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 Germany Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-up Italy Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played 61
Goals scored 161 (2.64 per match)
Attendance 2,093,228 (34,315 per match)
Top scorer(s) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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

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 Israel 1–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–1 1–1
Rangers Scotland 10–3 Russia Alania Vladikavkaz 3–1 7–2
Panathinaikos Greece 1–3 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 0–3 (aet)
IFK Göteborg Sweden 4–1 Hungary Ferencváros 3–0 1–1
Widzew Łódź Poland 4–4 (a) Denmark Brøndby 2–1 2–3
Grasshopper Switzerland 6–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 5–0 1–0
Club Brugge Belgium 2–5 Romania Steaua București 2–2 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 4–2

Group stage

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
France Auxerre 640287+112
Netherlands Ajax 640284+412
Switzerland Grasshopper 630385+39
Scotland Rangers 6105513−83
 AJAAUXGRARAN
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
Spain Atlético Madrid 6411124+813
Germany Borussia Dortmund 6411148+613
Poland Widzew Łódź 6114610−44
Romania Steaua București 6114515−104
 ATLDORSTEWID
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
Italy Juventus 6510111+1016
England Manchester United 630363+39
Turkey Fenerbahçe 621336−37
Austria Rapid Wien 6024212−102
 FENJUVMURAP
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
Portugal Porto 6510124+816
Norway Rosenborg 6303711−49
Italy Milan 62131311+27
Sweden IFK Göteborg 6105713−63
 GÖTMILPORROS
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

Bracket

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
 Germany Borussia Dortmund 3 1 4  
 France Auxerre 1 0 1  
   Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1 2  
   England Manchester United 0 0 0  
 England Manchester United 4 0 4
   Portugal Porto 0 0 0  
     Germany Borussia Dortmund 3
   Italy Juventus 1
   Netherlands Ajax (aet) 1 3 4  
 Spain Atlético Madrid 1 2 3  
   Netherlands Ajax 1 1 2
   Italy Juventus 2 4 6  
 Norway Rosenborg 1 0 1
   Italy Juventus 1 2 3  

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund Germany 4–1 France Auxerre 3–1 1–0
Manchester United England 4–0 Portugal Porto 4–0 0–0
Ajax Netherlands 4–3 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–1 3–2(aet)
Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Italy Juventus 1–1 0–2

Semi-finals

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

Final

28 May 1997
20:30
Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–1 Italy 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milinko Pantić Spain Atlético Madrid 5
2 Italy Nicola Amoruso Italy Juventus 4
Brazil Artur Portugal Porto 4
Croatia Alen Bokšić Italy Juventus 4
Italy Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus 4
Brazil Mário Jardel Portugal Porto 4
Germany Lars Ricken Germany Borussia Dortmund 4
Germany Karl-Heinz Riedle Germany Borussia Dortmund 4
Italy Marco Simone Italy Milan 4
Italy Christian Vieri Italy Juventus 4
Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Atlético Madrid 4

See also

External links

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