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This article describes what happened in football in 1997.

Winners of national competitions

Europe
Austria: Salzburg
Azerbaijan: Neftchi (Baku)
Albania: "Tirana"
England: Manchester United
Andorra: "Principat"
Armenia: Pyunik (96/97 season) and Yerevan (97 season)
Belarus: Dynamo (Minsk)
Belgium: Liers
Bulgaria: CSKA (Sofia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: “Chelik”
Hungary: “MTK”
Germany: "Bavaria"
Greece: Olympiacos (Piraeus)
Georgia: Dynamo (Tbilisi)
Denmark: "Brondby"
Israel: “Beitar (Jerusalem)”
Ireland: Derry City
Iceland: "Westmannaeyar"
Spain: Barcelona
Italy: Juventus
Kazakhstan: “Irtysh (Pavlodar)”
Cyprus: Anortosis (Famagusta)
Latvia: FC Skonto
Lithuania: Kareda Šiauliai
Luxembourg: "The Woman Ash"
Macedonia: "Silex"
Malta: Valletta
Moldova: "Constructorul"
Netherlands: “PSV”
Norway: Rosenborg
Poland: Widzev
Portugal: Porto
Russia: Spartak
Romania: "Steaua"
San Marino: Folgore/Falciano
Northern Ireland: Crusaders
Serbia: “Partizan”
Slovakia: Košice
Slovenia: “Maribor”
Turkey: Galatasaray
Ukraine: Dynamo (Kyiv)
Wales: "Barry Town"
Faroe Islands: B36 Torshavn
Finland: HIC
France: Monaco
Croatia: "Croatia (Zagreb)"
Czech Republic: "Sparta"
Switzerland: "Sion"
Sweden: Halmstad
Scotland: Rangers
Estonia: "Lantana"

South America
Argentina: Clausura – River Plate; Aperture – River Plate
Brazil: "Vasco da Gama"
São Paulo: Corinthians
Rio de Janeiro: "Botafogo"
Uruguay: Penarol
Paraguay: Olympia by Asuncion
Mexico: 1996/1997 Summer - Guadalajara; 1997/1998 Winter - Cruz Asul

International club tournaments

UEFA Champions League
Borussia (Dortmund) – Juventus (Turin) – 3: 1.

UEFA Cup Cup
Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain (Paris) 1-0.

UEFA Cup
"Schalke-04" (Gelsenkirchen) - "Internazionale" - 1: 0.

Copa Libertadores
“Cruzeiro” (Belo Horizonte) – “Sporting Crystal” (Lima) – 0: 0; 1: 0.

Super Bowl Libertadores (Joao Avelange)
River Plate (Buenos Aires) - Sao Paulo - 0: 0; 2: 1. Last prank.

CONMEBOL Cup
Atletico Mineiro (Belo Horizonte) – Lanus – 4:1; 1:1.

Asian Champions Cup
"Phohan Steelers" - "Sonnam Ilhwa Cheonma" - 2:1.

Asian Super Cup
Al-Hilal (Riyadh) – Pohan Steelers – 1:0; 1:1.

CAF Champions League
Raja (Casablanca) - Ashanti Gold (Obuasi) - 0: 1; 1: 0; penalty 5: 4.

CAF Super Bowl
Zamalek (Giza) - Mokaulun (Nasser City) - 0: 0; penalty 4: 2.

CONCACAF Champions Cup
Cruz Asul (Mexico) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (Los Angeles) 5-3

Intercontinental Cup
Borussia (Dortmund) – Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte) – 2: 0.

International competitions among national teams
Copa America: Brazil
Confederations Cup: Brazil

Death.
February 3 – Yakushin, Mikhail Iosifovich, Soviet football player and hockey player, football coach. Honored Master of Sports. Honored Trane