1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final

1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain
Spain France
1 0
Date14 May 1997
VenueFeijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
RefereeMarkus Merk (Germany)
Attendance36,802[1]
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The 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Barcelona of Spain and the cup holders Paris Saint-Germain of France, to determine the winner of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 37th overall Cup Winners' Cup final. It was held at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam on 14 May 1997. Barcelona won the match 1–0 thanks to a Ronaldo penalty. The final saw the last instance of the Cup Winners' Cup "jinx" that no club had successfully retained the cup in successive seasons — with Paris Saint-Germain failing to defend the trophy that they won in 1996.

Route to the final

Spain Barcelona Round France Paris Saint-Germain
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Stages Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A) First round Liechtenstein Vaduz 7–0 4–0 (A) 3–0 (H)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4–2 3–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Second round Turkey Galatasaray 6–4 2–4 (A) 4–0 (H)
Sweden AIK 4–2 3–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Greece AEK Athens 3–0 0–0 (H) 3–0 (A)
Italy Fiorentina 3–1 1–1 (H) 2–0 (A) Semi-finals England Liverpool 3–2 3–0 (H) 0–2 (A)

Match

Ronaldo scoring the only goal of the game

Details

Barcelona Spain1–0France Paris Saint-Germain
Ronaldo 38' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 36,802[1]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
GK 1 Portugal Vítor Baía
RB 2 Spain Albert Ferrer
CB 3 Spain Abelardo
CB 24 Portugal Fernando Couto Yellow card 16'
LB 12 Spain Sergi Barjuán
CM 5 Romania Gheorghe Popescu (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 4 Spain Pep Guardiola
RW 7 Portugal Luís Figo
AM 23 Spain Iván de la Peña Yellow card 83' downward-facing red arrow 85'
LW 21 Spain Luis Enrique downward-facing red arrow 89'
CF 9 Brazil Ronaldo
Substitutes:
GK 13 Spain Carles Busquets
FW 8 Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov upward-facing green arrow 85'
FW 10 Brazil Giovanni
MF 18 Spain Guillermo Amor upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 19 Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
England Bobby Robson
GK 1 France Bernard Lama
RB 13 France Laurent Fournier Yellow card 1' downward-facing red arrow 58'
CB 4 France Bruno Ngotty
CB 6 France Paul Le Guen Yellow card 51'
LB 22 France Didier Domi
CM 19 France Jérôme Leroy
CM 8 France Vincent Guérin downward-facing red arrow 68'
CM 15 France Benoît Cauet Yellow card 82'
AM 10 Brazil Raí (c)
CF 11 France Patrice Loko downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 7 Brazil Leonardo
Substitutes:
GK 16 France Vincent Fernandez
DF 2 Portugal Daniel Kenedy
FW 9 Panama Julio Dely Valdés upward-facing green arrow 68'
DF 17 France Jimmy Algerino upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 26 France Cyrille Pouget upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Brazil Ricardo Gomes

Assistant referees:
Germany Erich Schneider (Germany)
Germany Hans-Georg Füllbrunn (Germany)
Fourth official:
Germany Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

External links

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