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.
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
| Bayern Munich | | Bordeaux |
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| Opponent | Result | Legs | Round | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Russia Lokomotiv Moscow | 5–1 | 0–1 home; 5–0 away | First round | North Macedonia Vardar | 3–1 | 2–0 away; 1–1 home |
| Scotland Raith Rovers | 4–1 | 2–0 away; 2–1 home | Second round | Russia Rotor Volgograd | 3–1 | 2–1 home; 1–0 away |
| Portugal Benfica | 7–2 | 4–1 home; 3–1 away | Third round | Spain Real Betis | 3–2 | 2–0 home; 1–2 away |
| England Nottingham Forest | 7–2 | 2–1 home; 5–1 away | Quarter-finals | Italy Milan | 3–2 | 0–2 away; 3–0 home |
| Spain Barcelona | 4–3 | 2–2 home; 2–1 away | Semi-finals | Czech Republic Slavia Prague | 2–0 | 1–0 away; 1–0 home |
Match details
First leg
| 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
| 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. |
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