May 1996
Venue	Olympiastadion, Munich
Referee	Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Attendance	63,000
Second leg
Bordeaux Bayern Munich 1 3
Date	15 May 1996
Venue	Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Referee	Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Attendance	36,000
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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 at the time (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the Cup Winners' Cup).

Route to the final

Further information: 1995–96 UEFA Cup

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

First leg

1 May 1996

20:00 CEST

Bayern Munich	2–0	Bordeaux
Helmer 34' Scholl 60'	Report Overview

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

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

15 May 1996

20:45 CEST

Bordeaux	1–3	Bayern Munich
Dutuel 75'	Report Overview	Scholl 53' Kostadinov 66' Klinsmann 77'

Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Vadim 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 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 1996 UEFA Champions League final
• 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final
• FC Bayern Munich in international football
• FC Girondins de Bordeaux in European football
• 1995–96 FC Bayern Munich season
• 1995–96 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

External links

• 1995–96 season at UEFA.com