1996–97 UEFA Champions League
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Tournament details | |
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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.
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 |
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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
Atlético Madrid, Auxerre, Fenerbahçe, Rapid Wien and Widzew Łódź made their debut in the group stage.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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 |
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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 |
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Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | Manchester United | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Ajax | 2–6 | Juventus | 1–2 | 1–4 |
Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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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
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)