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1996–97 La Liga

La Liga
Season1996–97
Dates31 August 1996 – 23 June 1997
ChampionsReal Madrid
27th title
RelegatedRayo Vallecano (relegation playoff)
Extremadura
Sevilla
Hércules
Logroñes
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Barcelona
Cup Winners' CupReal Betis (as Copa del Rey runners-up)
UEFA CupDeportivo La Coruña
Atlético Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Valladolid
Matches played462
Goals scored1,271 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerRonaldo (34 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 8–0 Logroñés
(20 October 1996)[1]
Biggest away winRayo Vallecano 0–4 Real Betis
(16 March 1997)[2]
Highest scoringBarcelona 8–0 Logroñés
(20 October 1996)[1] Zaragoza 3–5 Barcelona
(29 August 1996)[3]

The 1996–97 La Liga season was the 66th since its establishment. It began on 31 August 1996, and concluded on 23 June 1997. Five clubs were relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the season, as the number of La Liga clubs was reduced to 20 starting from the following season. This was thus the last La Liga season played with 22 teams.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1995–96 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 1996–97 Segunda División

Team information

Clubs and locations

1996–97 season was composed of the following clubs:

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Location of teams in La Liga 1996–97
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Canary Islands
Team Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Real Betis Benito Villamarín 52,132
Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500
Espanyol Sarrià 44,000
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Celta de Vigo Balaídos 32,500
Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200
Hércules José Rico Pérez 29,500
Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846
Sporting de Gijón El Molinón 25,885
Real Oviedo Carlos Tartiere 23,500
Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824
Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,222
Logroñés Las Gaunas 16,000
Rayo Vallecano Vallecas 14,708
Compostela San Lázaro 12,000
Extremadura Francisco de la Hera 11,580

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao France Luis Fernández Spain Genar Andrinúa Kappa None
Atlético Madrid Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radomir Antić Spain Roberto Solozábal Puma Bandai/Tamagotchi
Barcelona England Bobby Robson Romania Gheorghe Popescu Kappa None
Betis Spain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Spain Alexis Trujillo Kappa Ocaroil
Celta Vigo Spain Fernando Castro Santos Spain Patxi Salinas Umbro Citroën
Compostela Spain Fernando Vázquez Spain Javier Bellido Zico Escuris
Deportivo Brazil Carlos Alberto Silva Spain Francisco Javier González Pérez Umbro Feiraco
Espanyol Spain Paco Flores Spain Francisco Javier López Alfaro Puma Dani
Extremadura Spain Iosu Ortoundo Spain Juan Francisco Rodríguez Herrera Kelme Expo '98 Lisboa
Hércules Spain Quique Hernández Spain Francisco Gabriel Escudero Martínez Rasán Jijona
Logroñés Spain Carlos Aimar Spain Agustín Abadía Rasán La Rioja
Racing Santander Spain Marcos Alonso Peña Spain Jesús Merino Landaluce Austral Caja Cantabria
Rayo Vallecano Spain Francisco García Gómez Spain Jesús Diego Cota Joma Estepona
Oviedo Spain José Antonio Novo Spain Alberto Martínez Díaz Joluvi Cajastur
Real Madrid Italy Fabio Capello Spain Manolo Sanchís Kelme Teka
Real Sociedad Spain Javier Irureta Spain Lorenzo Juarros García Astore Krafft
Sevilla Spain Vicente Miera Spain Manuel Jiménez Jiménez Umbro None
Sporting de Gijón Spain Benito Floro Spain Juan Carlos Ablanedo Joma Cajastur
Tenerife Germany Jupp Heynckes Spain Felipe Miñambres Puma Canarias
Valencia Argentina Jorge Valdano Spain Andoni Zubizarreta Luanvi Ford
Valladolid Argentina Vicente Cantatore Spain Juan Carlos Rodríguez Moreno Kelme Caja España
Zaragoza Uruguay Víctor Espárrago Spain Alberto Belsué Adidas Pikolin

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 42 27 11 4 85 36 +49 92 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 42 28 6 8 102 48 +54 90 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Deportivo La Coruña 42 21 14 7 57 30 +27 77[a] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Real Betis 42 21 14 7 81 46 +35 77[a] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
5 Atlético Madrid 42 20 11 11 76 64 +12 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Athletic Bilbao 42 16 16 10 72 57 +15 64[c]
7 Valladolid 42 18 10 14 57 46 +11 64[c]
8 Real Sociedad 42 18 9 15 50 47 +3 63
9 Tenerife 42 15 11 16 69 57 +12 56[d]
10 Valencia 42 15 11 16 63 59 +4 56[d]
11 Compostela 42 13 14 15 52 65 −13 53
12 Espanyol 42 14 9 19 51 57 −6 51
13 Racing Santander 42 11 17 14 52 54 −2 50[e]
14 Zaragoza 42 12 14 16 58 66 −8 50[e]
15 Sporting Gijón 42 13 11 18 45 63 −18 50[e]
16 Celta Vigo 42 12 13 17 51 54 −3 49
17 Oviedo 42 12 12 18 49 65 −16 48
18 Rayo Vallecano (R) 42 13 6 23 43 62 −19 45 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
19 Extremadura (R) 42 11 11 20 35 64 −29 44 Relegation to the Segunda División
20 Sevilla (R) 42 12 7 23 50 69 −19 43
21 Hércules (R) 42 12 5 25 40 77 −37 41
22 Logroñés (R) 42 9 6 27 33 85 −52 33
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET
  2. ^ Since Barcelona, winners of 1996–97 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Real Betis earned a spot in the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  3. ^ a b VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD
  4. ^ a b VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL
  5. ^ a b c RAC: 9 pts; ZAR: 6 pts; SPG: 3 pts


Results

Home \ Away ATH ATM BAR BET CEL COM DEP ESP EXT HÉR LOG RAC RVA RMA ROV RSO SEV SPG TEN VAL VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 5–0 6–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Atlético Madrid 2–1 2–5 2–2 2–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–4 3–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 3–1 5–1
FC Barcelona 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 8–0 1–0 6–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 4–0 4–0 1–1 3–2 6–1 4–1
Betis 3–0 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 5–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
Celta de Vigo 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
SD Compostela 1–1 3–1 1–5 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1
Deportivo de La Coruña 2–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0
RCD Espanyol 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 5–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0
CF Extremadura 1–2 2–4 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Hércules CF 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
CD Logroñés 1–4 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2
Racing de Santander 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–2
Rayo Vallecano 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1
Real Madrid 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 6–1 6–1 4–2 3–1 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–0
Real Oviedo 2–0 4–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–5 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0
Real Sociedad 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Sevilla FC 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–2
Sporting de Gijón 2–4 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
CD Tenerife 3–3 2–3 4–0 0–1 0–0 6–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 6–0 2–1 1–3 3–3
Valencia CF 5–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–1
Valladolid 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–1
Zaragoza 1–1 2–3 3–5 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RCD Mallorca (a) 2–2 Rayo Vallecano 1–0 1–2

First leg

25 June 1997 RCD Mallorca 1–0 Rayo Vallecano Palma de Mallorca
22:00 Barbero 17' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Lluís Sitjar
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arceo Canary Islands

Second leg

29 June 1997 Rayo Vallecano 2–1
(2–2 agg.)		 RCD Mallorca Madrid
21:30 Klimowicz 38' (pen.)
Cortijo 86'		 Report (in Spanish) Carlitos 58' Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo Aragon

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Ronaldo Barcelona 34
2 Spain Alfonso Real Betis 25
3 Croatia Davor Šuker Real Madrid 24
4 Spain Raúl Real Madrid 21
Brazil Rivaldo Deportivo La Coruña
6 Spain Oli Oviedo 19
7 Spain Luis Enrique Barcelona 17
Nigeria Ohen Compostela
Spain José Ángel Ziganda Athletic Bilbao
10 Spain Víctor Fernández Valladolid 16
Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev Compostela
Spain Ismael Urzaiz Athletic Bilbao

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Barcelona 8-0 Logroñés". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Rayo Vallecano 0–5 Real Betis". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Zaragozaa 3-5 Barcelona". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_La_Liga