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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 that involved only clubs that were champions of their domestic leagues. Due to the Bosman ruling, restrictions on foreign players in matchday squads were lifted from this season.

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1996–97 UEFA Champions League
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The Olympiastadion in Munich held the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
7–21 August 1996
Competition proper:
11 September 1996 – 28 May 1997
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 24
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Borussia Dortmund (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored161 (2.64 per match)
Attendance2,093,228 (34,315 per match)
Top scorer(s)Milinko Pantić (Atlético Madrid)
5 goals
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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.

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Teams

24 teams entered the competition: the national champions of each of the top 23 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings, and UEFA Champions League holders, Juventus. The national champions of the associations ranked 1–7, plus the title holders, all received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions of the associations ranked 8–23 entered in the qualifying round. The remaining national champions from the associations ranked 24–48 were only allowed to participate in UEFA Cup.[1]

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Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland).

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Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 6 July 1996 7 August 1996 21 August 1996
Group stage Matchday 1 23 August 1996 11 September 1996
Matchday 2 25 September 1996
Matchday 3 16 October 1996
Matchday 4 30 October 1996
Matchday 5 20 November 1996
Matchday 6 4 December 1996
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 5 March 1997 19 March 1997
Semi-finals 9 April 1997 23 April 1997
Final 28 May 1997 at Olympiastadion, Munich
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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.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1–2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–1 1–1
Rangers Scotland 10–3 Russia Alania Vladikavkaz 3–1 7–2
Panathinaikos Greece 1–3 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 0–3 (aet)
IFK Göteborg Sweden 4–1 Hungary Ferencváros 3–0 1–1
Widzew Łódź Poland 4–4 (a) Denmark Brøndby 2–1 2–3
Grasshopper Switzerland 6–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 5–0 1–0
Club Brugge Belgium 2–5 Romania Steaua București 2–2 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 4–2
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Group stage

Location of teams of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

Atlético Madrid, Auxerre, Fenerbahçe, Rapid Wien and Widzew Łódź made their debut in the group stage.

Italy became the first association to have two teams in the Champions League group stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUX AJX GRA RAN
1 France Auxerre 6 4 0 2 8 7 +1 12 Advance to knockout stage 0–1 1–0 2–1
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12 1–2 0–1 4–1
3 Switzerland Grasshopper 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9 3–1 0–1 3–0
4 Scotland Rangers 6 1 0 5 5 13 8 3 1–2 0–1 2–1
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Source: UEFA

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATM DOR WID STE
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout stage 0–1 1–0 4–0
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13 1–2 2–1 5–3
3 Poland Widzew Łódź 6 1 1 4 6 10 4 4 1–4 2–2 2–0
4 Romania Steaua București 6 1 1 4 5 15 10 4 1–1 0–3 1–0
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Source: UEFA

Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV MUN FEN RWI
1 Italy Juventus 6 5 1 0 11 1 +10 16 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–0 5–0
2 England Manchester United 6 3 0 3 6 3 +3 9 0–1 0–1 2–0
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 2 1 3 3 6 3 7 0–1 0–2 1–0
4 Austria Rapid Wien 6 0 2 4 2 12 10 2 1–1 0–2 1–1
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Source: UEFA

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR ROS MIL GOT
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 1–1 2–1
2 Norway Rosenborg 6 3 0 3 7 11 4 9 0–1 1–4 1–0
3 Italy Milan 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7 2–3 1–2 4–2
4 Sweden IFK Göteborg 6 1 0 5 7 13 6 3 0–2 2–3 2–1
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Source: UEFA
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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund Germany 4–1 France Auxerre 3–1 1–0
Manchester United England 4–0 Portugal Porto 4–0 0–0
Ajax Netherlands 4–3 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–1 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Italy Juventus 1–1 0–2
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Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund Germany 2–0 England Manchester United 1–0 1–0
Ajax Netherlands 2–6 Italy Juventus 1–2 1–4
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Final

The final was played on 28 May 1997 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.

More information Borussia Dortmund, 3–1 ...
Borussia Dortmund Germany3–1Italy Juventus
Riedle 29', 34'
Ricken 71'
Report Del Piero 65'
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Attendance: 59,000[2]
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Top goalscorers

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See also

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References

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