1995–96 Czech 1. Liga season
The 1995–96 Czech 1.liga season was the third season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league, and HC Slezan Opava and HC Prerov were promoted to the Czech Extraliga.


1995–96 Czech 2. Liga
The 1995–96 Czech 2. Liga was the third season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league.


1995–96 Czech Cup
The 1995–96 Czech Cup was the third season of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. Winners Sparta Prague qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.


1995–96 Czech Extraliga season
The 1995–96 Czech Extraliga season was the third season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.


1995–96 Czech First League
The 1995–96 Czech First League was the third season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.


1995–96 DEL season
The 1995–96 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 2nd season of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (English: German Ice Hockey League).


1995–96 DEL season
As a replacement for the Mad Dogs München, the SC Riessersee moved up from the 2nd Bundesliga. However, continuing the financial unrest in the German Ice Hockey, SC Riessersee, as well as ESG Sachsen Weißwasser and the EC Hannover had to leave the league. The Düsseldorfer EG won the German championship by becoming the second DEL champion.


1995–96 DEL season
The corporate sponsor, the Krombacher Brewery, continued their engagement, albeit now less prominently featured on the league logo. The sponsorship agreement ended after this season.


1995–96 DEL season, Regular season
In the main round the 18 teams played a home-and-away schedule and, in regional groups, a second single round. After this, the play-off round of the last sixteen in the mode best of seven took place . The semi-finals and final were played in the mode best of five. The hope to be able to avoid the troubles of the old Bundesliga by stricter financial controls did not materialise in the first season. EC Hedos München, the Bundesliga's last champion, now renamed Mad Dogs Munich, folded on 18 December 1994.


1995–96 DEL season, Playoffs
All playoff rounds were played in as a best-of-five series.


1995–96 DEL season, Playoffs, First round
The even the chances, and enable the worse-placed team two home-games, the games were played in a Home-Away-Away-Home-Home series. This led to the Frankfurt Lions having only 1 home game, despite being the better placed team.


1995–96 DEL season, Playoffs, Finals
With the last game, the Düsseldorfer EG became the second DEL Champion and German Champions for the 8th time in the club history.


1995–96 DFB-Pokal
The 1995–96 DFB-Pokal was the 53rd season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 15 August 1995 and ended on 24 May 1996. In the final, 1. FC Kaiserslautern defeated Karlsruher SC 1–0 thereby claiming their second title. In the first round, SV 1916 Sandhausen defeated VfB Stuttgart 13–12 on penalties, marking the game with the most goals in German professional football ever.


1995–96 DFB-Pokal Frauen
The Frauen DFB-Pokal 1995–96 was the 16th season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. In the final which was held in Berlin on 25 May 1996 FSV Frankfurt defeated Klinge Seckach 2–1, thus winning their fifth cup title and defending their title from the previous season.


1995–96 DFB-Pokal Frauen, First round
Several clubs had byes in the first round. Those clubs were automatically qualified for the 2nd round of the cup.


1995–96 Dallas Mavericks season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Mavericks' 16th season in the National Basketball Association. The Mavericks got off to a fast start winning their first four games. However, after a 5–1 start to the season, they struggled losing 21 of their next 24 games, as Jamal Mashburn went down with a knee injury after playing just 18 games, averaging 23.4 points per game. With Mashburn out for the remainder of the season, George McCloud would take his place in the lineup at small forward, averaging 18.9 points per game while finishing second in the league with 257 three-point field goals. However, second-year star Jason Kidd and Jim Jackson both had trouble getting along as teammates. There were rumors that R&B singer Toni Braxton was involved in their feud. The Mavericks suffered an 11-game losing streak in March, and finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 26–56 record.


1995–96 Dallas Mavericks season
Kidd averaged 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game as he was selected to play in the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, which was his first All-Star appearance. Jackson averaged 19.6 points per game, while Popeye Jones provided the team with 11.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. Also in March, Ross Perot, Jr. purchased the team from founder Don Carter. Following the season, Jones was traded to the Toronto Raptors, Lucious Harris signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Lorenzo Williams signed with the Washington Bullets.


1995–96 Dallas Stars season
The 1995–96 Dallas Stars season was the third National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 29th as a franchise), which would start off badly and finish badly, with a division worst 26-42-14.


1995–96 Dallas Stars season, Regular season
On March 11, 1996, the Stars played in the final game at the Montreal Forum.


1995–96 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


1995–96 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


1995–96 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;


1995–96 Dallas Stars season, Playoffs
The Dallas Stars missed the playoffs that year for the first time in their franchise's history.


1995–96 Dallas Stars season, Draft picks
Dallas's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.


1995–96 Danish 1st Division
The 1995–96 Danish 1st Division season was the 51st season of the Danish 1st Division league championship and the 10th consecutive as a second tier competition governed by the Danish Football Association.


1995–96 Danish 1st Division
The division-champion and runner-up promoted to the 1996–97 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 13th to 16th spots relegated between the Danish 2nd Division East and West 1996-97.


1995–96 Danish Cup
The 1995–96 Danish Cup was the 42nd installment of the Danish Cup, the highest football competition in Denmark.


1995–96 Danish Superliga
The 1995–96 Danish Superliga season was the 6th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.


1995–96 Danish Superliga
The Danish champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League 1996-97 qualification, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the qualification round of the UEFA Cup 1996-97. The fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996, while the two lowest placed teams of the tournament was directly relegated to the Danish 1st Division. Likewise, the Danish 1st Division champions and runners-up were promoted to the Superliga. However, the 1st, the 3rd, the 4th, and the 6th played the UEFA Cup after the preliminary rounds.


1995–96 Denver Nuggets season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Nuggets' 20th season in the National Basketball Association, and 29th season as a franchise. During the off-season, the Nuggets acquired top draft pick Antonio McDyess from the Los Angeles Clippers, and acquired Don MacLean and Doug Overton from the Washington Bullets. However, the team got off to a horrible start losing eight of their first nine games, as LaPhonso Ellis missed the first 37 games of the season with a knee injury. Despite the slow start, the Nuggets would then recover winning eight of their next nine games leading to a 9–9 start, but later on lost six straight games in January slipping below .500 with a 20–27 record at the All-Star break.


1995–96 Denver Nuggets season
In March, the Nuggets found themselves in the middle of an ugly controversy as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner, protesting what he felt was the country's poor treatment to Muslims in the world. After a one-game suspension, Abdul-Rauf agreed to stand and pray during the anthem. However, the damage was done, and his reputation could not be repaired as he was the consistent target of boos from fans before missing the remainder of the season with a foot injury, leading the Nuggets with 19.2 points and 6.8 assists per game in 57 games.


1995–96 Denver Nuggets season
The Nuggets finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 35–47 record, missing the playoffs. McDyess was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team averaging 13.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, while Dale Ellis finished second on the team in scoring averaging 14.9 points per game, and Dikembe Mutombo averaged 11.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game, and was selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game.


1995–96 Denver Nuggets season
Following the season, Abdul-Rauf was traded to the Sacramento Kings, Mutombo signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks, second-year guard Jalen Rose and Reggie Williams were both dealt to the Indiana Pacers, and MacLean and Overton were both sent to the Philadelphia 76ers.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season
Deportivo La Coruña's 1995–96 season included its 31st appearance in La Liga, where it ranked in 9th place. The club also competed in the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Supercopa de España.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Summary
1994–95 had been a great season for Deportivo, as they finished as La Liga runners-up for the second consecutive season and won the Copa del Rey for the first time in their history. However, coach Arsenio Iglesias retired at the end of the season, and was replaced ahead of the new campaign by Welshman John Toshack, formerly of Real Sociedad.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Summary
Depor's Copa del Rey win qualified them for the 1995 Supercopa de España, and Toshack's reign got off to a great start in the two legged final against Real Madrid. After a goalless first half at Estadio Riazor, Real goalkeeper Francisco Buyo was sent off shortly after the interval, and Donato scored the resulting penalty to give Deportivo the lead. The hosts scored twice more in the next ten minutes, through Fran and Bebeto, to take a commanding lead, and received a late bonus as Mikel Lasa became the second Madrid player to be dismissed. In the second leg at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Real captain Fernando Hierro gave them a lifeline in the first half, but Depor struck twice in the last ten minutes via substitutes Javier Manjarín and Txiki Begiristain to earn an emphatic 5–1 aggregate victory.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Summary
Another reward for their cup victory the previous year was entry into the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and their debut in the competition was a strong one. After beating compatriots and defending champions Real Zaragoza in the quarter-finals, Deportivo faced French side Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals. However, a goal in each leg from PSG saw Depor eliminated by the eventual champions.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Summary
The season was more troubling domestically. Having finished in the top three in La Liga in each of the previous seasons, Deportivo slipped to ninth in Toshack's first campaign in charge. Their defense of the Copa del Rey crown also ended in the worst possible fashion, as they were eliminated at the first hurdle by Tenerife after a 3–2 aggregate defeat.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Players, Squad
Source:  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Players, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Derby County F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1995–96 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary
Jim Smith became the new manager of Derby County in the summer, replacing former boss Roy McFarland. Although the new season started slowly, the signing of sweeper Igor Štimac in the early autumn proved pivotal. Throwing his brief of "a top-half finish" out the window, Smith guided the Rams to a second-place finish and promotion to the Premier League.


1995–96 Derby County F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Derby County F.C. season, Players, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 Detroit Pistons season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Pistons' 48th season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th season in the city of Detroit. During the offseason, the Pistons hired Doug Collins as head coach, while acquiring Otis Thorpe from the Portland Trail Blazers. Thorpe won a championship as a member of the Houston Rockets in the 1994 NBA Finals. Under Collins, the Pistons, who were now led by second-year star Grant Hill and Allan Houston, struggled with a 5–9 record in November, but played .500 basketball for the remainder of the season. At midseason, the team signed free agent Michael Curry, who was previously released by the Washington Bullets. The Pistons reemerged as a playoff contender finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 46–36 record, and returned to the playoffs after a three-year absence.


1995–96 Detroit Pistons season
Hill led the team with 20.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game. Houston finished second on the team in scoring averaging 19.7 points per game, and led them with 191 three-point field goals, while Thorpe provided them with 14.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Joe Dumars played half of the season off the bench averaging just 11.8 points per game, as Lindsey Hunter started at point guard in the lineup for half the season. However, in the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Pistons would be swept by the Orlando Magic in three straight games. Following the season, Houston signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks, and Mark West signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season was the 70th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season
Regarded as one of the greatest regular seasons in NHL history, the Red Wings eclipsed the all-time record of most regular-season wins with 62, a record previously set at 60 by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens. Their 131 points during the regular season were the most since the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens accumulated 132 points (still an all-time record). They surpassed most of that year's NBA season win records, the 64–18 Seattle SuperSonics and the 72–10 Chicago Bulls being the only teams with more. The Red Wings had two winning streaks of nine games and had a 13–game unbeaten streak from Sunday, March 3, 1996, to Sunday, March 31, going 12–0–1 during that stretch.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season
Having the best record in the league, the Red Wings were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. During the 1995–96 regular season, the Red Wings were the only team to score at least one goal in all 82 of its games. While the team is remembered for its record-breaking regular season, it ended in heartbreaking fashion in the playoffs. Detroit lost five games to Winnipeg and St. Louis, both teams that failed to get above 80 points in the regular season, including having to go to a decisive game 7 against St. Louis. They were ultimately upset by the Colorado Avalanche, winning only two of the six games in the series, and failed to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. They won 72 combined victories that season, tying the same 1976–77 Canadiens.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Off-season
In September 1995, the former 1974 draft pick and attorney Bill Evo was appointed president the Detroit Red Wings.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season
The Red Wings finished first in wins (62), points (131), tied the Washington Capitals for most shutouts (9), allowed the fewest goals (181), the fewest even-strength goals (128), the fewest power-play goals (44) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (88.27%).


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs
In the first round of the playoffs, the Red Wings defeated the eighth-place Winnipeg Jets marking the Jets' final games in Winnipeg as the franchise relocated to Phoenix following their playoff defeat. The Wings then defeated the fifth-place St. Louis Blues in the second round. In the Western Conference Finals, the Red Wings were ousted in six games by the Colorado Avalanche, who were in the first year after moving from Quebec. These two teams started the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry, which lasted nearly a decade.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Tie (1 point)


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; GS = Games started; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots Against; SV% = Save Percentage;  SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltending
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. ‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.


1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.


1995–96 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)
1995-96 was the 21st season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).


1995–96 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Format
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups of 10 teams each. The top two teams in each group qualified for the Allsvenskan, while the remaining eight teams had to compete in a qualifying round. The teams were given zero to seven bonus points based on their finish in the first round. The top two teams from each qualifying round qualified for the playoffs. The last-place team in each of the qualifying groups was relegated directly to Division 2, while the second-to-last-place team had to play in a relegation series.


1995–96 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Format
Of the 10 teams in the Allsvenskan - in addition to the eight participants from Division 1, the two last place teams from the Elitserien also participated - the top two teams qualified directly for the Allsvenskan final, from which the winner was promoted directly to the Elitserien (now the SHL). The second place team qualified for the Kvalserien, which offered another opportunity to be promoted. The third and fourth place teams in the Allsvenskan qualified for the third round of the playoffs, while teams that finished fifth through eighth played in the second round. The three playoff winners qualified for the Kvalserien, in which the first-place team qualified for the following Elitserien season.


1995–96 División de Honor de Futsal
The 1995–96 season of the División de Honor de Futsal is the 7th season of top-tier futsal in Spain.


1995–96 Divizia A
The 1995–96 Divizia A was the seventy-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1995–96 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (25 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (12 / 0); Marius Mindileac (1 / 0). Defenders: Anton Doboș (31 / 2); Daniel Prodan (31 / 5); Tiberiu Csik (26 / 2); Bogdan Bucur (21 / 0); Aurel Panait (18 / 0). Midfielders: Iulian Filipescu (30 / 3); Ionel Pârvu (27 / 2); Constantin Gâlcă (29 / 4); Damian Militaru (26 / 3).


1995–96 Divizia A, Champion squad
Forwards: Sabin Ilie (23 / 2); Adrian Ilie (24 / 13); Marius Lăcătuș (27 / 9); Roland Nagy (23 / 0); Narcis Răducan (30 / 3); Ion Vlădoiu (33 / 25); Laurențiu Roșu (29 / 3); Marius Mitu (1 / 0); Alin Stoica (1 / 0); Edward Iordănescu (1 / 0); Marin Dună (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1995–96 Divizia B
The 1995–96 Divizia B was the 56th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1995–96 Divizia B
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from both series relegated to Divizia C.


1995–96 Divizia B, Team changes, Renamed teams
Jiul IELIF Craiova was moved from Craiova to Caracal and renamed as FC Caracal.


1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 5th year head coach Bill Herrion, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the North Atlantic Conference (which has since changed name).


1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
In the 1995–96 season, the Dragons won a school record 27 games, won the North Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament for the third season in a row, qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in school history, and also won the school's first ever NCAA Tournament game in the first round of the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
After reaching the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, the Dragons lost to Syracuse by a score of 58–69. Syracuse would go on to finish runner–up in the tournament, losing to Kentucky in the National Championship.


1995–96 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
In the 1995–96 season, Malik Rose broke Drexel's individual single season record for rebounds with 409 in 31 games.


1995–96 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1995–96 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1995-96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski and the team finished the season with an overall record of 18-13.


1995–96 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Team Poster
The 1995–96 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team poster titled "Networking" features players assembled in Cameron Indoor Stadium dressed in business attire and surrounded by various productivity devices such as laptops, personal computers, telephones, and cellular phones.


1995–96 Duleep Trophy
The 1995–96 Duleep Trophy was the 35th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.


1995–96 Duleep Trophy
South Zone won the title by finishing first on the points table.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season
Season 1995–96 was the 112th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 90th time, the Scottish Cup for the 101st time, the Scottish League Cup for the 49th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the sixth time.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
After the success of the previous season, no one could foresee the disaster that was to befall Dumbarton. The league season had begun brightly, with the club sitting atop Division 1 with 2 wins from 2. However manager Murdo MacLeod then departed for Premier Division Partick Thistle, and it all began to fall apart. A reluctant Jim Fallon stepped up from his assistant managerial post to take on the reins but it was clear from the start that he was ill-prepared for what was to be faced.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Indeed, the only other win to be registered throughout the remainder of the league campaign was an impressive victory over champions elect Dundee United. From December, a string of 19 consecutive defeats in the league were suffered, Dumbarton's worst losing streak in their long history. Relegation back to Division 2 was a certainty long before the season had ended.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
In the national cup competitions, it was now four seasons without a single win. In the Scottish Cup Airdrie defeated Dumbarton in the second round.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
In the League Cup, Premier Division Kilmarnock were victors over Dumbarton, but only after extra time.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Finally, the long wait for a win in the Challenge Cup continued - a first round defeat to Brechin City was the sixth in a row.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Locally, there was something to cheer as the Stirlingshire Cup returned to Boghead, with a final win over East Stirlingshire.


1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve Team
Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 4 wins and 3 draws from 22 games, finished 12th and last.


1995–96 Dundee F.C. season
The 1995–96 season was the 94th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division. Dundee would finish in 5th place, their lowest league position since the 1938–39 season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Clyde in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup, and by Stenhousemuir in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. They would make it to the final of the League Cup, before being defeated by Aberdeen at Hampden Park.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season
Dundee United finished the Scottish First Division 1995–96 season in 2nd place, after being relegated from the Premier Division the previous season. Although missing out on the automatic promotion slot through winning the league, United won promotion through the play-off system, beating Partick Thistle 3–2 over two legs. United secured the play-off on the final day of the season, drawing with 3rd-placed Morton and finishing 2nd on goal difference.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season
United scored freely at home in the league, particularly in the second half of the season, including 8–0 and 6–1 wins over Dumbarton and a 6–0 triumph against Clydebank. This 19-goal swing was enough to provide the superior goal difference that secured 2nd place.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season
The cup campaigns brought little joy, with a 3rd round League Cup defeat to Motherwell and an agonising quarter-final Scottish Cup defeat to Celtic who scored twice in the last minute to win 2–1. Embarrassingly, the club lost on penalties to Stenhousemuir in the Scottish Challenge Cup final, although didn't concede during the entire tournament.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season
Off the pitch, United won the 'First Division Programme of the Year'.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Early season
Manager Billy Kirkwood continued to rebuild the team over the close season, bringing in Motherwell defender Rab Shannon, Rangers keeper Ally Maxwell and Neil Caldwell, also from Ibrox. Another two ex-Rangers players arrived before the start of the season, with Steven Pressley and Sandy Robertson both arriving from Coventry City. The Rangers connection continued when the Ibrox club made a bid of £1.5 million for Gordan Petric, which United accepted and this money helped to re-shape the team well into the new season. Also out the door went Juan Ferrari, walking out after not being promised a first team place, and the Brazilian Sergio left for Kuwait.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Early season
August started with a friendly against Rangers at Tannadice and United showed that they could still compete with the best as they narrowly lost 2–1. Just days later, United played Dundee at Tannadice in Dave Bowman's testimonial match, with United winning 2–0. The season got under way with a draw with Morton at Tannadice with five new players in the starting line-up, then a short trip down the road saw Cowdenbeath beaten in the 2nd round of the League Cup.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Early season
With United now playing in the First Division, they were entered into the Scottish Challenge Cup for the first time, and won 2–0 at Stranraer. a 3–0 defeat away to Dunfermline meant United had picked up only one point in their opening two league matches. Kirkwood then snapped up former Rangers and Aberdeen player Jim Bett, following his release from Hearts. The 3rd round of the League Cup saw Motherwell win 2–1 at Tannadice, giving United one less distraction during a difficult season.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, McKinlay departs
In September, Paddy Connolly scored the winner in a 2–1 win over Hamilton Academical at Tannadice, and an own goal gave United the points in a 1–0 home win over St Mirren. Connolly then scored twice in a 3–0 win over Hamilton in the 2nd round of the League Challenge Cup at Tannadice, and a Jim Bett goal and Billy McKinlay penalty gave United the points in a 2–1 win against Clydebank at Kilbowie. United went down 2–1 at home to Airdrieonians before a youthful team won 1–0 away to Clydebank in the quarter-finals of the League Challenge Cup. United then beat Dundee 3–2 at Dens Park where McKinlay scored a hat-trick in his last match for United before his £1.75 million transfer to Blackburn Rovers.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, McKinlay departs
Into October, and Robbie Winters scored twice as United beat Dunfermline 4–0 at East End Park in the semi-finals of the League Challenge Cup to go through to the final at McDiarmid Park. Billy Kirkwood then signed yet another former Rangers player, Gary McSwegan, from Notts County, and he made his debut in the 1–0 defeat to Dumbarton at Boghead Park. Goals seemed to be hard to come by in the league, so Kirkwood brought yet another striker to Tannadice. Owen Coyle arrived from Bolton Wanderers and scored on his debut in a 2–1 win over St Johnstone at Tannadice. McSwegan scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 away win over Hamilton, and both strikers scored in a 3–1 win over Dunfermline at Tannadice. United then finished the month with their 4th straight win with a 3–0 home victory over Clydebank.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Cup loss
November saw ex-United midfielder Ray McKinnon return to Tannadice after spells with Nottingham Forest and Aberdeen, and he made his debut against Stenhousemuir in the League Challenge Cup final at McDiarmid Park. Ex-United legend Eamonn Bannon turned out for the opposition that day and the game ended in a disappointing 0–0 draw, with United losing 5–4 on penalties. Incredibly, United failed to concede during the entire tournament. Young Celtic defender Jamie McQuilken was then brought in for £150,000.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Cup loss
Robbie Winters scored in a 1–1 draw with St Mirren at Love Street before Maurice Malpas and Craig Brewster scored as United lost 3–2 to Dundee at Tannadice. Malpas scored again in a 1–1 draw with Airdrie, but United had failed to win in the whole of November. December started with a flurry of goals as Craig Brewster's form returned and he scored four goals in an 8–0 win over Dumbarton at Tannadice. a 0–0 draw with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park was followed by a 2–1 win over Morton at Cappielow. Brewster's goals continued to come with a 1–1 draw at home to Hamilton and a hard-fought match at Tannadice saw United come back to level 2–2 against Airdrie with nine men.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Cup loss
Robbie Winters started January with three goals in two games, scoring in a 1–1 draw away to Clydebank and then two goals against Dundee at Dens in a 2–0 victory. Gary McSwegan then scored twice in a 2–1 home win over St Mirren before scoring again in a 3–1 win over Dumbarton at Boghead where Rab Shannon scored his only goal for the club. After a 3–1 home defeat to St Johnstone in February, United started their Scottish Cup campaign with a midweek trip down to Berwick Rangers after the match had been postponed.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Cup loss
Owen Coyle scored twice to take United through to the next round, which was played against Dunfermline the following Saturday. Craig Brewster scored the only goal of the game at Tannadice and United were in the quarter finals. United then met Dunfermline again at East End Park as the teams drew 2–2, as the title chase picked up, with any one of five teams in with a chance of winning the League. Craig Brewster took his tally to 13 for the season with two goals in a 4–0 win over Morton at Tannadice.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Tense finish
In March, United dropped points in the league with a 1–1 draw with Airdrie at Broomfield. The Scottish Cup quarter finals saw United go 1–0 up against Celtic at Parkhead through Owen Coyle, and with minutes remaining United looked to have knocked out the holders. But just like in the finals of 1985 and 1988, two late goals for Celtic saw United lose out.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Tense finish
United then went on a great run, scoring 17 goals in the next 4 matches, starting with another 2–0 win over Dundee at Tannadice, with McSwegan and Brewster scoring as Dundee's new signing Chic Charnley was sent off. Craig Brewster scored another hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Clydebank at Tannadice, before Andy McLaren scored in a 3–1 win over St Mirren at Love Street. At the end of the month Paddy Connolly was sold to Airdrie for £150,000 after over eight years at Tannadice.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Tense finish
The goals kept coming at the start of April, as Gary McSwegan grabbed 4 goals in a 6–1 win over Dumbarton at Tannadice. Since that 1–0 defeat at Boghead six months previously, United had scored 17 goals against Dumbarton in 3 games. Just as United looked to be running away with the league, they lost another important three points with a 1–0 defeat to St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park. a 2–0 victory away to Hamilton put United back in the driving seat, and with two games left, United had to play their two nearest challengers.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Tense finish
With a one-point advantage, United faced Dunfermline at Tannadice, and with a crowd of 12,000 turning up expecting to see United clinch the title, Dunfermline left with a 1–0 win. That defeat left United two points behind Dunfermline, and the final game of the season was against third-placed Morton. In front of over 12,000, United managed a 2–2 draw to pip Morton to 2nd place on goal difference and secure the play-off place.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Play-off drama
The play-off was a two-legged tie between the team finishing 2nd bottom in the Premier Division and the team finishing 2nd in the First. Murdo McLeod's Partick Thistle took the lead in the 1st leg at Firhill, but a last-minute Christian Dailly header equalised for United and the scores were level for the 2nd leg at Tannadice four days later. After attacking for most of the match, United went 1–0 down to an Ian Cameron penalty, and things looked even worse as Cameron went down in the box with minutes remaining. But a second penalty wasn't given and United desperately pushed for the all important equaliser.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Season review, Play-off drama
Just as it looked like United's chance to get back to the Premier Division had gone, Brian Welsh popped up with a last-minute header which sparked unbelievable scenes at Tannadice and take the game into extra-time. With the fans behind them, United kept attacking and Andy McLaren set up the winning goal as Owen Coyle pounced to take United back to the Premier Division at the first attempt.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The team finished tenth (bottom) in the Premier Division and were relegated.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Aberdeen and lost narrowly in the Coca-Cola Cup quarter-finals to Rangers.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details
During the 1995–96 season, United used 30 different players. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Play-off appearances are included in the league appearances column.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
Eleven players were signed for/during the 1995–96 season, with a total transfer cost of nearly £2.5m. The most expensive player signed was Steven Pressley, who arrived from Coventry City for a club record £750,000. In addition to this, four youth players were awarded their first professional contracts in the close season.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
The players that joined Dundee United during the 1995–96 season are listed below, along with their previous club. Stuart Gilmour, Dale Gray, Ben Honeyman and Paul Walker were the youth players promoted.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Ten players left the club permanently with two transfers – Billy McKinlay to Blackburn Rovers and Gordan Petric to Rangers – receiving seven-figure sums. The other eight players were either released or sold for smaller six-figure sums, with around £3.5m received in transfer fees, bringing a transfer profit of approximately £1m.


1995–96 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Listed below are the players that were transferred out and released during the season, along with the club that they joined. For players that were released by the club, the team that they joined is listed.


1995–96 ECHL season
The 1995–96 ECHL season was the eighth season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Greensboro Monarchs franchise moved up to the American Hockey League and became the Carolina Monarchs. The league saw the addition of four new teams for the 1995–96 season, which included the relocation of the Louisville IceHawks to Jacksonville, FL and expansion franchises in Laffayette, LA and Mobile, AL, as well as a return to Louisville, KY, bringing the number of teams in the league to twenty-one.


1995–96 ECHL season
With the increase in the number of teams the league decided to increase the number of games played in the regular season from 68 to 70. The Richmond Renegades finished first overall in the regular season, winning the Brabham Cup and the Charlotte Checkers won their first Riley Cup sweeping the Jacksonville Lizard Kings in four games.


1995–96 ECHL season, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Green shade = Clinched playoff spot, Blue shade = Clinched division


1995–96 EEHL season
The 1995–96 Eastern European Hockey League season, was the first season of the multi-national ice hockey league. Eight teams participated in the league, and HK Neman Grodno of Belarus won the championship.


1995–96 EHF Champions League
The 1995–96 EHF Champions League was the 36th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.


1995–96 EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The 1995-96 EHF Cup Winners' Cup season, TBV Lemgo won the Europe's club handball tournament.


1995–96 EHF Women's Champions League
The 1995–96 EHF Women's Champions League was the third edition of the modern era of the 1961-founded competition for European national champions women's handball clubs, running from 7 October 1995 to 11 May 1996. Podravka Koprivnica defeated Hypo Niederösterreich in a rematch of the previous edition's final to become the first Croatian club to win the competition, ending the Austrians four-years winning streak.


1995–96 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The 1995–96 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the twentieth edition of EHF's competition for women's handball national cup champions. It ran from October 6, 1995, to May 12, 1996. Latvia made its debut, while Yugoslavia returned after 3 seasons of exclusion. Yugoslavia's Bolago Voždovac faced Croatia's Kras Zagreb in the same week the Croatian War ended, with the Croats making it to the quarterfinals.


1995–96 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The final confronted the 1991 European Cup and EHF Cup champions. TV Lützellinden, which had lost the final in the previous season, defeated Kras Zagreb to win its second Cup Winners' Cup and the last of its three European trophies. As of 2013 it remains the last German champion of the competition.


1995–96 Eastern Counties Football League
The 1995–96 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 54th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.


1995–96 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:


1995–96 Eastern Counties Football League, Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season
The 1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 17th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 17–27–4 record, earning 38 points, in the lockout shortened 1994–95 season, missing the playoffs for the 3rd straight season.


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season
During the off-season, the Oilers and St. Louis Blues would complete a trade that saw Edmonton acquire goaltender Curtis Joseph and the rights of Mike Grier in exchange for a 1st round draft pick in both 1996 and 1997. Joseph and the Oilers could not come to a contract agreement, and he would start the season with the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL. The Oilers also would bring back Glenn Anderson, whom they traded in 1991, as he signed as a free agent, however, he would be dealt to the Blues midway through the season.


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season
As the Oilers would struggle badly early in the season, sitting with a 14–23–6 record at the time of the signing, the team and Joseph agreed to a contract in early January, and Edmonton would then trade their other #1 goaltender, Bill Ranford, to the Boston Bruins for Sean Brown, Mariusz Czerkawski and the Bruins 1st round pick in 1996. Edmonton would play better defensive hockey after the trade, as Joseph would post a 15–16–2 record, however, it was not enough for the Oilers to make the playoffs, as they finished 10 points behind the 8th place Winnipeg Jets.


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season
Offensively, Doug Weight became the first Oiler since Mark Messier in 1989–90 to reach the 100-point plateau, as Weight would record 104 points. Zdeno Ciger scored a team-high 31 goals, while Jason Arnott scored 28 goals and 59 points despite missing 18 games due to injuries. Boris Mironov led the defense with 32 points, while fellow blueliner Jeff Norton would earn 20 points in 30 games after being acquired from St. Louis.


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season
In goal, Bill Ranford would get most of the action until early January, winning 13 games and posting a 3.84 GAA, then Curtis Joseph stepped in and led the Oilers in wins at 15, and posted a team best 3.44 GAA.


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


1995–96 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Tie (1 point)


1995–96 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1995–1996 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ won the championship. This was the first year teams earned three points for a win instead of two.


1995–96 Eerste Divisie, Promotion/relegation play-offs
In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie.


1995–96 Egyptian Premier League
16 teams participated in the 1995–96 Egyptian Premier League season. The first team in the league was the champion, and was supposed to qualify to the CAF Champions League, but this did not happen as Al Ahly was boycotting the CAF competitions so the runner up Zamalek qualified instead. Al Ahly managed to win the league for the 25th time in the club's history.


1995–96 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1995–96 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 96th season in the club's football history. In 1995–96 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 33rd season in the Bundesliga and ended with the first relegation in club history.


1995–96 Ekstraklasa, Overview
18 teams competed in the 1995–96 season with Widzew Łódź winning the championship.


1995–96 Eliteserien (Denmark) season
The 1995–96 Eliteserien season was the 39th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league, and Esbjerg IK won the championship.


1995–96 Eliteserien season
The 1995–96 Eliteserien season was the 57th season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Storhamar Ishockey won the championship.


1995–96 Elitserien (men's handball)
The 1995–96 Elitserien was the 62nd season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. The league was split into an autumn league and a spring league. The eight highest placed teams in the autumn league qualified for the spring league. Redbergslids IK won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their 15th Swedish title.


1995–96 Elitserien season
The 1995–96 Elitserien season was the 21st season of the Elitserien, the top level of ice hockey in Sweden. 12 teams participated in the league, and Luleå HF won the championship.


1995–96 England Hockey League season
The 1995–96 English Hockey League season took place from October 1995 until April 1996.


1995–96 England Hockey League season
The Men's National League was won by Cannock with the Women's National League going to Hightown.


1995–96 England Hockey League season
The Men's Hockey Association Cup was won by Reading and the AEWHA Cup was won by Ipswich.


1995–96 England Hockey League season, Women's Cup (AEWHA Cup), Final
IpswichJo Thompson, Lorraine Catchpole, Lisa Copeland, Annette Strange, Colleen Adcock, Lucy Youngs, Sandy Lister (capt), Tracy Fry, Debbie Rawlinson, Jane Smith, Leisa King Subs Sarah Bamfield, Vickey Dixon, Kirsten SpencerCliftonClaire Burr, Sue Brimble,; N Swan, Rachel O'Bryan (capt), Elaine Basterfield, A Wright, Michelle Robertson, Lorraine Marsden, Charlotte Merrett, Lucy Culliford, Ros Gollop Subs P Wiltshire, C Britten, J Scullion


1995–96 Eredivisie
The 1995–96 Eredivisieseason was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2.


1995–96 Eredivisie, Relegation play-offs
In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie.


1995–96 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1995–96 Eredivisie season was the 36th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Six teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.


1995–96 Esiliiga
The 1995–96 Esiliiga is the fifth season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.


1995–96 Esiliiga, Main tournament
Four best teams qualify to the Premier Division promotion play-off, other four to First Division promotion play-off.


1995–96 Esiliiga, Premier Division promotion play-off
JK Vall Tallinn promoted to Premier Division, Pärnu JK relegated to First Division.


1995–96 Esiliiga, First Division promotion play-off
JK Kalev Sillamäe and Olümp Maardu promoted to First Division, FC Arsenal Tallinn and DAG Tartu relegated to Second Division.


1995–96 Essex Senior Football League
The 1995–96 Essex Senior Football League season was the 25th in the history of Essex Senior Football League a football competition in England.


1995–96 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1995–96 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 1995–96 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 4th season in the Azadegan League, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and Asian Club Championship, and 51st year in existence as a football club.


1995–96 Esteghlal F.C. season, Player
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1995–96 Estonian Cup
The 1995–96 Estonian Cup was the sixth season of the Estonian main domestic football knockout tournament. Tallinna Sadam won their first title after defeating Jõhvi in the final. Tallinna Sadam qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as a result of their victory.


1995–96 Everton F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).


1995–96 Everton F.C. season, Season summary
A great season of tremendous goalscoring from the lightning quick feet of Andrei Kanchelskis, Everton's dramatic signing from vanquished foes Manchester United following on from, the great FA Cup Final victory last season, gave Everton fans a lot of fine moments as they finished a very creditable 6th in the Premier League under manager Joe Royle, finishing just one place and two points short of a UEFA Cup place. However, Everton failed to make an impact either of the domestic cups or in their first European campaign in a decade. At the end of the season, Royle agreed a £3.5million fee with Leeds United for midfielder Gary Speed.


1995–96 Everton F.C. season, Squad
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1995–96 Everton F.C. season, Squad, Left club during the season
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1995–96 Everton F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
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1995–96 FA Cup
The 1995–96 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th staging of the FA Cup. The competition was won outright by Manchester United, who won the final through a goal from Eric Cantona five minutes from the end of the game. It gave Manchester United a league and cup double after they secured their third league title in four years. It was also United's third straight FA Cup Final.


1995–96 FA Cup
The tournament began with teams from non-league football competing in preliminary and qualifying rounds in order to make it to the competition proper. Details of the qualifying tournament and all the rounds through to the final are available at . Teams from Divisions 1 to 3 entered at the first round, while Premiership teams entered in the third round.


1995–96 FA Cup
The topscorer in the competition was Dave Powell of Gravesend and Northfleet, whom scored 9 goals.


1995–96 FA Cup, First round proper
The First Round featured those non-league teams who had come through the qualifying rounds and the teams from the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system. The matches were played on 11 November 1995. There were ten replays, with two ties requiring a penalty shootout to settle them. Fulham's 7–0 victory over Swansea City was an FA Cup record margin of victory against a team from a higher division.


1995–96 FA Cup, Second round proper
The second round of the competition featured the winners of the first round ties. The matches were played on 2 December 1995, with six replays and one penalty shootout required.


1995–96 FA Cup, Third round proper
The third round of the season's FA Cup was scheduled for 6 January and marked the point at which the teams in the two highest divisions in the English league system, the Premier League and the Football League First Division (now known as the Football League Championship). There were fourteen replays, with only one of these games going to penalties to settle it.


1995–96 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The Fourth Round ties were played with the thirty-two winners of the previous round. The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 27 January, although only four matches were played that weekend, and only two of these matches resulted in a victory for one side. There were seven replays but no penalty shootouts.


1995–96 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The Fifth Round matches were scheduled for 17 February. There were five replays and one penalty shootout.


1995–96 FA Cup, Sixth round
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on the weekend of 9 and 10 March 1996. There were two replays, between Liverpool and Leeds and Wimbledon & Chelsea. These were played on 20 March 1996.


1995–96 FA Cup, Sixth round
This was a rare occurrence of all eight quarter-finals being from the top division.


1995–96 FA Cup, Semi finals
The semi final ties were played at neutral venues on 31 March 1996. Manchester United and Liverpool beat Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively to reach the final. At this stage, Manchester United were top of the league and looking good bets for a unique second double two years after their first one, while Liverpool were hopeful of a similar triumph as they were third in the league and still in with a slim chance of a second double 10 years after their first one.


1995–96 FA Cup, Semi finals
Just weeks before accepting the role as England manager, Glenn Hoddle watched his Chelsea side throw away their chances of major trophy late in the season for the third year running, one year after losing in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals and two years after losing the FA Cup final.


1995–96 FA Cup, Semi finals
Aston Villa's defeat ended their hopes of emulating Arsenal's 1993 triumph of an FA Cup/League Cup double, as they had lifted the League Cup the previous weekend.


1995–96 FA Cup, Final
A late goal from Eric Cantona, United's top scorer and the FWA Player of the Year just a year after being vilified for the assault on a spectator which saw him banned from football for eight months, saw a United side featuring some of the Premier League's youngest players clinch a 1–0 win over Liverpool to become the first team to win the double twice, two years after their first double.


1995–96 FA Cup, Media coverage
For the eighth consecutive season in the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters.


1995–96 FA Cup, Media coverage
The matches shown live on the BBC were: Chelsea 1–1 Newcastle United (R3); Sheffield United 0–1 Aston Villa (R4); Manchester United 2–1 Manchester City (R5); Leeds United 0–0 Liverpool (QF); Manchester United 2–1 Chelsea (SF) and Manchester United 1–0 Liverpool (Final).


1995–96 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 1995–96 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 115th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 575 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 18 from the previous season’s 557.


1995–96 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 28 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


1995–96 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1995-96 FA Cup
See 1995-96 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1995–96 FA Premier League
The 1995–96 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the competition, since its formation in 1992. Due to the decision to reduce the number of clubs in the Premier League from 22 to 20, only two clubs were promoted instead of the usual three, Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers.


1995–96 FA Premier League
Manchester United won the Premier League and qualified for the UEFA Champions League, while Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Newcastle United qualified for the UEFA Cup. Liverpool also qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the FA Cup which was won by Manchester United.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
Liverpool and Aston Villa emerged as possible title contenders early in the season, while Middlesbrough's early promise saw them occupy fourth place in late October, but an injury crisis saw their league form slump, and they could only manage a 12th-place finish. Most of the campaign was a two-horse race between Manchester United and Newcastle United. The two sides played on 27 December, with Newcastle 10 points ahead in the league.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
A 2–0 home win for Manchester United cut the gap to seven points, and two days later they beat Queens Park Rangers 2–1 to reduce the gap to just four points. But a 4–1 defeat at Tottenham on New Year's Day and a 0–0 draw with Aston Villa allowed Newcastle to establish a 12-point lead in January.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
Manchester United and Newcastle met again in early March, and a goal by Eric Cantona gave Manchester United a 1–0 away win and cut the gap to a single point. With one game left of the season, Manchester United led the Premier League by two points, having taken lead of the league halfway through March and stayed on top ever since. In case of the two clubs being tied for first place, the Premier League made preliminary preparations for a championship play-off match at Wembley. For Newcastle to win their first title since 1927, they had to win against Tottenham and hope that Middlesbrough beat their Mancunian rivals. But the Premier League title went to Old Trafford as Manchester United won 3–0 and Newcastle could only manage a 1–1 draw with Tottenham.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
Despite the arrival of Dennis Bergkamp, Arsenal never looked like serious title challengers, their best chance of success coming in the League Cup, where they reached the semi-finals, losing on away goals to Aston Villa. However, the North London side still qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing fifth.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
Aston Villa won the Coca Cola sponsored League Cup competition this season, beating Leeds United 3-0 at Wembley.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
Title holders Blackburn recorded the lowest ever finish by a Premier League title-holder by finishing 7th. This record was matched by Manchester United in 2013–14 and broken by Chelsea in 2015–16 and again by Leicester City in 2016–17.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
Six days after clinching their third league title in four seasons, Manchester United became the first team to complete a second league championship and FA Cup double when a Cantona goal gave them a 1–0 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup final.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary
The Premier League relegation places went to Bolton, Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City. Bolton had spent a large proportion of their first Premier League season bottom of the table. Manchester City failed to beat Liverpool on the final day of the season, consigning them to the final relegation place on goal difference behind Southampton and Coventry City.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Summary, English performance in European competition
Blackburn Rovers, the 1994–95 Premier League champions, finished bottom of their group in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the first round, with Liverpool and Leeds United both being knocked out at the second round. Everton were beaten in the second round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The only English team still in European competition after Christmas were Nottingham Forest, who reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.


1995–96 FA Premier League, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers, returning to the top flight after two and fifteen years respectively. This was also Bolton Wanderers' first season in the Premier League. They replaced Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Leicester City and Ipswich Town, ending their top flight spells of one, nine, one and three years respectively.


1995–96 FA Trophy
The 1995–96 FA Trophy was the twenty-seventh season of the FA Trophy.


1995–96 FA Women's Premier League
The 1995-96 season of the FA Women's Premier League was the 5th season of the former top flight of English women's association football.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Summary
The season is best remembered as the end of Johan Cruyff's era as Head coach after almost eight years. During the summer, the club make the transfers in of Gheorghe Popescu from Tottenham Hotspur, striker Ángel Cuéllar from Real Betis, forward Meho Kodro from Real Sociedad, Robert Prosinečki from Real Oviedo and the controversial move of Luís Figo from Sporting Lisboa (a petition of Jorge Valdano to the Real Madrid) after a two years ban of Italian Federation due to a double accord of the Portuguese midfielder with both Parma and Juventus.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Summary
Cruyff took Hristo Stoichkov and Ronald Koeman out of the team with controversy for fans and President included. In this campaign, the plan of head coach was mix arrivals and a new generation known as "La Quinta de Lo Pelat" (The Five of Lo Pelat) young players such as Iván de la Peña nicked as Pelat, Oscar García, Roger García, Toni Velamazan and Albert Celades.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Summary
The team reached its climax on 7 October 1995 defeating Real Betis 5–1 in Sevilla with a memorable exhibition of La Quinta de Lo Pelat, the club were struggling in League against leader of table Atlético Madrid meanwhile competing in 1995–96 Copa del Rey where the squad reached the 1996 Copa del Rey Final and 1996–97 UEFA Cup Semifinals phase.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Summary
However, the squad lost in ten days the three trophies, first on 10 April 1996 FC Barcelona was defeated 0-1 by Atlético Madrid in the Copa del Rey Final. Six days later, in Barcelona the squad lost the semifinal 1–2 against Bayern München and was eliminated from the UEFA Cup tournament. The bizarre series of results ended on 20 April 1996 when Atlético Madrid won 3–1 at Camp Nou means that FC Barcelona could not win La Liga for second consecutive year.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Summary
The shocking 10 days of losses shattered Johan Cruyff as manager and President Jose Luis Nuñez started contacts with English trainer Bobby Robson during May to replace Cruyff for 1996–97 season. Finally, Nuñez fired Cruyff on 19 May 1996 and signed Robson as the new head coach.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Competitions, La Liga, Results by round
Note: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup spot (in green) being non-related with a position in La Liga, does not appear until the winner is assured to not win La Liga, thus if wins La Liga has a spot in the UEFA Champions League, then 1995–96 Copa del Rey runners-up earns a spot in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Atlético Madrid won their 9th La Liga title in the last matchday, so after matchday 39 Barcelona's places are coloured in green. In light green the spot expected for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.


1995–96 FC Barcelona season, Competitions, Friendlies
10-8-1995 CITY OF PALMA TROPHY BARCELONA-VASCO DA GAMA 0-0/2-4/ PENALTY


1995–96 FC Basel season
The 1995–96 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 103rd season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting was the club's chairman for the fourth period. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their second season back in the highest tier of Swiss football.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
Claude Andrey was again the club's manager, this was his third period as head-coach. However, due to a poor start to the season, he lost his job during October. Oldrich Svab then took over on an interim basis, until Karl Engel was appointed as new head-coach. There were a few players that left the squad. Mart van Duren retired from active football, Martin Jeitziner also retired from professional football and moved on to Old Boys, Ralph Steingruber moved onto St. Gallen, Asif Šarić returned to Germany and joined Sportfreunde Siegen and Thomas Karrer was on loan to Grenchen.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
The club's priority aim for the season was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. Therefore, the club made a number of new signings as the season started, these included the Nigerian national team goalkeeper Ike Shorunmu, who signed in from Shooting Stars, Gabriel Okolosi, who signed in from Africa Sports National, and Alex Nyarko, who came from Sportul. Another promising player was Vilmar who signed in from Ferroviária. David Orlando was signed in from Sion, the young Bruno Sutter from Young Fellows Zürich and Daniele Moro signed in from Xamax. Further, large number of youngsters were brought up from the youth team to train with the first team squad.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
The reform of the Nationalliga had been completed the previous season and the top two divisions were each contested by 12 teams. In the first stage, both divisions would play a qualification round. In the second stage the top eight teams of the Nationalliga A would play a championship round, with half the points from the first stage as bonus.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
The top four teams from the Nationalliga B would play a promotion/relegation round with the bottom four teams from Nationalliga A. However, there was one change at the start of the 1995–96 Nationalliga A season and that was that the Swiss Football Association introduced the three points for a win standard. This had been introduced by the FA in England in 1981, but did not attract much use elsewhere until it was used in the 1994 World Cup finals. In 1995, FIFA formally adopted the system, and it subsequently became standard in international tournaments, as well as most national football leagues.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
The season started well for Basel, three wins in the first four games. But then, between the sixth and sixteenth round Basel suffered eight defeats in 11 games. It was at this point that Claude Andrey lost his job as head-coach, but the reasons were not just of sporting nature. Oldrich Svab took over on an interim basis on 28 October and until Karl Engel was appointed as new head-coach. The team caught themselves and qualified for the championship round. In the 22 games, Basel won nine, drew three and suffered ten defeats, scoring just 23 goals conceding 29.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
The team had collected 30 points and they were three points above the dividing line. In the championship round Basel did not record a victory until the ninth round, but they finished the season in sixth position and thus qualified for the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the league they managed just three victories, four draws and suffered seven defeats, with just eleven goals for and 20 conceded. Alexandre Rey was the team's top league goal scorer and Hakan Yakin was second placed with five goals.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third round. Here they defeated the lower tier club Subingen 6–1 and Alexandre Rey scored four goals. In the fourth and fifth round they defeated lower tier clubs Gossau 3–1 and Biel-Bienne 4–1. Thus Basel advanced to the quarter-finals and here they travelled to la Maladière in Neuchâtel, but were knocked out of the cup by Xamax 2–1 after extra time. Sion won the cup, beating Servette 3–2 in the final.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Overview, UEFA Intertoto Cup
In the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel managed a home win against Sheffield Wednesday and an away win in Poland against Górnik Zabrze. But the other two games ended with defeats, at home against the Karlsruher SC and an away game against Aarhus GF. As group winners Karlsruhe continued to the next round.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad on the day that the season started on 24 June 1995 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1995–96 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 FC Bayern Munich season
The 1995–96 Bayern Munich season was their 95th season of existence and 31st Bundesliga season.


1995–96 FC Bayern Munich season, Review and events
Bayern Munich appointed Werder Bremen manager Otto Rehhagel to try to improve on the club's  disappointing sixth-place finish the previous season. Several players, including Jürgen Klinsmann and Andreas Herzog, were purchased and it was widely expected that Munich would steamroll the opposition; but from the very start Rehhagel clashed with the team and the team environment, his single-minded and eccentric ways, incompatible with those at Bayern. Moreover, Rehhagel's old-fashioned tactics and patronising of the players caused major antipathy in the Bayern team, especially from Klinsmann, who never missed an opportunity to criticise Rehhagel. The team disintegrated in the second half of the season. Rehhagel ousted three weeks before they were to play in the UEFA Cup final, after a disappointing end to their league campaign. He was replaced by Franz Beckenbauer, who led the team to victory in the UEFA Cup.


1995–96 FC Bayern Munich season, Match results, Bundesliga, League results
Source: 1Bayern Munich goals come first. Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Bayern Munich. Pos . = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


1995–96 FIBA European Cup
The 1995–96 FIBA European Cup was the thirtieth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 5, 1995, and March 12, 1996. The final was held at Araba Arena, Vitoria, Spain. In the final, Taugrés defeated PAOK, in front of 5,500 spectators.


1995–96 FIBA European Cup, Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


1995–96 FIBA European Cup, Third round
*Partizan, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Sheffield Sharks, Sunair Oostende, Zrinjevac, Baník Cígeľ Prievidza, Smelt Olimpija, Budivelnyk, Kalev, Fidefinanz Bellinzona, Sibiu, APOEL and Žalgiris.


1995–96 FIBA European League
The 1995–96 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1995–96 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 39th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). It began on September 7, 1995, and ended on April 11, 1996. The competition's Final Four was held at Paris.


1995–96 FIBA European League
It was the last season of the competition that took place under the name of FIBA European League, as the competition was renamed to FIBA EuroLeague, starting with the next season.


1995–96 FIBA European League, Group stage
If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup, Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
The 1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was 38th and final edition of the competition, which was refounded the following year as Euroleague Women. It ran from 6 September 1995 to 21 March 1996.


1995–96 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
BTV Wuppertal defeated defending champion SG Comense in the final to become the first (and only to date) German team to win the competition since its foundation in 1959. MBK Ružomberok and Bourges Basket also reached the Final Four, with the Slovaks winning the bronze.


1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 30th World Cup season began in November 1995 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1996 at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway. The overall champions were Lasse Kjus of Norway and Katja Seizinger of Germany, the first of two overall titles for both.


1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The World Cup schedule was realigned for the 1995–96 season, with the North American events moved to the early part of the season, in late November and early December. Previously, these races in Canada and the United States were scheduled near the end of the season, in late February and early March.


1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
A break in the schedule was for the 1996 World Championships, held 12–25 February in souther Spain at Sierra Nevada. These championships were originally scheduled for 1995, but were postponed due to a lack of snow.


1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Super G
In Men's Super G World Cup 1995/96 all results count. Atle Skårdal won the cup with only one race win. All races were won by a different athlete.


1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Giant Slalom
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1995/96 all results count.


1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men, Slalom
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1995/96 all results count. Sébastien Amiez won the cup despite only one race win.


1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup  was the 15th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began in Vuokatti, Finland, on 25 November 1995 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 16 March 1996. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the combined men's cup, and Manuela Di Centa of Italy won the women's.


1995–96 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
The 1995/96 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the seventeenth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 6 December 1995 and ended on 23 March 1996. This season included five disciplines: aerials, moguls, dual moguls, ballet and combined.


1995–96 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
This season combined events were on world cup calendar only for men and none for ladies. In this season dual moguls were introduced for the first time in world cup calendar. Dual moguls counted as season title and was awarded with small crystal globe separately from moguls.


1995–96 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The 1995/96 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 13th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. It started on 6 Dec 1995 in Steamboat Springs, United States and ended on 16 March 1996 in Oslo, Norway.


1995–96 FIS Ski Flying World Cup
The 1995/96 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 6th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
The 1995/96 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 5th in a row (3rd official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup
This was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 1995/96 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 17th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 6th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 2 December 1995 and finished in Oslo, Norway on 16 March 1996. The individual World Cup was won by Andreas Goldberger and Nations Cup by Finland.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Lower competitive circuits this season included the Grand Prix and Continental Cup.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
All 21 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season.


1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
Four Hills Tournament World Cup & Ski Flying World Championships


1995–96 FIS Snowboard World Cup
The 1995/96 FIS Snowboard World Cup was 2nd multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 21 November 1995 and ended on 17 March 1996. This season included four disciplines: parallel slalom, giant slalom, slalom and halfpipe.


1995–96 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1995–96 FK Vardar season
The 1995–96 season was the 48th season in Vardar’s history and their fourth in the Macedonian First League. Their 1st place finish in the 1994–95 season meant it was their 4th successive season playing in the First League.


1995–96 FK Vardar season
In the championship Vardar was finished third, below Sileks and Sloga Jugomagnat and were lost in the final of the Macedonian Cup against Sloga Jugomagnat after penalty shoot-out, but qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.


1995–96 FR Yugoslavia Cup
The 1995–96 FR Yugoslavia Cup was the fourth season of the FR Yugoslavia's annual football cup. The cup defenders was Red Star Belgrade, and they were him successfully defended, after they defeated FK Partizan in the final.


1995–96 FR Yugoslavia Cup, First round
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 1995–96 season.


1995–96 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Second round
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 1995–96 season.


1995–96 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Quarter-finals
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 1995–96 season.


1995–96 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Semi-finals
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 1995–96 season.


1995–96 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Statistics of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1995–96 season. It was contested only by Bosniak clubs. Serbian clubs played in the 1995–96 First League of the Republika Srpska and the Croatian clubs in the 1995–96 First League of Herzeg-Bosnia.


1995–96 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and NK Čelik Zenica won the championship.


1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia
Statistics of First League of FR Yugoslavia (Serbian: Пpвa савезна лига, Prva savezna liga) for the 1995–96 season.


1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Overview
Just as in the two previous seasons, the league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each one of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classified from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by the top four from the B group.


1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Overview
At the end of the season the same situation happened with four teams being replaced from A and B groups, adding the fact that the bottom two clubs from the B group were relegated into the Second League of FR Yugoslavia for the next season and replaced by the top two from that league.


1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Overview
At the end of the season FK Partizan were the champions.


1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Overview
The league top-scorer was FK Čukarički striker Vojislav Budimirović with 23 goals.


1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia, Overview
The relegated clubs were FK Napredak Kruševac and FK Radnički Beograd.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season
The 1995–96 Florida Panthers season was their most successful season ever. In only their third season in the National Hockey League, the Panthers qualified for the playoffs, and won three playoff series to become Eastern Conference champions. In the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals, they lost to the Colorado Avalanche in four games.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Offseason, NHL draft
Florida's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Irregular season, Year of the Rat
A very unusual goal celebration developed in Miami. On the night of the Panthers' 1995–96 home opener, a rat scurried across the Florida locker room. Panthers winger Scott Mellanby reacted by "one-timing" the rat against the wall, killing it . That night he scored two goals, which goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck quipped was "a rat trick". Two nights later, as the story found its way into the world, a few fans threw rubber rats on the ice in celebration of a goal. The rubber rat count went from 16 for the third home game to over 2,000 during the playoffs. In an amusing coincidence, 1996 was also year of the Rat according to Chinese astrology.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Irregular season, Year of the Rat
In the 1996 playoffs, as the fourth seed, the Panthers defeated the Boston Bruins in five games, then upset the top-seeded Philadelphia Flyers in six and the second-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games to reach the Stanley Cup Final. Their opponents, the Colorado Avalanche, eliminated the Panthers in four games.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Player statistics
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Trades
The Panthers acquired Ray Sheppard from the San Jose Sharks on the trade deadline in 1996.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
The fifth-seeded Boston Bruins had one of the best offenses in the Eastern Conference, scoring 282 goals lead by Cam Neely (26 goals) and Adam Oates (25 goals, 67 assists). The Panthers won their first-ever playoff game 6-3 before a sold out Miami Arena, and soon built a 3-0 lead despite being outshot by the Bruins on all games. The Bruins stepped up to win Game 4 with a 6-2 blowout before the Boston crowd.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Game 5 was tied 3-3 when with 4:57 left, Bill Lindsay scored with a dive through the air goal while being tripped by star defenseman Ray Bourque, giving the Panthers their first-ever playoff series victory. This was the last year in a record 29 consecutive seasons in the playoffs for the Bruins, as they missed the 1997 post-season.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals
The Philadelphia Flyers finished atop the Eastern Conference in the regular season with 103 points, led by the high-scoring "Legion of Doom" and the strong goaltending of Garth Snow and Ron Hextall. Philadelphia had just eliminated the other Florida team, the  Tampa Bay Lightning, in 5 games a 2-1 series deficit.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals
Vanbiesbrouck posted a 2–0 shutout in Game 1, and it took until midway through Game 2 for the Flyers to get rolling offensively in a narrow 3–2 win. Game 3 saw Flyers veterans Dan Quinn, Dale Hawerchuk, Eric Desjardins and Hextall set the tone in a 3–1 victory. With young defenseman Ed Jovanovski tightly covering Flyers superstar Eric Lindros, the Panthers reversed the tide, defeating the Flyers in overtime in Game 4 and double-overtime in Game 5, in what would turn out to be the last Flyers game at the Spectrum. Lindros promised to win game 6 to return the series to Philadelphia, but the Panthers won with a 4-1 score. Florida became the third team to reach the conference finals in their third season – following fellow expansion team New York Islanders in 1975 and the Quebec Nordiques in 1982.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
The 2-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins were energized by the return of Mario Lemieux, who missed the entire 1994–95 season due to injury, and had the league's best offense, scoring 362 goals, and the most wins in the Eastern conference with 49, finishing just one point behind the Flyers. The Penguins advanced to the third round for the first time since 1992, defeating the Washington Capitals in six games and the New York Rangers in five games.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
Despite being outshot 33–25 in game one the Panthers came out on top with an impressive 5–1 win, with 32 saves by Vanbiesbrouck and two goals by forward Tom Fitzgerald. The Penguins wanting to avoid going down two games to none against the Panthers came out with a better effort in game two and won the game 3–2 and evened the series at one game each.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
In game three the Panthers fired an incredible 61 shots on Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso and it paid off as the Panthers won 5–2 – two goals by Stu Barnes – to take a 2–1 series lead. The Penguins tied game four on Brad Lauer's goal with 11:03 remaining in regulation, and Bryan Smolinski scored with 3:31 to go to give the Penguins a 2–1 lead, tying the series. In game five the Penguins shut out the Panthers 3–0, with Barrasso stopping 28 shots.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
Leading the series three games to two Pittsburgh looked to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals in game six. The Penguins led 2–1 in the second period but the Panthers scored three of the next four goals and edged the Penguins 4–3 to tie the series at 3–3. In game seven Florida got a 1–0 lead on Mike Hough's goal at 13:13 of the first period. After a scoreless second period Pittsburgh tied the game on Petr Nedvěd's power-play goal at 1:23 of the third period. The Panthers regained the lead on Tom Fitzgerald's bizarre 58-foot slapshot at 6:18 and got an insurance goal from Johan Garpenlov at 17:23. Florida hung on to win the game 3–1, with a total of 39 saves by Vanbiesbrouck, and closed the series four games to three.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
By reaching the finals in only their third season, the Panthers became the fastest expansion team to do so until the Vegas Golden Knights did the same thing in their 2017-18 inaugural season. Many Panthers players were managing their first trips to the finals after long careers, such as Vanbiesbrouck (13 years).


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
In the first Stanley Cup Finals where neither team had ever reached the decision before, the Panthers faced the Colorado Avalanche, who were in their inaugural season after relocating from Quebec City. Led by captain Joe Sakic, forward Peter Forsberg and defenceman Adam Foote, the Avalanche got even stronger once goaltender Patrick Roy joined the team on December 1995. The Avalanche finished the season with a 47–25–10 record for 104 points, won the Pacific Division and finished second in the Western Conference. On their way to the Western title, the Avs beat the Vancouver Canucks, the Chicago Blackhawks and Presidents' Trophy winners Detroit Red Wings, all in six games.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
The series started in Denver, and the Avs dominated the Panthers at the McNichols Sports Arena. On game 1, Vanbiesbrouck shut out Colorado for half the game, before three goals were scored in a stretch of 3:49 minutes in the second period, leading to a 3-1 victory. The following game was an 8–1 blowout, starting with three power play goals in the first period as Florida incurred in bad penalties that forced Vanbiesbrouck to be pulled out in favor of Mark Fitzpatrick. Returning to Miami, Game 3 was closer, with Florida scoring twice in the first period. But the Avs still came through, taking over the lead with a Joe Sakic goal early in the second period and holding on to a 3–2 victory.


1995–96 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
With their backs to the wall, the Panthers played a defensive game four. Vanbiesbrouck and Roy stood out, combining for 118 saves, and the two teams played a marathon game that took until the third overtime period. Uwe Krupp's unassisted goal at 4:31 ended 44 minutes and 31 seconds of overtime and gave the Avalanche a 1–0 win and a four-games-to-none series win. Goaltender Patrick Roy stopped all 63 shots he faced. Colorado outscored Florida 15–4 in the series, and Patrick Roy stopped 147 of 151 shots, for a save percentage of .974. Joe Sakic was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, having led all skaters in goals with 18, and points with 34. For both Patrick Roy and Claude Lemieux, it was their third Stanley Cup win in eleven years.


1995–96 Football Conference
The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.


1995–96 Football Conference, Overview
Stevenage Borough, won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements.


1995–96 Football League
The 1995-1996 Football League season was the 97th completed season of The Football League. It was contested through three divisions, the First Division, Second Division and Third Division.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
The Division One promotion race was one of the most dramatic seen at this level in many years.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Sunderland, who frequently topped the table after overcoming the previous leaders Millwall 6-0 at Roker Park in early December, clinched the Division One title in their first full season under the management of Peter Reid, five years after last playing among the elite in the old First Division. Derby County, who had been relegated alongside them that year, followed the Wearsiders into the Premier League as Division One runners-up, giving their new manager Jim Smith the fifth promotion of his managerial career.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Crystal Palace finished third in the final table a season after relegation and a mere three months after their new manager Dave Bassett had taken over the club when they were in 16th place. Stoke City finished fourth as they mounted their first serious attempt to regain the top flight place which they had last held in 1985.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Leicester City finished fifth after an erratic season, which had seen manager Mark McGhee defect to Wolves before Christmas to be succeeded by Martin O'Neill, who had been manager of Norwich City for just six months when he accepted the offer to take charge at Filbert Street. The final playoff place was occupied by Charlton Athletic, whose manager Alan Curbishley was now in sole charge after being joint manager alongside Steve Gritt for his first four seasons. The playoff final saw Crystal Palace take the lead in the first half before Garry Parker equalised for Leicester, and the game went into extra time. With just seconds remaining, new signing Steve Claridge clinched the winner for Leicester, who secured the third and final promotion place.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Things turned out very differently during the second half of the season for a number of clubs who had looked like promotion contenders in the first half of the campaign. West Bromwich Albion had been near the top of the table in October, before going on a 14-match winless run from which they picked up one point out of a possible 42 and dropped into the relegation zone. Improved form after ending their winless run in February lifted them up to a secure mid-table finish, but it was scant consolation for what might have been.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Their local rivals Birmingham City had looked like promotion contenders halfway through the season, but faded away to finish 15th - a slump which cost manager Barry Fry his job after three seasons in charge, and sparked the return of legendary former player Trevor Francis to the club as manager.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Norwich City had been in the promotion race when they lost manager Martin O'Neill to Leicester just before Christmas, but they were unable to sustain their promotion challenge under new manager Gary Megson, who was replaced at the end of the season by Mike Walker - the man who had turned them into Premier League title contenders and UEFA Cup competitors a few seasons earlier. Millwall had been top of Division One in early December when they were knocked off the top by a Sunderland side who beat them 6-0 at Roker Park. Manager Mick McCarthy left to take charge of the Republic of Ireland in February, and the slide down the table continued under his successor Jimmy Nicholl, culminating in relegation on the final day of the season.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Joining Millwall in Division Two for 1996-97 were Luton Town and Watford, who had both spent most of the season in the bottom three despite mid-season managerial changes. Following the departure of David Pleat to Sheffield Wednesday in the summer of 1995, Luton had appointed coach Terry Westley as manager, only to replace him with the Bradford City manager Lennie Lawrence just before Christmas. Watford were bottom of the table when they sacked Glenn Roeder as manager in February, and then turned to Graham Taylor for his second spell in charge at Vicarage Road, three months after his resignation at Wolves.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
Wolves, one of the pre-season promotion favourites, failed to deliver the goods in the league and were heading towards the relegation zone when manager Graham Taylor resigned in November. The month-long search for a new manager ended with the appointment of Leicester City's Mark McGhee, who turned his back on a promotion challenge to help ensure that Wolves avoided relegation and prepared for a promotion push in 1996-97.


1995–96 Football League, First Division
As well as managerial changes, relocation was another key theme of the 1995-96 campaign in Division One. Sunderland moved ahead with plans to leave Roker Park in favour of a new all-seater stadium at Monkwearmouth, due for completion in the summer of 1997. Having previously settled on revamping the Baseball Ground, Derby County chairman Lionel Pickering announced in February that the club would be relocating to Pride Park, with work beginning on the new stadium over the coming months and that the new stadium would be ready in time for the 1997-98 season. Stoke City, who had played at the Victoria Ground for almost 120 years, announced that they would be moving to a new 28,000-seater stadium at Trentham Lakes at the same time. Reading were pressing on with plans to relocate to a new 25,000-seater stadium by the end of the decade.


1995–96 Football League, Second Division
Following back-to-back relegations, Swindon Town took a turn in the right direction by sealing the Division Two title with 92 points and securing a return to Division One in their first full season under manager Steve McMahon. They were joined in promotion by their local rivals Oxford United, who finished runners-up. The final promotion place was won by Bradford City, who won at Wembley for the first time in their history with a 2-0 triumph over Notts County in the playoff final. Crewe Alexandra were beaten in the semi-finals for a second successive season. Blackpool finished third and were also beaten in the playoff semi-finals, which was quickly followed by the dismissal of manager Sam Allardyce despite having come closer than any other Blackpool manager to regaining the second tier place which Blackpool had last held in 1978.


1995–96 Football League, Second Division
Down at the bottom end of the table, Hull City dropped into the fourth tier for the first time in more than a decade, having won just five league games all season. Debt-ridden Brighton, whose chairman Bill Archer came under fire from fans over his plans to sell the Goldstone Ground and groundshare with another club, went down in 23rd place.