1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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

Contents

Qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
MPKC Mozyr 2 - 3 KR Reykjavik 2 - 2 0 - 1
Shelbourne 2 - 5 Brann 1 - 3 1 - 2
Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid 1 - 6 Ruch Chorzów 1 - 1 0 - 5
Budapest Honvéd 2 - 0 Sloga Jugomagnat 1 - 0 1 - 0
NK Varteks 5 - 1 Union Luxembourg 2 - 1 3 - 0
Universitate Riga 2 - 2(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(p) Levski Sofia 1 - 0 0 - 1(aet)
Red Star Belgrade 1 - 1 Hearts 0 - 0 1 - 1
Qarabağ Ağdam 1 - 2 MyPa 0 - 1 1 - 1(aet)
Kotayk Abovian 1 - 5 AEK Larnaca 1 - 0 0 - 5
Constructorul Chişinău 3 - 3(a) Hapoel Ironi Rishon leZion 1 - 0 2 - 3
Valletta 2 - 4 Gloria Bistriţa 1 - 2 1 - 2

First leg

8 Augustus 1996
 MPKC Mozyr 2 – 2 KR Reykjavik Mozyr
Yaromko  51'
Skorobogatko  70'		 Daðason  51'
Jónsson  90'
8 Augustus 1996
 Shelbourne 1 – 3 Brann Dublin
Geoghegan  43' Mjelde  27'
Pedersen  29'
Eftevaag  67' (pen.)
8 Augustus 1996
 Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid 1 – 1 Ruch Chorzów Wrexham
Thomas  83' Gęsior  6'
8 Augustus 1996
 Budapest Honvéd 1 – 0 Sloga Jugomagnat Budapest
Tóth  44'
8 Augustus 1996
 NK Varteks 2 – 1 Union Luxembourg Varazdin
Mumlek  41'
Maretić  81' (pen.)		 Grettnich  87'
8 Augustus 1996
 Universitate Riga 1 – 1 Vaduz Riga
Zarins  45' Pérez  42'
8 Augustus 1996
 Glentoran 1 – 2 Sparta Prague Belfast
Little  53' Siegl  49'
Lokvenc  90'
8 Augustus 1996
 Dinamo Batumi 6 – 0 HB Tórshavn Batumi
Tugushi  11', 23', 55'
Ujmajuridze  27', 70'
Mindadze  88'
8 Augustus 1996
 Tallinna Sadam 2 – 1 Nyva Vinnytsia Tallinn
Krõlov  25' (pen.)
Viikmäe  74'		 Romanchuk  77'
8 Augustus 1996
 Chemlon Humenné 1 – 0 Flamurtari Vlorë Humenné
Lyubarskyi  71'
8 Augustus 1996
 Sion 4 – 2 Kareda Šiauliai Sion
Chassot  14'
Bonvin  27'
Pančev  35' (pen.)
Vercruysse  88'		 Baranauskas  73' (pen.)
Dančenka { 87'
8 Augustus 1996
 Olimpija Ljubljana 1 – 0 Levski Sofia Ljubljana
Bozgo  50'
8 Augustus 1996
 Red Star Belgrade 0 – 0 Hearts Belgrade
8 Augustus 1996
 Qarabağ Ağdam 1 – 1 MyPa Karabakh
Mahlio  85'
8 Augustus 1996
 Kotayk Abovian 1 – 0 AEK Larnaca Abovyan
Berberyan  80'
8 Augustus 1996
 Constructorul Chişinău 1 – 0 Hapoel Ironi Rishon leZion Kishinev
Rogachev  20'
8 Augustus 1996
 Valletta 1 – 0 Gloria Bistriţa Valletta
Dončić  75' Matei  52'
Dancus  75'

Second leg

21 Augustus 1996
 KR Reykjavik 1 – 0 MPKC Mozyr Reykjavik
Daníelsson  90'

KR Reykjavik won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Budapest Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

NK Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.

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

Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.

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

Nyva Vinnytsia won 2–2 on away goals rule.

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

Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.

22 Augustus 1996
 Kareda Šiauliai 0 – 0 Sion Šiauliai

Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–4 on penalties.

22 Augustus 1996
 Hearts 1 – 1 Red Star Belgrade Edinburgh
McPherson  44' Marinović  59'

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

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

MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.

22 Augustus 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 Augustus 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 Augustus 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 5 - 2 Budapest 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 Reykjavik 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 Eindhoven 1 - 1 0 - 3
Vaduz 0 - 7 Paris Saint-Germain 0 - 4 0 - 3
Lokomotiv Moscow 2(a) - 2 NK Varteks 1 - 0 1 - 2

First leg

12 September 1996
 Nîmes 3 – 1 Budapest 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 Reykjavik 0 – 1 AIK Reykjavik
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 Eindhoven 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
 Budapest Honvéd 1 – 2 Nîmes 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 0–5 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 1–4 on aggregate.

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

Liverpool won 1–4 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 3–6 on aggregate.

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

AIK won 1–2 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 Eindhoven 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 0–7 on aggregate.

26 September 1996
 NK Varteks 2 – 1 Lokomotiv Moscow Varazdin
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 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 Eindhoven 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 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 Eindhoven 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', 49'
Tugay  13'		 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 4–8 on aggregate.

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

AIK won 2–3 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 Eindhoven 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 4–6 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 0–3 on aggregate.

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

Liverpool won 1–4 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

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