1995–96 UEFA Champions League qualifying round
The 1996–97 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 1995–96) 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, while the losers entered the UEFA Cup First Round.
Dynamo Kyiv won their tie against Aalborg BK, 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. Aalborg BK replaced them in the group stage. Dynamo's ban was eventually reduced to just one season.
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grasshopper  |
2–1 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1–1 | 1–0 |
Rangers  |
1–0 |  Anorthosis |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Legia Warsaw  |
3–1 |  IFK Göteborg |
1–0 | 2–1 |
Casino Salzburg  |
0–1 |  Steaua Bucureşti |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Dynamo Kyiv  |
4–1 |  Aalborg BK |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Rosenborg  |
4–3 |  Beşiktaş |
3–0 | 1–3 |
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1–2 |  Ferencváros |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Panathinaikos  |
1–1 (a) |  Hajduk Split |
0–0 | 1–1 |
First leg
Second leg
23 August 1995 20:00 |
| Aalborg BK |
1–3 | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
Rasmussen  87' |
Report | Kalitvintsev 36' Shevchenko 49', 77' |
External links
- Qualifying round at UEFA.com