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1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.

All times are CET/CEST.[note 1]

Teams

TH Title Holders

Qualifying round

First leg

Tsentral Stadium, Batumi
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Jüri Saar (Estonia)

Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Georgios Fassolis (Greece)

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Sergejs Braga (Latvia)

Yunost Stadium, Mozyr
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 700
Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

Chemlon Stadium, Humenné
Attendance: 5,320
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Josef Krula (Czech Republic)

Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Merab Malagouradze (Georgia)

Stadionul Republican, Chișinău
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
Attendance: 1,093
Referee: William Young (Scotland)

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,646
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)


Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 691
Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 1,558
Referee: Eyjólfur Ólafsson (Iceland)

The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)

Tolka Park, Dublin
Attendance: 3,010
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Second leg

KR-völlur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,722
Referee: Sven Kjelbrott (Norway)

KR Reykjavík won 3–2 on aggregate.


Gradski stadion, Skopje
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marcello Nicchi (Italy)

Budapest Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.


Tsentralnyi Stadion, Vinnitsa
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

2–2 on aggregate. Nyva Vinnytsia won on away goals.


GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 2,037
Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.


Stadionul Gloria, Bistrița
Attendance: 2,060
Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)

Gloria Bistrița won 4–2 on aggregate.


Stadion Miejski, Chorzów
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)

Ruch Chorzów won 6–1 on aggregate.


Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.


Svangaskarð, Toftir
Attendance: 300
Referee: Juha Pulkkinen (Finland)

Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.


Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.


Gemeindesportplatz, Vaduz
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia)

2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.


Municipal Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

3–3 on aggregate. Constructorul Chişinău won on away goals.


Brann Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Keimpe Zuidema (Netherlands)

Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.


Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia)

1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won 4–2 on penalties.


MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.


Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 490
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.


Stadion Letná, Prague
Attendance: 5,391
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

Sparta Prague won 10–1 on aggregate.


1–1 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

First round

First leg

Gemeindesportplatz, Vaduz
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 760
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Stadionul Republican, Chișinău
Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Kostadin Guerginov (Bulgaria)

Tsentral Stadium, Batumi
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Kurt Zuppinger (Switzerland)

Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion, Anjalankoski
Attendance: 4,767
Referee: Gylfi Thór Orrason (Iceland)

Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus
Attendance: 5,950
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

Olympiastadion, Bruges
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)

Stadionul Gloria, Bistrița
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 15,141
Referee: Yuri Chebotarev (Russia)

Stade des Costières, Nîmes
Attendance: 7,948
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Ireland)

Sturm-Platz Gruabn, Graz
Attendance: 3,208
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Attendance: 25,719
Referee: Kenny Clarke (Scotland)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,707
Referee: Tore Hollung (Norway)

Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Second leg

Tsentralnyi Stadion, Vinnitsa
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.


Chemlon Stadion, Humenné
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Mateo Beusan (Croatia)

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.


Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

2–2 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow won on away goals.


Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 16,695
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

Galatasaray won 5–0 on aggregate.


Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 3,267
Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.


Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,433
Referee: Sotorios Vorgias (Greece)

1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won on away goals.


Brann Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 6,104
Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Ukraine)

Brann won 6–3 on aggregate.


Stadion Ruchu, Chorzów
Attendance: 4,547
Referee: Mika Peltola (Finland)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.


GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.


Stadion Letná, Prague
Attendance: 5,643
Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)

3–3 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.


Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 42,568
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.


Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 18,607
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.


Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.


Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)

Nîmes won 5–2 on aggregate.


Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 39,013
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.


Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 15,973
Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg




Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Brann Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 7,842
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)


Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 73,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 8,090
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Second leg

Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 5,620
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.


Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.


AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.


Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)

Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.


Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 44,694
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.


Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 38,514
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.


Stadion Letná, Prague
Attendance: 16,021
Referee: David Elleray (England)

Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.


Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 34,032
Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Brann Stadion, Bergen
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 21,952
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 32,632
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 57,300
Referee: David Elleray (England)

Second leg

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.


Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 35,049
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.


Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.


Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 40,326
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Paris SG halted Liverpool's progress at the semi-final stage.

First leg

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,142
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 87,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Second leg

Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 38,984
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.


Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 43,588
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

After Barcelona's second goal, Iván de la Peña of Barcelona was hit by an object thrown from the stands and required medical assistance. As a result, Fiorentina received a two-match European competition stadium ban, enforced at the start of their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign.

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 36,802
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches on 31 October 1996, 6 and 20 March 1997, and CEST (UTC+2) for all other matches.

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