UEFA Champions League 1996/97

UEFA Champions League 1996/97
Cup winners	Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Beginning	August 7, 1996
final	May 28, 1997
Final stadium	Olympiastadion , Munich
Teams	16 (24 with qualifying rounds)
Games	77
Gates	215  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	Milinko Pantic (5)
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The Olympic Stadium in Munich

The 1996/97 UEFA Champions League was the 5th season of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 42nd overall and was won on May 28, 1997 by Borussia Dortmund in the Munich Olympic Stadium against the defending champions Juventus Turin. Once again, not all registered national champions were at the start, as, due to the increased number of member associations since the beginning of the 1990s, UEFA had decided to allow the champions , who were lower in the UEFA five-year standings, to start in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup . As in the previous year, only 24 teams from 23 national associations took part in the competition, including defending champion Juventus Turin. In addition to Turin, AC Milan was the current national champions for Italy.

mode

There was a slight change compared to the previous year. For the first time, the losers in the qualifying round were allowed to continue playing in the first round of the 1996/97 UEFA Cup, which was taking place at the same time .

qualification

The winners of the qualifying round reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, while the losing teams played on in the first round of the 1996/97 UEFA Cup .

The first leg took place on August 3rd, the second leg on August 21st, 1996.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1: 2	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 1	0: 1
Glasgow Rangers	10: 30	Alania Vladikavkaz	3: 1	7: 2
Panathinaikos Athens	1: 3	Rosenborg Trondheim	1-0	0: 3 a.d.
IFK Gothenburg	4: 1	Ferencváros Budapest	3-0	1: 1
Widzew Łódź	( a ) 4: 4(a)	Brøndby IF	2: 1	2: 3
Grasshopper Club Zurich	6-0	Slavia Prague	5-0	1-0
Club Bruges	2: 5	Steaua Bucharest	2: 2	0: 3
SK Rapid Vienna	6: 2	Dynamo Kiev	2-0	4: 2

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AJ Auxerre	6th	4th	0	2	008: 700	+1	12
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	6th	4th	0	2	008: 400	+4	12
3.	Grasshopper Club Zurich	6th	3	0	3	008: 500	+3	09
4th	Glasgow Rangers	6th	1	0	5	005:130	−8	03

September 11, 1996
AJ Auxerre	0: 1	Ajax Amsterdam
Grasshopper Club Zurich	3-0	Glasgow Rangers
September 25, 1996
Glasgow Rangers	1: 2	AJ Auxerre
Ajax Amsterdam	0: 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
October 16, 1996
AJ Auxerre	1-0	Grasshopper Club Zurich
Ajax Amsterdam	4: 1	Glasgow Rangers
October 30, 1996
Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 1	AJ Auxerre
Glasgow Rangers	0: 1	Ajax Amsterdam
November 20, 1996
Glasgow Rangers	2: 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
Ajax Amsterdam	1: 2	AJ Auxerre
4th December 1996
AJ Auxerre	2: 1	Glasgow Rangers
Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 1	Ajax Amsterdam

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Madrid	6th	4th	1	1	012: 400	+8	13
2.	Borussia Dortmund	6th	4th	1	1	014: 800	+6	13
3.	Widzew Łódź	6th	1	1	4th	006:100	−4	04th
4th	Steaua Bucharest	6th	1	1	4th	005:150	−10	04th

September 11, 1996
Atlético Madrid	4-0	Steaua Bucharest
Borussia Dortmund	2: 1	Widzew Łódź
September 25, 1996
Widzew Łódź	1: 4	Atlético Madrid
Steaua Bucharest	0: 3	Borussia Dortmund
October 16, 1996
Atlético Madrid	0: 1	Borussia Dortmund
Steaua Bucharest	1-0	Widzew Łódź
October 30, 1996
Borussia Dortmund	1: 2	Atlético Madrid
Widzew Łódź	2-0	Steaua Bucharest
November 20, 1996
Widzew Łódź	2: 2	Borussia Dortmund
Steaua Bucharest	1: 1	Atlético Madrid
4th December 1996
Atlético Madrid	1-0	Widzew Łódź
Borussia Dortmund	5: 3	Steaua Bucharest

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	6th	5	1	0	011: 100	+10	16
2.	Manchester United	6th	3	0	3	006: 300	+3	09
3.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	6th	2	1	3	003: 600	−3	07th
4th	SK Rapid Vienna	6th	0	2	4th	002:120	−10	02

September 11, 1996
SK Rapid Vienna	1: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Juventus Turin	1-0	Manchester United
September 25, 1996
Manchester United	2-0	SK Rapid Vienna
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0: 1	Juventus Turin
October 16, 1996
SK Rapid Vienna	1: 1	Juventus Turin
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0: 2	Manchester United
October 30, 1996
Juventus Turin	5-0	SK Rapid Vienna
Manchester United	0: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
November 20, 1996
Manchester United	0: 1	Juventus Turin
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1-0	SK Rapid Vienna
4th December 1996
SK Rapid Vienna	0: 2	Manchester United
Juventus Turin	2-0	Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Porto	6th	5	1	0	012: 400	+8	16
2.	Rosenborg Trondheim	6th	3	0	3	007:110	−4	09
3.	AC Milan	6th	2	1	3	013:110	+2	07th
4th	IFK Gothenburg	6th	1	0	5	007:130	−6	03

September 11, 1996
IFK Gothenburg	2: 3	Rosenborg Trondheim
AC Milan	2: 3	FC Porto
September 25, 1996
FC Porto	2: 1	IFK Gothenburg
Rosenborg Trondheim	1: 4	AC Milan
October 16, 1996
IFK Gothenburg	2: 1	AC Milan
Rosenborg Trondheim	0: 1	FC Porto
October 30, 1996
AC Milan	4: 2	IFK Gothenburg
FC Porto	3-0	Rosenborg Trondheim
November 20, 1996
FC Porto	1: 1	AC Milan
Rosenborg Trondheim	1-0	IFK Gothenburg
4th December 1996
IFK Gothenburg	0: 2	FC Porto
AC Milan	1: 2	Rosenborg Trondheim

Knockout phase

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 5, the second leg on March 19, 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Borussia Dortmund	4: 1	AJ Auxerre	3: 1	1-0
Manchester United	4-0	FC Porto	4-0	0-0
Ajax Amsterdam	4: 3	Atlético Madrid	1: 1	3: 2 a.d.
Rosenborg Trondheim	1: 3	Juventus Turin	1: 1	0: 2

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 9th, the second leg on April 23rd, 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Borussia Dortmund	2-0	Manchester United	1-0	1-0
Ajax Amsterdam	2: 6	Juventus Turin	1: 2	1: 4

final

Borussia Dortmund		Juventus Turin		Lineup
	May 28, 1997, 8:30 p.m. in Munich ( Olympiastadion ) Result: 3: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 59,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl ( Hungary )   Match report
	Stefan Klos - Jürgen Kohler , Matthias Sammer , Martin Kree - Stefan Reuter , Jörg Heinrich - Paul Lambert , Paulo Sousa - Andreas Möller (89th Michael Zorc ) - Karl-Heinz Riedle (67th Heiko Herrlich ), Stéphane Chapuisat (70th Lars Ricken ) Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld	Angelo Peruzzi - Sergio Porrini (46th Alessandro Del Piero ), Ciro Ferrara , Paolo Montero , Mark Iuliano - Didier Deschamps - Angelo Di Livio , Vladimir Jugović - Zinédine Zidane - Alen Bokšić (88th Alessio Tacchinardi ), Christian Vieri (73rd Nicola Amoruso ) Trainer: Marcello Lippi
	1: 0 Karl-Heinz Riedle (29th) 2: 0 Karl-Heinz Riedle (34th) 3: 1 Lars Ricken (71th)	2: 1 Alessandro Del Piero (64th)
	Paulo Sousa, Ricken	Porrini, Iuliano

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Milinko Pantic	Atlético Madrid	5
2	Nicola Amoruso	Juventus Turin	4th
	Arthur	FC Porto	4th
	Alen Bokšić	Juventus Turin	4th
	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus Turin	4th
	Mario Jardel	FC Porto	4th
	Lars Ricken	Borussia Dortmund	4th
	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Borussia Dortmund	4th
	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	4th
	Marco Simone	AC Milan	4th
	Christian Vieri	Juventus Turin	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Used players Borussia Dortmund

See main article: UEFA Champions League 1996/97 / Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund

Goal: Stefan Klos (11 / -) Defense: Stefan Reuter (9/1); Jürgen Kohler (8/1); Martin Kree (8 / -); Wolfgang Feiersinger (7 / -); Matthias Sammer (5 / -); Júlio César (4 / -); René Schneider (1/1) Midfield: Paul Lambert (11/1); Jörg Heinrich (10/1); Lars Ricken (9/4); René Tretschok (9/2); Andreas Möller (9/1); Michael Zorc (9/1); Knut Reinhardt (4 / -); Paulo Sousa (4 / -); Vladimir But (2 / -); Steffen Freund (1 / -) Attack: Stéphane Chapuisat (10/3); Heiko Herrlich (9/3); Karl-Heinz Riedle (5/4); Ibrahim Tanko (3 / -); Jovan Kirovski (2 / -) Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld

* Steinar Pedersen (2 / -) left the club during the season.

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1996/97
• 1996/97 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official website for the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League