1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final

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.

1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain
1 0
Date14 May 1997
VenueFeijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
RefereeMarkus Merk (Germany)
Attendance36,802[1]

Route to the final
Further information: 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Barcelona Round 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 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
Ronaldo scoring the only goal of the game

Details
Barcelona 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain
Ronaldo  38' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 36,802[1]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
GK1 Vítor Baía
RB2 Albert Ferrer
CB24 Fernando Couto 16'
CB3 Abelardo Fernández
LB12 Sergi Barjuán
CM4 Pep Guardiola
CM5 Gheorghe Popescu (c) 46'
RW7 Luís Figo
AM23 Iván de la Peña 83' 85'
LW21 Luis Enrique 89'
CF9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
GK13 Carles Busquets
LW8 Hristo Stoichkov 85'
MF10 Giovanni
CM18 Guillermo Amor 46'
FW19 Juan Antonio Pizzi 89'
Manager:
Bobby Robson
GK1 Bernard Lama
SW6 Paul Le Guen 51'
RB13 Laurent Fournier 1' 58'
CB4 Bruno N'Gotty
LB22 Didier Domi
RM19 Jérôme Leroy
CM8 Vincent Guérin 68'
LM15 Benoît Cauet 82'
AM10 Raí (c)
CF11 Patrice Loko 78'
SS7 Leonardo
Substitutes:
GK16 Vincent Fernandez
DF2 Daniel Kenedy
FW9 Julio Dely Valdés 68'
RB17 Jimmy Algerino 58'
CF26 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. "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.
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