1996–97 Borussia Dortmund season

1996–97 season of Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund 1996–97 football season

Borussia Dortmund1996–97 season

Manager| Ottmar Hitzfeld
Bundesliga| 3rd
DFB-Pokal| First round
DFB-Supercup| Winners
UEFA Champions League| Winners
Top goalscorer| League:
Stéphane Chapuisat (13 goals)
All:
Stéphane Chapuisat (16 goals)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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During the 1996–97 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the German Bundesliga.

## Season summary[edit]

Dortmund failed to win a third straight Bundesliga title and finished the season in third, eight points off champions Bayern Munich, but made up for the league disappointment by winning the Champions League for the first time in their history, defeating a Juventus side featuring the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps and Christian Vieri at the Olympiastadion in Munich.

## Squad[edit]

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  GER | Stefan Klos
2  | DF |  GER | Knut Reinhardt
3  | DF |  GER | René Schneider
4  | MF |  GER | Steffen Freund
5  | DF |  BRA | Júlio César
6  | DF |  GER | Matthias Sammer
7  | DF |  GER | Stefan Reuter
8  | MF |  GER | Michael Zorc
9  | FW |  SUI | Stéphane Chapuisat
10  | MF |  GER | Andreas Möller
11  | FW |  GER | Heiko Herrlich
12  | GK |  GER | Wolfgang de Beer
13  | FW |  GER | Karl-Heinz Riedle
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14  | MF |  SCO | Paul Lambert
15  | DF |  GER | Jürgen Kohler
16  | DF |  GER | Martin Kree
17  | MF |  GER | Jörg Heinrich
18  | MF |  GER | Lars Ricken
19  | MF |  POR | Paulo Sousa
21  | FW |  GER | Christian Timm
23  | MF |  GER | René Tretschok
26  | MF |  GER | Frank Riethmann
27  | DF |  AUT | Wolfgang Feiersinger
28  | FW |  GHA | Ibrahim Tanko
29  | MF |  RUS | Vladimir But
30  | FW |  USA | Jovan Kirovski

### Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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20  | DF |  GER | Günter Kutowski (to Rot-Weiss Essen)
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21  | MF |  GER | Carsten Wolters (to Duisburg)

## Competitions[edit]

### Bundesliga[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 Bundesliga

Dortmund came in 3rd in the Bundesliga.

#### League table[edit]

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Bayern Munich (C) | 34  | 20  | 11  | 3  | 68  | 34  | +34  | 71  | Qualification to Champions League group stage[a]
2  | Bayer Leverkusen | 34  | 21  | 6  | 7  | 69  | 41  | +28  | 69  | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3  | Borussia Dortmund | 34  | 19  | 6  | 9  | 63  | 41  | +22  | 63  | Qualification to Champions League group stage[a]
4  | VfB Stuttgart | 34  | 18  | 7  | 9  | 78  | 40  | +38  | 61  | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5  | VfL Bochum | 34  | 14  | 11  | 9  | 54  | 51  | +3  | 53  | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ a b Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 won their respective European competitions in this season, so they qualified as title holders. As a consequence, the original UEFA Cup places of Dortmund and Stuttgart, who qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as domestic cup winners, were awarded to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich; the Intertoto Cup berths of Karlsruhe and 1860 were handed to Köln and, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition, Hamburg.

### DFB-Pokal[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 DFB-Pokal

SG Wattenscheid 09 v Borussia Dortmund 11 August 1996 Round 1|  SG Wattenscheid 09 | 4–3 (a.e.t.)|  Borussia Dortmund | Wattenscheid

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| Ristau 42'
Dikhtyar 50'
Skok 69'
Bläker 115' | Report | Zorc 14'
Herrlich 75'
Reuter 88' | Stadium: Lohrheidestadion
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

### DFB-Supercup[edit]

Main article: 1996 DFB-Supercup

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)

18:30 CEST

Borussia Dortmund| 1–1 (a.e.t.)| 1\. FC Kaiserslautern

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Wolters 66' | Report | Marschall 55'
Penalties

* Reuter
* Möller
* Chapuisat
* But
* Zorc
* Weiland

| 4–3 |

* Wagner
* Kuka
* Schäfer
* Ratinho
* Lutz
* Roos

Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach-Bilfingen)

Borussia Dortmund

1\. FC Kaiserslautern

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GK | 1 |  Stefan Klos
SW | 6 |  Matthias Sammer |  |  91'
CB | 15 |  Jürgen Kohler |  |  60'
CB | 17 |  Jörg Heinrich
DM | 21 |  Carsten Wolters
RM | 7 |  Stefan Reuter
CM | 8 |  Michael Zorc (c)
CM | 10 |  Andreas Möller
LM | 24 |  Dennis Weiland
CF | 9 |  Stéphane Chapuisat
CF | 18 |  Lars Ricken |  |  71'
Substitutes:
DF | 20 |  Günter Kutowski |  |  60'
MF | 29 |  Vladimir But |  |  71'
MF | 27 |  Dennis Vogt |  |  91'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
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GK | 1 |  Andreas Reinke
SW | 6 |  Andreas Brehme |  |  99'
CB | 24 |  Harry Koch
CB | 20 |  Roger Lutz
RWB | 2 |  Frank Greiner
LWB | 8 |  Martin Wagner
CM | 4 |  Axel Roos
CM | 19 |  Oliver Schäfer
CM | 7 |  Uwe Wegmann |  |  91'
CF | 11 |  Olaf Marschall (c) |  |  91'
CF | 9 |  Pavel Kuka
Substitutes:
MF | 17 |  Ratinho |  |  91'
FW | 18 |  Jürgen Rische |  |  91'
MF | 12 |  Andreas Broß |  |  99'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

### UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Dortmund won the UEFA Champions League.

### Group stage[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Atlético Madrid | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 12  | 4  | +8  | 13  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Borussia Dortmund | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 14  | 8  | +6  | 13
3  |  Widzew Łódź | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 6  | 10  | −4  | 4  |
4  |  Steaua București | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 15  | −10  | 4

Source: UEFA

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Borussia Dortmund | 2–1  |  Widzew Łódź
Steaua București | 0–3  |  Borussia Dortmund
Atlético Madrid | 0–1  |  Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund | 1–2  |  Atlético Madrid
Widzew Łódź | 2–2  |  Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund | 5–3  |  Steaua București

### Knockout stage[edit]

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

#### Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Borussia Dortmund | 4–1  |  Auxerre | 3–1  | 1–0

#### Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Borussia Dortmund | 2–0  |  Manchester United | 1–0  | 1–0

#### Final[edit]

Main article: 1997 UEFA Champions League Final

28 May 1997

20:30 CEST

Borussia Dortmund | 3–1|  Juventus

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Riedle 29', 34'
Ricken 71' | Report | Del Piero 65'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 59,000[2]

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Borussia Dortmund

Juventus

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GK | 1 |  Stefan Klos
SW | 6 |  Matthias Sammer (c)
CB | 15 |  Jürgen Kohler
CB | 16 |  Martin Kree
RWB | 7 |  Stefan Reuter
LWB | 17 |  Jörg Heinrich
CM | 14 |  Paul Lambert
CM | 19 |  Paulo Sousa |  23'
AM | 10 |  Andreas Möller |  |  89'
CF | 13 |  Karl-Heinz Riedle |  |  67'
CF | 9 |  Stéphane Chapuisat |  |  70'
Substitutes:
GK | 12 |  Wolfgang de Beer
MF | 8 |  Michael Zorc |  |  89'
MF | 18 |  Lars Ricken |  71' |  70'
MF | 23 |  René Tretschok
FW | 11 |  Heiko Herrlich |  |  67'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
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GK | 1 |  Angelo Peruzzi (c)
RB | 5 |  Sergio Porrini |  19' |  46'
CB | 2 |  Ciro Ferrara
CB | 4 |  Paolo Montero
LB | 13 |  Mark Iuliano |  90'
DM | 14 |  Didier Deschamps
RM | 7 |  Angelo Di Livio
LM | 18 |  Vladimir Jugović
AM | 21 |  Zinedine Zidane
CF | 15 |  Christian Vieri |  |  71'
CF | 9 |  Alen Bokšić |  |  87'
Substitutes:
GK | 12 |  Michelangelo Rampulla
DF | 22 |  Gianluca Pessotto
MF | 20 |  Alessio Tacchinardi |  |  87'
FW | 10 |  Alessandro Del Piero |  |  46'
FW | 16 |  Nicola Amoruso |  |  71'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi

Assistant referees:
László Hamar (Hungary)
Imre Bozóky (Hungary)
Fourth official:
Attila Juhos (Hungary)

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.

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## Kits[edit]

Home

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Home CL

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Away

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Away CL

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CL Final

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 1996/97".
2. ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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*[Agg.]: Aggregate score