1996–97 UEFA Champions League

1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	7 August 1996 – 28 May 1997
Teams	24 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	161 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Milinko Pantić (5 goals)
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The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League was the 42nd edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the fifth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League, and the last involving only clubs that were champions of their domestic leagues. The tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in a surprise 3–1 final victory against defending champions Juventus. It was their only title in the tournament to date, and the first title for Germany since its reunification. The two sides had also met in the final of the UEFA Cup in 1992–93, when the Italian giants won 6–1 on aggregate.

Qualifying round

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round

The winners of each tie in the preliminary round entered the Champions League group stage, whilst the losers entered the UEFA Cup First Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	Fenerbahçe	0–1	1–1
Rangers	10–3	Alania Vladikavkaz	3–1	7–2
Panathinaikos	1–3	Rosenborg	1–0	0–3(aet)
IFK Göteborg	4–1	Ferencváros	3–0	1–1
Widzew Łódź	(a)4–4	Brøndby	2–1	2–3
Grasshopper	6–0	Slavia Prague	5–0	1–0
Club Brugge	2–5	Steaua Bucureşti	2–2	0–3
Rapid Wien	6–2	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	4–2

Group stage

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage

Atlético Madrid, Auxerre, Fenerbahçe, Rapid Wien and Widzew Łódź made their debut in the group stage.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Auxerre	6	4	0	2	8	7	+1	12
Ajax	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12
Grasshopper	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9
Rangers	6	1	0	5	5	13	-8	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	13
Widzew Łódź	6	1	1	4	6	10	-4	4
Steaua București	6	1	1	4	5	15	-10	4

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	16
Manchester United	6	3	0	3	6	3	+3	9
Fenerbahçe	6	2	1	3	3	6	-3	7
Rapid Wien	6	0	2	4	2	12	-10	2

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Porto	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16
Rosenborg	6	3	0	3	7	11	-4	9
Milan	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7
IFK Göteborg	6	1	0	5	7	13	-6	3

Knockout stage

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Borussia Dortmund	3	1	4
	Auxerre	1	0	1
							Borussia Dortmund	1	1	2
							Manchester United	0	0	0
	Manchester United	4	0	4
	Porto	0	0	0
													Borussia Dortmund	3
													Juventus	1
	Ajax (aet)	1	3	4
	Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
							Ajax	1	1	2
							Juventus	2	4	6
	Rosenborg	1	0	1
	Juventus	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	4–1	Auxerre	3–1	1–0
Manchester United	4–0	Porto	4–0	0–0
Ajax	4–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1	3–2(aet)
Rosenborg	1–3	Juventus	1–1	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Manchester United	1–0	1–0
Ajax	2–6	Juventus	1–2	1–4

Final

Main article: 1997 UEFA Champions League Final

28 May 1997 20:30	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 1	Juventus	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	Riedle  29', 34' Ricken  71'	Report	Del Piero  65'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1996-97 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Milinko Pantić	Atlético Madrid	5
2	Nicola Amoruso	Juventus	4
	Artur	Porto	4
	Alen Bokšić	Juventus	4
	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	4
	Mário Jardel	Porto	4
	Lars Ricken	Borussia Dortmund	4
	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Borussia Dortmund	4
	Marco Simone	Milan	4
	Christian Vieri	Juventus	4
11	Dani	Ajax	3
	George Weah	Milan	3
	Stéphane Chapuisat	Borussia Dortmund	3
	Tijani Babangida	Ajax	3
	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	3
	Thomas Deniaud	Auxerre	3
	Juan Esnáider	Atlético Madrid	3
	Kiko	Atlético Madrid	3
	Eric Cantona	Manchester United	3
	Heiko Herrlich	Borussia Dortmund	3

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• 1996–97 UEFA Cup
• 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

External links

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• European Cup results at RSSSF