1996–97 UEFA Champions League
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 (Atlético Madrid) 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. Due to the Bosman ruling, restrictions on foreign players in matchday squads were lifted from this season.
The tournament was won by
Juventus
. It was their only title in the tournament to date, and the first title for Germany since its reunification in 1990.
Teams
24 teams entered the competition: the national champions of each of the top 23 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings, and UEFA Champions League holders,
UEFA Cup.[1]
| Group stage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ) |  Auxerre (1st)
|
 Borussia Dortmund (1st)
|
 Porto (1st)
|
Milan (1st )
|
 Atlético Madrid (1st)
|
 Ajax (1st)
|
 Manchester United (1st)
|
| Qualifying round | |||
 Club Brugge (1st)
|
 Brøndby (1st)
|
 Slavia Prague (1st)
|
 Ferencváros (1st)
|
 Panathinaikos (1st)
|
 Rapid Wien (1st)
|
 Rangers (1st)
|
 Steaua București (1st)
|
Alania Vladikavkaz (1st )
|
 IFK Göteborg (1st)
|
 Rosenborg (1st)
|
 Widzew Łódź (1st)
|
 Fenerbahçe (1st)
|
 Grasshopper (1st)
|
 Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
|
 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)
|
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying round | 6 July 1996 | 7 August 1996 | 21 August 1996 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 23 August 1996 | 11 September 1996 | |
| Matchday 2 | 25 September 1996 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 16 October 1996 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 30 October 1996 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 20 November 1996 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 4 December 1996 | |||
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 5 March 1997 | 19 March 1997 | |
| Semi-finals | 9 April 1997 | 23 April 1997 | ||
| Final | 28 May 1997 at Olympiastadion, Munich | |||
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
Milan
Location of teams of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; 
Red: Group B; 
Orange: Group C; 
Yellow: Group D.
Brown: Group A; 
Red: Group B; 
Orange: Group C; 
Fenerbahçe, Rapid Wien and Widzew Łódź
made their debut in the group stage.
Italy became the first association to have two teams in the Champions League group stage.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUX | AJA | GRA | RAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auxerre
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Ajax
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Grasshopper
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Rangers
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATL | DOR | WID | STE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlético Madrid
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–3 | ||
| 3 | Widzew Łódź
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Steaua București
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV
|
MU | FEN | RAP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Manchester United
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Fenerbahçe
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Rapid Wien
|
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | ROS | MIL
|
GÖT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Rosenborg
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Milan
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 7 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 4 | IFK Göteborg
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
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
Juventus | ||
|---|---|---|
Riedle  29', 34'Ricken 71' |
Report | Del Piero 65' |
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary
)Top goalscorers
| 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 |
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996-1997 UEFA Champions League.
- 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