1996–97 UEFA Champions League

1996–97 UEFA Champions League

The Olympiastadion in Munich held the final
Tournament details
Dates	7 – 21 August 1996 (qualifying) 11 September 1996 – 28 May 1997 (competition proper)
Teams	16 (group stage) 24 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	161 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	2,093,228 (34,315 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Milinko Pantić (5 goals)

The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League was the 42nd season 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 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 in 1990.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	4–4 (a)	Brøndby	2–1	2–3
Grasshopper	6–0	Slavia Prague	5–0	1–0
Club Brugge	2–5	Steaua București	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

Auxerre

Ajax

Grasshopper

Rangers

Atlético Madrid

Borussia Dortmund

Widzew Łódź

Steaua București

Juventus

Manchester United

Fenerbahçe

Rapid Wien

Porto

Rosenborg

Milan

IFK Göteborg

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Location of teams of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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

AJA AUX GRA RAN Ajax – 1–2 0–1 4–1 Auxerre 0–1 – 1–0 2–1 Grasshopper 0–1 3–1 – 3–0 Rangers 0–1 1–2 2–1 –

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

ATL DOR STE WID Atlético Madrid – 0–1 4–0 1–0 Borussia Dortmund 1–2 – 5–3 2–1 Steaua București 1–1 0–3 – 1–0 Widzew Łódź 1–4 2–2 2–0 –

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

FEN JUV MU RAP Fenerbahçe – 0–1 0–2 1–0 Juventus 2–0 – 1–0 5–0 Manchester United 0–1 0–1 – 2–0 Rapid Wien 1–1 1–1 0–2 –

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

GÖT MIL POR ROS IFK Göteborg – 2–1 0–2 2–3 Milan 4–2 – 2–3 1–2 Porto 2–1 1–1 – 3–0 Rosenborg 1–0 1–4 0–1 –

Knockout stage

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
Riedle 29', 34' Ricken 71'	Report	Del Piero 65'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

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
	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	4

See also

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

External links

• 1996–97 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at RSSSF
• All scorers 1996–97 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
• 1996/97 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)