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.
All times are CET/CEST.
Teams
First round Paris Saint-GermainTH Fiorentina Nîmes Olympique Barcelona Kaiserslautern PSV Eindhoven Benfica Liverpool Cercle Brugge AEK Athens Lokomotiv Moscow Galatasaray AGF Sturm Graz AIKQualifying round Sion Sparta Prague Heart of Midlothian Brann Nyva Vinnytsia Kispest-Honvéd Gloria Bistrița Ruch Chorzów Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion AEK Larnaca Varteks Universitāte Rīga Chemlon Humenné Olimpija Ljubljana Dinamo Batumi KR MyPa Levski Sofia MPKC Mozyr Glentoran Sloga Jugomagnat Constructorul Chișinău Shelbourne Valletta Kareda Šiauliai Flamurtari Vlorë Union Luxembourg HB Tórshavn FC Vaduz TNS Llansantffraid Kotayk Abovyan Tallinna Sadam Red Star Belgrade Qarabağ TH Title Holders
Qualifying round
First leg
Second leg
KR won 3–2 on aggregate.
Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów won 6–1 on aggregate.
Kispest-Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.
Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.
Sparta Prague won 10–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Nyva Vinnytsia won on away goals.
Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won 4–2 on penalties.
1–1 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.
AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Constructorul Chişinău won on away goals.
Gloria Bistrița won 4–2 on aggregate.
First round
First leg
Second leg
Nîmes Olympique won 5–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.
Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 5–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won on away goals.
Brann won 6–3 on aggregate.
AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow won on away goals.
Second round
First leg
Second leg
Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.
AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.
Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
After Barcelona's second goal, Iván de la Peña of Barcelona was hit by an object thrown from the stands and required medical assistance. As a result, Fiorentina received a two-match European competition stadium ban, enforced at the start of their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign.
Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Robbie Fowler Liverpool72 Mons Ivar Mjelde Brann63 Ronaldo Barcelona5 Horst Siegl Sparta Prague55 Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina4 Christophe Bonvin Sion4 Patrice Loko Paris Saint-Germain4 Pascal Simpson AIK4 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray410 John Barnes Liverpool3 Daniel Batista AEK Athens3 Frédéric Chassot Sion3 Julio Dely Valdés Paris Saint-Germain3 Claus Eftevaag Brann3 Giovanni Barcelona3 João Pinto Benfica3 Leonardo Paris Saint-Germain3 Vratislav Lokvenc Sparta Prague3 Temur Tugushi Dinamo Batumi3 David Ujmajuridze Dinamo Batumi3 Philippe Vercruysse Sion3
See also 1996–97 UEFA Champions League 1996–97 UEFA Cup 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Notes
References
External links 1996-97 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1996-97 – results, protocols Archive of old pages site UEFA Season 1996–97, written protocol games.