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| Event | 1996–97 UEFA Cup | ||||||
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| on aggregate Schalke 04 won 4–1 onpenalties | |||||||
| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 7 May 1997 | ||||||
| Venue | Parkstadion,Gelsenkirchen | ||||||
| Referee | Marc Batta (France) | ||||||
| Attendance | 56,824 | ||||||
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| Aftergolden goalextra time | |||||||
| Date | 21 May 1997 | ||||||
| Venue | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza,Milan | ||||||
| Referee | José María García-Aranda (Spain) | ||||||
| Attendance | 81,675 | ||||||
←1996 1998 → | |||||||
The1997 UEFA Cup final was a two-legged football match contested betweenSchalke 04 of Germany andInternazionale 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 onpenalties, with Schalke winning 4–1 at theStadio 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.
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 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 |  GAK | 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) |
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Zamorano Djorkaeff  Winter | 1–4 | AnderbrüggeThonMaxWilmots |
   Internazionale |   Schalke 04 |
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