1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	8 August 1996 – 14 May 1997
Teams	49
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-up	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	252 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robbie Fowler (7 goals)

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

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MPKC Mozyr	2–3	KR Reykjavík	2–2	0–1
Shelbourne	2–5	Brann	1–3	1–2
Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid	1–6	Ruch Chorzów	1–1	0–5
Honvéd	2–0	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	1–0
NK Varteks	5–1	Union Luxembourg	2–1	3–0
Universitāte Rīga	2–2 (2–4 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 (4–3 p)	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a)	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	1–1
Qarabağ Ağdam	1–2	MyPa	0–1	1–1 (aet)
Kotayk Abovyan	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

Second leg

KR Reykjavík won 3–2 on aggregate.

Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ruch Chorzów won 6–1 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.

NK Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.

Sparta Prague won 10–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.

Nyva Vinnytsia won 2–2 on away goals rule.

Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.

Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.

Olimpija Ljubljana won 3–4 on penalties.

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

MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.

AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.

Constructorul Chişinău won 3–3 on away goals rule.

Gloria Bistriţa won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nîmes Olympique	5–2	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 Reykjavík	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	1–1	0–3
Vaduz	0–7	Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–3
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	NK Varteks	1–0	1–2

First leg

Second leg

Nîmes won 5–2 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 3–3 on away goals rule.

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 5–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.

Olimpija Ljubljana won 1–1 on away goals rule.

Brann won 6–3 on aggregate.

AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.

Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.

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 Olympique	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	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

Second leg

Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.

AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.

Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 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

Second leg

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

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

Second leg

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.

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

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

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• 1996–97 UEFA Cup
• 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

External links

• 1996-97 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1996-97 – results, protocols

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