1996–97 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1996–97
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Sion
Nationalliga B	Étoile Carouge
1. Liga	Overall; Thun; Group 1:; FC Renens; Group 2:; Serrières; Group 3:; FC Ascona; Group 4:; Tuggen
Swiss Cup	Sion
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	FFC Bern
Swiss Cup	FFC Bern

The following is a summary of the 1996–97 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A[edit]

Qualification phase[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Xamax	22	12	8	2	36	20	+16	44	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Grasshopper Club	22	10	9	3	42	27	+15	39
3	Sion	22	9	10	3	33	21	+12	37
4	Aarau	22	9	8	5	21	14	+7	35
5	Lausanne-Sports	22	9	7	6	35	32	+3	34
6	St. Gallen	22	6	10	6	20	26	−6	28
7	Zürich	22	6	9	7	24	25	−1	27
8	Basel	22	5	11	6	32	32	0	26

9	Servette	22	5	9	8	24	25	−1	24	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Luzern	22	4	11	7	27	32	−5	23
11	Lugano	22	2	9	11	14	32	−18	15
12	Young Boys	22	3	3	16	17	39	−22	12

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Championship group[edit]

The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sion	14	9	3	2	18	10	+8	19	49	Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League
2	Xamax	14	6	6	2	22	14	+8	22	46	qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3	Grasshopper Club	14	7	4	3	37	18	+19	20	45	qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
4	Lausanne-Sports	14	8	2	4	20	16	+4	17	43	entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5	Aarau	14	3	4	7	17	22	−5	18	31	entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6	St. Gallen	14	3	4	7	13	26	−13	14	27
7	Zürich	14	1	7	6	9	18	−9	14	24
8	Basel	14	3	2	9	16	28	−12	13	24

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Nationalliga B[edit]

Qualification phase[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Étoile Carouge	22	11	9	2	39	20	+19	42	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	FC Schaffhausen	22	12	6	4	32	18	+14	42
3	Kriens	22	12	5	5	40	25	+15	41
4	Solothurn	22	10	7	5	28	26	+2	37

5	Yverdon-Sport	22	9	8	5	34	26	+8	35	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6	Winterthur	22	9	7	6	30	21	+9	34
7	Locarno	22	7	7	8	28	27	+1	28
8	Wil	22	7	6	9	33	30	+3	27
9	Baden	22	7	6	9	29	30	−1	27
10	Delémont	22	5	5	12	30	44	−14	20
11	Gossau	22	4	4	14	29	50	−21	16
12	Meyrin	22	2	4	16	15	50	−35	10

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB[edit]

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	14	7	4	3	18	10	+8	25	Remain in 1997–98 Nationalliga A
2	Étoile Carouge	14	7	3	4	15	13	+2	24	Promoted
3	Luzern	14	6	5	3	16	12	+4	23	Remain in 1997–98 Nationalliga A
4	Kriens	14	6	4	4	22	16	+6	22	Promoted

5	Young Boys	14	5	5	4	19	17	+2	20	Relegated
6	Solothurn	14	3	5	6	9	17	−8	14	Remain in Nationalliga B
7	Lugano	14	2	5	7	11	17	−6	11	Relegated
8	FC Schaffhausen	14	2	5	7	13	21	−8	11	Remain in Nationalliga B

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga[edit]

The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Winterthur	14	8	2	4	21	13	+8	17	43	Remain in NLB
2	Baden	14	7	4	3	28	20	+8	14	39
3	Wil	14	6	3	5	23	21	+2	14	35
4	Yverdon-Sport	14	4	4	6	17	21	−4	18	34
5	Locarno	14	4	7	3	14	14	0	14	33
6	Delémont	14	5	5	4	28	24	+4	10	30

7	Gossau	14	5	1	8	15	23	−8	8	24	Relegated to 1. Liga
8	Meyrin	14	1	6	7	13	23	−10	5	14	Relegated to 1. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

1. Liga[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Renens	26	17	9	0	52	14	+38	60	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Fribourg	26	14	4	8	46	33	+13	46	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Stade Nyonnais	26	12	6	8	42	31	+11	42
4	FC Bulle	26	11	8	7	43	43	0	41
5	FC Martigny-Sports	26	12	3	11	55	36	+19	39
6	FC Monthey	26	9	9	8	44	47	−3	36
7	FC Stade Lausanne	26	8	11	7	34	29	+5	35
8	FC Echallens	26	8	9	9	32	34	−2	33
9	Grand-Lancy FC	26	8	8	10	34	44	−10	32
10	Vevey Sports	26	7	10	9	44	44	0	31
11	CS Chênois	26	8	7	11	42	43	−1	31
12	FC Bex	26	8	6	12	36	45	−9	30	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Montreux-Sports^[1]	26	5	6	15	21	60	−39	21	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	Central Fribourg^[1]	26	4	6	16	38	60	−22	18	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Serrières	26	17	5	4	52	19	+33	56	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Thun	26	17	4	5	48	26	+22	55	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Biel-Bienne	26	15	8	3	53	27	+26	53
4	FC Naters	26	14	7	5	58	30	+28	49
5	FC Münsingen	26	13	6	7	41	25	+16	45
6	FC Grenchen	26	10	8	8	39	29	+10	38
7	FC Wangen bei Olten	26	8	11	7	42	35	+7	35
8	FC Colombier	26	8	7	11	41	41	0	31
9	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	7	9	10	37	52	−15	30
10	SV Lyss	26	7	8	11	41	45	−4	29
11	FC Köniz	26	3	12	11	30	54	−24	21
12	SC Bümpliz 78	26	4	8	14	28	46	−18	20	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Noiraigue^[1]	26	3	7	16	24	62	−38	16	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Klus-Balsthal^[1]	26	3	6	17	23	66	−43	15	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Ascona	26	16	7	3	54	21	+33	55	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	Zug 94	26	12	10	4	39	20	+19	46	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	AC Bellinzona	26	12	9	5	39	25	+14	45
4	FC Riehen	26	13	5	8	39	29	+10	44
5	SC Buochs	26	10	12	4	38	22	+16	42
6	FC Chiasso	26	12	6	8	34	20	+14	42
7	SV Muttenz	26	11	6	9	40	35	+5	39
8	FC Schötz	26	10	6	10	32	32	0	36
9	FC Sursee	26	8	8	10	38	42	−4	32
10	FC Muri	26	6	11	9	22	30	−8	29
11	FC Hochdorf	26	7	5	14	23	46	−23	26
12	FC Concordia Basel	26	6	7	13	27	44	−17	25	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Mendrisio^[1]	26	4	6	16	16	48	−32	18	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Suhr^[1]	26	3	6	17	23	50	−27	15	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Tuggen	26	16	4	6	51	27	+24	52	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	SV Schaffhausen	26	14	5	7	48	34	+14	47	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Rapperswil-Jona	26	13	7	6	58	30	+28	46
4	FC Altstetten	26	14	4	8	44	29	+15	46
5	FC Frauenfeld	26	11	9	6	53	35	+18	42
6	FC Vaduz	26	11	8	7	38	31	+7	41
7	FC Rorschach	26	11	5	10	45	41	+4	38
8	FC Freienbach	26	9	10	7	38	42	−4	37
9	FC Red Star Zürich	26	9	6	11	48	52	−4	33
10	FC Bülach	26	9	5	12	37	38	−1	32
11	SC Young Fellows Juventus	26	7	9	10	34	33	+1	30
12	FC Dübendorf	26	5	7	14	26	52	−26	22	Play-out against relegation
13	FC Balzers^[1]	26	4	6	16	21	49	−28	18	Relegation to 2. Liga
14	FC Glarus^[1]	26	5	3	18	19	67	−48	18	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off[edit]

Qualification round[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Fribourg	1–1	Serrières
Serrières	3–2	Fribourg

Serrières win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Thun	2–1	FC Renens
FC Renens	0–1	Thun

Thun win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zug 94	1–4	Tuggen
Tuggen	4–0	Zug 94

Tuggen win 8–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SV Schaffhausen	1–0	FC Ascona
FC Ascona	1–2	SV Schaffhausen

SV Schaffhausen win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tuggen	1–0	Thun
Thun	2–0	Tuggen

Thun win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.^[1]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Serrières	4–3	SV Schaffhausen
SV Schaffhausen	1–0	Serrières

4–4 on aggregate. SV Schaffhausen win on away goals and are promoted to Nationalliga B.^[1]

Relegation play-out[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bümpliz	2–1	Bex

Bex continue to the final.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Concordia	2–0	FC Dübendorf

FC Dübendorf continue to the final.

Final round[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bex	4–2	FC Dübendorf
FC Dübendorf	3–4	Bex

Bex win 8–5 on aggregate. FC Dübendorf are relegated to 2. Liga.^[1]

Swiss Cup[edit]

Clubs that were playing in the European competitions were given a bye in round 4. The route of the finalists to the final:

Round 4: Sion bye. Grenchen-Luzern 0–3
Round 5: FC Riehen-Sion 0–2. Lugano-Luzern 0–3.
Round 6: Sion-Grasshopper Club 2–1. Monthey-Luzern 2–3.
Quarter-finals: Sion-St. Gallen 5–0. Étoile Carouge-Luzern 0–6.
Semi-finals: Sion-Fribourg 5–2. Luzern-FC Schaffhausen 2–1

Final[edit]

8 June 1997

15:00

FC Sion	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	FC Luzern
Meyrieu 1' Gaspoz 28' Lukić 84' (pen.)	Report	17', 68' (pen.) Wolf 42' Kögl
Penalties
Lukić Outtara Zambaz Gaspoz Assis Quentin	5 – 4	Wolf Wyss Moser Kögl Sermeter Sawu

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 28,500

Referee:

Claude Détruche (Thônex)

Swiss Clubs in Europe[edit]

Grasshopper Club as 1995–96 Nationalliga A champions: 1996–97 Champions League qualifying round
Sion as 1995–96 Swiss Cup winners: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Xamax as third placed team in the league: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup
Aarau as fourth placed team: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup
Luzern: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Basel: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Vaduz as 1995–96 Liechtenstein Cup winners: qualifying round of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Grasshopper Club[edit]

Champions League[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

7 August 1996 First leg	Grasshopper Club	5–0	Slavia Prague	Hardturm, Zürich
20:15	Türkyilmaz 11', 46' Esposito 43' Moldovan 57' Koller 89'	Report		Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

21 August 1996 Second leg	Slavia Prague	0–1	Grasshopper Club	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
20:15		Report	Türkyilmaz 70'	Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Grasshopper won 6–0 on aggregate.

Group Stage / Group A[edit]

11 September 1996 Matchday 1	Grasshopper Club	3–0	Rangers	Hardturm, Zürich
20:30	Yakin 18' Türkyilmaz 28', 79'	Report		Attendance: 20,030 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

25 September 1996 Matchday 2	Ajax	0–1	Grasshopper Club	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:30		Report	Yakin 60'	Attendance: 43,134 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

16 October 1996 Matchday 3	Auxerre	1–0	Grasshopper Club	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:30	Deniaud 43'	Report		Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

30 October 1996 Matchday 4	Grasshopper Club	3–1	Auxerre	Hardturm, Zürich
20:30	Moldovan 17', 29' Gren 59'	Report	Gren 48' (o.g.)	Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

20 November 1996 Matchday 5	Rangers	2–1	Grasshopper Club	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:30	McCoist 67', 73'	Report	Berger 77'	Attendance: 34,192 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

4 December 1996 Matchday 6	Grasshopper Club	0–1	Ajax	Hardturm, Zürich
20:30		Report	Kluivert 32'	Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AUX	AJA	GRA	RAN
1	Auxerre	6	4	2	8	7	+1	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–1	1–0	2–1
2	Ajax	6	4	2	8	4	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	0–1	4–1
3	Grasshopper Club	6	3	3	8	5	+3	9		3–1	0–1	—	3–0
4	Rangers	6	1	5	5	13	−8	3		1–2	0–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Sion[edit]

Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

8 August 1996 First leg	Sion	4–2	Kareda Šiauliai	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Chassot 14' Bonvin 26' Pančev 35' (pen.) Vercruysse 88'	Lineups	Baranauskas 73' (pen.) Dančenka 86'	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)

22 August 1996 Second leg	Kareda Šiauliai	0–0	Sion	Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai
17:00		Lineups		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Lars Gerner (Denmark)

Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round[edit]

12 September 1996 First leg	Sion	2–0	Nyva Vinnytsia	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Colombo 50' Bonvin 82'	Lineups		Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

26 September 1996 Second leg	Nyva Vinnytsia	0–4	Sion	Tsentralnyi Stadion, Vinnitsa
15:00		Lineups	Lukić 2' Vercruysse 9', 68' Milton 54'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round[edit]

17 October 1996 First leg	Sion	1–2	Liverpool	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00	Bonvin 10'	Lineups	Fowler 28' Barnes 80'	Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

31 October 1996 Second leg	Liverpool	6–3	Sion	Anfield, Liverpool
20:45	McManaman 27' Bjørnebye 55' Barnes 66' Fowler 70', 79' Berger 89'	Lineups	Chassot 20', 65' Bonvin 23'	Attendance: 38,514 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.

Xamax[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

Qualifaying round[edit]

6 August 1996 First leg	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
19:00	Stavrou 18'	Report	Vernier 29' Leśniak 57'	Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

20 August 1996 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	4–0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00	Sandjak 10', 27' Cyprien 17' Vernier 37'	Report		Attendance: 12,074 Referee: Haim Lipkovich (Israel)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–1 on aggregate.

First round[edit]

10 September 1996 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv
19:00		Report		Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

24 September 1996 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
21:00	Leśniak 25' Isabella 54'	Report	Maksymov 60'	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round[edit]

15 October 1996 First leg	Helsingborg	2–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Helsingborg
	Jonson 14', 60'	Report

29 October 1996 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	Helsingborg	Xamax
	Bonalair 51' (pen.)	Report	Jonson 43'

Helsingborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Aarau[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

Qualifaying round[edit]

6 August 1996 First leg	Aarau	4–0	Lantana Tallinn	Aarau
	Georgiev 21' Skrzypczak 55' Pavličević 76', 86'	Report

20 August 1996 Second leg	Lantana Tallinn	2–0	Aarau	Tallinn
	Lebret 80' Hepner 85'	Report

Aarau won 4–2 on aggregate.

First round[edit]

10 September 1996 First leg	Brøndby	5–0	Aarau	Brøndby
	Vilfort 21' (pen.) Bjur 56' Møller 66', 88', 89'	Report

24 September 1996 Second leg	Aarau	0–2	Brøndby	Prague
		Report	Møller 39' Daugaard 90' (pen.)

Brøndby won 7–0 on aggregate.

Luzern[edit]

Intertoto Cup[edit]

Group 6, matches[edit]

22 June 1996 Matchday 1	Örgryte	3–0	Luzern	Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg
	Samuelsson 4' Allbäck 67', 71'			Attendance: 405 Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)

30 June 1996 Matchday 2	Luzern	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Stadion Allmend, Lucerne
	Wyss 47' Sawu 67'			Attendance: 1,088 Referee: Sergei Tatulyan (Ukraine)

7 July 1996 Matchday 3	Rennes	1–2	Luzern	Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
	Merdy 62'		Sawu 54', 60'	Attendance: 1,969 Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

20 July 1996 Matchday 5	Luzern	0–1	Segesta	Stadion Allmend, Lucerne
			Šašivarević 81'	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Keimpe Zuidema (Netherlands)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Segesta	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10	Advanced to semi-finals
2	Örgryte	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6	8
3	Luzern	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6
4	Rennes	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0

Source: rsssf.com

Basel[edit]

Intertoto Cup[edit]

Group 7, matches[edit]

22 June 1996 Matchday 1	Basel	2 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
10:15	Zuffi 12' (1:0) H. Yakin 80' (2:2)	Summary	22' (1:1) Ostachov 29' Jaksmanutski 45' Pyatenko 57' (1:2) Pyatenko	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Darko Cvitkovic

29 June 1997 Matchday 2	Antalyaspor	2 – 5	Basel	Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta
17:30	Aliriza 2' (1:0) Nuri 34' (2:3) Murat 39'	Summary	23' (1:1) Smajić 25' (1:2) Moser 29' (1:3) H. Yakin 56' (2:4) Giallanza 57' Poulard 61' (2:5) La Placa 69' Frick 85' Armentano	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Gheorghe Constantin

13 July 1996 Matchday 4	Basel	5 – 0	Ataka-Aura Minsk	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Nyarko 20' (1:0) Moser 22' (2:0) La Placa 42' (3:0) Frick 53' (4:0) Armentano 67' (5:0) Salvi 89'	Summary	50' Ermakovich	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

20 July 1996 Matchday 5	Rotor Volgograd	3 – 2	Basel	Central Stadium, Volgograd
18:00	Niederhaus 18' (1:0) Yesipov 38' (2:2) Veretennikov 57' (3:2) Yesipov 61'	Summary	29' (1:1) Orlando 30' (1:2) Giallanza 31' Giallanza 49' Salvi	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rotor Volgograd	4	3	0	1	12	5	+7	9	Advanced to semi-finals
2	Basel	4	2	1	1	14	7	+7	7
3	Antalyaspor	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Ataka-Aura Minsk	4	1	0	3	2	13	−11	3

Source: rsssf.com

Vaduz[edit]

Cup Winners' Cup[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

8 August 1996 First leg	Universitate Riga	1–1	Vaduz	Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga
17:30	Zarins 43'	Lineups	Daumantas 40'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Merab Malagouradze (Georgia)

22 August 1996 Second leg	Vaduz	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Universitate Riga	Gemeindesportplatz, Vaduz
18:00	Polvorino 89'	Lineups	Zarins 48'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia)
	Penalties
	Müller Polvorino Weber Heeb		Draguns Zarins Mastyanica Dolgopolovs

2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.

Round 1[edit]

12 September 1996 First leg	Vaduz	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Gemeindesportplatz, Vaduz
17:00		Lineups	Le Guen 12' Dely Valdés 39' Leonardo 43' Allou 72'	Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

26 September 1996 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Vaduz	Parc des Princes, Paris
20:45	Allou 23' Roche 40' Mboma 50'	Lineups		Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 13 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources[edit]

Switzerland 1996–97 at RSSSF
Switzerland Cup 1996–97 at RSSSF
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 at RSSSF
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 1995–96	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 1997–98

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 13 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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