The
1997 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match won 3-1 by
Borussia DortmundBallspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
of
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
against
JuventusJuventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
from
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.
Venue, date and colours
The event took place at the Olympiastadion in
MunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
on 28 May 1997.
Borussia DortmundBallspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
wore their traditional yellow and black shirts.
JuventusJuventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
donned their blue away kit.
Match summary
Karl-Heinz Riedle put Dortmund ahead finishing from
Paul LambertPaul Christopher Lambert is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the manager of Norwich City. He won numerous trophies as a player, winning the Scottish Cup with St...
's cross. Riedle then made it two with a header from a corner kick.
In the second half, Juventus forward
Alessandro Del PieroAlessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....
, who had come on as a substitute, scored via a back-heel from a cross by
Alen BokšićAlen Bokšić is a former football attacker from Croatia. He was a renowned forward known for his technique.-Career:Bokšić was born in Makarska and started his career in the club Zmaj from Makarska. As a young player he moved to Hajduk Split and was introduced into the first team . With Hajduk, he...
to make the score 2–1.
20-year-old substitute and Dortmund local boy
Lars RickenLars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years....
latched on to a through-pass by
Andreas MöllerAndreas Möller is a retired German footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was a playmaker known for his range of passing and goalscoring ability...
only 16 seconds after coming onto the pitch. Ricken chipped
Angelo PeruzziAngelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian former World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award....
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 ZidaneZinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...
unable to make an impression for Juve against the close marking of Lambert, the 3–1 victory gave Dortmund their only Champions League title to date.
Match details
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Matthias SammerMatthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
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Jürgen Kohler Jürgen Kohler is a World Cup-winning German centre back football player and football manager. Kohler has retired from professional sports, but still occasionally plays for Alemannia Adendorf in the Kreisliga C...
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Martin Kree Martin Kree is a former German footballer, who played mostly as a central defender.During a 15-year professional career, Kree played 401 Bundesliga games for VfL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.-Football career:Kree made his first division debuts with VfL Bochum in 1983–84 - seven...
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Stefan ReuterStefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...
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Jörg Heinrich Jörg Heinrich is a former German football defender.After spells with various small clubs in East Germany, Heinrich joined amateur side Kickers Emden in the summer of 1990 and played for the club in the following four seasons, three of which were in the third division...
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 Paul LambertPaul Christopher Lambert is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the manager of Norwich City. He won numerous trophies as a player, winning the Scottish Cup with St...
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 Paulo SousaPaulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current manager.He was a member of the “Portuguese Golden Generation”...
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Andreas MöllerAndreas Möller is a retired German footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was a playmaker known for his range of passing and goalscoring ability...
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Wolfgang de BeerWolfgang "Teddy" de Beer is a retired German footballer. He is currently a goalkeeping coach with Borussia Dortmund.-Honours:* UEFA Champions League winner: 1996–97* UEFA Cup finalist: 1992–93...
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Lars RickenLars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years....
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Michael ZorcMichael Zorc is a retired German footballer who played as a central midfielder.Nicknamed "Susi" in his early days because of his long hair, he spent his entire career with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in nearly 600 official games in 17 seasons...
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René Tretschok René Tretschok is a retired German footballer who has played for Borussia Dortmund and was part of their Champions League victory in 1997. He scored an important goal in the semi final of their victorious campaign against Manchester United, giving Dortmund a crucial 1-0 lead going into the second...
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Heiko Herrlich Heiko Herrlich is a German former football centre forward and the current manager of 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:...
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Ottmar HitzfeldOttmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General ....
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 Angelo PeruzziAngelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian former World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award....
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Sergio Porrini Sergio Porrini is an Italian former football coach and former player, mostly famous for his periods at Juventus and Scottish club Rangers...
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Ciro Ferrara Ciro Ferrara is a former Italian footballer and current head coach of the Italy U-21 team. He spent his playing career as a defender initially at Napoli and later on at Juventus. He is also a former manager of Juventus.-Napoli:...
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 Paolo Montero Paolo Rónald Montero Iglesias is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a central defender or left back. He has been described as "skillful on the ball and calm under pressure", and a "wonderfully talented and intelligent footballer"...
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Mark Iuliano Mark Iuliano is a former Italian football defender, who spent the bulk of his career with Italian powerhouse, Juventus FC, in the Italian Serie A.-Salernitana Calcio 1919:...
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 Didier DeschampsDidier Claude Deschamps is a retired French footballer and current manager of Marseille. He played as a defensive midfielder. As an international, he assisted France with victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000...
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Angelo Di Livio Angelo di Livio is a former Italian football midfielder. He was given the nickname il soldatino during his playing career due to his characteristic way of running up and down the flank....
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Vladimir Jugović Vladimir Jugović is a retired Serbian football player renowned for his vision and technique.-Career:Born in Milutovac, a village near Trstenik, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jugović played throughout his career for numerous top European teams, winning the Champions League twice...
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Zinedine ZidaneZinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...
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 Alen BokšićAlen Bokšić is a former football attacker from Croatia. He was a renowned forward known for his technique.-Career:Bokšić was born in Makarska and started his career in the club Zmaj from Makarska. As a young player he moved to Hajduk Split and was introduced into the first team . With Hajduk, he...
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Christian VieriChristian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...
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Gianluca Pessotto Gianluca Pessotto is a former football player who spent the majority of his career with Juventus F.C., where he currently serves as team manager...
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Alessio Tacchinardi Alessio Tacchinardi is a retired Italian footballer who played as defensive midfielder and spent the vast majority of his career playing for Juventus FC, winning 17 official trophies with the club...
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Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....
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Nicola Amoruso Nicola Amoruso is a former Italian association football player who played as a striker. His nicknames were piede caldo and Dinamite.- Career :...
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Marcello LippiMarcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI is a former Italian World Cup-winning football manager and former player. He served as Italian national team head coach from 16 July 2004 to 12 July 2006 and led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was re-appointed as Italian head coach in the summer of 2008...
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