1996–97_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
	Ronaldo's converted penalty in Rotterdam saw Barcelona beat PSG 1–0 and rack up a record fourth Cup Winners' Cup title.
Tournament details
Dates	8 August 1996 – 14 May 1997
Teams	49
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-up	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	252 (2.65 per match)
Attendance	1,346,295 (14,172 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robbie Fowler (Liverpool); 7 goals
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1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

International football competition

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.

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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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First round
Paris Saint-Germain^TH	Fiorentina	Nîmes Olympique	Barcelona
Kaiserslautern	PSV	Benfica	Liverpool
Cercle Brugge	AEK Athens	Lokomotiv Moscow	Galatasaray
AGF	Sturm Graz	AIK
Qualifying round
Sion	Sparta Prague	Heart of Midlothian	Brann
Nyva Vinnytsia	Honvéd	Gloria Bistrița	Ruch Chorzów
Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion	AEK Larnaca	Varteks	Universitāte Rīga
Chemlon Humenné	Olimpija Ljubljana	Dinamo Batumi	KR Reykjavík
MyPa	Levski Sofia	MPKC Mozyr	Glentoran
Sloga Jugomagnat	Constructorul Chişinău	Shelbourne	Valletta
Kareda Šiauliai	Flamurtari Vlorë	Union Luxembourg	HB Tórshavn
FC Vaduz	TNS Llansantffraid	Kotayk Abovyan	Tallinna Sadam
Red Star Belgrade	Qarabağ

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MPKC Mozyr	2–3	KR Reykjavík	2–2	0–1
Shelbourne	2–5	Brann	1–3	1–2
TNS Llansantffraid	1–6	Ruch Chorzów	1–1	0–5
Honvéd	2–0	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	1–0
Varteks	5–1	Union Luxembourg	2–1	3–0
Universitāte Rīga	2–2 (2–4 p)	Vaduz	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Glentoran	1–10	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–8
Dinamo Batumi	9–0	HB Tórshavn	6–0	3–0
Tallinna Sadam	2–2 (a)	Nyva Vinnytsia	2–1	0–1
Chemlon Humenné	3–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	1–0	2–0
Sion	4–2	Kareda Šiauliai	4–2	0–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1 (4–3 p)	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a)	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	1–1
Qarabağ	1–2	MyPa	0–1	1–1 (aet)
Kotayk Abovyan	1–5	AEK Larnaca	1–0	0–5
Constructorul Chişinău	3–3 (a)	Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion	1–0	2–3
Valletta	2–4	Gloria Bistrița	1–2	1–2

Vaduz	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Universitate Riga
Polvorino 89'	Lineups	Zarins 48'
Penalties
Müller Polvorino Weber Heeb	4–2	Draguns Zarins Mastyanica Dolgopolovs

Levski Sofia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Olimpija Ljubljana
Simeonov 58'	Lineups
Penalties
Zaytsev Yonkov Todorov Simeonov	2–4	Bozgo Ačimovič Velkovski Djuranović Gajser

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nîmes Olympique	5–2	Honvéd	3–1	2–1
Sturm Graz	3–3 (a)	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–1
Barcelona	2–0	AEK Larnaca	2–0	0–0
Constructorul Chişinău	0–5	Galatasaray	0–1	0–4
Kaiserslautern	1–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–4 (aet)
MyPa	1–4	Liverpool	0–1	1–3
Sion	6–0	Nyva Vinnytsia	2–0	4–0
AGF Aarhus	1–1 (a)	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	0–0
Cercle Brugge	3–6	Brann	3–2	0–4
KR Reykjavík	1–2	AIK	0–1	1–1
Benfica	5–1	Ruch Chorzów	5–1	0–0
AEK Athens	3–1	Chemlon Humenné	1–0	2–1
Gloria Bistrița	1–2	Fiorentina	1–1	0–1
Dinamo Batumi	1–4	PSV	1–1	0–3
Vaduz	0–7	Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–3
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	Varteks	1–0	1–2

1996–97_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Teams

Qualifying round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

See also

Notes

References

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sion	4–8	Liverpool	1–2	3–6
Nîmes Olympique	2–3	AIK	1–3	1–0
Fiorentina	3–2	Sparta Prague	2–1	1–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	0–6	AEK Athens	0–2	0–4
Brann	4–3	PSV	2–1	2–2
Barcelona	4–2	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–1
Benfica	4–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	3–2
Galatasaray	4–6	Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	0–4

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	7
2	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Brann	6
3	Ronaldo	Barcelona	5
	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	5
	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	5
6	Arkadiusz Bąk	Ruch Chorzów	4
	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	4
	Christophe Bonvin	Sion	4
	Patrice Loko	Paris Saint-Germain	4
	Pascal Simpson	AIK	4
11	John Barnes	Liverpool	3
	Daniel Batista	AEK Athens	3
	Frédéric Chassot	Sion	3
	Julio Dely Valdés	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Claus Eftevaag	Brann	3
	Giovanni	Barcelona	3
	João Pinto	Benfica	3
	Leonardo	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague	3
	Temur Tugushi	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Davit Ujmajuridze	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Philippe Vercruysse	Sion	3