European Cups draw, first round, 1996/97

Special thanks to Bas Kammenga, who is author of this page!!!

date : 23 august 1996

UEFA Cup

each group has got - a seeded bowl with two clubs
                   - an unseeded bowl with six clubs
total: 16 bowls + 1 central bowl for homa-away-decision

The clubs are in order of mentioning exept marked with (*)

group A

Feyenoord (Net)
Brondby (Den)

Internazionale (Ita)
CSKA Moscow (Rus)
Apoel Nicosia (Cyp)
FC Aarau (Swi)
Espanyol (Spa)
Guimgamp (Fra)

group B

Boavista (Por)
Olympiakos (Gre)

Ferencvaros (Hun)
Odense BK (Den)
Newcastle United (Eng)
Halmstadts BK (Swe)
Aberdeen (Sco)
Barry Town (Wal)

group C

AS Monaco (Fra)
Dinamo Moscow (Rus)

Celtic (Sco)
AS Roma (Ita)
Tenerife (Spa)
Hamburger SV (Ger)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr)
Hutnik Krakow (Pol)

group D

Panathinaikos (Gre)
Arsenal (Eng)

*Borussia Moenchengladbach (Ger)
*Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo)
*Legia Warschau (Pol)
*National Boekarest (Rom)
*Tjernomorets (Odessa (Rus)
*Torpedo Moscow (Rus)

group E

*Club Brugge (Bel)
*Trabzonspor (Tur)

*Aston Villa (Eng)
*Helsingborg IF (Swe)
*Karlsruher SC (Ger)
*Lyngby (Den)
Bodo-Glimt (Nor)
Rapid Wien (Aus)

group F

Spartak Moscow (Rus)
Lazio Roma (Ita)

Slavia Praag (Cze)
RC Lens (Fra)
Malmo (Swe)
Silkeborg (Den)
Germinal Ekeren (Bel)
Casino Graz (Aus)

group G

Bayern Munchen (Ger)
Sporting Portugal (Por)

Dinamo Kiev (Ukr)
Besiktas (Tur)
Neuchatel Xamax (Swi)
Valencia (Spa)
Montpellier (Fra)
RWD Molenbeek (Bel)

group H

Parma (Ita)
Anderlecht (Bel)

FC Tirol Innsbruck (Aus)
Vitoria Guimaraes (Por)
Vladikavkaz (Rus)
Roda JC (Net)
FC Metz (Fra)
Schalke '04 (Ger)

* = mentioning unknown because of delay in live TV-coverage :-(

procedure for each group
1): - seeded with unseeded in one bowl (twice)
    - two unseeded clubs in one bowl (twice)
2): first drawn club from bowl plays at home first
total of drawn balls: 128

Cup Winners' Cup

there are: - a seeded bowl with sixteen clubs
           - an unseeded bowl with sixteen clubs
total: 2 bowls + 1 central bowl for homa-away-decision

1. Paris Saint-Germain (Fra)
2. AC Fiorentina (Ita)
3. Nimes Olympique (Fra)
4. FC Barcelona (Spa)
5. Kaiserslautern (Ger)
6. PSV (Net)
7. Benfica (Por)
8. Liverpool FC (Eng)
9. Cercle Brugge (Bel)
10. AEK Athens (Gre)
11. Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus)
12. Galatasaray (Tur)
13. Aarhus GF (Den)
14. SK Sturm Graz (Aus)
15. AIK Solna (Swe)
16. FC Sion (Swi)

17. AC Sparta Praha (Cze)
18. SK Brann Bergen (Nor)
19. Niva Vinnitsa (Ukr)
20. Kispest Honved (Hun)
21. Gloria Bistrita (Rom)
22. Ruch Chorzow (Pol)
23. AEK Larnaca (Cyp)
24. FC Varteks (Cro)
25. FC Chemlon (Slk)
26. SCT Olimpija Ljubljana (Sln)
27. Dinamo Batumi (Geo)
28. Reykjavik FC (Ice)
29. MyPa-47 (Fin)
30. Constructorul (Mol)
31. FC Vaduz (Lie)
32. Red Star Beograd (Yug)

procedure
1): seeded with unseeded in one bowl (sixteen times)
2): first drawn club from bowl plays at home first
total of drawn balls: 64

Champions League

there are: - a seeded 9-16 bowl with eight clubs
           - a seeded 5-8 bowl with four clubs
           - a seeded 1-4 bowl with four clubs
           - four placing bowls with letter-number combination
total: 3 + 4 = 7 bowls

1. Juventus (Ita)
2. Milan (Ita)
3. AJ Auxerre (Fra)
4. Atletico Madrid (Spa)

5. Borussia Dortmund (Ger)
6. Ajax (Net)
7. FC Porto (Por)
8. Manchester United (Eng)

9. Fenerbahce SK (Hon)
10. SK Rapid Wien (Aus)
11. IFK Goteborg (Swe)
12. Grasshoppers (Swi)
13. Glasgow Rangers (Sco)
14. Rosenborg BK (Nor)
15. Steaua Bucuresti (Rom)
16. Widzew Lodz (Pol)

9-16
A Glasgow Rangers (1)
B Steaua Bucuresti (3)
C Fenerbahce (3)
D IFK Goteborg (2)
A Grasshoppers (4)
B Widzew Lodz (1)
C SK Rapid Wien (2)
D Rosenborg (3)**
5-8
A Ajax (3)
B Borussia Dortmund (4)
C Manchester (1)
D FC Porto (1)
1-4
A2 Auxerre
B2 Atletico de Madrid
C4 Juventus
D4 AC Milan

** = In case that Rosenburg (Nor) would have drawn a group number 2 or 4
which means playing at home in december, because of extreme weather
Rosenburg would have automaticely become number 1 or 3 which means playing
away in december

procedure
1): 9-16-seeded are drawn in this order: group A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D
2): clubs get a number to decide which place they get in the group
   (A1, A2, A3, A4; B1, B2, B3, B4; C1, C2, C3, C4; D1, D2, D3, D4)
3): 5-8-seeded are drawn in this order: A, B, C, D and get number as in 2)
4): 1-4-seeded clubs are placed in order A, B, C, D in open spot
total of drawn balls: 32