1996–97 UEFA Champions League

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. Polish club played last time in group stage Champions League in this season.

Qualifying round 1
Group stage 2
- Group A 2.1
- Group B 2.2
- Group C 2.3
- Group D 2.4
Knockout stage 3
- Bracket 3.1
- Quarter-finals 3.2
- Semi-finals 3.3
- Final 3.4
Top goalscorers 4
See also 5
External links 6

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)
	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

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

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

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)

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