1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final

1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Date14 May 1997
VenueDe Kuip, Rotterdam
RefereeMarkus Merk (Germany)
Attendance36,802[1]

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 De Kuip 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

Barcelona Round Paris Saint-Germain
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Stages Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Larnaca 2–0 2–0 (H) 0–0 (A) First round Vaduz 7–0 4–0 (A) 3–0 (H)
Red Star Belgrade 4–2 3–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Second round Galatasaray 6–4 2–4 (A) 4–0 (H)
AIK 4–2 3–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals AEK Athens 3–0 0–0 (H) 3–0 (A)
Fiorentina 3–1 1–1 (H) 2–0 (A) Semi-finals Liverpool 3–2 3–0 (H) 0–2 (A)

Match

Details

Barcelona 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain
Ronaldo 37' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 36,802[1]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
GK 1 Vítor Baía
RB 2 Albert Ferrer
CB 3 Abelardo
CB 26 Fernando Couto  16'
LB 12 Sergi Barjuán
CM 5 Gheorghe Popescu (c)  46'
CM 4 Pep Guardiola
RW 7 Luís Figo
AM 23 Iván de la Peña  83'  85'
LW 21 Luis Enrique  89'
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
GK 13 Carles Busquets
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov  85'
FW 10 Giovanni
MF 18 Guillermo Amor  46'
FW 19 Juan Antonio Pizzi  89'
Manager:
Bobby Robson
GK 1 Bernard Lama
RB 13 Laurent Fournier  1'  58'
CB 4 Bruno Ngotty
CB 6 Paul Le Guen  51'
LB 22 Didier Domi
CM 19 Jérôme Leroy
CM 8 Vincent Guérin  68'
CM 15 Benoît Cauet  82'
AM 10 Raí (c)
CF 11 Patrice Loko  78'
CF 7 Leonardo
Substitutes:
GK 16 Vincent Fernandez
DF 2 Daniel Kenedy
FW 9 Julio Dely Valdés  68'
DF 17 Jimmy Algerino  58'
FW 26 Cyrille Pouget  78'
Manager:
Ricardo Gomes

Assistant referees:
Erich Schneider (Germany)
Hans-Georg Füllbrunn (Germany)
Fourth official:
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. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2014.