1996–97 UEFA Cup

Format

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

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

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First leg

Gogichaishvili Demetradze

Arlowski

Krznar I. Cvitanović

Endeladze Ukleba

Leivo-Jokimäki Piracaia

Gogić

Mkhitaryan

Gruznov

Harazi Pisont

Theis Sokołowski Staniek

Totev Pramatarov Maciulevičius

Biberčić

Vahabzade

Lobaņovs

Vučko

Fasouliotis Alexandrou

Pukelevičius

Obšitník Kožlej

Zdančius

Romuzga Wojnecki Zając Shipovskiy Jamróz

O'Flaherty McDonnell Maixner Karasy

Second leg

Lauer Kerdzevadze Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.

C. Evans Barry Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo-93 Minsk won 4–2 on aggregate.

Gallo D. Šimić Marić Gašpar Rukavina Šarić Croatia Zagreb won 10–2 on aggregate.

Muscat Turner Sliema Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate.

Jazz won 4–1 on aggregate.

Jakimovski Vardar won 3–1 on aggregate.

Ioannou A. Mihajlović Anorthosis Famagusta won 6–2 on aggregate.

Stojak Miloševski Cilinšek Vojvodina won 5–1 on aggregate.

Lehtola Lehtinen Aniche Hyryläinen A. Avetisyan HJK won 6–5 on aggregate.

Lantana Tallinn won 2–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.

Ohana Harazi Sallói Abukasis Beitar Jerusalem won 8–2 on aggregate.

Oreshchuk Legia Warsaw won 7–2 on aggregate.

Slavia Sofia won 5–4 on aggregate.

ÍA won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mechev Radivojević Marinov Gerov Lokomotiv Sofia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Ivanov Jeļisejevs Skonto won 7–1 on aggregate.

Butorović Hajduk Split won 6–1 on aggregate.

Sotiriou Kozma á Reynatúgvu APOEL won 9–3 on aggregate.

Žalgiris Vilnius won 3–2 on aggregate.

Košice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.

Mura won 2–0 on aggregate.

Aliyev Yahaya Hutnik Kraków won 11–2 on aggregate.

Saveljić Hristov Partizan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 5–3 on aggregate.

Qualifying round

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First leg

Leśniak

Mužek

Staniek Oreshchuk

Jankauskas

P. Pedersen

Glass Shearer

Egressy Farkas

Kinder

Skrzypczak Pavličević

I. Cvitanović Šarić

Johansen Sørensen

Lehtinen Musolitin

Iashvili

Kindvall Ohlsson

U. Makowski

Second leg

Artyomov Dynamo Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.

Rapid București won 2–0 on aggregate.

Cyprien Vernier Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–1 on aggregate.

Halmstad won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sabitzer Wieger Aničić GAK won 7–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sotiriou APOEL won 3–1 on aggregate.

Powell Pringle Helsingborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Leonidas Jankauskas CSKA Moscow won 6–1 on aggregate.

K. Jensen Bisgaard Henriksen Odense won 9–1 on aggregate.

Pukelevičius Aberdeen won 5–4 on aggregate.

O'Gorman C. Evans Bird Lloyd C. Evans Bognár Farkas Bükszegi 4–4 on aggregate. Barry Town won 4–2 on penalties.

Stolarz Romuzga Hutnik Kraków won 3–2 on aggregate.

S. Arveladze Orhan Abdullah Trabzonspor won 5–3 on aggregate.

Național București won 1–0 on aggregate.

Hepner Aarau won 4–2 on aggregate.

Alenichev 3–3 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won on away goals.

Krinner Kitzbichler Zahariev Tirol Innsbruck won 5–2 on aggregate.

Vostrosablin Torpedo Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

Johansen Bodø/Glimt won 7–2 on aggregate.

Jónsson Lyngby won 2–0 on aggregate.

Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

Mizin Chornomorets Odesa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Malmö FF won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sağlam Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

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First leg

Varešanović Arany

Vágner

Schupp

Bjur Møller

P. Pedersen Nuno Gomes Tavares

C. López Moya

Fonseca

Mulder Anderbrügge

Djorkaeff Sforza

Glass Da. Young

Karaman

Sotiriou Ouédec

Vande Walle Czerniatynski

Asprilla Albert Beardsley

Shelia

Kodro Pinilla Nimni

Wright Effenberg Paßlack

Kechinov Reese

Alexoudis G. C. Georgiadis Kucharski

Second leg

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sapanis Limperger Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

Vágner Horváth Slavia Prague won 5–2 on aggregate.

Amokachi Oktay Beşiktaş won 3–0 on aggregate.

Breitenreiter Hamburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Niculescu Național București won 2–0 on aggregate.

Metz won 1–0 on aggregate.

Daugaard Brøndby won 7–0 on aggregate.

Špehar Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.

U. Pedersen 4–4 on aggregate. Boavista won on away goals.

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tommasi Berretta Roma won 6–1 on aggregate.

Isabella Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dooley Wilmots Schalke 04 won 5–2 on aggregate.

Lazio won 2–1 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ryan Bird Rowson Aberdeen won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sporting CP won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mandıralı Özer Trabzonspor won 5–2 on aggregate.

Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Helsingborg won on away goals.

3–3 on aggregate. GAK won on away goals.

M. Svensson Newcastle United won 5–2 on aggregate.

De Bilde Zetterberg Anderlecht won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ricardo Lopes Vitória Guimarães won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Martin Monaco won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sønksen Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.

Kucharski 4–4 on aggregate. Legia Warsaw won on away goals.

Wück Dundee Karlsruhe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tenerife won 4–3 on aggregate.

Effenberg Merson Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–4 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

Lisztes Shearer

Staelens

Lang

Taument Larsson

Hansen

Andersson Ikpeba Henry

Dundee

Bäron Kovačević

Second leg

Hasselbaink Tavares Boavista won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ginola Ferdinand Newcastle United won 6–3 on aggregate.

Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Anderlecht won on away goals.

Metz won 3–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.

Brøndby won 2–0 on aggregate.

Valencia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Kodro Juanele Jokanović Fuser Casiraghi Tenerife won 5–4 on aggregate.

Dampfhofer Rajković Mužek Djorkaeff Berti Pistone Fresi 1–1 on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–3 on penalties.

Helsingborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Yankov Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.

Mandıralı Max Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.

Monaco won 4–3 on aggregate.

Karlsruhe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tikhonov Hartmann Hamburg won 5–2 on aggregate.

Third round

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First leg

Dundee

Špehar

Ikpeba Blondeau

Günçar Ferreira

Angloma Ganz

Second leg

Eggen Vilfort Møller Brøndby won 6–3 on aggregate.

Mulder Schalke 04 won 3–2 on aggregate.

Benarbia Monaco won 5–0 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 1–0 on aggregate.

Oktay Vlaović Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Ince Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.

Vos Juanele Paz Tenerife won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Wilmots

Second leg

Benarbia Monaco won 4–0 on aggregate.

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Mata Tenerife won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Zamorano

Second leg

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

Wilmots Schalke 04 won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1997 UEFA Cup final

First leg

Second leg

Djorkaeff Winter Thon Max Wilmots 1–1 on aggregate. Schalke 04 won 4–1 on penalties.

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup are as follows:

References

References

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