Cup Winners' Cup · First round, first leg · 1996/97

Benfica v Ruch Chorzów, 12 September 1996

12 September 1996

Other leg

26.09.1996 · UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round

Form before this match

  • Flag Benfica
    1. Win · 26.09.1995 · Europa League, First round · 1995/96 · Lierse (home) 2–1

    2. Win · 17.10.1995 · Europa League, Second round · 1995/96 · Roda (home) 1–0

    3. Draw · 31.10.1995 · Europa League, Second round · 1995/96 · Roda (away) 2–2

    4. Loss · 21.11.1995 · Europa League, Third round · 1995/96 · Bayern (away) 1–4

    5. Loss · 05.12.1995 · Europa League, Third round · 1995/96 · Bayern (home) 1–3

  • Flag Ruch Chorzów
    1. Draw · 03.10.1979 · Champions League, First round · 1979/80 · Dynamo Berliner (home) 0–0

    2. Draw · 13.09.1989 · Champions League, First round · 1989/90 · CSKA Sofia (home) 1–1

    3. Loss · 27.09.1989 · Champions League, First round · 1989/90 · CSKA Sofia (away) 1–5

    4. Draw · 08.08.1996 · Cup Winners' Cup, Qualification · 1996/97 · TNS (away) 1–1

    5. Win · 22.08.1996 · Cup Winners' Cup, Qualification · 1996/97 · TNS (home) 5–0

Head-to-head before this match

The first-ever meeting of these clubs in European competitions.

Benfica against clubs from Poland

2 matches before this one

Ruch Chorzów against clubs from Portugal

Ruch Chorzów hadn't played clubs from Portugal before.