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
BarcelonaRound Paris Saint-GermainOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legStagesOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg AEK Larnaca2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)First round Vaduz7–04–0 (A)3–0 (H) Red Star Belgrade4–23–1 (H)1–1 (A)Second round Galatasaray6–42–4 (A)4–0 (H) AIK4–23–1 (H)1–1 (A)Quarter-finals AEK Athens3–00–0 (H)3–0 (A) Fiorentina3–11–1 (H)2–0 (A)Semi-finals Liverpool3–23–0 (H)0–2 (A)
Match
Details
GK 1 Vítor BaíaRB 2 Albert FerrerCB 3 AbelardoCB 26 Fernando Couto LB 12 Sergi BarjuánCM 5 Gheorghe Popescu (c) CM 4 Pep GuardiolaRW 7 Luís FigoAM 23 Iván de la Peña LW 21 Luis Enrique CF 9 RonaldoSubstitutes:GK 13 Carles BusquetsFW 8 Hristo Stoichkov MF 10 GiovanniMF 18 Guillermo Amor FW 19 Juan Antonio Pizzi Manager: Bobby Robson GK 1 Bernard LamaRB 13 Laurent Fournier CB 4 Bruno NgottyCB 6 Paul Le Guen LB 22 Didier DomiCM 19 Jérôme LeroyCM 8 Vincent Guérin CM 15 Benoît Cauet AM 10 Raí (c)CF 11 Patrice Loko CF 7 LeonardoSubstitutes:GK 16 Vincent FernandezDF 2 Daniel KenedyFW 9 Julio Dely Valdés DF 17 Jimmy Algerino FW 26 Cyrille Pouget 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 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997 UEFA Champions League Final 1997 UEFA Cup Final 1997 UEFA Super Cup FC Barcelona in international football competitions Paris Saint-Germain FC in international football
References
External links UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation