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1996–97 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Teams	24 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Dortmund (1st title)
Runner-up	Juventus

The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League was the 42nd edition 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 surprise final victory against defending champions Juventus. It was their only title in the tournament to date. The two sides had also met in the final of the UEFA Cup in 1992–93, when the Italian giants won 6–1 on aggregate.

[edit] 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	(a)4–4	Brøndby	2–1	2–3
Grasshopper	6–0	Slavia Prague	5–0	1–0
Club Brugge	2–5	Steaua Bucureşti	2–2	0–3
Rapid Wien	6–2	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	4–2

[edit] Group stage

[edit] 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


Matchday 1
Auxerre	0–1	Ajax
Grasshopper	3–0	Rangers
Matchday 2
Rangers	1–2	Auxerre
Ajax	0–1	Grasshopper
Matchday 3
Auxerre	1–0	Grasshopper
Ajax	4–1	Rangers
Matchday 4
Grasshopper	3–1	Auxerre
Rangers	0–1	Ajax
Matchday 5
Rangers	2–1	Grasshopper
Ajax	1–2	Auxerre
Matchday 6
Auxerre	2–1	Rangers
Grasshopper	0–1	Ajax

[edit] 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 Bucureşti	6	1	1	4	5	15	-10	4


Matchday 1
Atlético Madrid	4–0	Steaua Bucureşti
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Widzew Łódź
Matchday 2
Widzew Łódź	1–4	Atlético Madrid
Steaua Bucureşti	0–3	Borussia Dortmund
Matchday 3
Atlético Madrid	0–1	Borussia Dortmund
Steaua Bucureşti	1–0	Widzew Łódź
Matchday 4
Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Atlético Madrid
Widzew Łódź	2–0	Steaua Bucureşti
Matchday 5
Widzew Łódź	2–2	Borussia Dortmund
Steaua Bucureşti	1–1	Atlético Madrid
Matchday 6
Atlético Madrid	1–0	Widzew Łódź
Borussia Dortmund	5–3	Steaua Bucureşti

[edit] 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


Matchday 1
Rapid Wien	1–1	Fenerbahçe
Juventus	1–0	Manchester United
Matchday 2
Manchester United	2–0	Rapid Wien
Fenerbahçe	0–1	Juventus
Matchday 3
Rapid Wien	1–1	Juventus
Fenerbahçe	0–2	Manchester United
Matchday 4
Juventus	5–0	Rapid Wien
Manchester United	0–1	Fenerbahçe
Matchday 5
Manchester United	0–1	Juventus
Fenerbahçe	1–0	Rapid Wien
Matchday 6
Rapid Wien	0–2	Manchester United
Juventus	2–0	Fenerbahçe

[edit] 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


Matchday 1
IFK Göteborg	2–3	Rosenborg
Milan	2–3	Porto
Matchday 2
Porto	2–1	IFK Göteborg
Rosenborg	1–4	Milan
Matchday 3
IFK Göteborg	2–1	Milan
Rosenborg	0–1	Porto
Matchday 4
Milan	4–2	IFK Göteborg
Porto	3–0	Rosenborg
Matchday 5
Porto	1–1	Milan
Rosenborg	1–0	IFK Göteborg
Matchday 6
IFK Göteborg	0–2	Porto
Milan	1–2	Rosenborg

[edit] Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					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	3
											Juventus	-	1	1
	Ajax	1	3	4
	Atletico Madrid	1	2	3
						Ajax	1	1	2

						Juventus	2	4	6
	Rosenborg	1	0	1

	Juventus	1	2	3

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Final

Main article: 1997 UEFA Champions League Final

1997-05-28	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 1	Juventus	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	Riedle 29' 34' Ricken 70'		Del Piero 66'

UEFA Champions League 1996-97 Winners

Borussia Dortmund First Title

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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