1997 UEFA Champions League Final

1997 UEFA Champions League Final

Event	1996–97 UEFA Champions League
Borussia Dortmund Juventus 3 1
Date	28 May 1997
Venue	Olympiastadion, Munich
Referee	Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Attendance	59,000
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The 1997 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match won 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund of Germany against Juventus from Italy.

Venue, date and colours

The event took place at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997.

Borussia Dortmund wore their traditional yellow and black shirts. Juventus donned their blue away kit.

Match summary

Karl-Heinz Riedle put Dortmund ahead finishing from Paul Lambert's cross. Riedle then made it two with a header from a corner kick.

In the second half, Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero, who had come on as a substitute, scored via a back-heel from a cross by Alen Bokšić to make the score 2–1.

20-year-old substitute and Dortmund local boy Lars Ricken latched on to a through-pass by Andreas Möller only 16 seconds after coming onto the pitch. Ricken chipped Angelo Peruzzi in the Juve goal from over 20 yards with his first touch of the ball, to make it 3-1 for Dortmund. Ricken's goal was the fastest ever by a substitute in said event.

With Zinedine Zidane unable to make an impression for Juve against the close marking of Lambert,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} the 3–1 victory gave Dortmund their only Champions League title to date.

Match details

28 May 1997 20:30 CET	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Juventus	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	Riedle  29', 34' Ricken  71'	Report	Del Piero  64'

Borussia Dortmund

Juventus

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 Stephane Chapuisat 70' Substitutes: GK 12 Wolfgang de Beer MF 18 Lars Ricken 71' 70' MF 8 Michael Zorc 89' MF 23 René Tretschok FW 11 Heiko Herrlich 67' Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

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 9 Alen Bokšić 88' CF 15 Christian Vieri 73' Substitutes: GK 12 Michaelangelo Rampulla DF 22 Gianluca Pessotto MF 20 Alessio Tacchinardi 88' FW 10 Alessandro Del Piero 46' FW 16 Nicola Amoruso 73' Manager: Marcello Lippi

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League

References

External links

• Official Champions League Final

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