1997 UEFA Champions League final
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| Event | 1996–97 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 28 May 1997 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion, Munich | ||||||
| Referee | Sándor Puhl (Hungary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,000[1] | ||||||
The 1997 UEFA Champions League final was a football match played at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997 to determine the winner of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by Borussia Dortmund of Germany and defending champions Juventus of Italy. Borussia Dortmund won 3–1 with goals from Karl-Heinz Riedle and Lars Ricken; Juventus' only goal was scored by Alessandro Del Piero. This was the third from three consecutive finals featuring the defending champions, all of whom lost to their opponents.
Route to the final
[edit]In their first semi-final in Europe's premier tournament since 1964, Dortmund defeated Manchester United, who themselves had not reached that stage since 1969.
In the other half of the draw, Juventus easily overcame Ajax, the same team they had beaten on penalties in the previous year's final.
 Borussia Dortmund |
Round |  Juventus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Widzew Łódź |
2–1 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Manchester United |
1–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Steaua București |
3–0 (A) | Matchday 2 |  Fenerbahçe |
1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Atlético Madrid |
1–0 (A) | Matchday 3 |  Rapid Wien |
1–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid |
1–2 (H) | Matchday 4 | Rapid Wien |
5–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Widzew Łódź |
2–2 (A) | Matchday 5 | Manchester United |
1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steaua București |
5–3 (H) | Matchday 6 | Fenerbahçe |
2–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group B runners-up
Source: UEFA |
Final standings | Group C winner
Source: UEFA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Auxerre |
4–1 | 3–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Quarter-finals |  Rosenborg |
3–1 | 1–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester United |
2–0 | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Semi-finals |  Ajax |
6–2 | 2–1 (A) | 4–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous meetings
[edit]The match featured the same teams that competed in the 1993 UEFA Cup final, in which Juventus prevailed 6–1 over two legs.[2] Their two German players in that final, Jürgen Kohler and Andreas Möller, had since moved to Dortmund[3] along with the Brazilian Júlio César (who did not feature in the 1997 final), while another two Dortmund players who did play in Munich – Stefan Reuter and Paulo Sousa – were also former Juventus players, and Matthias Sammer and Karl-Heinz Riedle had previously played in Italy's Serie A[3] (the latter's replacement at Lazio was Alen Bokšić, who by 1997 had moved to Juventus).
Goalkeepers Angelo Peruzzi and his understudy Michelangelo Rampulla were the only Juventus players from 1993 in the squad for the 1997 final (Moreno Torricelli and Antonio Conte were still at the club but were not involved), with the aforementioned Kohler and Möller having switched sides. In the Dortmund squad their goalkeeper Stefan Klos, striker Stéphane Chapuisat[3] and midfielders René Tretschok, Reuter and club captain Michael Zorc remained from four years earlier.
Besides the 1993 showpiece, the clubs had also met in the semi-finals of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup with Juventus progressing to the final which they lost to Parma,[2] and in the group stage of the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, with each club winning away from home, however Juventus topped the group and went on to win the trophy.[2]
In the years to follow, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund would not meet again until 2014–15 Champions League round of 16[2] – the Italian club went through,[4] meaning they won all four fixtures (1993, 1995 UEFA Cup, 1995 and 2015 Champions League) at Dortmund's Westfalenstadion, with their only defeat on German soil having been in this final. Juventus reached that season's final; coincidentally that match was again held at an Olympiastadion in Germany, but this time in Berlin, and the outcome was another 3–1 loss, to Barcelona.
Match
[edit]Summary
[edit]In the 29th minute, Karl-Heinz Riedle put Dortmund ahead finishing with a low shot from inside the six yard box after Paul Lambert's cross from the right. Five minutes later, Riedle made it 2–0 with a header from a Andreas Möller corner kick from the left. Christian Vieri later had a goal disallowed for Juventus by referee Sándor Puhl for an apparent hand-ball.[5][6]
In the second half, Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero, who had come on as a substitute, scored via a back-heel after a cross from the left by Alen Bokšić to make the score 2–1.[7]
In the 71st minute, 20-year-old substitute and Dortmund local boy Lars Ricken latched on to a through-pass by Andreas Möller only 16 seconds after coming onto the pitch. Ricken chipped Angelo Peruzzi in the Juve goal from over 20 yards with his first touch of the ball, to make it 3–1 for Dortmund. Ricken's goal was the fastest ever by a substitute in said event.[8]
With Zinedine Zidane unable to make an impression for Juve against the close marking of Lambert,[9][10][11][12][13] the 3–1 victory gave Dortmund their first Champions League title.[14]
Details
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Match rules
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Juventus v Dortmund background". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- 1 2 3 "20 years on: Dortmund's European champions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ↑ "Tévez leads Juventus to Dortmund stroll". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ↑ "Klopp, del '97 la Juve ricorda quei tre errori dell'arbitro". tuttosport.com (in Italian). 24 February 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ Rzouki, Mina (23 February 2015). "Echoes of the 1997 Champions League final as Juve prepare for Dortmund". espn.com. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "1996/97 Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Juventus: Report". UEFA.com. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ Milne, David (29 May 1997). "Football: Juventus wrecked by German bite". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ↑ Murray, Scott (25 November 2011). "The Joy of Six: British and Irish footballers abroad". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Paul Lambert – The Norwich wizard". espnstar.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ↑ Gordon, Phil (6 September 2009). "Norwich City manager Paul Lambert on his vision for the future". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Calvin, Michael (1 May 2010). "Revealed: The six British Football League managers capable of being the next Roy Hodgson". Mirror Football. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "PAUL LAMBERT: FROM LINWOOD RANGERS BC TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE". scotzine.com. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "La GAZZETTA dello SPORT - Champions League". gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- 1996–97 UEFA Champions League at UEFA.com
