1996–97 UEFA Cup
The 1996–97 UEFA Cup was won by Schalke 04 in penalties over Internazionale.
This was the last year in which the UEFA Cup Final was played in a two-legged, home-and-away format. Starting with the 1998 Final, the UEFA Cup was decided by a single-game final.
Format
According to 1995 UEFA ranking, Bulgaria ceded a slot to Norway.The access list was finally increased to 117 clubs:
- all the 47 federations obtained a UEFA place,
- all the 32 national champions excluded from the Champions League group stage entered in the UEFA Cup,
- a third winner of the UEFA Intertoto Cup was added,
- 3 clubs of the UEFA Fair Play ranking were confirmed.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:- TH: Title holders
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- IC: Intertoto Cup
- FP: Fair play
- CLQ: Relegated from the Champions League
Preliminary round
First leg
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Second leg
Dinamo Tbilisi won 6–2 on aggregate.----
Dinamo-93 Minsk won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Croatia Zagreb won 10–2 on aggregate.
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Sliema Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate.
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FC Jazz won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Vardar won 1–3 on aggregate.
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Anorthosis Famagusta won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Vojvodina won 1–5 on aggregate.
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HJK Helsinki won 5–6 on aggregate.
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Lantana Tallinn won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Bohemian 1–1 Dinamo Minsk on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals rule.
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Beitar Jerusalem won 8–2 on aggregate.
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Legia Warsaw won 2–7 on aggregate.
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Slavia Sofia won 5–4 on aggregate.
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ÍA won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Lokomotiv Sofia won 2–7 on aggregate.
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Skonto won 1–7 on aggregate.
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Hajduk Split won 1–6 on aggregate.
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APOEL won 3–9 on aggregate.
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Barry Town won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Zalgiris Vilnius won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Košice won 2–6 on aggregate.
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Haka won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Mura won 0–2 on aggregate.
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Hutnik Kraków won 11–2 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Slovan Bratislava won 3–5 on aggregate.
Qualifying round
First leg
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Second leg
Dynamo Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.----
Rapid București won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–6 on aggregate.
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Halmstads BK won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Grazer AK won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Legia Warsaw won 4–1 on aggregate.
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APOEL won 1–3 on aggregate.
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Helsingborgs IF won 4–1 on aggregate.
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CSKA Moscow won 1–6 on aggregate.
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Odense BK won 1–9 on aggregate.
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Aberdeen won 5-4 on aggregate.
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BVSC Budapest 4–4 Barry Town on aggregate. Barry Town won 2–4 on penalties.
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Hutnik Kraków won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Trabzonspor won 3–5 on aggregate.
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National București won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Aarau won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Croatia Zagreb 3–3 Spartak Moscow on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won on away goals rule.
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Tirol Innsbruck won 2–5 on aggregate.
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Torpedo Moscow won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Bodø/Glimt won 2–7 on aggregate.
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Lyngby BK won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 1-0 on aggregate.
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Chornomorets Odessa won 2–4 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Malmö FF won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Beşiktaş won 2–3 on aggregate.
First round
First leg
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Second leg
Feyenoord won 1–2 on aggregate.----
Ferencvárosi TC won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Slavia Prague won 2–5 on aggregate.
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Beşiktaş won 0–3 on aggregate.
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Hamburger SV won 4–0 on aggregate.
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National București won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Metz won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Brøndby IF won 7–0 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Odense BK 4–4 Boavista on aggregate. Boavista won on away goals rule.
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Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Roma won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Schalke 04 won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Aberdeen won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Sporting CP won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Trabzonspor won 2–5 on aggregate.
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Espanyol won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa 1–1 Helsingborgs IF on aggregate. Helsingborgs IF won on away goals rule.
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Germinal Ekeren 3–3 Grazer AK on aggregate. Grazer AK won on away goals rule.
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Newcastle United won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 2–5 on aggregate.
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Vitória de Guimarães won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Tenerife won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–4 on aggregate.
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AS Monaco won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Panathinaikos 4–4 Legia Warsaw on aggregate. Legia Warsaw won on away goals rule.
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Karlsruhe won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
Boavista won 5–1 on aggregate.----
Newcastle United won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Vitória Guimarães 1–1 Anderlecht on aggregate. Anderlecht won on away goals rule.
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Metz won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Brøndby IF won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Valencia won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Tenerife won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Grazer AK 1–1 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–3 on penalties.
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Helsingborgs IF won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Monaco won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Karlsruhe won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Hamburger SV won 5–2 on aggregate.
Third round
First leg
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Second leg
Brøndby IF won 6–3 on aggregate.----
Schalke 04 won 3–2 on aggregate.
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AS Monaco won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Newcastle United won 1–3 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Tenerife won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
C.D. Tenerife won 2–1 on aggregate.----
AS Monaco won 0–4 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
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Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.----
Schalke 04 won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup are as follows:| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 |  Maurizio Ganz | Internazionale | 8 |
| 2 |  Victor Ikpeba |  Monaco | 7 |
| 3 |  Peter Møller | Brøndby IF | 6 |
| 3 |  Andreas Sotiriou | APOEL | 6 |
| 3 |  Marc Wilmots |  Schalke 04 | 6 |
| 6 |  Faustino Asprilla |  Newcastle United | 5 |
| 6 |  Herfried Sabitzer | Grazer AK | 5 |
| 6 |  Josip Skoko |  Hajduk Split | 5 |
| 9 | Alexandros Alexandrou | APOEL | 4 |
| 9 |  Shota Arveladze |  Trabzonspor | 4 |
| 9 |  Runar Berg | Bodø/Glimt | 4 |
| 9 | Igor Cvitanović | Croatia Zagreb | 4 |
| 9 |  Billy Dodds | Aberdeen | 4 |
| 9 | Les Ferdinand | Newcastle United | 4 |
| 9 |  Juanele | Tenerife | 4 |
| 9 |  Marcin Mięciel | Legia Warsaw | 4 |
| 9 | Oktay Derelioğlu | Beşiktaş | 4 |
| 9 | Michael Schjønberg | Odense BK | 4 |
| 9 |  Sonny Anderson | Monaco | 4 |