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The 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football

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match contested between FC Barcelona

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of Spain

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and the cup holders, Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain FC

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of France

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. It was the final match of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1996–97 and the 37th Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

Final. The final was held at Feyenoord Stadion in Rotterdam

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on 14 May 1997. Barcelona won the match 1–0 thanks to a Ronaldo

Ronaldo

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penalty. The final saw the last instance of the Cup Winners' Cup "jinx" - that no club had successfully retained the cup in successive seasons- with PSG failing to defend the trophy that they won in 1996

1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final

The 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Paris Saint-Germain of France and Rapid Wien of Astria. It was the final match of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995–96 and the 36th Cup Winners' Cup Final. The final was held at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on 8 May 1996...

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style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	FC BARCELONA:
GK	1	Vítor Baía Vítor Baía Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH , is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.His career was intimately connected with F.C...
DF	2	Albert Ferrer
DF	3	Abelardo Fernández
DF	26	Fernando Couto Fernando Couto Fernando Manuel Silva Couto, OIH is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top teams in Portugal, Spain and Italy , appearing in nearly 600 official games and winning the national league title of each country,...
DF	12	Sergi Barjuán
MF	4	Josep Guardiola Josep Guardiola Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala , is a Spanish football manager and former player. Guardiola played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona, whom he currently manages. He was part of Johan Cruyff's dream team that won Barcelona's first European Cup....
MF	5	Gheorghe Popescu Gheorghe Popescu Gheorghe Gică Popescu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender, and was a key part of the Romania national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in an illustrious career that saw him amass many honours... (c)
MF	23	Iván de la Peña Iván de la Peña Iván de la Peña López is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder. During his career, de la Peña earned the nicknames Little Buddha and Lo Pelat due to his shaven head and slight frame....
MF	21	Luis Enrique Luís Enrique Martínez García Luis Enrique Martínez García , known as Luis Enrique, is a retired Spanish footballer, and the current head coach of Serie A club A.S. Roma...
FW	7	Luís Figo Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH, is a Portuguese former international footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale, during a career which spanned over a period of 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...
FW	9	Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...
Substitutes:
MF	18	Guillermo Amor Guillermo Amor Guillermo Amor Martínez is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a versatile midfielder.After playing most of his professional career with FC Barcelona, winning several accolades in 10 seasons, he ended it in Scotland, with Livingston...
FW	8	Hristo Stoichkov Hristo Stoichkov Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov , sometimes Stoitchkov; born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian footballer. He is regarded as one of the best footballers of his generation and the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. Nicknamed The Dagger , The Dog , The Modern Left...
FW	19	Juan Antonio Pizzi Juan Antonio Pizzi Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja is a retired Argentine-born Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker, and a current coach....
Manager:
Bobby Robson Bobby Robson Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career....

style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN: | GK 1

Bernard Lama

Bernard Pascal Maurice Lama is a French football coach and former goalkeeper. He was born in the Indre-et-Loire département but grew up in French Guiana. He spent a number of years in goal for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain...

DF 13

Laurent Fournier

Laurent Fournier, is a former French footballer and now manager of AJ Auxerre.-As a player:*French championship in 1991 with Olympique Marseille and 1994 with Paris SG...

DF 4

Bruno N'Gotty

Bruno N'Gotty is a French football player of Cameroonian ancestry who last played for English club Leicester City. Initially a player at his home team Olympique Lyonnais, he later played for Paris Saint-Germain, A.C...

DF 6

Paul Le Guen

Paul Le Guen is a French football manager and former player. He was recently confirmed as new manager of the Oman national football team.Le Guen had a successful managerial career in France, most notably leading Olympique Lyonnais to three consecutive Ligue 1 titles. He has also managed Stade...

DF 22

Didier Domi

Didier Arsène Marcel Domi is a French footballer.-Career:A former French youth and Under-21 international, Domi joined Paris Saint-Germain as a trainee in 1994, and made his debut in January 1996...

MF 19

Jérôme Leroy

Jérôme Leroy (footballer)

Jérôme Leroy is a French footballer currently playing for Évian Thonon Gaillard F.C. as an attacking midfielder....

MF 8

Vincent Guérin

Vincent Guérin is a former footballer who played in a midfield role, currently the reserve coach at Paris Saint-Germain.-Career:...

MF 10

Raí

Raí, full name Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira is a former Brazilian football midfielder. He was part of the Brazil team which won 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also played for São Paulo FC when he had the most glorious time of his career, and Paris Saint-Germain, two clubs for which he has achieved...

Benoît Cauet

Benoît Cauet is a French former football midfielder. He won the Ligue 1 in 1989 and 1990 with Marseille and in 1995 with Nantes. He also won the Coupe de France in 1989 with Marseille and the UEFA Cup in 1998 with Internazionale F.C., as well as the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group in 2005...

FW 11

Patrice Loko

Patrice Loko is French footballer who retired in 2004. Playing as a striker he began his career at Nantes and then moved on to Paris Saint-Germain, where he was part of the team that won the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup and lost to Barcelona in the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup final. From there he went on to...

FW 7

Leonardo

Leonardo Araújo

Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo, known as Leonardo , is a football manager and a former midfielder. He is currently active as director of football of French club Paris Saint-Germain....

Substitutes: DF 17

Jimmy Algerino

Jimmy Algerino is a former football defender.He most notably played for Paris SG for 5 seasons and then had a short spell in Italy at S.S.C. Venezia.-Titles:* European Supercup 1996 runner-up...

FW 9

Julio Dely Valdés

Julio Dely Valdes

Julio César Dely Valdés is a retired Panamanian association football player. He is a twin brother of Jorge Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés...

FW 26

Cyrille Pouget

Cyrille Pouget is a French former professional football player.-External links:*...

Manager:

Ricardo Gomes

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