1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	8 August 1996 – 14 May 1997
Teams	49
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-up	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	252 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robbie Fowler (7 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Catalan club won the tournament.

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MPKC Mozyr	2–3	KR Reykjavík	2–2	0–1
Shelbourne	2–5	Brann	1–3	1–2
Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid	1–6	Ruch Chorzów	1–1	0–5
Honvéd	2–0	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	1–0
NK Varteks	5–1	Union Luxembourg	2–1	3–0
Universitāte Rīga	2–2 (2–4 p)	Vaduz	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Glentoran	1–10	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–8
Dinamo Batumi	9–0	HB Tórshavn	6–0	3–0
Tallinna Sadam	2–2 (a)	Nyva Vinnytsia	2–1	0–1
Chemlon Humenné	3–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	1–0	2–0
Sion	4–2	Kareda Šiauliai	4–2	0–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1 (4–3 p)	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a)	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	1–1
Qarabağ Ağdam	1–2	MyPa	0–1	1–1 (aet)
Kotayk Abovyan	1–5	AEK Larnaca	1–0	0–5
Constructorul Chişinău	3–3 (a)	Hapoel Iorni Rishon LeZion	1–0	2–3
Valletta	2–4	Gloria Bistriţa	1–2	1–2

First leg

8 August 1996	MPKC Mozyr	2 – 2	KR Reykjavík	Mozyr
	Yaromko  51' Skorobogatko  70'		Daðason  51' Jónsson  90'

8 August 1996	Shelbourne	1 – 3	Brann	Tolka Park, Dublin
	Geoghegan  43'		Mjelde  27' Pedersen  29' Eftevaag  67' (pen.)

8 August 1996	Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid	1 – 1	Ruch Chorzów	Wrexham
	Thomas  83'		Gęsior  6'

8 August 1996	Honvéd	1 – 0	Sloga Jugomagnat	Budapest
	Tóth  44'

8 August 1996	NK Varteks	2 – 1	Union Luxembourg	Varaždin
	Mumlek  41' Maretić  81' (pen.)		Grettnich  87'

8 August 1996	Universitate Riga	1 – 1	Vaduz	Riga
	Zarins  45'		Pérez  42'

8 August 1996	Glentoran	1 – 2	Sparta Prague	Belfast
	Little  53'		Siegl  49' Lokvenc  90'

8 August 1996	Dinamo Batumi	6 – 0	HB Tórshavn	Batumi
	Tugushi  11', 23', 55' Ujmajuridze  27', 70' Mindadze  88'

8 August 1996	Tallinna Sadam	2 – 1	Nyva Vinnytsia	Tallinn
	Krõlov  25' (pen.) Viikmäe  74'		Romanchuk  77'

8 August 1996	Chemlon Humenné	1 – 0	Flamurtari Vlorë	Humenné
	Lyubarskyi  71'

8 August 1996	Sion	4 – 2	Kareda Šiauliai	Sion
	Chassot  14' Bonvin  27' Pančev  35' (pen.) Vercruysse  88'		Baranauskas  73' (pen.) Dančenka  87'

8 August 1996	Olimpija Ljubljana	1 – 0	Levski Sofia	Ljubljana
	Bozgo  50'

8 August 1996	Red Star Belgrade	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Belgrade

8 August 1996	Qarabağ Ağdam	1 – 1	MyPa	Karabakh
			Mahlio  85'

8 August 1996	Kotayk Abovian	1 – 0	AEK Larnaca	Abovyan
	Berberyan  80'

8 August 1996	Constructorul Chişinău	1 – 0	Hapoel Ironi Rishon leZion	Kishinev
	Rogachev  20'

8 August 1996	Valletta	1 – 2	Gloria Bistriţa	Valletta
	Dončić  75'		Matei  52' Dancus  75'

Second leg

21 August 1996	KR Reykjavík	1 – 0	MPKC Mozyr	Reykjavík
	Daníelsson  90'

KR Reykjavík won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Brann	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Bergen
	Mjelde  10' Pedersen  72'		Rutherford  5'

Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Ruch Chorzów	5 – 0	Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid	Chorzów
	Bąk  1', 57', 64', 65' Jones  48' (o.g.)

Ruch Chorzów won 6–1 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Sloga Jugomagnat	1 – 0	Honvéd	Skopje
			Ghinda  81'

Budapest Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Union Luxembourg	0 – 3	NK Varteks	Luxembourg
			Besek  63' Mumlek  78' Cvetko  87'

NK Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Vaduz	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4 – 2 penalties	Universitate Riga	Vaduz
	Polvorino  90'		Zarins  47'

Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.

22 August 1996	Sparta Prague	8 – 0	Glentoran	Prague
	Gunda  1', 26' Mistr  19' Siegl  24', 48', 80' Svoboda  76' Gabriel  65'

Sparta Prague won 10–1 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	HB Tórshavn	0 – 3	Dinamo Batumi	Tórshavn
			Avtandil Glonti  20', 21' Ujmajuridze  63'

Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Nyva Vinnytsia	1 – 0	Tallinna Sadam	Vinnitsa
	Romanchuk  66'

Nyva Vinnytsia won 2–2 on away goals rule.

22 August 1996	Flamurtari Vlorë	0 – 2	Chemlon Humenné	Vlore
			Lyubarskyi  50' Valkucak  54'

Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Kareda Šiauliai	0 – 0	Sion	Šiauliai

Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Levski Sofia	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 – 4 penalties	Olimpija Ljubljana	Sofia
	Simeonov  58'

Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–4 on penalties.

22 August 1996	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Red Star Belgrade	Edinburgh
	McPherson  44'		Marinović  59'

Red Star Belgrade won 1–1 on away goals rule.

22 August 1996	Qarabağ Ağdam	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	MyPa	Karabakh
	Musayev  30'		Keskitalo  120'

MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	AEK Larnaca	5 – 0	Kotayk Abovian	Larnaca
	Kuntić  28' Alexandrou  41' Kovačević  60' (pen.) Kopunović  82' Markou  84'

AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.

22 August 1996	Hapoel Ironi Rishon leZion	3 – 2	Constructorul Chişinău	Rishon LeZion
	Sabag  10' Kapeta  25' Cebula  58'		Rogachev  42' Skidan  87'

Constructorul Chişinău won 3–3 on away goals rule.

22 August 1996	Gloria Bistriţa	2 – 1	Valletta	Bistriţa
	Lazăr  32' Voica  84'		Agius  24'

Gloria Bistriţa won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nîmes Olympique	5–2	Honvéd	3–1	2–1
Sturm Graz	3–3 (a)	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–1
Barcelona	2–0	AEK Larnaca	2–0	0–0
Constructorul Chişinău	0–5	Galatasaray	0–1	0–4
Kaiserslautern	1–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–4 (aet)
MyPa	1–4	Liverpool	0–1	1–3)
Sion	6–0	Nyva Vinnytsia	2–0	4–0
AGF	1–1 (a)	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	0–0
Cercle Brugge	3–6	Brann	3–2	0–4
KR Reykjavík	1–2	AIK	0–1	1–1
Benfica	5–1	Ruch Chorzów	5–1	0–0
AEK Athens	3–1	Chemlon Humenné	1–0	2–1
Gloria Bistriţa	1–2	Fiorentina	1–1	0–1
Dinamo Batumi	1–4	PSV	1–1	0–3
Vaduz	0–7	Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–3
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	NK Varteks	1–0	1–2

First leg

12 September 1996	Nîmes Olympique	3 – 1	Honvéd	Nîmes
	Jeunechamp  64' Préget  75' Meilhac  87'		Tóth  69'

12 September 1996	Sturm Graz	2 – 2	Sparta Prague	Graz
	Vastić  8' Mählich  85'		Řepka  57' Lokvenc  72'

12 September 1996	Barcelona	2 – 0	AEK Larnaca	Barcelona
	Ronaldo  19', 77'

12 September 1996	Constructorul Chişinău	0 – 1	Galatasaray	Kishinev
			Knup  73'

12 September 1996	Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Red Star Belgrade	Kaiserslautern
	Wegmann  59'

12 September 1996	MyPa	0 – 1	Liverpool	Anjalankoski
			Bjørnebye  61'

12 September 1996	Sion	2 – 0	Nyva Vinnytsia	Sion
	Colombo  50' Bonvin  85'

12 September 1996	AGF	1 – 1	Olimpija Ljubljana	Aarhus
	Bak  15'		Bozgo  57'

12 September 1996	Cercle Brugge	3 – 2	Brann	Brugge
	Gernsøe  5' Vanmaele  26' Camerman  30'		Flo  38' Eftevaag  89' (pen.)

12 September 1996	KR Reykjavík	0 – 1	AIK	Reykjavík
			Nordin  80'

12 September 1996	Benfica	5 – 1	Ruch Chorzów	Lisbon
	Donizete  25' João Pinto  26' Jamir  32' Valdo  70', 90'		Gęsior  73'

12 September 1996	AEK Athens	1 – 0	Chemlon Humenné	Athens
	Batista  45'

12 September 1996	Gloria Bistriţa	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Bistriţa
	Lazăr  3'		Batistuta  47'

12 September 1996	Dinamo Batumi	1 – 1	PSV	Batumi
	Mujiri  21'		Nilis  39' (pen.)

12 September 1996	Vaduz	0 – 4	Paris Saint-Germain	Vaduz
			Le Guen  13' Dely Valdés  41' Leonardo  45' Allou  72'

12 September 1996	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	NK Varteks	Moscow
	Cherevchenko  12'

Second leg

26 September 1996	Honvéd	1 – 2	Nîmes Olympique	Budapest
	Piroska  62'		Ecker  6' Sabin  38'

Nîmes won 5–2 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Sparta Prague	1 – 1	Sturm Graz	Prague
	Horňák  85'		Novotný  76' (o.g.)

Sparta Prague won 3–3 on away goals rule.

26 September 1996	AEK Larnaca	0 – 0	Barcelona	Larnaca

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Galatasaray	4 – 0	Constructorul Chişinău	Istanbul
	Şükür  49', 80' Arif  73' Hagi  75'

Galatasaray won 5–0 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Red Star Belgrade	4 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kaiserslautern	Belgrade
	Stanković  55', 96' Njeguš  107' Pantelić  120'

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Liverpool	3 – 1	MyPa	Liverpool
	Berger  18' Collymore  59' Barnes  78'		Keskitalo  64'

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Nyva Vinnytsia	0 – 4	Sion	Vinnitsa
			Lukić  3' Vercruysse  9', 66' Milton  54'

Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Olimpija Ljubljana	0 – 0	AGF	Ljubljana

Olimpija Ljubljana won 1–1 on away goals rule.

26 September 1996	Brann	4 – 0	Cercle Brugge	Bergen
	Mjelde  5', 82' Eftevaag  79' Helland  88'

Brann won 6–3 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	AIK	1 – 1	KR Reykjavík	Stockholm
	Simpson  79'		Benediktsson  90'

AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Ruch Chorzów	0 – 0	Benfica	Chorzów

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Chemlon Humenné	1 – 2	AEK Athens	Humenné
	Diňa  1'		Nikolaidis  19' Batista  44'

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Fiorentina	1 – 0	Gloria Bistriţa	Florence
	Orlando  22'

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	PSV	3 – 0	Dinamo Batumi	Eindhoven
	Nilis  15' (pen.) Eijkelkamp  53' Marcelo Ramos  83'

PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 0	Vaduz	Paris
	Allou  22' Roche  40' Mboma  48'

Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.

26 September 1996	NK Varteks	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Varaždin
	Vugrinec  63', 79'		Kosolapov  40'

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–2 on away goals rule.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sion	4–8	Liverpool	1–2	3–6
Nîmes Olympique	2–3	AIK	1–3	1–0
Fiorentina	3–2	Sparta Prague	2–1	1–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	0–6	AEK Athens	0–2	0–4
Brann	4–3	PSV	2–1	2–2
Barcelona	4–2	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–1
Benfica	4–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	3–2
Galatasaray	4–6	Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	0–4

First leg

17 October 1996	Sion	1 – 2	Liverpool	Sion
	Bonvin  11'		Fowler  24' Barnes  60'

17 October 1996	Nîmes Olympique	1 – 3	AIK	Nîmes
	Fidani  89'		Simpson  9' Pacha  12' Johansson  70'

17 October 1996	Fiorentina	2 – 1	Sparta Prague	Florence
	Batistuta  5' Schwarz  56'		Siegl  80'

17 October 1996	Olimpija Ljubljana	0 – 2	AEK Athens	Ljubljana
			Kostis  12' Ketsbaia  49'

17 October 1996	Brann	2 – 1	PSV	Bergen
	Mjelde  29', 34' (pen.)		Cocu  90'

17 October 1996	Barcelona	3 – 1	Red Star Belgrade	Barcelona
	Giovanni  33', 34' Figo  54'		Živković  21'

17 October 1996	Benfica	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Lisbon
	João Pinto  8'

17 October 1996	Galatasaray	4 – 2	Paris Saint-Germain	Istanbul
	Şükür  5', 31' Tugay  13' Ünsal  49'		Le Guen  18' Dely Valdés  19'

Second leg

31 October 1996	Liverpool	6 – 3	Sion	Liverpool
	McManaman  28' Bjørnebye  54' Barnes  65' Fowler  70', 71' Berger  89'		Chassot  19', 64' Bonvin  23'

Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.

31 October 1996	AIK	0 – 1	Nîmes Olympique	Stockholm
			Brundin  69' (o.g.)

AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.

31 October 1996	Sparta Prague	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Prague
	Lokvenc  4'		Robbiati  63'

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

31 October 1996	AEK Athens	4 – 0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Athens
	Savevski  4', 86' Batista  34' Maladenis  80'

AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.

31 October 1996	PSV	2 – 2	Brann	Eindhoven
	Eijkelkamp  74' Zenden  83'		Hasund  35' Flo  58'

Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.

31 October 1996	Red Star Belgrade	1 – 1	Barcelona	Belgrade
	Jovičić  46'		Giovanni  48'

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

31 October 1996	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 3	Benfica	Moscow
	Solomatin  9' Haras  58'		Panduru  47' Donizete  63' João Pinto  90'

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

17 October 1996	Paris Saint-Germain	4 – 0	Galatasaray	Paris
	Leonardo  9' Dely Valdés  22' Loko  58' Raí  78'

Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	1–2	Fiorentina	0–2	1–0
Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	AEK Athens	0–0	3–0
Brann	1–4	Liverpool	1–1	0–3
Barcelona	4–2	AIK	3–1	1–1

First leg

6 March 1997	Benfica	0 – 2	Fiorentina	Lisbon
			Baiano  45' Batistuta  90+'

6 March 1997	Paris Saint-Germain	0 – 0	AEK Athens	Paris

6 March 1997	Brann	1 – 1	Liverpool	Bergen
	Hasund  47'		Fowler  9'

6 March 1997	Barcelona	3 – 1	AIK	Barcelona
	Popescu  2' Ronaldo  55' Pizzi  75'		Simpson  1'

Second leg

20 March 1997	Fiorentina	0 – 1	Benfica	Florence
			Edgar  22'

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

20 March 1997	AEK Athens	0 – 3	Paris Saint-Germain	Athens
			Loko  22', 43', 80'

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.

20 March 1997	Liverpool	3 – 0	Brann	Liverpool
	Fowler  25' (pen.), 77' Collymore  63'

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

20 March 1997	AIK	1 – 1	Barcelona	Stockholm
	Simpson  25'		Ronaldo  12'

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–1	Fiorentina	1–1	2–0
Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	Liverpool	3–0	0–2

First leg

10 April 1997	Barcelona	1 – 1	Fiorentina	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 105,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
	Nadal  42'		Batistuta  62'

10 April 1997	Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 0	Liverpool	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany)
	Leonardo  11' Cauet  43' Leroy  84'

Second leg

24 April 1997	Fiorentina	0 – 2	Barcelona	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
			Couto  30' Guardiola  35'

After Barcelona's second goal, de la Peña of Barcelona was hit by an object thrown from the stands and required medical assistance.

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

24 April 1997	Liverpool	2 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
	Fowler  12' Wright  79'

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final

14 May 1997	Barcelona	1 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Markus Merk
	Ronaldo  37' (pen.)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	7
2	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Brann	6
3	Ronaldo	Barcelona	5
	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	5
	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	5
6	Arkadiusz Bąk	Ruch Chorzów	4
	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	4
	Christophe Bonvin	Sion	4
	Patrice Loko	Paris Saint-Germain	4
	Pascal Simpson	AIK	4
11	John Barnes	Liverpool	3
	Daniel Batista Lima	AEK Athens	3
	Frédéric Chassot	Sion	3
	Julio Dely Valdés	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Claus Eftevaag	Brann	3
	Giovanni	Barcelona	3
	João Pinto	Benfica	3
	Leonardo	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague	3
	Temur Tugushi	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Davit Ujmajuridze	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Philippe Vercruysse	Sion	3

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• 1996–97 UEFA Cup
• 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

External links

• 1996-97 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation