1997 UEFA Cup Final

1997 UEFA Cup Final

Event	1996–97 UEFA Cup
Schalke 04 Internazionale 1 1
Schalke won 4–1 on penalties
First leg
Schalke 04 Internazionale 1 0
Date	7 May 1997
Venue	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Referee	Marc Batta (France)
Attendance	56,824
Second leg
Internazionale Schalke 04 1 0
Date	21 May 1997
Venue	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Referee	José García-Aranda (Spain)
Attendance	81,675

The 1997 UEFA Cup Final was a two-legged football match contested between Schalke 04 of Germany and Internazionale of Italy. The tie was a tight affair, with each leg being won 1–0 by the home-team. After 210 minutes of football, the tie was eventually settled on penalties, with Schalke winning 4–1 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. It was to be the last UEFA Cup final to be played over two legs, future finals being one-off games at a neutral ground.

Route to the final

Schalke 04				Round	Internazionale
UEFA Cup					UEFA Cup
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Roda	5–2	3–0 (H)	2–2 (A)	First round	Guingamp	4–1	3–0 (A)	1–1 (H)
Trabzonspor	4–3	1–0 (H)	3–3 (A)	Second round	Grazer	1–1 (p)	1–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Club Brugge	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	Third round	Boavista	7–1	5–1 (H)	2–0 (A)
Valencia	3–1	2–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Anderlecht	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Tenerife	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (aet) (H)	Semi-finals	Monaco	3–2	3–1 (H)	0–1 (A)

Match

Details

First leg

Schalke 04 v Internazionale

7 May 1997 20:45 CEST

Schalke 04	1–0	Internazionale
Wilmots  70'	Report

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 56,824 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Schalke 04

Internazionale

GK 1 Jens Lehmann SW 10 Olaf Thon (c) CB 25* Johan de Kock CB 2 Thomas Linke RWB 4 Yves Eigenrauch LWB 19 Michael Büskens  66' CM 20 Jiří Němec CM 6 Andreas Müller CM 3 Radoslav Látal AM 8 Ingo Anderbrügge CF 24 Marc Wilmots Substitutes: GK 22 Mathias Schober DF 5 Thomas Dooley DF 21 Marco Kurz MF 16 Oliver Held FW 11 Martin Max  66' Manager: Huub Stevens

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GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca SW 7 Salvatore Fresi  61' RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi (c) CB 19 Massimo Paganin CB 5 Fabio Galante  14' LB 3 Alessandro Pistone CM 4 Javier Zanetti CM 21 Ciriaco Sforza CM 14 Aron Winter CF 23 Maurizio Ganz CF 9 Iván Zamorano Substitutes: GK 12 Andrea Mazzantini MF 15 Sergio D'Autilia MF 16 Tiziano Polenghi MF 18 Nicola Berti  61' FW 27 Marco Branca Manager: Roy Hodgson

Assistant referees: Pierre Ufrasi (France) Jacques Poudevigne (France) Fourth official: Gilles Veissière (France)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. No squad numbers above 25.

Second leg

Internazionale v Schalke 04

21 May 1997 20:45 CEST

Internazionale	1–0	Schalke 04
Zamorano  84'	Report
	Penalties
Zamorano Djorkaeff Winter	1–4	Anderbrügge Thon Max Wilmots

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 81,675 Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain)

Internazionale

Schalke 04

GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi (c)  70' CB 19 Massimo Paganin CB 7 Salvatore Fresi  20', 89' LB 3 Alessandro Pistone RM 4 Javier Zanetti  119' CM 21 Ciriaco Sforza  80' CM 8 Paul Ince LM 6 Youri Djorkaeff  101' CF 9 Iván Zamorano  98' CF 23 Maurizio Ganz  2' Substitutes: GK 12 Andrea Mazzantini DF 20 Jocelyn Angloma  70' MF 14 Aron Winter  80' MF 15 Sergio D'Autilia MF 18 Nicola Berti  119' Manager: Roy Hodgson

GK 1 Jens Lehmann  58' SW 10 Olaf Thon (c)  66' CB 26 Johan de Kock CB 2 Thomas Linke RWB 4 Yves Eigenrauch  8' LWB 19 Michael Büskens CM 20 Jiří Němec CM 6 Andreas Müller  97' CM 3 Radoslav Látal  104'   111' AM 24 Marc Wilmots  70' CF 11 Martin Max Substitutes: GK 22 Mathias Schober DF 21 Marco Kurz MF 8 Ingo Anderbrügge  97' MF 16 Oliver Held  111' FW 14 David Wagner Manager: Huub Stevens

Assistant referees: Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain) Manuel López Fernández (Spain) Fourth official: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Cup

External links

• 1996–97 season at UEFA.com