1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round

The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League featured 24 teams, with eight teams (the seven top-ranked league champions in the UEFA clubs coefficient table, plus the defending champions from 1995–96) qualifying automatically for the group stage and the remaining 16 (the league champions ranked 8–23 in the coefficient table) playing in a two-legged preliminary round. The winners of each tie entered the Champions League group stage, while the losers entered the UEFA Cup first round.

Teams

The sixteen lowest-ranked associations with teams that qualified for the Champions League entered the qualifying round.[1]

Key to colours
Winners of qualifying round advanced to group stage
Losers of qualifying round entered UEFA Cup first round
Qualifying round participants
Assoc. Team
8 Club Brugge
9 Panathinaikos
10 Alania Vladikavkaz
11 Fenerbahçe
12 Brøndby
13 Rapid Wien
14 IFK Göteborg
15 Grasshopper
16 Slavia Prague
17 Rangers
18 Rosenborg
19 Dynamo Kyiv
20 Ferencváros
21 Steaua București
22 Widzew Łódź
23 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Seeding

The sixteen teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing eight teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.[1][2]

Seeded Unseeded

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Fenerbahçe0–11–1
Rangers 10–3 Alania Vladikavkaz3–17–2
Panathinaikos 1–3 Rosenborg1–00–3 (a.e.t.)
IFK Göteborg 4–1 Ferencváros3–01–1
Widzew Łódź 4–4 (a) Brøndby2–12–3
Grasshopper 6–0 Slavia Prague5–01–0
Club Brugge 2–5 Steaua București2–20–3
Rapid Wien 6–2 Dynamo Kyiv2–04–2

Matches

Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 Fenerbahçe
Report
  • Kemalettin 43'
Attendance: 20,000
Fenerbahçe 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Report
Attendance: 23,188[3]

Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rangers 3–1 Alania Vladikavkaz
 Report
Attendance: 44,799[4]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Alania Vladikavkaz 2–7 Rangers
 Report
Attendance: 33,000

Rangers won 10–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos 1–0 Rosenborg
 Report
Attendance: 33,095
Rosenborg 3–0 (a.e.t.) Panathinaikos
 Report
Attendance: 18,625[6]
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Rosenborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 3–0 Ferencváros
 Report
Attendance: 5,513
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Ferencváros 1–1 IFK Göteborg
 Report
Attendance: 5,925

IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Widzew Łódź 2–1 Brøndby
 Report
Attendance: 6,300
Brøndby 3–2 Widzew Łódź
 Report
Attendance: 10,438[6]
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

4–4 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals.

Grasshopper 5–0 Slavia Prague
 Report
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)
Slavia Prague 0–1 Grasshopper
Report
Attendance: 3,012

Grasshopper won 6–0 on aggregate.

Club Brugge 2–2 Steaua București
 Report
Attendance: 10,755
Steaua București 3–0 Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 10,912

Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–4 Rapid Wien
 Report
Attendance: 70,000

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b "UEFA Country Ranking 1996". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  2. ^ Protzen, Martin (29 July 1994). "FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Fenerbahçe - Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:1 (Champions League Qual. 1996/1997, 1. Round)".
  4. ^ "ЛИГА ЧЕМПИОНОВ. КВАЛИФИКАЦИОННЫЙ РАУНД. Первые матчи• ГРАССХОППЕР Швейцария - СЛАВИЯ Чехия - 5:0 (2:0)• МАККАБИ Т-А Израиль - ФЕНЕРБАХЧЕ Турция- 0:1 (0:1)• ПАНАТИНАИКОС Греция - РУСЕНБОРГ Норвегия - 1:0 (1:0)• ГЕТЕБОРГ Швеция - ФЕРЕНЦВАРОШ Венгрия - 3:0 (1:0)• ВИДЗЕВ Польша - БРОНДБЮ Дания - 2:1 (0:0)• БРЮГГЕ Бельгия - СТЯУА Румыния - 2:2 (1:1)• Ответные матчи состоятся 21 августа".
  5. ^ "Panathinaikos - Rosenborg (Mesterliga-kvalik 1996/97)". YouTube. January 2009.
  6. ^ a b "СТЯУА Румыния - БРЮГГЕ Бельгия - 3:0 (2:0)• СЛАВИЯ Чехия - ГРАССХОППЕР Швейцария - 0:1 (0:0)• РУСЕНБОРГ Норвегия - ПАНАТИНАИКОС Греция - 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)• ФЕРЕНЦВАРОШ Венгрия - ГЕТЕБОРГ Швеция - 1:1 (1:0)• ФЕНЕРБАХЧЕ Турция - МАККАБИ Т-А Израиль - 1:1 (1:О)• БРОНДБЮ Дания - ВИДЗЕВ Польша - 3:2 (2:0)".
  7. ^ "Rapid Wien - Dynamo Kiew 2:0 - CL Quali 1996/97 - Schluss & Interviews". YouTube. 14 May 2018.
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