Format
According to 1996 UEFA ranking, Spain took a slot to Germany (but this one took the place of the holders), the Netherlands took a place from Russia, while Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Hungary took a slot from Israel, FR Yugoslavia and Poland (but this one took the place of troubled Albania). The access list was finally decreased to 102 clubs, because only the 16 best national champions excluded from the Champions League group stage entered in the UEFA Cup.Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * TH: Title holders * LC: League Cup winners * Nth: League position * IC: Intertoto Cup winners * FP: Fair play * CL Q2: Losers from the Champions League second qualifying round NotesFirst qualifying round
First leg
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''2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.'' ---- ''Hapoel Petah Tikva won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Boby Brno won 7–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Limassol won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 8-0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hajduk Split won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 10–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Viking won 5–4 on penalties.'' ---- ''KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- '' Ferencváros won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''FK Jablonec 97 won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Trnava won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Odra Wodzisław won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vorskla Poltava won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Brann won on away goals.'' ---- ''Dundee United won 17-0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Gorica won on away goals.'' ---- ''Újpest won 9–2 on aggregate.''Second qualifying round
First leg
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''Hajduk Split won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rotor Volgograd won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Trabzonspor won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rapid Wien won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 7–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Ferencváros won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''Hapoel Petah Tikva won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Club Brugge won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''OFI Crete won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Örebro won on away goals.'' ---- ''Excelsior Mouscron won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lillestrøm won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AGF Aarhus won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Alania Vladikavkaz won 6–2 on aggregate.''First round
First leg
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''Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 7–6 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ajax won 10–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Strasbourg won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''MTK Hungária won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 6–1 on aggregate.''Second round
First leg
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''Strasbourg won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Ajax won on away goals.'' ---- ''Bochum won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Karlsruhe won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Croatia Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atlético Madrid won 9–6 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Steaua București won on away goals.'' ---- ''Aston Villa won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Twente won on away goals.'' ---- ''Auxerre won 5–4 on aggregate.''Third round
The draw for the third round was held on 7 November 1997.First leg
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''Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Schalke 04 won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ajax won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Auxerre won 3–0 on aggregate.''Quarter-finals
First leg
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''Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Atlético Madrid won on away goals.'' ---- ''Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.''Semi-finals
First leg
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''Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.''Final
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