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{{Infobox football match
| title            = 1997 UEFA Cup final
| image            = [[File:1997 UEFA Cup Final programme.jpg|200px]]
| caption          = Match programme cover
| event            = [[1996–97 UEFA Cup]]
| team1            = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|GER|size=30px}}
| team1score       = 1
| team2            = [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}}
| team2score       = 1
| details          = on aggregate<br />Schalke 04 won 4–1 on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]]
| firstleg         = First leg
| team1score1      = 1
| team2score1      = 0
| date1            = 7 May 1997
| stadium1         = [[Parkstadion]]
| city1            = [[Gelsenkirchen]]
| referee1         = [[Marc Batta]] ([[France Football Association|France]])
| attendance1      = 56,824
| weather1         = 
| secondleg        = Second leg
| team1score2      = 0
| team2score2      = 1
| details2         = After [[golden goal]] [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]]
| date2            = 21 May 1997
| stadium2         = [[San Siro|Stadio Giuseppe Meazza]]
| city2            = [[Milan]]
| referee2         = [[José María García-Aranda]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
| attendance2      = 81,675
| weather2         = 
| previous         = [[1996 UEFA Cup final|1996]]
| next             = [[1998 UEFA Cup final|1998]]
}}
The '''1997 UEFA Cup Final''' was a two-legged football match contested between [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] of Germany and [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] 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 on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]], with Schalke winning 4–1 at the [[San Siro|Stadio 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.

==Route to the final==
{{further|1996–97 UEFA Cup}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="4"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
!Round
!colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|- bgcolor=#c1e0ff
|colspan="4"|'''[[1996–97 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]'''
|
|colspan="4"|'''[[1996–97 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]'''
|- bgcolor=#c1e0ff
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda]]
|5–2
|3–0 (H)
|2–2 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|First round
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]]
|4–1
|3–0 (A)
|1–1 (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Trabzonspor]]
|4–3
|1–0 (H)
|3–3 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Second round
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Grazer AK|GAK]]
|1–1 ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|1–0 (H)
|0–1 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
|3–2
|1–2 (A)
|2–0 (H)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Third round
|align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]]
|7–1
|5–1 (H)
|2–0 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
|3–1
|2–0 (H)
|1–1 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarter-finals
|align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|3–2
|1–1 (A)
|2–1 (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[CD Tenerife|Tenerife]] 
|2–1
|0–1 (A)
|2–0 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]]) (H)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semi-finals
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|3–2
|3–1 (H)
|0–1 (A)
|}

==Match==
===Details===
====First leg====
{{football box
|date = 7 May 1997
|time = 20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] {{flagicon|GER}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53913--schalke-vs-inter/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|goals1 = [[Marc Wilmots|Wilmots]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Parkstadion]], [[Gelsenkirchen]]
|attendance = 56,824
|referee = [[Marc Batta]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}

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|-
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 | pattern_so = _3_stripes_white
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 | body       = FFFFFF
 | rightarm   = 0000FF
 | shorts     = 0000FF
 | socks      = 0000FF
 | title      = Schalke 04
}}
|{{Football kit
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 | pattern_b  = _inter9697a
 | pattern_ra = _inter9697a
 | pattern_sh = _inter199697a
 | leftarm    = FFFFFF
 | body       = FFFFFF
 | rightarm   = FFFFFF
 | shorts     = FFFFFF
 | socks      = FFFFFF
 | title      = Internazionale
}}
|}

{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jens Lehmann]]
|-
|SW ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Olaf Thon]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan de Kock]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Linke]]
|-
|RWB||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Yves Eigenrauch]]
|-
|LWB||'''19'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mike Büskens]] || || {{suboff|66}}
|-
|CM ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Němec]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Müller (footballer, born 1962)|Andreas Müller]]
|-
|CM ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radoslav Látal]]
|-
|AM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ingo Anderbrügge]]
|-
|CF ||'''24'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Wilmots]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mathias Schober]]
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Dooley]]
|-
|DF ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marco Kurz]]
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Held]]
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Martin Max]] || || {{subon|66}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Huub Stevens]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:Schalke 04-Internazionale 1997-05-07.svg|300px]]
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Pagliuca]]
|- 
|SW ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Salvatore Fresi]] || || {{suboff|61}}
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Bergomi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Paganin]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Galante]] || {{yel|14}}
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Pistone]]
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Javier Zanetti]]
|-
|CM ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Ciriaco Sforza]]
|-
|CM ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Aron Winter]]
|-
|CF ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Ganz]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Iván Zamorano]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Mazzantini]]
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sergio D'Autilia]]
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Tiziano Polenghi]]
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Berti]] || || {{subon|61}}
|-
|FW ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Branca]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Hodgson]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Pierre Ufrasi ([[French Football Federation|France]])
<br />{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Jacques Poudevigne ([[French Football Federation|France]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Gilles Veissière]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|style="width:60%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes
*Five named substitutes
*Maximum of three substitutions
|}

====Second leg====
{{football box
|date = 21 May 1997
|time = 20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1 = [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score = 1–0
|aet = yes
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/53914--inter-vs-schalke/ Report]
|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|goals1 = [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium = [[San Siro|Stadio Giuseppe Meazza]], [[Milan]]
|attendance = 81,675
|referee = [[José María García-Aranda]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|penalties1 = [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Aron Winter|Winter]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 1–4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Ingo Anderbrügge|Anderbrügge]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Olaf Thon|Thon]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Martin Max|Max]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Marc Wilmots|Wilmots]]
}}

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|-
|{{Football kit
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 | pattern_b  = _inter9697h
 | pattern_ra = _inter9697h
 | leftarm    = 3344CC
 | body       = 3344CC
 | rightarm   = 3344CC
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 | socks      = 000000
 | title      = Internazionale
}}
|{{Football kit
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}}
|}

{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Pagliuca]]
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Bergomi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|CB ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimo Paganin]]
|-
|CB ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Salvatore Fresi]] || {{sent off|2|20|89}}
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Pistone]]
|-
|RM ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Javier Zanetti]] || || {{suboff|119}}
|- 
|CM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Ince]]
|-
|LM ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Ciriaco Sforza]] || || {{suboff|80}}
|-
|AM ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Youri Djorkaeff]] || {{yel|101}}
|-
|CF ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Ganz]] || {{yel|2}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Iván Zamorano]] || {{yel|98}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Mazzantini]]
|-
|DF ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Jocelyn Angloma]] || || {{subon|70}}
|-
|MF ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Aron Winter]] || || {{subon|80}}
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sergio D'Autilia]]
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Berti]] || || {{subon|119}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Hodgson]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jens Lehmann]] || {{yel|58}}
|-
|SW ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Olaf Thon]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|66}}
|-
|CB ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan de Kock]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Linke]]
|-
|RWB||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radoslav Látal]] || {{yel|104}} || {{suboff|111}}
|-
|LWB||'''19'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mike Büskens]]
|-
|CM||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Yves Eigenrauch]] || {{yel|8}}
|-
|CM ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Němec]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Müller (footballer, born 1962)|Andreas Müller]] || || {{suboff|97}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Martin Max]]
|-
|CF ||'''24'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Wilmots]] || {{yel|70}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mathias Schober]]
|-
|DF ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marco Kurz]]
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ingo Anderbrügge]] || || {{subon|97}}
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Held]] || || {{subon|111}}
|-
|FW ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Wagner (soccer)|David Wagner]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Huub Stevens]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Tresaco Gracia ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel López Fernández ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Victor José Esquinas Torres ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|style="width:60%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes
*30 minutes of [[golden goal]] [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level
*Five named substitutes
*Maximum of three substitutions
|}

==See also==
*[[1997 UEFA Champions League final]]
*[[1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final]]
*[[FC Schalke 04 in European football]]
*[[Inter Milan in international football]]
*[[1996–97 Inter Milan season]]
*[[1996–97 FC Schalke 04 season]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924062727/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1996/index.html 1996–97 season] at UEFA.com

{{UEFA Europa League seasons}}
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{{FC Schalke 04 matches}}
{{Inter Milan matches}}

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