UEFA Champions League 1996–97

The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League was the 42nd edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fifth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. 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.

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.

Group stage

Group A

Group D

emi-finals

Final

footballbox
date = 1997-05-28
team1 = Borussia Dortmund flagicon|GER
score = 3 – 1
team2 = flagicon|ITA Juventus
goals1 = Riedle goal|29 goal|34
Ricken goal|70
goals2 = Del Piero goal|66
stadium = Olympiastadion, Munich
attendance = 59,000
referee = Sándor Puhl flagicon|HUN

ee also

*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996-97
*UEFA Cup 1996-97
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1996/intro.html 1996-97 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec199697.html#cc European Cup results at RSSSF]