1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League began on 11 September 1996 and ended on 4 December 1996. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while eight more qualified via a preliminary round. The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw. At the end of the group stage, the two teams in each group with the most points advanced to the quarter-finals.


Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auxerre 6 4 0 2 8 7 +1 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Ajax 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12
3 Grasshopper 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9
4 Rangers 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3
Source:
Auxerre 0–1 Ajax
Report Litmanen  4'
Attendance: 18,512
Grasshopper 3–0 Rangers
Yakin  18'
Türkyilmaz  28', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 20,030
Rangers 1–2 Auxerre
Gascoigne  71' Report Deniaud  55', 69'
Attendance: 37,344
Ajax 0–1 Grasshopper
Report Yakin  60'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 43,134
Auxerre 1–0 Grasshopper
Deniaud  43' Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Ajax 4–1 Rangers
Dani  25', 41'
Babangida  83'
Wooter  90'		 Report Durrant  88'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,467
Rangers 0–1 Ajax
Report Scholten  39'
Attendance: 42,265
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Grasshopper 3–1 Auxerre
Moldovan  17', 29'
Gren  59'		 Report Gren  48' (o.g.)
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Rangers 2–1 Grasshopper
McCoist  67', 73' Report Berger  77'
Attendance: 34,192
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
Ajax 1–2 Auxerre
Babangida  44' Report Diomède  11'
Marlet  56'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,700
Auxerre 2–1 Rangers
Laslandes  20'
Marlet  32'		 Report Gough  36'
Attendance: 21,300
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Grasshopper 0–1 Ajax
Report Kluivert  32'
Attendance: 19,200

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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:
Atlético Madrid 4–0 Steaua București
Esnáider  33', 45'
Simeone  64', 84'		 Report
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Widzew Łódź
Herrlich  45', 68' Report Citko  84'
Attendance: 39,600
Widzew Łódź 1–4 Atlético Madrid
Citko  45' Report Pantić  25'
Simeone  32', 58'
Kiko  60'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Steaua București 0–3 Borussia Dortmund
Report Ricken  6'
Heinrich  37'
Chapuisat  77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
Atlético Madrid 0–1 Borussia Dortmund
Report Reuter  51'
Attendance: 50,000
Steaua București 1–0 Widzew Łódź
Bogusz  51' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
Widzew Łódź 2–0 Steaua București
Majak  40'
Czerwiec  48'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Borussia Dortmund 1–2 Atlético Madrid
Herrlich  17' Report Fresnedoso  37'
Pantić  42'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
Widzew Łódź 2–2 Borussia Dortmund
Dembiński  15', 20' Report Lambert  14'
Kohler  65'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Steaua București 1–1 Atlético Madrid
Ilie  46' Report Pantić  24'
Attendance: 18,000
Atlético Madrid 1–0 Widzew Łódź
Pantić  83' Report
Attendance: 23,000
Borussia Dortmund 5–3 Steaua București
Chapuisat  13', 22'
Tretschok  43'
Riedle  63'
Zorc  65'		 Report Ilie  17'
Baciu  52'
Călin  79'
Attendance: 37,000

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Juventus 6 5 1 0 11 1 +10 16 Advance to knockout stage
2 Manchester United 6 3 0 3 6 3 +3 9
3 Fenerbahçe 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7
4 Rapid Wien 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2
Source:
Rapid Wien 1–1 Fenerbahçe
Stumpf  71' Report Bolić  30'
Attendance: 41,500
Juventus 1–0 Manchester United
Bokšić  34' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Fenerbahçe 0–1 Juventus
Report Bokšić  22'
Attendance: 28,000
Manchester United 2–0 Rapid Wien
Solskjær  20'
Beckham  27'		 Report
Attendance: 51,831
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Rapid Wien 1–1 Juventus
Lesiak  20' Report Vieri  9'
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Fenerbahçe 0–2 Manchester United
Report Beckham  55'
Cantona  60'
Attendance: 26,000
Juventus 5–0 Rapid Wien
Bokšić  5', 61'
Montero  28'
Del Piero  29', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 26,143
Manchester United 0–1 Fenerbahçe
Report Bolić  78'
Attendance: 53,297
Manchester United 0–1 Juventus
Report Del Piero  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 53,529
Referee: José María García Aranda (Spain)
Fenerbahçe 1–0 Rapid Wien
Høgh  76' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Juventus 2–0 Fenerbahçe
Padovano  42'
Amoruso  85'		 Report
Attendance: 12,900
Rapid Wien 0–2 Manchester United
Report Giggs  24'
Cantona  72'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Manchester United's defeat to Fenerbahce at Old Trafford was their first home defeat in European football.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Porto 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage
2 Rosenborg 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 9
3 Milan 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7
4 IFK Göteborg 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3
Source:
IFK Göteborg 2–3 Rosenborg
Erlingmark  38', 49' Report Jakobsen  32'
Iversen  52'
Brattbakk  64'
Attendance: 23,682
Milan 2–3 Porto
Simone  14'
Weah  69'		 Report Artur  52'
Jardel  75', 83'
Attendance: 24,024
Porto 2–1 IFK Göteborg
Artur  27', 51' Report Jorge Costa  71' (o.g.)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Rosenborg 1–4 Milan
Soltvedt  15' Report Simone  6', 21', 24'
Weah  55'
Attendance: 20,849
IFK Göteborg 2–1 Milan
Wahlstedt  75'
Alexandersson  84'		 Report Weah  52'
Attendance: 42,450
Rosenborg 0–1 Porto
Report Jardel  90'
Attendance: 20,412
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Porto 3–0 Rosenborg
Zahovič  32'
Drulović  41'
Artur  60'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Milan 4–2 IFK Göteborg
Boban  4'
Albertini  14' (pen.)
Locatelli  44'
Baggio  90+2'		 Report Blomqvist  27'
A. Andersson  32'
Attendance: 29,803
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Porto 1–1 Milan
Edmilson  71' Report Davids  56'
Attendance: 50,000
Rosenborg 1–0 IFK Göteborg
Skammelsrud  66' Report
Attendance: 19,849
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
IFK Göteborg 0–2 Porto
Report Jardel  64'
Edmilson  89'
Attendance: 19,448
Milan 1–2 Rosenborg
Dugarry  45' Report Brattbakk  29'
Heggem  70'
Attendance: 28,965
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
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