1997 Intercontinental Cup

The 1997 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 2 December 1997 between Borussia Dortmund, winners of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League, and Cruzeiro, winners of the 1997 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 46,953 fans. Andreas Möller was named as man of the match.^[1]

1997 Intercontinental Cup

Match programme cover
Borussia Dortmund Cruzeiro 2 0
Date	2 December 1997
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the Match	Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund)[1]
Referee	José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Attendance	46,953[1]
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Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Borussia Dortmund	1996–97 UEFA Champions League winners	None
Cruzeiro	1997 Copa Libertadores winners	1976

Venue

The National Stadium in Tokyo hosted the match

Match details

2 December 1997

19:10 JST

Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Cruzeiro
Zorc 34' Herrlich 85'	Report

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 46,953^[1]

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Borussia Dortmund

Cruzeiro

GK 1 Stefan Klos RB 7 Stefan Reuter (c)  54' CB 27 Wolfgang Feiersinger CB 5 Júlio César LB 17 Jörg Heinrich DM 4 Steffen Freund CM 19 Paulo Sousa CM 8 Michael Zorc  80' AM 10 Andreas Möller  18' CF 9 Stéphane Chapuisat  75' CF 11 Heiko Herrlich  83' Substitutes: GK 12 Wolfgang de Beer DF 16 Martin Kree DF 23 Jörg Sauerland MF 2 Knut Reinhardt FW 20 Scott Booth FW 24 Harry Decheiver  75' FW 30 Jovan Kirovski  80' Manager: Nevio Scala

GK 1 Dida RB 2 Vítor  15'  66' CB 13 João Carlos CB 4 Gonçalves LB 6 Elivélton DM 5 Fabinho DM 8 Ricardinho AM 9 Cleisson (c) AM 10 Roberto Palacios  64' CF 7 Bebeto CF 11 Donizete Substitutes: GK 12 Jean DF 14 Nonato DF 16 Alberto DF 23 Gélson Baresi MF 18 Marcelo Ramos  64' MF 19 Donizete Amorim FW 17 Geovanni Manager: Nelsinho Baptista

Man of the Match: Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund)[1] Assistant referees: Jeon Young-Hyun (South Korea) Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan) Fourth official: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutes.

Match Ball

• The Ball of the match was the Adidas Questra, originally designed to be the official match ball of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.

See also

• 1997 UEFA Champions League final
• 1997 Copa Libertadores finals
• Borussia Dortmund in international football