| Tourney Name: | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| Year: | 1996–97 |
| Size: | 200 |
| Dates: | 8 August 1996 – 14 May 1997 |
| Num Teams: | 49 |
| Champion Other: |  Barcelona |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second Other: |  Paris Saint-Germain |
| Matches: | 95 |
| Goals: | 252 |
| Attendance: | 1346295 |
| Top Scorer: | Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) 7 goals |
| Prevseason: | 1995–96 |
| Nextseason: | 1997–98 |
The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.
All times are CET/CEST.
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KR Reykjavík won 3 - 2 on aggregate.----Budapest Honvéd won 2 - 0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Nyva Vinnytsia won on away goals. ----AEK Larnaca won 5 - 1 on aggregate. ----Gloria Bistrița won 4 - 2 on aggregate.----Ruch Chorzów won 6 - 1 on aggregate.----Chemlon Hummené won 3 - 0 on aggregate.----Dinamo Batumi won 9 - 0 on aggregate.----Sion won 4 - 2 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.----3–3 on aggregate. Constructorul Chişinău won on away goals. ----Brann won 5 - 2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won 4–2 on penalties.----MyPa won 2 - 1 on aggregate. ----Varteks won 5 - 1 on aggregate.----Sparta Prague won 10 - 1 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
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Sion won 6 - 0 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 3 - 1 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow won on away goals.----Galatasaray won 5 - 0 on aggregate.----AIK won 2 - 1 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won on away goals.----Brann won 6 - 3 on aggregate.----Benfica won 5 - 1 on aggregate.----Barcelona won 2 - 0 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.----Red Star Belgrade won 4 - 1 on aggregate.----Fiorentina won 2 - 1 on aggregate.----PSV Eindhoven won 4 - 1 on aggregate.----Nîmes won 5 - 2 on aggregate.----Liverpool won 4 - 1 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 7 - 0 on aggregate.
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AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.----Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.----Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.----Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.----Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.----Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.----Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.----Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.----Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.----Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.----After Barcelona's second goal, Iván de la Peña of Barcelona was hit by an object thrown from the stands and required medical assistance. As a result, Fiorentina received a two-match European competition stadium ban, enforced at the start of their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign.
Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.
See main article: 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final.
The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
