1a. Dinamo Batumi (GEO) - FC Ararat (ARM) 4:2

15-08-1997; Batumi; 18:30; Central Stadion; Att: 8.000
F.C. DINAMO BATUMI (GEO) - F.C. ARARAT YEREVAN (ARM) 4-2 (2-0)
Referee:Manfred Schüttengruber (AUT)
Assistans:Karl Stoebich, Erhard Fuchs-Eisner (AUT)
Goals:1-0 Dzhumber Chuhua 23; 2-0 Dzhumber Chuhua 31; 2-1 Akop Ter-Petrosyan 59; 3-1 Avtandil Glotni 77; 3-2 Rafik Nazaryan 81; 4-2 Gela Shekiladze 90.
F.C. DINAMO (coach: Shota Cheishvili):
Nikoloz Togonidze, Vano Maharadze, Zurab Mindadze, Tengiz Sichinava, Gela Shekiladze, Rostom Torgashvili (Shalva Aphazava 75), Valery Shanidze, Avtandil Glotni, Teymuraz Tugushi, Dzhumber Chuhua (Gocha Kuleyshvili 88), David Sologashvili.
F.C. ARARAT (coach: Arkady Andreasyan):
Arutun Abramyan, Artur Asoyan, Tigran Gsepyan (Artur Minasyan 46), Rafik Nazaryan, Arsen Ayvazyan, Vigen Abramyan, Araik Nigoyan, Armenak Galstyan, Ovakim Ovakimyan (Akop Ter-Petrosyan 46), Arshak Amiryan (Mher Gasperyan 66), Sedrak Babayan.
Y-CARD: 26 - Teymuraz Tugushi (F.C. DINAMO).
NOTE: UEFA invalidated this score and awarded a 3-0 w.o. to F.C. Ararat because the Georgian team fielded an ineligible player - David Sologashvili.