1997 UEFA Champions League final

In their first semi-final in Europe's premier tournament since 1964, Dortmund defeated Manchester United, who themselves had not reached that stage since 1969.

In the other half of the draw, Juventus easily overcame Ajax, the same team they had beaten on penalties in the previous year's final.

Borussia Dortmund				Round	Juventus
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Widzew Łódź	2–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Manchester United	1–0 (H)
Steaua București	3–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Fenerbahçe	1–0 (A)
Atlético Madrid	1–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Rapid Wien	1–1 (A)
Atlético Madrid	1–2 (H)			Matchday 4	Rapid Wien	5–0 (H)
Widzew Łódź	2–2 (A)			Matchday 5	Manchester United	1–0 (A)
Steaua București	5–3 (H)			Matchday 6	Fenerbahçe	2–0 (H)
Group B runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Atlético Madrid 6 13 2 Borussia Dortmund 6 13 3 Widzew Łódź 6 4 4 Steaua București 6 4 Source: UEFA				Final standings	Group C winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Juventus 6 16 2 Manchester United 6 9 3 Fenerbahçe 6 7 4 Rapid Wien 6 2 Source: UEFA
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Auxerre	4–1	3–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Rosenborg BK	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Manchester United	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Ajax	6–2	2–1 (A)	4–1 (H)

The match featured the same teams that competed in the 1993 UEFA Cup Final, in which Juventus prevailed 6–1 over two legs.^[2] Their two German players in that final, Jürgen Kohler and Andreas Möller, had since moved to Dortmund^[3] along with the Brazilian Júlio César (who did not feature in the 1997 final), while another two Dortmund players who did play in Munich – Stefan Reuter and Paulo Sousa – were also former Juventus players, and Matthias Sammer and Karl-Heinz Riedle had previously played in Italy's Serie A^[3] (the latter's replacement at Lazio was Alen Bokšić, who by 1997 had moved to Juventus).

Goalkeepers Angelo Peruzzi and his understudy Michelangelo Rampulla were the only Juventus players from 1993 in the squad for the 1997 final (Moreno Torricelli and Antonio Conte were still at the club but were not involved), with the aforementioned Kohler and Möller having switched sides. In the Dortmund squad their goalkeeper Stefan Klos, striker Stéphane Chapuisat^[3] and midfielders René Tretschok, Reuter and club captain Michael Zorc remained from four years earlier.

Besides the 1993 showpiece, the clubs had also met in the semi-finals of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup with Juventus progressing to the final which they lost to Parma,^[2] and in the group stage of the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, with each club winning away from home, however Juventus topped the group and went on to win the trophy.^[2]

In the years to follow, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund would not meet again until 2014–15 Champions League round of 16^[2] – the Italian club went through,^[4] meaning they won all four fixtures (1993, 1995 UEFA Cup, 1995 and 2015 Champions League) at Dortmund's Westfalenstadion, with their only defeat on German soil was in this final. Juventus reached that season's final; coincidentally that match was again held at an Olympiastadion in Germany, but this time in Berlin, and the outcome was another 3–1 loss, to Barcelona.

In the 29th minute, Karl-Heinz Riedle put Dortmund ahead finishing with a low shot from inside the six yard box after Paul Lambert's cross from the right. Five minutes later, Riedle made it 2–0 with a header from a Andreas Möller corner kick from the left.

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

In the 71st minute, 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.^[5]

With Zinedine Zidane unable to make an impression for Juve against the close marking of Lambert,^{[6][7][8][9][10]} the 3–1 victory gave Dortmund their only Champions League title to date.

28 May 1997

20:30 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Juventus
Riedle 29', 34' Ricken 71'	Report	Del Piero 65'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 59,000^[1]

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

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 Stéphane Chapuisat  70' Substitutes: GK 12 Wolfgang de Beer MF 8 Michael Zorc  89' MF 18 Lars Ricken  71'  70' 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 15 Christian Vieri  71' CF 9 Alen Bokšić  87' Substitutes: GK 12 Michelangelo Rampulla DF 22 Gianluca Pessotto MF 20 Alessio Tacchinardi  87' FW 10 Alessandro Del Piero  46' FW 16 Nicola Amoruso  71' Manager: Marcello Lippi

• 1993 UEFA Cup Final – contested between same teams
• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• Borussia Dortmund in European football
• Juventus F.C. in European football

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League at UEFA.com