# 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.
All times are CET/CEST.

## Teams

First round :
| Paris Saint-Germain$^{TH}$ | Fiorentina | Nîmes Olympique | Barcelona |
| Kaiserslautern | PSV Eindhoven | Benfica | Liverpool |
| Cercle Brugge | AEK Athens | Lokomotiv Moscow | Galatasaray |
| AGF | Sturm Graz | AIK | |
| Qualifying round ||||
| Sion | Sparta Prague | Heart of Midlothian | Brann |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Kispest-Honvéd | Gloria Bistrița | Ruch Chorzów |
| Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion | AEK Larnaca | Varteks | Universitāte Rīga |
| Chemlon Humenné | Olimpija Ljubljana | Dinamo Batumi | KR |
| MyPa | Levski Sofia | MPKC Mozyr | Glentoran |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | Constructorul Chișinău | Shelbourne | Valletta |
| Kareda Šiauliai | Flamurtari Vlorë | Union Luxembourg | HB Tórshavn |
| FC Vaduz | TNS Llansantffraid | Kotayk Abovyan | Tallinna Sadam |
| Red Star Belgrade | Qarabağ | | |
$^{TH}$ Title Holders

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| MPKC Mozyr | 2–3 | KR | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Shelbourne | 2–5 | Brann | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| TNS Llansantffraid | 1–6 | Ruch Chorzów | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Kispest-Honvéd | 2–0 | Sloga Jugomagnat | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Varteks | 5–1 | Union Luxembourg | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Universitāte Rīga | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Vaduz | 1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
| Glentoran | 1–10 | Sparta Prague | 1–2 | 0–8 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 9–0 | HB Tórshavn | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Tallinna Sadam | 2–2 (a) | Nyva Vinnytsia | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Chemlon Humenné | 3–0 | Flamurtari Vlorë | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Sion | 4–2 | Kareda Šiauliai | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 0–1 (aet) |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 (a) | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Qarabağ | 1–2 | MyPa | 0–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
| Kotayk Abovyan | 1–5 | AEK Larnaca | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Constructorul Chișinău | 3–3 (a) | Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Valletta | 2–4 | Gloria Bistrița | 1–2 | 1–2 |

### Second leg

KR won 3–2 on aggregate.
Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów won 6–1 on aggregate.
Kispest-Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.
Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.
Sparta Prague won 10–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Nyva Vinnytsia won on away goals.
Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won 4–2 on penalties.
1–1 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.
AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Constructorul Chişinău won on away goals.
Gloria Bistrița won 4–2 on aggregate.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Nîmes Olympique | 5–2 | Kispest-Honvéd | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 3–3 (a) | Sparta Prague | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Barcelona | 2–0 | AEK Larnaca | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Constructorul Chişinău | 0–5 | Galatasaray | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Kaiserslautern | 1–4 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–0 | 0–4 (aet) |
| MyPa | 1–4 | Liverpool | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Sion | 6–0 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| AGF | 1–1 (a) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Cercle Brugge | 3–6 | Brann | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| KR | 1–2 | AIK | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Benfica | 5–1 | Ruch Chorzów | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| AEK Athens | 3–1 | Chemlon Humenné | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1–2 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1–4 | PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Vaduz | 0–7 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–4 | 0–3 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–2 (a) | Varteks | 1–0 | 1–2 |

### Second leg

Nîmes Olympique won 5–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.
Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 5–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won on away goals.
Brann won 6–3 on aggregate.
AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow won on away goals.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sion | 4–8 | Liverpool | 1–2 | 3–6 |
| Nîmes Olympique | 2–3 | AIK | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Fiorentina | 3–2 | Sparta Prague | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–6 | AEK Athens | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Brann | 4–3 | PSV Eindhoven | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Barcelona | 4–2 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Benfica | 4–2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Galatasaray | 4–6 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4–2 | 0–4 |

### Second leg

Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.
AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.
Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Benfica | 1–2 | Fiorentina | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 3–0 | AEK Athens | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Brann | 1–4 | Liverpool | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Barcelona | 4–2 | AIK | 3–1 | 1–1 |

### Second leg

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Barcelona | 3–1 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 3–2 | Liverpool | 3–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg

After Barcelona's second goal, Iván de la Peña of Barcelona was hit by an object thrown from the stands and required medical assistance. As a result, Fiorentina received a two-match European competition stadium ban, enforced at the start of their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign.
Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Robbie Fowler | Liverpool | 7 |
| 2 | Mons Ivar Mjelde | Brann | 6 |
| 3 | Ronaldo | Barcelona | 5 |
| 3 | Horst Siegl | Sparta Prague | 5 |
| 5 | Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | 4 |
| 5 | Christophe Bonvin | Sion | 4 |
| 5 | Patrice Loko | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 |
| 5 | Pascal Simpson | AIK | 4 |
| 5 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 4 |
| 10 | John Barnes | Liverpool | 3 |
| 10 | Daniel Batista | AEK Athens | 3 |
| 10 | Frédéric Chassot | Sion | 3 |
| 10 | Julio Dely Valdés | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 |
| 10 | Claus Eftevaag | Brann | 3 |
| 10 | Giovanni | Barcelona | 3 |
| 10 | João Pinto | Benfica | 3 |
| 10 | Leonardo | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 |
| 10 | Vratislav Lokvenc | Sparta Prague | 3 |
| 10 | Temur Tugushi | Dinamo Batumi | 3 |
| 10 | David Ujmajuridze | Dinamo Batumi | 3 |
| 10 | Philippe Vercruysse | Sion | 3 |