1996–97 UEFA Champions League

1996–97 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
The Olympiastadion in Munich held the final
Dates	7 – 21 August 1996 (qualifying) 11 September 1996 – 28 May 1997 (competition proper)
Teams	16 (group stage) 24 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	161 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	2,093,228 (34,315 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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.

Teams

Qualifying round
Rapid Wien	Club Brugge	Slavia Prague	Brøndby
Panathinaikos	Ferencváros	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Rosenborg
Widzew Łódź	Steaua București	Alania Vladikavkaz	Rangers
IFK Göteborg	Grasshopper	Fenerbahçe	Dynamo Kyiv
Group stage
Manchester United	Auxerre	Borussia Dortmund	Juventus
Milan	Ajax	Porto	Atlético Madrid

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	1–2	Fenerbahçe	0–1	1–1
Rangers	10–3	Alania Vladikavkaz	3–1	7–2
Panathinaikos	1–3	Rosenborg	1–0	0–3 (aet)
IFK Göteborg	4–1	Ferencváros	3–0	1–1
Widzew Łódź	4–4 (a)	Brøndby	2–1	2–3
Grasshopper	6–0	Slavia Prague	5–0	1–0
Club Brugge	2–5	Steaua București	2–2	0–3
Rapid Wien	6–2	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Auxerre	6	4	2	8	7	+1	12
Ajax	6	4	2	8	4	+4	12
Grasshopper	6	3	3	8	5	+3	9
Rangers	6	1	5	5	13	−8	3

	AJA	AUX	GRA	RAN
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
Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	13
Widzew Łódź	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4
Steaua București	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4

	ATL	DOR	STE	WID
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
Juventus	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	16
Manchester United	6	3	0	3	6	3	+3	9
Fenerbahçe	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7
Rapid Wien	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2

	FEN	JUV	MU	RAP
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
Porto	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16
Rosenborg	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9
Milan	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7
IFK Göteborg	6	1	0	5	7	13	−6	3

	GÖT	MIL	POR	ROS
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

Borussia Dortmund	3	1	4
Auxerre	1	0	1
				Borussia Dortmund	1	1	2

				Manchester United	0	0	0
Manchester United	4	0	4

Porto	0	0	0
								Borussia Dortmund	3
								Juventus	1
Ajax (aet)	1	3	4
Atlético Madrid	1	2	3
				Ajax	1	1	2

				Juventus	2	4	6
Rosenborg	1	0	1

Juventus	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	4–1	Auxerre	3–1	1–0
Manchester United	4–0	Porto	4–0	0–0
Ajax	4–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1	3–2(aet)
Rosenborg	1–3	Juventus	1–1	0–2

Semi-finals

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

Final

Borussia Dortmund v Juventus

28 May 1997
20:30

Borussia Dortmund	3–1	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	Milinko Pantić	Atlético Madrid	5
2	Nicola Amoruso	Juventus	4
	Artur	Porto	4
	Alen Bokšić	Juventus	4
	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	4
	Mário Jardel	Porto	4
	Lars Ricken	Borussia Dortmund	4
	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Borussia Dortmund	4
	Marco Simone	Milan	4
	Christian Vieri	Juventus	4
	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	4

External links

1996–97 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at RSSSF
All scorers 1996–97 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
1996/97 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)

European Cup and UEFA Champions League

European Cup era, 1955–1992
Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Finals	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

UEFA Champions League era, 1992–present
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Finals	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Germany Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

International men's club football
FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs
Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Top-division clubs
Asia	AFC – Champions League AFC Cup Top-division clubs
Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top-division clubs
North, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League Top-division clubs
Oceania	OFC – Champions League Top-division clubs
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top-division clubs
See also: International women's club football

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