1996–97 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
The knockout stage of the
Qualified teams
The knockout stage involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of all four groups in the group stage.
| Group | Winners (seeded in quarter-final draw) |
Runners-up (unseeded in quarter-final draw) |
|---|---|---|
| A |  Auxerre
|
 Ajax
|
| B |  Atlético Madrid
|
 Borussia Dortmund
|
| C |  Juventus
|
 Manchester United
|
| D |  Porto
|
 Rosenborg
|
Format
Each quarter-final and semi-final was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home; the team that scored the most goals over the two legs qualified for the following round. In the event that the two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs, the team that scored more goals away from home qualified for the next round; if both teams scored the same number of away goals, matches would go to golden goal extra time and then a penalty shoot-out if the teams could not be separated after extra time.
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 |
First leg
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | Auxerre |
|---|---|---|
 83' |
Report | Lamouchi 75' |
| Ajax | 1–1 | Atlético Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Kluivert 53' |
Report | Esnáider 8' |
Second leg
| Auxerre | 0–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ricken 61' |
Borussia Dortmund won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 2–0 | Rosenborg |
|---|---|---|
| Zidane 29' Amoruso 89' (pen.) |
Report |
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.
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 |
First leg
Second leg
Borussia Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Juventus | 4–1 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| Lombardo 34' Vieri 36'Amoruso 79'Zidane 80' |
Report | Melchiot 75' |
Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.