1997 UEFA Cup Final

1997 UEFA Cup Final

Event	1996–97 UEFA Cup
Schalke 04 Internazionale 1 1
Schalke won 4–1 on penalties
First leg
Schalke 04 Internazionale 1 0
Date	7 May 1997
Venue	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Referee	Marc Batta (France)
Attendance	56,824
Second leg
Internazionale Schalke 04 1 0
Date	21 May 1997
Venue	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
Referee	José García Aranda (Spain)
Attendance	81,675
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The 1997 UEFA Cup Final was contested between Schalke 04 of Germany and Internazionale of Italy. The tie was a tight affair, with each leg being won 1–0 by the home-team. After 210 minutes of football, the tie was eventually settled on penalties, with Schalke winning 4–1 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. It was to be the last UEFA Cup final to be played over two legs, future finals being one-off games at a neutral ground.

Road to the final

For more details on this topic, see 1996–97 UEFA Cup.

Internazionale				Schalke 04
Opponent	Result	Legs	Round	Opponent	Result	Legs
	5–1	0–1 home; 5–0 away	First round		3–1	2–0 away; 1–1 home
	4–1	2–0 away; 2–1 home	Second round		3–1	2–1 home; 1–0 away
	7–2	4–1 home; 3–1 away	Third round		3–2	2–0 home; 1–2 away
	7–2	2–1 home; 5–1 away	Quarter-finals	Template:Country data xxx	3–2	0–2 away; 3–0 home
	4–3	2–2 home; 2–1 away	Semi-finals		2–0	1–0 away; 1–0 home

Match details

First leg

7 May 1997 20:45	Schalke 04	1–0	Internazionale	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 56,824 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Wilmots  70'	Report

Schalke 04

Internazionale

GK 1 Jens Lehmann SW 10 Olaf Thon RWB 4 Yves Eigenrauch CB 26 Johan de Kock CB 2 Thomas Linke LWB 19 Michael Büskens  67' CM 20 Jiří Němec CM 6 Andreas Müller CM 3 Radoslav Látal AM 8 Ingo Anderbrügge CF 24 Marc Wilmots Substitutes: DF 5 Thomas Dooley FW 11 Martin Max  67' MF 16 Oliver Held DF 21 Marco Kurz GK 22 Mathias Schober Manager: Huub Stevens Man of the match: Assistant referees:

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca SW 7 Salvatore Fresi  62' RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi CB 5 Fabio Galante CB 19 Massimo Paganin LB 3 Alessandro Pistone CM 4 Javier Zanetti CM 21 Ciriaco Sforza CM 14 Aron Winter CF 23 Maurizio Ganz CF 9 Iván Zamorano Substitutes: GK 12 Andrea Mazzantini MF 18 Nicola Berti  62' FW 27 Marco Branca MF 15 Sergio D'Autilia MF 16 Tiziano Polenghi Manager: Roy Hodgson

Second leg

21 May 1997 20:45	Internazionale	1–0	Schalke 04	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 81,675 Referee: José García Aranda (Spain)
	Zamorano  84'	Report
		Penalties
	Zamorano Djorkaeff Winter	1–4	Anderbrügge Thon Max Wilmots

Internazionale

Schalke 04

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi  71' CB 19 Massimo Paganin CB 7 Salvatore Fresi  89' LB 3 Alessandro Pistone RM 4 Javier Zanetti  120' CM 21 Ciriaco Sforza  81' CM 8 Paul Ince LM 6 Youri Djorkaeff CF 23 Maurizio Ganz CF 9 Iván Zamorano Substitutes: GK 12 Andrea Mazzantini MF 14 Aron Winter  81' MF 18 Nicola Berti  120' DF 20 Jocelyn Angloma  71' MF 15 Sergio D'Autilia Manager: Roy Hodgson Man of the Match: Assistant referees:

GK 1 Jens Lehmann SW 10 Olaf Thon RWB 4 Yves Eigenrauch CB 26 Johan de Kock CB 2 Thomas Linke LWB 19 Michael Büskens CM 3 Radoslav Látal  100' CM 20 Jiří Němec CM 6 Andreas Müller  97' AM 24 Marc Wilmots CF 11 Martin Max Substitutes: MF 8 Ingo Anderbrügge  97' FW 14 David Wagner MF 16 Oliver Held  100' DF 21 Marco Kurz GK 22 Mathias Schober Manager: Huub Stevens

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Cup

References

• RSSSF