1996–97 UEFA Cup
Dates | 17 July 1996 – 21 May 1997 |
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Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 327 (2.6 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Maurizio Ganz (Internazionale) 8 goals |
The 1996–97 UEFA Cup was the 26th season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It was won by German side Schalke 04, who beat Internazionale of Italy on penalties after the two-legged final finished 1–1 on aggregate. Defending champions Bayern Munich were eliminated in the first round by Valencia.
This was the last year in which the UEFA Cup final was played in a two-legged, home-and-away format. From 1998, the final was played as a single match at a neutral venue.
Format[edit]
According to 1995 UEFA ranking, Bulgaria ceded a slot to Norway.
The access list was finally increased to 117 clubs:
- all the 47 federations obtained a UEFA place,
- all the 24 national champions excluded from the Champions League entered in the UEFA Cup,
- all the 8 national champions that failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage entered in the UEFA Cup First round
- a third winner of the UEFA Intertoto Cup was added,
- 3 clubs of the UEFA Fair Play ranking were confirmed.
A second qualifying round was consequently added for the first time in the history of the European competitions.
Teams[edit]
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- TH: Title holders
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- IC: Intertoto Cup
- FP: Fair play
- CLQ: Relegated from the Champions League
Preliminary round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Dinamo-93 Minsk ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Croatia Zagreb ![]() | 10–2 | ![]() | 4–0 | 6–2 |
Sliema Wanderers ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | 1–3 | 3–0 |
FC Jazz ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–0 |
Gorica ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Anorthosis Famagusta ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Portadown ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–4 |
Pyunik ![]() | 5–6 | ![]() | 3–1 | 2–5(aet) |
Lantana Tallinn ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Bohemians ![]() | 1–1(a) | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Beitar Jerusalem ![]() | 8–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 5–1 |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() | 2–4 | 0–3 |
Slavia Sofia ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() | 4–3 | 1–1 |
ÍA ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Neftçi ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–6 |
Newtown ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() | 1–4 | 0–3 |
Zimbru Chișinău ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | 0–4 | 1–2 |
B71 ![]() | 3–9 | ![]() | 1–5 | 2–4 |
Barry Town ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Žalgiris Vilnius ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Teuta Durrës ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 1–4 | 1–2 |
Haka ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Bečej ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Hutnik Kraków ![]() | 11–2 | ![]() | 9–0 | 2–2 |
Maccabi Haifa ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–3 |
St Patrick's Athletic ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | 3–4 | 0–1 |
First leg[edit]
Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Iashvili ![]() Gogichaishvili ![]() Demetradze ![]() | Report |
Dinamo-93 Minsk ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Sinkovets ![]() Arlowski ![]() | Report | Cosse ![]() |
Croatia Zagreb ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Slišković ![]() Krznar ![]() Cvitanović ![]() | Report |
Sliema Wanderers ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Turner ![]() | Report | Gongadze ![]() Endeladze ![]() Ukleba ![]() |
Anorthosis Famagusta ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Mihajlović ![]() Gogić ![]() ![]() | Report |
Lantana Tallinn ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Bragin ![]() Gruznov ![]() | Report | Guðmundsson ![]() |
Bohemians ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Swan ![]() | Report | U.Makowski ![]() |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Ganser ![]() Theis ![]() | Report | Pisz ![]() Sokołowski ![]() Staniek ![]() ![]() |
Slavia Sofia ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Panayotov ![]() Totev ![]() Pramatarov ![]() | Report | Poderis ![]() Maciulevičius ![]() |
ÍA ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Guðjónsson ![]() Bibercić ![]() | Report |
Neftçi ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Rzayev ![]() Vakhabzade ![]() | Report | Borisov ![]() |
Zimbru Chișinău ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Skoko ![]() Vučko ![]() |
B71 ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Hentze ![]() | Report | Sotiriou ![]() Fasouliotis ![]() Alexandrou ![]() |
Barry Town ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Žalgiris Vilnius ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Vencevičius ![]() McKeown ![]() | Report |
Hutnik Kraków ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Yahaya ![]() Romuzga ![]() Wojnecki ![]() Zając ![]() Shipovskiy ![]() Jamróz ![]() | Report |
Maccabi Haifa ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Svetličić ![]() |
St Patrick's Athletic ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Glynn ![]() O'Flaherty ![]() McDonnell ![]() | Report | Németh ![]() Maixner ![]() Karasy ![]() |
Second leg[edit]
Grevenmacher ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Scholten ![]() Lauer ![]() | Report | Kiknadze ![]() Kerdzevadze ![]() |
Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.
Tiligul Tiraspol ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Pogorelov ![]() | Report | Lobanov ![]() |
Dinamo-93 Minsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
Tirana ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Fortuzi ![]() Gallo ![]() | Report | Cvitanović ![]() Šimić ![]() Marić ![]() Gašpar ![]() Rukavina ![]() Šarić ![]() |
Croatia Zagreb won 10–2 on aggregate.
Margveti Zestafoni ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Galea ![]() Muscat ![]() Turner ![]() |
Sliema Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate.
GÍ ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Luiz Antonio ![]() |
FC Jazz won 4–1 on aggregate.
Vardar ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Trajčev ![]() Jakimovski ![]() | Report | Demirović ![]() |
Vardar won 3–1 on aggregate.
Shirak ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Harutyunyan ![]() Vardanyan ![]() | Report | Gogić ![]() Mihajlović ![]() |
Anorthosis Famagusta won 6–2 on aggregate.
Vojvodina won 5–1 on aggregate.
HJK ![]() | 5–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Vasara ![]() Lehtola ![]() Lehtinen ![]() Aniche ![]() Hyryläinen ![]() | Report | Sanamyan ![]() Avetisyan ![]() |
HJK won 6–5 on aggregate.
ÍBV ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Lantana Tallinn won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.
Floriana ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Buhagiar ![]() | Report | Amsalem ![]() Ohana ![]() Harazi ![]() Sallói ![]() Abukasis ![]() |
Beitar Jerusalem won 8–2 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Mięciel ![]() Oreshchuk ![]() | Report |
Legia Warsaw won 7–2 on aggregate.
Inkaras Kaunas ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Maciulevičius ![]() | Report | Ivanov ![]() |
Slavia Sofia won 5–4 on aggregate.
Sileks ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Karanfilovski ![]() | Report |
ÍA won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Sofia ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Pavlov ![]() Mechev ![]() Radivojević ![]() Marinov ![]() Gerov ![]() | Report |
Lokomotiv Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.
Skonto won 7–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Skoko ![]() Butorović ![]() | Report | Miterev ![]() |
Hajduk Split won 6–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 9–3 on aggregate.
Barry Town won 2–1 on aggregate.
Crusaders ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Morgan ![]() | Report | Ražanauskas ![]() |
Žalgiris Vilnius won 3–2 on aggregate.
Košice ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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A. Rusnák ![]() | Report | Dobi ![]() |
Košice won 6–2 on aggregate.
Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.
Mura won 2–0 on aggregate.
Khazri Buzovna ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Talibov ![]() Aliyev ![]() | Report | Ziółkowski ![]() Yahaya ![]() |
Hutnik Kraków won 11–2 on aggregate.
Partizan won 4–1 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Tittel ![]() | Report |
Slovan Bratislava won 5–3 on aggregate.
Qualifying round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dynamo Moscow ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Rapid București ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Anorthosis Famagusta ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–4 |
Halmstad ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Grazer AK ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 5–1 |
Legia Warsaw ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Iraklis ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Helsingborg ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–0 |
ÍA ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–4 |
Sliema Wanderers ![]() | 1–9 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–7 |
Žalgiris Vilnius ![]() | 4–5 | ![]() | 1–4 | 3–1 |
Budapesti VSC ![]() | 4–4 (p) | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–3 |
Sigma Olomouc ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–4 |
Partizan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Aarau ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Croatia Zagreb ![]() | 3–3 (a) | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–2 |
Slavia Sofia ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Hajduk Split ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Beitar Jerusalem ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() | 1–5 | 1–2 |
Lyngby ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Košice ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–1 |
HJK ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Skonto ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–3 | 1–1 |
Dinamo Minsk ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–2 |
First leg[edit]
Dynamo Moscow ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Kobelev ![]() | Report | Laaksonen ![]() |
Rapid București ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mironaş ![]() | Report |
Anorthosis Famagusta ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Stavrou ![]() | Report | Vernier ![]() Leśniak ![]() |
Legia Warsaw ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Mosór ![]() Staniek ![]() Oreshchuk ![]() | Report |
Helsingborg ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Pringle ![]() | Report | Arlowski ![]() |
ÍA ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Karsakov ![]() Jankauskas ![]() |
Sliema Wanderers ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Schjønberg ![]() U.B. Pedersen ![]() |
Žalgiris Vilnius ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Ražanauskas ![]() | Report | Dodds ![]() Glass ![]() Shearer ![]() |
Budapesti VSC ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Bükszegi ![]() Egressy ![]() Farkas ![]() | Report | T. Evans ![]() |
Sigma Olomouc ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Baranek ![]() | Report |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Slovák ![]() Kinder ![]() | Report | S. Arveladze ![]() |
Aarau ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Georgiev ![]() Skrzypczak ![]() Pavličević |