1996–97 Borussia Dortmund season
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| 1996–97 season | ||||
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| 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) | |||
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During the 1996–97 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the German Bundesliga.
Season summary
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
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Bundesliga
Dortmund came in 3rd in the Bundesliga.
League table
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ 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 Hamburg, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition.
DFB-Pokal
| 11 August 1996 Round 1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Borussia Dortmund | Wattenscheid |
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
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
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| Wolters 66' |
Report | Marschall 55' |
| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
         Borussia Dortmund
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   1. FC Kaiserslautern
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UEFA Champions League
Dortmund won the UEFA Champions League.
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Atlético Madrid
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | |
| 3 |  Widzew Łódź
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Steaua București
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Borussia Dortmund
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2–1 | Widzew Łódź
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| Steaua București
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0–3 | Borussia Dortmund
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| Atlético Madrid
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0–1 | Borussia Dortmund
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| Borussia Dortmund
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1–2 | Atlético Madrid
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| Widzew Łódź
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2–2 | Borussia Dortmund
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| Borussia Dortmund
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5–3 | Steaua București
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Borussia Dortmund
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4–1 |  Auxerre
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3–1 | 1–0 |
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Borussia Dortmund
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2–0 |  Manchester United
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1–0 | 1–0 |
Final
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 |  Juventus |
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Kits
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
- ^ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 1996/97".
- ^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.