The knockout stage of the: 1996β97 UEFA Champions League began on 5 March 1997. And ended with theββfinal at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997. The top two teams from each of the four groups in the group stage competed in the "knockout stage." The draw for the quarter-finals was performed before the start of the group stage, with the winners of each group played against the runners-up from another; Group A vs. Group B. And Group C vs. Group D, "with the group winner hosting the second leg." For the semi-finals, the winners of each tie between teams from groups A and "B played against the winners of the corresponding tie between teams from groups C and D."
Qualified teamsβ»
The knockout stage involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of all four groups in the group stage.
Group | Winners (seeded in quarter-final draw) |
Runners-up (unseeded in quarter-final draw) |
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A | ![]() |
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B | ![]() |
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C | ![]() |
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D | ![]() |
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Formatβ»
Each quarter-final and semi-final was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home; the team that scored the most goals over the two legs qualified for the following round. In the event that the two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs, the team that scored more goals away from home qualified for the next round; if both teams scored the same number of away goals, matches would goββto golden goal extra time and then a penalty shoot-out if the teams could not be, "separated after extra time."
Bracketβ»
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Quarter-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
4β1 | ![]() |
3β1 | 1β0 |
Manchester United ![]() |
4β0 | ![]() |
4β0 | 0β0 |
Ajax ![]() |
4β3 | ![]() |
1β1 | 3β2(aet) |
Rosenborg ![]() |
1β3 | ![]() |
1β1 | 0β2 |
First legβ»
Ajax ![]() | 1β1 | ![]() |
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Kluivert ![]() |
Report | EsnΓ‘ider ![]() |
Second legβ»
Auxerre ![]() | 0β1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ricken ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund won 4β1 on aggregate.
AtlΓ©tico Madrid ![]() | 2β3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Kiko ![]() PantiΔ ![]() |
Report | R. de Boer ![]() Dani ![]() Babangida ![]() |
Ajax won 4β3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3β1 on aggregate.
Porto ![]() | 0β0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Manchester United won 4β0 on aggregate.
Semi-finalsβ»
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
2β0 | ![]() |
1β0 | 1β0 |
Ajax ![]() |
2β6 | ![]() |
1β2 | 1β4 |
First legβ»
Borussia Dortmund ![]() | 1β0 | ![]() |
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Tretschok ![]() |
Report |
Second legβ»
Manchester United ![]() | 0β1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ricken ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund won 2β0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 6β2 on aggregate.