1996–97 UEFA Cup#Preliminary round

According to 1995 UEFA ranking, Bulgaria ceded a slot to Norway.

The access list was finally increased to 117 clubs:

• all the 47 federations obtained a UEFA place,
• all the 24 national champions excluded from the Champions League entered in the UEFA Cup,
• all the 8 national champions that failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage entered in the UEFA Cup First round
• a third winner of the UEFA Intertoto Cup was added,
• 3 clubs of the UEFA Fair Play ranking were confirmed.

A second qualifying round was consequently added for the first time in the history of the European competitions.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Title holders
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• IC: Intertoto Cup
• FP: Fair play
• CLQ: Relegated from the Champions League

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{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Tbilisi|Georgia|var1=1990|6–2 |Grevenmacher|Luxembourg| 4–0 | 2–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo-93 Minsk|Belarus|var1=1995| 4–2 |Tiligul Tiraspol|Moldova| 3–1 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Croatia Zagreb|Croatia| 10–2 |Tirana|Albania|var2=1992| 4–0 | 6–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Sliema Wanderers|Malta| 4–3 |Margveti Zestaponi|Georgia|var2=1990|1–3 | 3–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Jazz|Finland| 4–1 |GÍ|Faroe Islands| 3–1 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Gorica|Slovenia| 1–3 |Vardar|Macedonia| 0–1 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Anorthosis Famagusta|Cyprus|var2=1960| 6–2 |Shirak|Armenia| 4–0 | 2–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Portadown|Northern Ireland| 1–5 |Vojvodina|FR Yugoslavia| 0–1 | 1–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Pyunik|Armenia| 5–6 |HJK|Finland| 3–1 | 2–5 (aet) }}

{{TwoLegResult|Lantana Tallinn|Estonia| 2–1 |ÍBV|Iceland| 2–1 | 0–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Bohemians|Ireland| 1–1 (a) |Dinamo Minsk|Belarus|var2=1995| 1–1 | 0–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Beitar Jerusalem|Israel| 8–2 |Floriana|Malta| 3–1 | 5–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Jeunesse Esch|Luxembourg| 2–7 |Legia Warsaw|Poland| 2–4 | 0–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Slavia Sofia|Bulgaria| 5–4 |Inkaras Kaunas|Lithuania|var2=1988| 4–3 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍA|Iceland| 2–1 |Sileks|Macedonia| 2–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Neftçi|Azerbaijan| 2–7 |Lokomotiv Sofia|Bulgaria| 2–1 | 0–6 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Newtown|Wales| 1–7 |Skonto|Latvia| 1–4 | 0–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Zimbru Chișinău|Moldova| 1–6 |Hajduk Split|Croatia| 0–4 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|B71|Faroe Islands| 3–9 |APOEL|Cyprus|var2=1960| 1–5 | 2–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Barry Town|Wales| 2–1 |Dinaburg|Latvia| 0–0 | 2–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Žalgiris Vilnius|Lithuania|var1=1988| 3–2 |Crusaders|Northern Ireland| 2–0 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Teuta Durrës|Albania|var1=1992| 2–6 |Košice|Slovakia| 1–4 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Haka|Finland| 3–2 |Flora|Estonia| 2–2 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Bečej|FR Yugoslavia| 0–2 |Mura|Slovenia| 0–0 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Hutnik Kraków|Poland| 11–2 |Khazri Buzovna|Azerbaijan| 9–0 | 2–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Maccabi Haifa|Israel| 1–4 |Partizan|FR Yugoslavia| 0–1 | 1–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|St Patrick's Athletic|Ireland| 3–5 |Slovan Bratislava|Slovakia| 3–4 | 0–1 }}

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|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|GEO|1990}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52994 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LUX}} Grevenmacher

|goals1=Iashvili {{goal|38||69}}
Gogichaishvili {{goal|75}}
Demetradze {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=13,800

|referee=Ünsal Çimen (Turkey)

}}

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|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Dinamo-93 Minsk {{fbaicon|BLR|1995}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52978 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MDA}} Tiligul Tiraspol

|goals1=Sinkovets {{goal|5||10}}
Arlowski {{goal|7}}

|goals2=Cosse {{goal|87}}

|stadium=City Stadium, Maladzyechna

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Sergei Anokhin (Russia)

}}

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|date=17 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Croatia Zagreb {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53000 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ALB|1992}} Tirana

|goals1=Slišković {{goal|25}}
Krznar {{goal|42}}
I. Cvitanović {{goal|53||78|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=6,694

|referee=Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Sliema Wanderers {{fbaicon|MLT}}

|score=1–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53018 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GEO|1990}} Margveti Zestaponi

|goals1=Turner {{goal|65|pen.}}

|goals2=Gongadze {{goal|24}}
Endeladze {{goal|77}}
Ukleba {{goal|86}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=1,332

|referee=Mike Reed (England)

}}

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|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Jazz {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52984 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRO}} GÍ

|goals1=Suikkanen {{goal|38}}
Leivo-Jokimäki {{goal|49}}
Piracaia {{goal|77}}

|goals2=H. Heinason {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Porin stadion, Pori

|attendance=3,196

|referee=Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Gorica {{fbaicon|SVN}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52998 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MKD}} Vardar

|goals1=

|goals2=Trajčev {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Športni park Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica

|attendance=2,230

|referee=Loris Stafoggia (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Anorthosis Famagusta {{fbaicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53016 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ARM}} Shirak

|goals1=V. Mihajlović {{goal|51||84}}
Gogić {{goal|62|pen.|74|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=4,546

|referee=Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Portadown {{fbaicon|NIR}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52982 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRY}} Vojvodina

|goals1=

|goals2=Cilinšek {{goal|27}}

|stadium=Shamrock Park, Portadown

|attendance=1,171

|referee=Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=15:00

|team1=Pyunik {{fbaicon|ARM}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53004 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK

|goals1=A. Avetisyan {{goal|22||52}}
Mkhitaryan {{goal|73}}

|goals2=Lehtinen {{goal|40|pen.}}

|stadium=Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=4,500

|referee=Grujica Tomić (Croatia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Lantana Tallinn {{fbaicon|EST}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52970 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISL}} ÍBV

|goals1=Bragin {{goal|60}}
Gruznov {{goal|80}}

|goals2=Guðmundsson {{goal|57}}

|stadium=Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=500

|referee=Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Bohemians {{fbaicon|IRL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52988--bohemians-vs-dinamo-minsk/ Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Dinamo Minsk

|goals1=Swan {{goal|1}}

|goals2=U. Makowski {{goal|63}}

|stadium=Dalymount Park, Dublin

|attendance=2,200

|referee=Víctor Esquinas Torres (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Beitar Jerusalem {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53002 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MLT}} Floriana

|goals1=Sallói {{goal|18}}
Harazi {{goal|29}}
Pisont {{goal|42}}

|goals2=Stefanović {{goal|55}}

|stadium=Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

|attendance=7,020

|referee=Athanasios Zachariadis (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Jeunesse Esch {{fbaicon|LUX}}

|score=2–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52968 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1=Ganser {{goal|31}}
Theis {{goal|43|pen.}}

|goals2=Pisz {{goal|3}}
Sokołowski {{goal|38}}
Staniek {{goal|40|pen.|60|pen.}}

|stadium=Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

|attendance=1,580

|referee=Joaquim Bento Marques (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Slavia Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score=4–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53020 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LTU|1988}} Inkaras Kaunas

|goals1=Panayotov {{goal|31||70}}
Totev {{goal|41}}
Pramatarov {{goal|84}}

|goals2=Poderis {{goal|8}}
Maciulevičius {{goal|16||74}}

|stadium=Slavia Stadion, Sofia

|attendance=4,000

|referee=John Rowbotham (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=22:00

|team1=ÍA {{fbaicon|ISL}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52986 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MKD}} Sileks

|goals1=Guðjónsson {{goal|44}}
Biberčić {{goal|72}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Akranesvöllur, Akranes

|attendance=800

|referee=Joseph Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=15:30

|team1=Neftçi {{fbaicon|AZE}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53008 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL}} Lokomotiv Sofia

|goals1=Rzayev {{goal|54}}
Vahabzade {{goal|88}}

|goals2=Borisov {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Newtown {{fbaicon|WAL}}

|score=1–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52976 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LVA}} Skonto

|goals1=Brown {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Astafjevs {{goal|37||71}}
Lobaņovs {{goal|77||81}}

|stadium=Latham Park, Newtown

|attendance=2,012

|referee=Juan Brito Arceo (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Zimbru Chișinău {{fbaicon|MDA}}

|score=0–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53010 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CRO}} Hajduk Split

|goals1=

|goals2=Skoko {{goal|15||55||70}}
Vučko {{goal|28}}

|stadium=Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Graziano Cesari (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=B71 {{fbaicon|FRO}}

|score=1–5

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53006 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|goals1=Hentze {{goal|33|pen.}}

|goals2=Sotiriou {{goal|6||26}}
Fasouliotis {{goal|12}}
Alexandrou {{goal|35||69}}

|stadium=Svangaskarð, Toftir

|attendance=297

|referee=Georg Dardenne (Germany)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Žalgiris Vilnius {{fbaicon|LTU|1988}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52974 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NIR}} Crusaders

|goals1=Vencevičius {{goal|82}}
Pukelevičius {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Teuta Durrës {{fbaicon|ALB|1992}}

|score=1–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53014 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVK}} Košice

|goals1=Begeja {{goal|2}}

|goals2=Sovič {{goal|45||66}}
Obšitník {{goal|85}}
Kožlej {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana

|attendance=3,500

|referee=John Ferry (Northern Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Haka {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52990 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|EST}} Flora

|goals1=Ristilä {{goal|56||81}}

|goals2=M. Rooba {{goal|22}}
Zdančius {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

|attendance=1,645

|referee=Jacek Granat (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Bečej {{fbaicon|FRY}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52972--fk-becej-vs-mura/ Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVN}} Mura

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Dimitar Momirov (Bulgaria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Hutnik Kraków {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=9–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52980 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AZE}} Khazri Buzovna

|goals1=Yahaya {{goal|29}}
Romuzga {{goal|38||66}}
Wojnecki {{goal|64||73}}
Zając {{goal|68||70}}
Shipovskiy {{goal|85|pen.}}
Jamróz {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Suche Stawy, Kraków

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Morgan Norman (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 July 1996

|time=16:30

|team1=Maccabi Haifa {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52996 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRY}} Partizan

|goals1=

|goals2=Svetličić {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa

|attendance=6,460

|referee=Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=18 July 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Barry Town {{fbaicon|WAL}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52992 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LVA}} Dinaburg

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Jenner Park, Barry

|attendance=2,500

|referee=José Pratas (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=18 July 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=St Patrick's Athletic {{fbaicon|IRL}}

|score=3–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53013 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava

|goals1=Glynn {{goal|44}}
O'Flaherty {{goal|64}}
McDonnell {{goal|73}}

|goals2=Németh {{goal|11||40}}
Maixner {{goal|19}}
Karasy {{goal|78}}

|stadium=Richmond Park, Dublin

|attendance=2,464

|referee=Timo Keltanen (Finland)

}}

{{football box

|date=23 July 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=Grevenmacher {{fbaicon|LUX}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52995 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GEO|1990}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1=Scholten {{goal|37}}
Lauer {{goal|55}}

|goals2=Kiknadze {{goal|49}}
Kerdzevadze {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Op Flohr Stadion, Grevenmacher

|attendance=450

|referee=Ante Kulušić (Croatia)

}}

Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=23 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Dinaburg {{fbaicon|LVA}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52993 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|WAL}} Barry Town

|goals1=Tarasovs {{goal|61}}

|goals2=Pike {{goal|37}}
C. Evans {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils

|attendance=1,100

|referee=Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

}}

Barry Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Tiligul Tiraspol {{fbaicon|MDA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52979 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Dinamo-93 Minsk

|goals1=Pogorelov {{goal|50}}

|goals2=Labanaw {{goal|10}}

|stadium=Stadionul Municipal, Tiraspol

|attendance=5,100

|referee=Srečko Kandare (Slovenia)

}}

Dinamo-93 Minsk won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Tirana {{fbaicon|ALB|1992}}

|score=2–6

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53001 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CRO}} Croatia Zagreb

|goals1=Fortuzi {{goal|25}}
Gallo {{goal|29}}

|goals2=I. Cvitanović {{goal|1}}
D. Šimić {{goal|35}}
Marić {{goal|39}}
Gašpar {{goal|55}}
Rukavina {{goal|60}}
Šarić {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana

|attendance=3,500

|referee=José Núñez Manrique (Spain)

}}

Croatia Zagreb won 10–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=15:45

|team1=Margveti Zestaponi {{fbaicon|GEO|1990}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53019 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MLT}} Sliema Wanderers

|goals1=

|goals2=Mallia {{goal|13}}
Muscat {{goal|49}}
Turner {{goal|89|pen.}}

|stadium=Central Stadium, Zestaponi

|attendance=2,482

|referee=Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

}}

Sliema Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=GÍ {{fbaicon|FRO}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52985 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} Jazz

|goals1=

|goals2=Luiz Antônio {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Svangaskarð, Toftir

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Eric Romain (Belgium)

}}

Jazz won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Vardar {{fbaicon|MKD}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52999 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVN}} Gorica

|goals1=Trajčev {{goal|3}}
Jakimovski {{goal|77}}

|goals2=Demirović {{goal|42}}

|stadium=Stadion Gradski Park, Skopje

|attendance=6,300

|referee=Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria)

}}

Vardar won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Shirak {{fbaicon|ARM}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53017 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} Anorthosis Famagusta

|goals1=Harutyunyan {{goal|16}}
Ioannou {{goal|52|o.g.}}

|goals2=Gogić {{goal|18|pen.}}
A. Mihajlović {{goal|46}}

|stadium=Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

|attendance=4,350

|referee=Henadz Yakubowski (Belarus)

}}

Anorthosis Famagusta won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Vojvodina {{fbaicon|FRY}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52983 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NIR}} Portadown

|goals1=Lerinc {{goal|9}}
Stojak {{goal|15}}
Miloševski {{goal|59}}
Cilinšek {{goal|85}}

|goals2=Casey {{goal|79}}

|stadium=Gradski Stadion, Novi Sad

|attendance=1,781

|referee=Kostas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

}}

Vojvodina won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=HJK {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=5–2

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53005 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ARM}} Pyunik

|goals1=Vasara {{goal|32}}
Lehtola {{goal|52}}
Lehtinen {{goal|86}}
Aniche {{goal|97}}
Hyryläinen {{goal|109}}

|goals2=Sanamyan {{goal|41}}
A. Avetisyan {{goal|103}}

|stadium=Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki

|attendance=800

|referee=Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

}}

HJK won 6–5 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=ÍBV {{fbaicon|ISL}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52971 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|EST}} Lantana Tallinn

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar

|attendance=850

|referee=Ceri Richards (Wales)

}}

Lantana Tallinn won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Dinamo Minsk {{fbaicon|BLR|1995}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52989 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|IRL}} Bohemians

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=City Stadium, Molodechno

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Floriana {{fbaicon|MLT}}

|score=1–5

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53003 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISR}} Beitar Jerusalem

|goals1=M. Galea {{goal|80}}

|goals2=Amsalem {{goal|19}}
Ohana {{goal|21}}
Harazi {{goal|40}}
Sallói {{goal|72}}
Abukasis {{goal|81}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=610

|referee=Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

}}

Beitar Jerusalem won 8–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Legia Warsaw {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52969 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch

|goals1=Mięciel {{goal|20||63}}
Oreshchuk {{goal|71}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=2,841

|referee=Kazimir Znaydinski (Belarus)

}}

Legia Warsaw won 7–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Inkaras Kaunas {{fbaicon|LTU|1988}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53021 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL}} Slavia Sofia

|goals1=Maciulevičius {{goal|14|pen.}}

|goals2=Ivanov {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Inkaras Stadium, Kaunas

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Alan Howells (Wales)

}}

Slavia Sofia won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Sileks {{fbaicon|MKD}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52987 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISL}} ÍA

|goals1=Karanfilovski {{goal|41|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Gradski Stadion Kratovo, Kratovo

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Kurt Zuppinger (Switzerland)

}}

ÍA won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Lokomotiv Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score=6–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53009 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AZE}} Neftçi

|goals1=Pavlov {{goal|17||28}}
Mechev {{goal|31}}
Radivojević {{goal|51}}
Marinov {{goal|71}}
Gerov {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Lokomotiv, Sofia

|attendance=6,180

|referee=Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

}}

Lokomotiv Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Skonto {{fbaicon|LVA}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52977 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|WAL}} Newtown

|goals1=Astafjevs {{goal|44}}
Ivanov {{goal|71}}
Jeļisejevs {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Liepāja

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Mirosław Milewski (Poland)

}}

Skonto won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Hajduk Split {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53011 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MDA}} Zimbru Chișinău

|goals1=Skoko {{goal|66}}
Butorović {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Miterev {{goal|70}}

|stadium=Stadion Poljud, Split

|attendance=8,250

|referee=Veselin Bogdanov (Bulgaria)

}}

Hajduk Split won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=4–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53007 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRO}} B71

|goals1=Ioannou {{goal|13||49}}
Sotiriou {{goal|64}}
Kozma {{goal|74|pen.}}

|goals2=Hentze {{goal|38|pen.}}
á Reynatúgvu {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Makario Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance=3,200

|referee=David Elleray (England)

}}

APOEL won 9–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Crusaders {{fbaicon|NIR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52975 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LTU|1988}} Žalgiris Vilnius

|goals1=Morgan {{goal|87||90}}

|goals2=Ražanauskas {{goal|17}}

|stadium=Seaview, Belfast

|attendance=850

|referee=Claude Colombo (France)

}}

Žalgiris Vilnius won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Košice {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53015 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ALB|1992}} Teuta Durrës

|goals1=Rusnák {{goal|56||64}}

|goals2=Dobi {{goal|54}}

|stadium=Všešportový areál, Košice

|attendance=2,762

|referee=John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

}}

Košice won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Flora {{fbaicon|EST}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52991 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} Haka

|goals1=

|goals2=Popovich {{goal|15}}

|stadium=Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=980

|referee=Christer Fällström (Sweden)

}}

Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Mura {{fbaicon|SVN}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52973 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRY}} Bečej

|goals1=Škaper {{goal|15||48}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Mestni stadion Fazanerija, Murska Sobota

|attendance=3,700

|referee=Karl Finzinger (Austria)

}}

Mura won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=15:00

|team1=Khazri Buzovna {{fbaicon|AZE}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52981 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Hutnik Kraków

|goals1=Talıbov {{goal|17}}
Aliyev {{goal|40}}

|goals2=Ziółkowski {{goal|22}}
Yahaya {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku

|attendance=500

|referee=Gary Willard (England)

}}

Hutnik Kraków won 11–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Partizan {{fbaicon|FRY}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/52997 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Haifa

|goals1=Trenevski {{goal|34|pen.}}
Saveljić {{goal|52}}
Hristov {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Revivo {{goal|9}}

|stadium=Stadion Partizan, Belgrade

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland)

}}

Partizan won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 July 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Slovan Bratislava {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53012 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic

|goals1=Tittel {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Tehelné pole, Bratislava

|attendance=4,237

|referee=Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)

}}

Slovan Bratislava won 5–3 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dynamo Moscow|Russia| 4–2 |Jazz|Finland| 1–1 | 3–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Rapid București|Romania| 2–0 |Lokomotiv Sofia|Bulgaria| 1–0 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Anorthosis Famagusta|Cyprus|var1=1960| 1–6 |Neuchâtel Xamax|Switzerland| 1–2 | 0–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Halmstad|Sweden| 1–0 |Vardar|Macedonia| 0–0 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|GAK| Austria| 7–1 |Vojvodina|FR Yugoslavia| 2–0 | 5–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Legia Warsaw|Poland| 4–1 |Haka|Finland| 3–0 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Iraklis|Greece| 1–3 |APOEL|Cyprus|var2=1960| 0–1 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Helsingborg|Sweden| 4–1 |Dinamo-93 Minsk|Belarus|var2=1995| 1–1 | 3–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍA|Iceland| 1–6 |CSKA Moscow|Russia| 0–2 | 1–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Sliema Wanderers|Malta| 1–9 |Odense|Denmark| 0–2 | 1–7 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Žalgiris Vilnius|Lithuania|var1=1988| 4–5 |Aberdeen|Scotland| 1–4 | 3–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|BVSC|Hungary| 4–4 (2–4 p) |Barry Town|Wales| 3–1 | 1–3 (aet) }}

{{TwoLegResult|Sigma Olomouc|Czech Republic| 2–3 |Hutnik Kraków|Poland| 1–0 | 1–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Slovan Bratislava|Slovakia| 3–5 |Trabzonspor|Turkey| 2–1 | 1–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Partizan|FR Yugoslavia| 0–1 |Național București|Romania| 0–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Aarau|Switzerland| 4–2 |Lantana Tallinn|Estonia| 4–0 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Croatia Zagreb|Croatia| 3–3 (a) |Spartak Moscow|Russia| 3–1 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Slavia Sofia|Bulgaria| 2–5 |Tirol Innsbruck|Austria| 1–1 | 1–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Hajduk Split|Croatia| 1–2 |Torpedo Moscow|Russia| 1–0 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Beitar Jerusalem|Israel| 2–7 |Bodø/Glimt|Norway| 1–5 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Lyngby|Denmark| 2–0 |Mura|Slovenia| 0–0 | 2–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Košice|Slovakia| 0–1 |Celtic|Scotland| 0–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|HJK|Finland| 2–4 |Chornomorets Odesa|Ukraine|var2=1992| 2–2 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Tbilisi|Georgia|var1=1990|2–1 |Molde|Norway| 2–1 | 0–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Skonto|Latvia| 1–4 |Malmö FF|Sweden| 0–3 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Minsk|Belarus|var1=1995| 2–3 |Beşiktaş|Turkey| 2–1 | 0–2 }}

|}

{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Dynamo Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53042 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} Jazz

|goals1=Kobelev {{goal|14}}

|goals2=Laaksonen {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Rapid București {{fbaicon|ROM}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53026 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL}} Lokomotiv Sofia

|goals1=Mironaș {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest

|attendance=8,750

|referee=René Temmink (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Anorthosis Famagusta {{fbaicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53060 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Neuchâtel Xamax

|goals1=Stavrou {{goal|18}}

|goals2=Vernier {{goal|29}}
Leśniak {{goal|54}}

|stadium=Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca

|attendance=9,400

|referee=Alan Howells (Wales)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Halmstad {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53040 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MKD}} Vardar

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Örjans vall, Halmstad

|attendance=2,479

|referee=Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=GAK {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53058 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRY}} Vojvodina

|goals1=Vuković {{goal|45}}
Mužek {{goal|55}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Alpenstadion, Kapfenberg

|attendance=2,500

|referee=István Vad (Hungary)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Legia Warsaw {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53024 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} Haka

|goals1=Mosór {{goal|9}}
Staniek {{goal|27}}
Oreshchuk {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=3,225

|referee=Pavlín Jirků (Czech Republic)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Iraklis {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53030 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|goals1=

|goals2=Sotiriou {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance=6,486

|referee=Claude Colombo (France)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Helsingborg {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53048 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Dinamo-93 Minsk

|goals1=Pringle {{goal|45}}

|goals2=Arlowski {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Olympia, Helsingborg

|attendance=6,007

|referee=Patrick Dempsey (Republic of Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=ÍA {{fbaicon|ISL}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53064 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow

|goals1=

|goals2=Karsakov {{goal|34}}
Jankauskas {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Akranesvöllur, Akranes

|attendance=1,100

|referee=Finn Lambek (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Sliema Wanderers {{fbaicon|MLT}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53028 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Odense

|goals1=

|goals2=Schjønberg {{goal|80}}
P. Pedersen {{goal|90}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance=921

|referee=Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Žalgiris Vilnius {{fbaicon|LTU|1988}}

|score=1–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53044 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|goals1=Ražanauskas {{goal|49}}

|goals2=Dodds {{goal|44||81|pen.}}
Glass {{goal|70}}
Shearer {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=BVSC {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53046 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|WAL}} Barry Town

|goals1=Bükszegi {{goal|5}}
Egressy {{goal|41}}
Farkas {{goal|67|pen.}}

|goals2=T. Evans {{goal|14}}

|stadium=Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest

|attendance=1,145

|referee=António Marçal (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Sigma Olomouc {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53062 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Hutnik Kraków

|goals1=Baranek {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Andrův stadion, Olomouc

|attendance=

|referee=Víctor Esquinas Torres (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Slovan Bratislava {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53068 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

|goals1=Slovák {{goal|24}}
Kinder {{goal|64}}

|goals2=S. Arveladze {{goal|3}}

|stadium=Tehelné pole, Bratislava

|attendance=7,836

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Partizan {{fbaicon|FRY}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53034 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ROM}} Național București

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Fernand Meese (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Aarau {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53052 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|EST}} Lantana Tallinn

|goals1=Georgiev {{goal|21}}
Skrzypczak {{goal|55}}
Pavličević {{goal|76||86|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

|attendance=3,500

|referee=Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Croatia Zagreb {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53032 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1=Slišković {{goal|6}}
I. Cvitanović {{goal|71|pen.}}
Šarić {{goal|79}}

|goals2=Galič {{goal|44|o.g.}}

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Dimitar Momirov (Bulgaria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Slavia Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53066 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} Tirol Innsbruck

|goals1=Tosev {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Kitzbichler {{goal|34}}

|stadium=Slavia Stadion, Sofia

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Hajduk Split {{fbaicon|CRO}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53050 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Torpedo Moscow

|goals1=Leonchenko {{goal|50|o.g.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Poljud, Split

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Beitar Jerusalem {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score=1–5

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53072 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NOR}} Bodø/Glimt

|goals1=Tretyak {{goal|46}}

|goals2=R. Berg {{goal|23||51||56}}
Johansen {{goal|37}}
Sørensen {{goal|75}}

|stadium=Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Adrian Stoica (Romania)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Lyngby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53038 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVN}} Mura

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Lyngby Stadion, Kongens Lyngby

|attendance=842

|referee=Gary Willard (England)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Košice {{fbaicon|SVK}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53022 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Všešportový areál, Košice

|attendance=16,000

|referee=Konrad Plautz (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=HJK {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53056 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|UKR|1992}} Chornomorets Odesa

|goals1=Lehkosuo {{goal|57}}
Lehtinen {{goal|64}}

|goals2=Mizin {{goal|35}}
Musolitin {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki

|attendance=2,000

|referee=John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|GEO|1990}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53036 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NOR}} Molde

|goals1=Gogichaishvili {{goal|13}}
Iashvili {{goal|18}}

|goals2=O. Stavrum {{goal|67}}

|stadium=Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=6,150

|referee=Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Skonto {{fbaicon|LVA}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53070 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Malmö FF

|goals1=

|goals2=A. Andersson {{goal|34}}
Kindvall {{goal|59}}
Ohlsson {{goal|78}}

|stadium=Daugava Stadium, Liepāja

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Kenny Clark (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=18:15

|team1=Dinamo Minsk {{fbaicon|BLR|1995}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53054 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|goals1=M. Makowski {{goal|47}}
U. Makowski {{goal|62}}

|goals2=Serdar {{goal|60}}

|stadium=City Stadium, Molodechno

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

}}

{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=16:30

|team1=Jazz {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=1–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53043 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Dynamo Moscow

|goals1=Leivo-Jokimäki {{goal|39}}

|goals2=Kobelev {{goal|59|pen.}}
Artyomov {{goal|67||80}}

|stadium=Porin stadion, Pori

|attendance=9,500

|referee=Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

}}

Dynamo Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Lokomotiv Sofia {{fbaicon|BUL}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53027 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ROM}} Rapid București

|goals1=

|goals2=Butoiu {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Stadion Lokomotiv, Sofia

|attendance=3,000{{UEFA match attendance|53027|Lokomotiv Sofia vs FC Rapid București|access-date=25 January 2021}}

|referee=Gilles Veissière (France)

}}

Rapid București won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Neuchâtel Xamax {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53061 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} Anorthosis Famagusta

|goals1=Sandjak {{goal|9||26}}
Cyprien {{goal|17}}
Vernier {{goal|36}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

|attendance=12,074

|referee=Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

}}

Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Vardar {{fbaicon|MKD}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53041 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Halmstad

|goals1=

|goals2=Nilsson {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Stadion Gradski Park, Skopje

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Alfred Micallef (Malta)

}}

Halmstad won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=Vojvodina {{fbaicon|FRY}}

|score=1–5

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53059 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} GAK

|goals1=Stojak {{goal|50}}

|goals2=Ramusch {{goal|45|pen.}}
Sabitzer {{goal|46||72|pen.}}
Wieger {{goal|52}}
Aničić {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Gradski Stadion, Novi Sad

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Livio Bazzoli (Italy)

}}

GAK won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Haka {{fbaicon|FIN}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53025 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1=Popovich {{goal|61}}

|goals2=Mięciel {{goal|5}}

|stadium=Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

|attendance=2,100

|referee=Syarhey Shmolik (Belarus)

}}

Legia Warsaw won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53031 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GRE}} Iraklis

|goals1=Alexandrou {{goal|5}}
Sotiriou {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Borbokis {{goal|90}}

|stadium=Makario Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance=9,538

|referee=Bujar Pregja (Albania)

}}

APOEL won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Dinamo-93 Minsk {{fbaicon|BLR|1995}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53049 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Helsingborg

|goals1=

|goals2=R. Nilsson {{goal|24|pen.}}
Powell {{goal|32}}
Pringle {{goal|79}}

|stadium=City Stadium, Maladzyechna

|attendance=11,000

|referee=Zygmunt Ziober (Poland)

}}

Helsingborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=12:00

|team1=CSKA Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53065 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISL}} ÍA

|goals1=Movsisyan {{goal|33||40}}
Leonidas {{goal|50}}
Jankauskas {{goal|60}}

|goals2=Högnason {{goal|80}}

|stadium=Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Vančo Kocev (Macedonia)

}}

CSKA Moscow won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=6 August 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Odense {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=7–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53029 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|MLT}} Sliema Wanderers

|goals1=Schjønberg {{goal|21|pen.|||60||82}}
K. Jensen {{goal|23}}
Bisgaard {{goal|32||45}}
Henriksen {{goal|58}}

|goals2=Teplovs {{goal|39|pen.}}

|stadium=Odense Stadion, Odense

|attendance=3,176

|referee=Gylfi Orrason (Iceland)

}}

Odense won 9–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Aberdeen {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=1–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53045 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LTU|1988}} Žalgiris Vilnius

|goals1=Irvine {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Mikulėnas {{goal|54||87}}
Pukelevičius {{goal|77|pen.}}

|stadium=Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|attendance=8,722

|referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

}}

Aberdeen won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Barry Town {{fbaicon|WAL}}

|score=3–1

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53047 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|HUN}} BVSC

|goals1=Pike {{goal|44|pen.}}
O'Gorman {{goal|46}}
C. Evans {{goal|77}}

|goals2=Egressy {{goal|62}}

|penalties1=Pike {{pengoal}}
Bird {{pengoal}}
Lloyd {{pengoal}}
C. Evans {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore=4–2

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Stănici
{{penmiss}} Bognár
{{pengoal}} Farkas
{{penmiss}} Bükszegi

|stadium=Jenner Park, Barry

|attendance=2,800

|referee=Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

}}

4–4 on aggregate. Barry Town won 4–2 on penalties.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=16:30

|team1=Hutnik Kraków {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53063 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CZE}} Sigma Olomouc

|goals1=Yahaya {{goal|23}}
Stolarz {{goal|39}}
Romuzga {{goal|70}}

|goals2=Kovář {{goal|5}}

|stadium=Stadion Suche Stawy, Kraków

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)

}}

Hutnik Kraków won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Trabzonspor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53069 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVK}} Slovan Bratislava

|goals1=Mandıralı {{goal|1}}
S. Arveladze {{goal|14}}
Orhan {{goal|67}}
Abdullah {{goal|70}}

|goals2=Németh {{goal|52}}

|stadium=Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon

|attendance=12,500

|referee=Stefano Braschi (Italy)

}}

Trabzonspor won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Național București {{fbaicon|ROM}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53035 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRY}} Partizan

|goals1=Moisescu {{goal|6}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Taras Bezubyak (Russia)

}}

Național București won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Lantana Tallinn {{fbaicon|EST}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53053 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Aarau

|goals1=Lebret {{goal|82}}
Hepner {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Jon Skjervold (Norway)

}}

Aarau won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Spartak Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53033 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CRO}} Croatia Zagreb

|goals1=Melyoshin {{goal|29}}
Alenichev {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

}}

3–3 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Tirol Innsbruck {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53067 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BUL}} Slavia Sofia

|goals1=Śliwowski {{goal|28}}
Krinner {{goal|31}}
Kitzbichler {{goal|43}}
Zahariev {{goal|73|o.g.}}

|goals2=Tsvetanov {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Tivoli-Stadion, Innsbruck

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Emanuel Zammit (Malta)

}}

Tirol Innsbruck won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=14:30

|team1=Torpedo Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53051 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CRO}} Hajduk Split

|goals1=Kamoltsev {{goal|17}}
Vostrosablin {{goal|82|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=6,800

|referee=Vencel Tóth (Hungary)

}}

Torpedo Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Bodø/Glimt {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53073 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISR}} Beitar Jerusalem

|goals1=Sørensen {{goal|6}}
Johansen {{goal|60}}

|goals2=Sallói {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø

|attendance=1,690

|referee=Charles Schaack (Luxembourg)

}}

Bodø/Glimt won 7–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Mura {{fbaicon|SVN}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53039 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Lyngby

|goals1=

|goals2=C. Jensen {{goal|23}}
Jónsson {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Mestni stadion Fazanerija, Murska Sobota

|attendance=4,130

|referee=Athanasios Zachariadis (Greece)

}}

Lyngby won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Celtic {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53023 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SVK}} Košice

|goals1=Cadete {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance=44,448

|referee=Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

}}

Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Chornomorets Odesa {{fbaicon|UKR|1992}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53057 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FIN}} HJK

|goals1=Chumachenko {{goal|66}}
Mizin {{goal|68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Central Stadium Chornomorets, Odesa

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Morgan Norman (Sweden)

}}

Chornomorets Odesa won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Molde {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53037 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GEO|1990}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Molde Stadion, Molde

|attendance=1,428

|referee=Herbie Barr (Northern Ireland)

}}

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Malmö FF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53071 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|LVA}} Skonto

|goals1=Kindvall {{goal|47}}

|goals2=Stepanovs {{goal|80}}

|stadium=Malmö Stadion, Malmö

|attendance=2,074

|referee=Peter Jones (England)

}}

Malmö FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=Beşiktaş {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53055 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Dinamo Minsk

|goals1=Oktay {{goal|67}}
Sağlam {{goal|73}}

|goals2=

|stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Joaquim Bento Marques (Portugal)

}}

Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|CSKA Moscow|Russia| 1–2 |Feyenoord|Netherlands| 0–1 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Ferencváros|Hungary| 5–3 |Olympiacos|Greece| 3–1 | 2–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Malmö FF|Sweden| 2–5 |Slavia Prague|Czech Republic| 1–2 | 1–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Molenbeek|Belgium| 0–3 |Beşiktaş|Turkey| 0–0 | 0–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Celtic|Scotland| 0–4 |Hamburg|Germany| 0–2 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Chornomorets Odesa|Ukraine|var1=1992| 0–2 |Național București|Romania| 0–0 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Tirol Innsbruck|Austria| 0–1 |Metz|France|var2=1974| 0–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Brøndby|Denmark| 7–0 |Aarau|Switzerland| 5–0 | 2–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Club Brugge|Belgium| 3–1 |Lyngby|Denmark| 1–1 | 2–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Odense|Denmark| 4–4 (a) |Boavista|Portugal| 2–3 | 2–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Valencia|Spain| 3–1 |Bayern Munich|Germany| 3–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Roma|Italy| 6–1 |Dynamo Moscow|Russia| 3–0 | 3–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Dynamo Kyiv|Ukraine|var1=1992| 1–2 |Neuchâtel Xamax|Switzerland| 0–0 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Schalke 04|Germany| 5–2 |Roda|Netherlands| 3–0 | 2–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Lens|France|var1=1974| 1–2 |Lazio|Italy| 0–1 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Guingamp|France|var1=1974| 1–4 |Internazionale|Italy| 0–3 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Aberdeen|Scotland| 6–4 |Barry Town|Wales| 3–1 | 3–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Montpellier|France|var1=1974| 1–2 |Sporting CP|Portugal| 1–1 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Bodø/Glimt|Norway| 2–5 |Trabzonspor|Turkey| 1–2 | 1–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|APOEL|Cyprus|var1=1960| 2–3 |Espanyol|Spain| 2–2 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Aston Villa|England| 1–1 (a) |Helsingborg|Sweden| 1–1 | 0–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Germinal Ekeren|Belgium| 3–3 (a) |GAK|Austria| 3–1 | 0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Newcastle United|England| 5–2 |Halmstad|Sweden| 4–0 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Alania Vladikavkaz|Russia| 2–5 |Anderlecht|Belgium| 2–1 | 0–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Parma|Italy| 2–3 |Vitória Guimarães|Portugal| 2–1 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Torpedo Moscow|Russia| 1–2 |Dinamo Tbilisi|Georgia|var2=1990|0–1 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Tenerife|Spain| 4–3 |Maccabi Tel Aviv|Israel| 3–2 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Arsenal|England| 4–6 |Borussia Mönchengladbach|Germany| 2–3 | 2–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Hutnik Kraków|Poland| 1–4 |Monaco|France|var2=1974| 0–1 | 1–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Spartak Moscow|Russia| 5–3 |Silkeborg|Denmark| 3–2 | 2–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Panathinaikos|Greece| 4–4 (a) |Legia Warsaw|Poland| 4–2 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Rapid București|Romania| 2–4 |Karlsruhe|Germany| 1–0 | 1–4 }}

|}

{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=CSKA Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53144 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|goals1=

|goals2=van Wonderen {{goal|83}}

|stadium=Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=5,000

|referee=Rune Pedersen (Norway)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Ferencváros {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53152 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos

|goals1=Zavadszky {{goal|11}}
Varešanović {{goal|35|o.g.}}
Arany {{goal|52}}

|goals2=Ivić {{goal|29}}

|stadium=Üllői úti Stadion, Budapest

|attendance=9,000

|referee=René Temmink (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Malmö FF {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53186 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|goals1=A. Andersson {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Ašanin {{goal|70}}
Vágner {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Malmö Stadion, Malmö

|attendance=3,961

|referee=Aron Huzu (Romania)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Molenbeek {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53196 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Edmond Machtens, Brussels

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Celtic {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53162 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Hamburg

|goals1=

|goals2=Bäron {{goal|3}}
Schupp {{goal|71}}

|stadium=Celtic Park, Glasgow

|attendance=45,400

|referee=Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Chornomorets Odesa {{fbaicon|UKR|1992}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53170 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ROM}} Național București

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Central Stadium Chornomorets, Odesa

|attendance=13,000

|referee=Metin Tokat (Turkey)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Tirol Innsbruck {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53204 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Metz

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Tivoli-Stadion, Innsbruck

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:05

|team1=Brøndby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=5–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53142 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Aarau

|goals1=Vilfort {{goal|21|pen.}}
Bjur {{goal|56}}
Møller {{goal|66||87||89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester

|attendance=8,976

|referee=Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53176 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Lyngby

|goals1=Staelens {{goal|2}}

|goals2=Bjerre {{goal|34}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Bruges

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Odense {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=2–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53150 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Boavista

|goals1=Hemmingsen {{goal|43|pen.}}
P. Pedersen {{goal|44|pen.}}

|goals2=Simić {{goal|53}}
Nuno Gomes {{goal|74}}
Tavares {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Odense Stadion, Odense

|attendance=3,987

|referee=Štefan Tivold (Slovenia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=22:30

|team1=Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53192 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|goals1=Engonga {{goal|19|pen.}}
C. López {{goal|26}}
Moya {{goal|47}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Roma {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53160 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Dynamo Moscow

|goals1=Tommasi {{goal|7}}
Fonseca {{goal|18||41|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=46,647

|referee=Alain Sars (France)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Dynamo Kyiv {{fbaicon|UKR|1992}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53194 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Neuchâtel Xamax

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Armand Ancion (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53202 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Roda

|goals1=Wilmots {{goal|8}}
Mulder {{goal|14}}
Anderbrügge {{goal|74}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=50,061

|referee=Graziano Cesari (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Lens {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53182 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio

|goals1=

|goals2=Chamot {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

|attendance=18,174

|referee=John Rowbotham (Scotland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Guingamp {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53148 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=

|goals2=Ganz {{goal|24}}
Djorkaeff {{goal|71|pen.}}
Sforza {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Stade de Roudourou, Guingamp

|attendance=6,981

|referee=Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Aberdeen {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53156 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|WAL}} Barry Town

|goals1=Windass {{goal|7}}
Glass {{goal|57}}
Da. Young {{goal|65}}

|goals2=Jones {{goal|13}}

|stadium=Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|attendance=13,400

|referee=Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Montpellier {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53190 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|goals1=Ferhaoui {{goal|9}}

|goals2=Hadji {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

|attendance=7,423

|referee=Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Bodø/Glimt {{fbaicon|NOR}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53174 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

|goals1=R. Berg {{goal|30}}

|goals2=S. Arveladze {{goal|3}}
Karaman {{goal|74}}

|stadium=Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø

|attendance=1,955

|referee=Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:15

|team1=APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP|1960}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53146 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Espanyol

|goals1=Alexandrou {{goal|26}}
Sotiriou {{goal|55}}

|goals2=Benítez {{goal|30}}
Ouédec {{goal|44}}

|stadium=Makario Stadium, Nicosia

|attendance=12,000

|referee= Taras Bezubyak (Russia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Aston Villa {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53180 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Helsingborg

|goals1=Johnson {{goal|14}}

|goals2=Wibrån {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham

|attendance=25,818

|referee=Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Germinal Ekeren {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53188 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} GAK

|goals1=Radzinski {{goal|56}}
Vande Walle {{goal|59|pen.}}
Czerniatynski {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Strafner {{goal|8}}

|stadium=Veltwijckpark, Antwerp

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Emanuel Zammit (Malta)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Newcastle United {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53154 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Halmstad

|goals1=Ferdinand {{goal|7}}
Asprilla {{goal|26}}
Albert {{goal|51}}
Beardsley {{goal|55}}

|goals2=

|stadium=St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

|attendance=28,124

|referee=Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Alania Vladikavkaz {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53200 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1=Yanovsky {{goal|21}}
Shelia {{goal|49}}

|goals2=Pagayev {{goal|4|o.g.}}

|stadium=Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Robert Sedlacek (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Parma {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53240 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Vitória Guimarães

|goals1=Chiesa {{goal|40||82}}

|goals2=Gilmar {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

|attendance=5,863

|referee=Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=16:30

|team1=Torpedo Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53172 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GEO|1990}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1=

|goals2=Jamarauli {{goal|37}}

|stadium=Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Leif Sundell (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Tenerife {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53164 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ISR}} Maccabi Tel Aviv

|goals1=Vivar Dorado {{goal|45}}
Kodro {{goal|56}}
Pinilla {{goal|66}}

|goals2=Mizrahi {{goal|60}}
Nimni {{goal|88|pen.}}

|stadium=Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Arsenal {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=2–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53168 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=Merson {{goal|54}}
Wright {{goal|90}}

|goals2=Juskowiak {{goal|37}}
Effenberg {{goal|47}}
Paßlack {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Highbury, London

|attendance=36,900

|referee=Urs Meier (Switzerland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=11 September 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Hutnik Kraków {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53158 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1=

|goals2=Ikpeba {{goal|86}}

|stadium=Stadion Suche Stawy, Kraków

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Joaquim Bento Marques (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=11 September 1996

|time=15:00

|team1=Spartak Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53184 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Silkeborg

|goals1=Tikhonov {{goal|14||37}}
Kechinov {{goal|20}}

|goals2=Thygesen {{goal|54}}
Reese {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=11 September 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score=4–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53166 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1=Liberopoulos {{goal|26||38}}
Alexoudis {{goal|34}}
G. C. Georgiadis {{goal|80}}

|goals2=Czykier {{goal|3}}
Kucharski {{goal|45}}

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=25,185

|referee=Mike Reed (England)

}}

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{{football box

|date=11 September 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Rapid București {{fbaicon|ROM}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53178 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Karlsruhe

|goals1=Reich {{goal|67|o.g.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest

|attendance=13,000

|referee=Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

}}

{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Feyenoord {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53145 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow

|goals1=van Wonderen {{goal|71}}

|goals2=Minko {{goal|57}}

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=27,500

|referee=Jorge Coroado (Portugal)

}}

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Olympiacos {{fbaicon|GRE}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53153 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|HUN}} Ferencváros

|goals1=Ivić {{goal|27}}
Sapanis {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Miriuță {{goal|22}}
Limperger {{goal|46}}

|stadium=Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

|attendance=27,118

|referee=Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

}}

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=16:30

|team1=Slavia Prague {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53187 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Malmö FF

|goals1=Pěnička {{goal|13}}
Vágner {{goal|29}}
Horváth {{goal|69|pen.}}

|goals2=Fjellström {{goal|57}}

|stadium=Stadion Eden, Prague

|attendance=4,602

|referee=Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

}}

Slavia Prague won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=Beşiktaş {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53197 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Molenbeek

|goals1=Sağlam {{goal|40}}
Amokachi {{goal|50}}
Oktay {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance=22,465

|referee=Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

}}

Beşiktaş won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Hamburg {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53163 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|goals1=Bäron {{goal|24}}
Breitenreiter {{goal|50}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

|attendance=29,600

|referee=Vadzim Zhuk (Belarus)

}}

Hamburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=14:30

|team1=Național București {{fbaicon|ROM}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53171 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|UKR|1992}} Chornomorets Odesa

|goals1=Moisescu {{goal|46}}
Niculescu {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Fernand Meese (Belgium)

}}

Național București won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Metz {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53205 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} Tirol Innsbruck

|goals1=Song {{goal|42}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz

|attendance=11,940

|referee=Dimitar Momirov (Bulgaria)

}}

Metz won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Aarau {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53143 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby

|goals1=

|goals2=Møller {{goal|39}}
Daugaard {{goal|90|pen.}}

|stadium=Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

|attendance=2,010

|referee=Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

}}

Brøndby won 7–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Lyngby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53177 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1=

|goals2=Borkelmans {{goal|61}}
Špehar {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Lyngby Stadion, Kongens Lyngby

|attendance=3,721

|referee=Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

}}

Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Boavista {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53151 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Odense

|goals1=Nuno Gomes {{goal|11}}

|goals2=Hjorth {{goal|66}}
U. Pedersen {{goal|69}}

|stadium=Estádio do Bessa, Porto

|attendance=250

|referee=Alan Howells (Wales)

}}

4–4 on aggregate. Boavista won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Bayern Munich {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53193 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1=Navarro {{goal|3|o.g.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Munich

|attendance=44,000

|referee=Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

}}

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Dynamo Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=1–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53161 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

|goals1=Kobelev {{goal|18|pen.}}

|goals2=Fonseca {{goal|45|pen.}}
Tommasi {{goal|71}}
Berretta {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=5,000

|referee=László Vágner (Hungary)

}}

Roma won 6–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Neuchâtel Xamax {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53195 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|UKR|1992}} Dynamo Kyiv

|goals1=Leśniak {{goal|25}}
Isabella {{goal|54}}

|goals2=Maksymov {{goal|59}}

|stadium=Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

|attendance=8,600

|referee=Charles Agius (Malta)

}}

Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=14:00

|team1=Roda {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53203 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1=Vurens {{goal|25}}
Dooley {{goal|75|o.g.}}

|goals2=Wagner {{goal|15}}
Wilmots {{goal|72}}

|stadium=Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

}}

Schalke 04 won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Lazio {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53183 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Lens

|goals1=Fuser {{goal|43}}

|goals2=Šmicer {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Gerd Grabher (Austria)

}}

Lazio won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Internazionale {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53149 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Guingamp

|goals1=Branca {{goal|7}}

|goals2=Wreh {{goal|75}}

|stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

}}

Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Barry Town {{fbaicon|WAL}}

|score=3–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53157 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|goals1=O'Gorman {{goal|4}}
Ryan {{goal|71|pen.}}
Bird {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Dodds {{goal|15||26}}
Rowson {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Jenner Park, Barry

|attendance=6,500

|referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

}}

Aberdeen won 6–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Sporting CP {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53191 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Montpellier

|goals1=Oceano {{goal|61|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Ilkka Koho (Finland)

}}

Sporting CP won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Trabzonspor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53175 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NOR}} Bodø/Glimt

|goals1=Karaman {{goal|36}}
Mandıralı {{goal|38}}
Özer {{goal|44}}

|goals2=Johansen {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Philippe Leduc (France)

}}

Trabzonspor won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=21:30

|team1=Espanyol {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53147 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CYP|1960}} APOEL

|goals1=Cristóbal {{goal|63}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona

|attendance=19,000

|referee=João Pinto Correia (Portugal)

}}

Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Helsingborg {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53181 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Aston Villa

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympia, Helsingborg

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Helsingborg won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=GAK {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53189 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Germinal Ekeren

|goals1=Sabitzer {{goal|65||85|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Alpenstadion, Kapfenberg

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Krste Danilovski (Macedonia)

}}

3–3 on aggregate. GAK won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Halmstad {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53155 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Newcastle United

|goals1=Arvidsson {{goal|74}}
M. Svensson {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Ferdinand {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Örjans Vall, Halmstad

|attendance=7,847

|referee=Sándor Piller (Hungary)

}}

Newcastle United won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Anderlecht {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53201 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Alania Vladikavkaz

|goals1=Johnson {{goal|29}}
De Bilde {{goal|38}}
Zetterberg {{goal|62||68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels

|attendance=21,109

|referee=Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)

}}

Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=22:00

|team1=Vitória Guimarães {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53241 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Parma

|goals1=Paneira {{goal|16}}
Ricardo Lopes {{goal|50}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Marc Batta (France)

}}

Vitória Guimarães won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|GEO|1990}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53173 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Torpedo Moscow

|goals1=Jamarauli {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Vostrosablin {{goal|82}}

|stadium=Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=55,000

|referee=Hellmut Krug (Germany)

}}

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=18:45

|team1=Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53159 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Hutnik Kraków

|goals1=Anderson {{goal|37||83}}
Martin {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Adamczyk {{goal|64|pen.}}

|stadium=Stade Louis-II, Monaco

|attendance=4,500

|referee=Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

}}

Monaco won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:10

|team1=Silkeborg {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=1–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53185 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1=Thygesen {{goal|30}}

|goals2=Tikhonov {{goal|41}}
Sønksen {{goal|51|o.g.}}

|stadium=Silkeborg Stadion, Silkeborg

|attendance=3,565

|referee=Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)

}}

Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Legia Warsaw {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53167 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|goals1=Mięciel {{goal|53}}
Kucharski {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

}}

4–4 on aggregate. Legia Warsaw won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=24 September 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Karlsruhe {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=4–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53179 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ROM}} Rapid București

|goals1=Keller {{goal|51||78}}
Wück {{goal|57}}
Dundee {{goal|69}}

|goals2=Chiriță {{goal|71}}

|stadium=Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

|attendance=16,200

|referee=Hubert Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

}}

Karlsruhe won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=25 September 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Maccabi Tel Aviv {{fbaicon|ISR}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53165 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Tenerife

|goals1=G. Brumer {{goal|49}}

|goals2=Vivar Dorado {{goal|43}}

|stadium=Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Gilles Veissière (France)

}}

Tenerife won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=25 September 1996

|time=17:30

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53169 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|goals1=Juskowiak {{goal|23||89}}
Effenberg {{goal|75}}

|goals2=Wright {{goal|43}}
Merson {{goal|51}}

|stadium=Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

}}

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–4 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Tbilisi|Georgia|var1=1990|1–5 |Boavista|Portugal| 1–0 | 0–5 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Ferencváros|Hungary| 3–6 |Newcastle United|England| 3–2 | 0–4 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Club Brugge|Belgium| 3–1 |Național București|Romania| 2–0 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Vitória Guimarães|Portugal| 1–1 (a) |Anderlecht|Belgium| 1–1 | 0–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Metz|France|var1=1974| 3–2 |Sporting CP|Portugal| 2–0 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Espanyol|Spain| 1–3 |Feyenoord|Netherlands| 0–3 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Aberdeen|Scotland| 0–2 |Brøndby|Denmark| 0–2 | 0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Slavia Prague|Czech Republic| 0–1 |Valencia|Spain| 0–1 | 0–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Lazio|Italy| 4–5 |Tenerife|Spain| 1–0 | 3–5 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Internazionale|Italy| 1–1 (5–3 p) |GAK|Austria| 1–0 | 0–1 (aet) }}

{{TwoLegResult|Helsingborg|Sweden| 3–1 |Neuchâtel Xamax|Switzerland| 2–0 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Legia Warsaw|Poland| 2–3 |Beşiktaş|Turkey| 1–1 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Schalke 04|Germany| 4–3 |Trabzonspor|Turkey| 1–0 | 3–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Borussia Mönchengladbach|Germany| 3–4 |Monaco|France|var2=1974| 2–4 | 1–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Karlsruhe|Germany| 4–2 |Roma|Italy| 3–0 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Hamburg|Germany| 5–2 |Spartak Moscow|Russia| 3–0 | 2–2 }}

|}

{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=15:00

|team1=Dinamo Tbilisi {{fbaicon|GEO|1990}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53272 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Boavista

|goals1=Gogichaishvili {{goal|28|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance=65,000

|referee=Fernand Meese (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Ferencváros {{fbaicon|HUN}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53298 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Newcastle United

|goals1=Horváth {{goal|7}}
Lisztes {{goal|17||57}}

|goals2=Ferdinand {{goal|25}}
Shearer {{goal|35}}

|stadium=Üllői úti Stadion, Budapest

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Leif Sundell (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53288 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ROM}} Național București

|goals1=Verheyen {{goal|10}}
Staelens {{goal|39}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Bruges

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Alan Howells (Wales)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=22:00

|team1=Vitória Guimarães {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53280 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1=Ricardo Lopes {{goal|7}}

|goals2=Zetterberg {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Stephen Lodge (England)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Metz {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53296 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Sporting CP

|goals1=Traoré {{goal|5}}
Lang {{goal|13}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz

|attendance=14,000

|referee=Mike Reed (England)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=21:30

|team1=Espanyol {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=0–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53286 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|goals1=

|goals2=van Gastel {{goal|22}}
Taument {{goal|54}}
Larsson {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona

|attendance=29,000

|referee=Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Aberdeen {{fbaicon|SCO}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53294 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby

|goals1=

|goals2=Sand {{goal|44}}
Hansen {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=19:30

|team1=Slavia Prague {{fbaicon|CZE}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53276 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1=

|goals2=Moya {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

|attendance=10,012

|referee=Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Lazio {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53302 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Tenerife

|goals1=Nedvěd {{goal|65}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Internazionale {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53292 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|AUT}} GAK

|goals1=Angloma {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

|attendance=8,145

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Helsingborg {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53284 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SUI}} Neuchâtel Xamax

|goals1=Jonson {{goal|14||60}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympia, Helsingborg

|attendance=7,808

|referee=Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Legia Warsaw {{fbaicon|POL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53274 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|goals1=Sokołowski {{goal|22}}

|goals2=Kaynak {{goal|70}}

|stadium=Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

|attendance=16,000

|referee=Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=17:00

|team1=Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53300 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

|goals1=Max {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=51,100

|referee=José María García-Aranda (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Borussia Mönchengladbach {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=2–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53290 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1=Hochstätter {{goal|57}}
Andersson {{goal|72}}

|goals2=Collins {{goal|12}}
Ikpeba {{goal|58||89}}
Henry {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Paul Durkin (England)

}}

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{{football box

|date=15 October 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Karlsruhe {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53282 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

|goals1=Fink {{goal|45||75}}
Dundee {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Jorge Coroado (Portugal)

}}

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{{football box

|date=16 October 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Hamburg {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53278 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow

|goals1=Breitenreiter {{goal|8}}
Bäron {{goal|39}}
Kovačević {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

|attendance=17,300

|referee=Terje Hauge (Norway)

}}

{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=22:30

|team1=Boavista {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=5–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53273 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GEO|1990}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|goals1=Latapy {{goal|4||70}}
Hasselbaink {{goal|27||54}}
Tavares {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio do Bessa, Porto

|attendance=16,000

|referee=Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

}}

Boavista won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Newcastle United {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=4–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53299 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|HUN}} Ferencváros

|goals1=Asprilla {{goal|43||59}}
Ginola {{goal|66}}
Ferdinand {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium=St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

|attendance=35,470

|referee=Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

}}

Newcastle United won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Național București {{fbaicon|ROM}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53289 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1=Niculescu {{goal|66}}

|goals2=Verheyen {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

}}

Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Anderlecht {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53281 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Vitória Guimarães

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels

|attendance=17,694

|referee=Markus Merk (Germany)

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Anderlecht won on away goals.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=21:30

|team1=Sporting CP {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53297 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Metz

|goals1=Sá Pinto {{goal|73||83}}

|goals2=Arpinon {{goal|18}}

|stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

}}

Metz won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Feyenoord {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53287 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Espanyol

|goals1=

|goals2=Arteaga {{goal|9}}

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=27,600

|referee=Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

}}

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:10

|team1=Brøndby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53295 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SCO}} Aberdeen

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester

|attendance=12,005

|referee=Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

}}

Brøndby won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=21:30

|team1=Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53277 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance=38,000

|referee=Günter Benkö (Austria)

}}

Valencia won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=21:30

|team1=Tenerife {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=5–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53303 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio

|goals1=Nesta {{goal|15|o.g.}}
Kodro {{goal|26}}
Juanele {{goal|38||62}}
Jokanović {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Nedvěd {{goal|13}}
Fuser {{goal|30}}
Casiraghi {{goal|46}}

|stadium=Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

|attendance=22,300

|referee=Ilkka Koho (Finland)

}}

Tenerife won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=GAK {{fbaicon|AUT}}

|score=1–0

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53293 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Sabitzer {{goal|36|pen.}}

|goals2=

|penalties1=Aničić {{pengoal}}
Dampfhofer {{penmiss}}
Rajković {{pengoal}}
Mužek {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore=3–5

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Zamorano
{{pengoal}} Djorkaeff
{{pengoal}} Berti
{{pengoal}} Pistone
{{pengoal}} Fresi

|stadium=Alpenstadion, Kapfenberg

|attendance=10,500

|referee=Gilles Veissière (France)

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–3 on penalties.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:15

|team1=Neuchâtel Xamax {{fbaicon|SUI}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53285 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Helsingborg

|goals1=Bonalair {{goal|51|pen.}}

|goals2=Jonson {{goal|42}}

|stadium=Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

|attendance=7,200

|referee=Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

}}

Helsingborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Beşiktaş {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53275 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

|goals1=Amokachi {{goal|13}}
Yankov {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Kucharski {{goal|37}}

|stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)

}}

Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=17:15

|team1=Trabzonspor {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=3–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53301 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1=S. Arveladze {{goal|55}}
Mandıralı {{goal|66||71}}

|goals2=de Kock {{goal|33||36}}
Max {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon

|attendance=23,000

|referee=Éric Blareau (Belgium)

}}

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53291 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1=

|goals2=Klinkert {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Stade Louis-II, Monaco

|attendance=17,000

|referee=René Temmink (Netherlands)

}}

Monaco won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Roma {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53283 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Karlsruhe

|goals1=Balbo {{goal|21||27}}

|goals2=Keller {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=46,400

|referee=Urs Meier (Switzerland)

}}

Karlsruhe won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 October 1996

|time=15:00

|team1=Spartak Moscow {{fbaicon|RUS}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53279 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Hamburg

|goals1=Melyoshin {{goal|10}}
Tikhonov {{goal|42|pen.}}

|goals2=Schupp {{goal|29}}
Hartmann {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

}}

Hamburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Brøndby|Denmark| 6–3 |Karlsruhe|Germany| 1–3 | 5–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Club Brugge|Belgium| 2–3 |Schalke 04|Germany| 2–1 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Monaco|France|var1=1974| 5–0 |Hamburg|Germany| 3–0 | 2–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Helsingborg|Sweden| 0–1 |Anderlecht|Belgium| 0–0 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Valencia|Spain| 5–3 |Beşiktaş|Turkey| 3–1 | 2–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Metz|France|var1=1974| 1–3 |Newcastle United|England| 1–1 | 0–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Internazionale|Italy| 7–1 |Boavista|Portugal| 5–1 | 2–0 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Tenerife|Spain| 4–2 |Feyenoord|Netherlands| 0–0 | 4–2 }}

|}

{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Brøndby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=1–3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53314 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Karlsruhe

|goals1=Bagger {{goal|90}}

|goals2=Häßler {{goal|42||44}}
Dundee {{goal|78}}

|stadium=Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester

|attendance=24,400

|referee=Gilles Veissière (France)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=16:00

|team1=Club Brugge {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53322 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1=Stanić {{goal|34}}
Špehar {{goal|58}}

|goals2=Büskens {{goal|50}}

|stadium=Olympiastadion, Bruges

|attendance=14,000

|referee=Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=18:00

|team1=Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53312 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Hamburg

|goals1=Anderson {{goal|49}}
Ikpeba {{goal|71}}
Blondeau {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Louis-II, Monaco

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Anders Frisk (Sweden)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=20:00

|team1=Helsingborg {{fbaicon|SWE}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53321 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympia, Helsingborg

|attendance=8,304

|referee=Rémi Harrel (France)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=21:30

|team1=Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53326 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş

|goals1=Vlaović {{goal|17}}
Günçar {{goal|23|o.g.}}
Ferreira {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Oktay {{goal|32}}

|stadium=Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Michel Piraux (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Metz {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53318 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Newcastle United

|goals1=Traoré {{goal|67}}

|goals2=Beardsley {{goal|31|pen.}}

|stadium=Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz

|attendance=16,700

|referee=Günter Benkö (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Internazionale {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=5–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53324 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|POR}} Boavista

|goals1=Sforza {{goal|6||58}}
Angloma {{goal|14}}
Ganz {{goal|23||66}}

|goals2=Hasselbaink {{goal|62}}

|stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

|attendance=20,018

|referee=Paul Durkin (England)

}}

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{{football box

|date=19 November 1996

|time=21:45

|team1=Tenerife {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53316 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

|attendance=22,000

|referee=Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

}}

{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=16:30

|team1=Karlsruhe {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=0–5

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53315 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby

|goals1=

|goals2=Bagger {{goal|41}}
Eggen {{goal|43}}
Vilfort {{goal|58}}
Møller {{goal|74||81}}

|stadium=Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

|attendance=21,000

|referee=David Elleray (England)

}}

Brøndby won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=18:30

|team1=Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53323 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Club Brugge

|goals1=Max {{goal|9}}
Mulder {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=46,300

|referee=Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

}}

Schalke 04 won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Hamburg {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53313 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1=

|goals2=Ikpeba {{goal|64}}
Benarbia {{goal|89|pen.}}

|stadium=Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

|attendance=28,600

|referee=Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

}}

Monaco won 5–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Anderlecht {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53320 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|SWE}} Helsingborg

|goals1=Walem {{goal|68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels

|attendance=11,000

|referee=Charles Agius (Malta)

}}

Anderlecht won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=19:00

|team1=Beşiktaş {{fbaicon|TUR}}

|score=2–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53327 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1=Serdar {{goal|15}}
Oktay {{goal|45|pen.}}

|goals2=C. López {{goal|24}}
Vlaović {{goal|43}}

|stadium=BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

}}

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=21:00

|team1=Newcastle United {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53319 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Metz

|goals1=Asprilla {{goal|80||82}}

|goals2=

|stadium=St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

|attendance=35,641

|referee=Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

}}

Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=20:45

|team1=Boavista {{fbaicon|POR}}

|score=0–2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53325 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=

|goals2=Djorkaeff {{goal|12|pen.}}
Ince {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Estádio do Bessa, Porto

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Markus Merk (Germany)

}}

Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=3 December 1996

|time=20:30

|team1=Feyenoord {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score=2–4

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53317 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|Spain}} Tenerife

|goals1=Sánchez {{goal|84}}
Vos {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Felipe {{goal|6}}
Juanele {{goal|44||63}}
Paz {{goal|77}}

|stadium=De Kuip, Rotterdam

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Hellmut Krug (Germany)

}}

Tenerife won 4–2 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Newcastle United|England| 0–4 |Monaco|France|var2=1974| 0–1 | 0–3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Anderlecht|Belgium| 2–3 |Internazionale|Italy| 1–1 | 1–2 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Schalke 04|Germany| 3–1 |Valencia|Spain| 2–0 | 1–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Tenerife|Spain| 2–1 |Brøndby|Denmark| 0–1 | 2–0 (aet) }}

|}

{{football box

|date=4 March 1997

|time=21:00

|team1=Newcastle United {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53374 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1=

|goals2=Anderson {{goal|58}}

|stadium=St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

|attendance=35,641

|referee=Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

}}

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{{football box

|date=4 March 1997

|time=20:30

|team1=Anderlecht {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53380 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Versavel {{goal|27}}

|goals2=Ganz {{goal|75}}

|stadium=Stade Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels

|attendance=27,000

|referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

}}

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{{football box

|date=4 March 1997

|time=20:45

|team1=Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53378 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|goals1=Linke {{goal|44}}
Wilmots {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=56,824

|referee=Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date=4 March 1997

|time=21:30

|team1=Tenerife {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53376 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|DEN}} Brøndby

|goals1=

|goals2=Sand {{goal|29}}

|stadium=Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

|attendance=22,000

|referee=Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

}}

{{football box

|date=18 March 1997

|time=20:30

|team1=Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53375 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ENG}} Newcastle United

|goals1=Legwinski {{goal|41}}
Benarbia {{goal|51||68}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Louis-II, Monaco

|attendance=18,500

|referee=Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

}}

Monaco won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=18 March 1997

|time=20:45

|team1=Internazionale {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53381 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1=Ganz {{goal|11||60}}

|goals2=Preko {{goal|33}}

|stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

|attendance=43,221

|referee=Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

}}

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=18 March 1997

|time=22:00

|team1=Valencia {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53379 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1=Poyatos {{goal|45}}

|goals2=Mulder {{goal|18}}

|stadium=Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia

|attendance=46,000

|referee=Rune Pedersen (Norway)

}}

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=18 March 1997

|time=19:30

|team1=Brøndby {{fbaicon|DEN}}

|score=0–2

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53377 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Tenerife

|goals1=

|goals2=Pinilla {{goal|21}}
Mata {{goal|119}}

|stadium=Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance=39,807

|referee=Michel Piraux (Belgium)

}}

Tenerife won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Internazionale|Italy| 3–2 |Monaco|France|var2=1974| 3–1 | 0–1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Tenerife|Spain| 1–2 |Schalke 04|Germany| 1–0 | 0–2 (aet) }}

|}

{{football box

|date=8 April 1997

|time=20:45

|team1=Internazionale {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53718 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Monaco

|goals1=Ganz {{goal|17||30}}
Zamorano {{goal|39}}

|goals2=Ikpeba {{goal|70}}

|stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

|attendance=49,078

|referee=Michel Piraux (Belgium)

}}

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{{football box

|date=8 April 1997

|time=21:00

|team1=Tenerife {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53716 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1=Felipe {{goal|6|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

|attendance=21,000

|referee=David Elleray (England)

}}

{{football box

|date=22 April 1997

|time=20:30

|team1=Monaco {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53719 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Ikpeba {{goal|69}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Louis-II, Monaco

|attendance=18,524

|referee=Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

}}

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=22 April 1997

|time=20:45

|team1=Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=2–0

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53717 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Tenerife

|goals1=Linke {{goal|68}}
Wilmots {{goal|107}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=56,824

|referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

}}

Schalke 04 won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{main|1997 UEFA Cup final}}

{{football box

|date=7 May 1997

|time=20:45 CEST

|team1=Schalke 04 {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53913 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|goals1=Wilmots {{goal|69}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=56,824

|referee=Marc Batta (France)

}}

{{football box

|date=21 May 1997

|time=20:45 CEST

|team1=Internazionale {{fbaicon|ITA}}

|score=1–0

|aet=yes

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53914 Report]

|team2={{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

|goals1=Zamorano {{goal|84}}

|goals2=

|penalties1=Zamorano {{penmiss}}
Djorkaeff {{pengoal}}
Winter {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore=1–4

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Anderbrügge
{{pengoal}} Thon
{{pengoal}} Max
{{pengoal}} Wilmots

|stadium=Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

|attendance=81,675

|referee=José María García-Aranda (Spain)

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Schalke 04 won 4–1 on penalties.

The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup are as follows:

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115041420/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1996/matches/all/index.html 1996–97 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051211123412/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=1996/intro.html Official Site]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec199697.html Results at RSSSF.com]
• All scorers 1996–97 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20201128221804/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1996/statistics/round=671/players/type=topscorers/index.html protocols UEFA] + all scorers [https://web.archive.org/web/20201128231636/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1996/statistics/round=664/players/type=topscorers/index.html preliminary round]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100625194306/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=1996/intro.html 1996/97 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)]

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