1996–97 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League began on 5 March 1997 and ended with the final at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997. The top two teams from each of the four groups in the group stage competed in the knockout stage. The draw for the quarter-finals was performed before the start of the group stage, with the winners of each group played against the runners-up from another; Group A vs. Group B, and Group C vs. Group D, with the group winner hosting the second leg. For the semi-finals, the winners of each tie between teams from groups A and B played against the winners of the corresponding tie between teams from groups C and D.

Qualified teams

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The knockout stage involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of all four groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(seeded in quarter-final draw)
Runners-up
(unseeded in quarter-final draw)
A   Auxerre   Ajax
B   Atlético Madrid   Borussia Dortmund
C   Juventus   Manchester United
D   Porto   Rosenborg

Format

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Each quarter-final and semi-final was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home; the team that scored the most goals over the two legs qualified for the following round. In the event that the two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs, the team that scored more goals away from home qualified for the next round; if both teams scored the same number of away goals, matches would go to golden goal extra time and then a penalty shoot-out if the teams could not be separated after extra time.

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
          
  Borussia Dortmund 3 1 4
  Auxerre 1 0 1
  Borussia Dortmund 1 1 2
  Manchester United 0 0 0
  Manchester United 4 0 4
  Porto 0 0 0
  Borussia Dortmund 3
  Juventus 1
  Ajax (aet) 1 3 4
  Atlético Madrid 1 2 3
  Ajax 1 1 2
  Juventus 2 4 6
  Rosenborg 1 0 1
  Juventus 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund   4–1   Auxerre 3–1 1–0
Manchester United   4–0   Porto 4–0 0–0
Ajax   4–3   Atlético Madrid 1–1 3–2(aet)
Rosenborg   1–3   Juventus 1–1 0–2

First leg

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Borussia Dortmund  3–1  Auxerre
Riedle   12'
Schneider   54'
Möller   83'
Report Lamouchi   75'

Manchester United  4–0  Porto
May   22'
Cantona   34'
Giggs   61'
Cole   80'
Report
Attendance: 53,415
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Ajax  1–1  Atlético Madrid
Kluivert   53' Report Esnáider   8'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Rosenborg  1–1  Juventus
Soltvedt   51' Report Vieri   53'
Attendance: 20,246
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Second leg

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Auxerre  0–1  Borussia Dortmund
Report Ricken   61'

Borussia Dortmund won 4–1 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Ajax
Kiko   29'
Pantić   105' (pen.)
Report R. de Boer   49'
Dani   100'
Babangida   119'

Ajax won 4–3 on aggregate.


Juventus  2–0  Rosenborg
Zidane   29'
Amoruso   89' (pen.)
Report

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.


Porto  0–0  Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 38,000

Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

First leg

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Borussia Dortmund  1–0  Manchester United
Tretschok   76' Report
Attendance: 48,500

Ajax  1–2  Juventus
Litmanen   66' Report Amoruso   14'
Vieri   41'

Second leg

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Manchester United  0–1  Borussia Dortmund
Report Ricken   8'
Attendance: 53,606

Borussia Dortmund won 2–0 on aggregate.


Juventus  4–1  Ajax
Lombardo   34'
Vieri   36'
Amoruso   79'
Zidane   80'
Report Melchiot   75'
Attendance: 62,377

Juventus won 6–2 on aggregate.

Final

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

Borussia Dortmund  3–1  Juventus
Riedle   29', 34'
Ricken   71'
Report Del Piero   65'
Attendance: 59,000[1]

References

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  1. ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.