1996–97 La Liga

The 1996–97 La Liga season, the 66th since its establishment, started on 31 August 1996 and finished on 23 June 1997. Four or five clubs were relegated to Segunda División at the end of the season as the number of clubs was reduced to 20 starting from the 1997–98 season. This was the last season played with 22 teams.

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 (group stage)
Barcelona (group stage)
UEFA Cup Winners' CupBetis (first round) (Copa del Rey runner-up)
UEFA CupDeportivo La Coruña (first round)
Atlético Madrid (first round)
Athletic Bilbao (first round)
Valladolid (first round)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,271 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerRonaldo (34)
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]

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:

Location of teams in La Liga 1996–97
Canary Islands
Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
SevillaRamón Sánchez Pizjuán45,500
EspanyolSarrià44,000
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de VigoEstadio Balaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
Real OviedoCarlos Tartiere30,500
HérculesJosé Rico Pérez29,500
ValladolidJosé Zorrilla27,846
Sporting de GijónEl Molinón25,885
TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López22,824
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,222
LogroñésLas Gaunas16,000
Rayo VallecanoCampo de Fútbol de Vallecas14,708
CompostelaSan Lázaro12,000
ExtremaduraFrancisco de la Hera11,580

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao Luis Fernández Genar Andrinúa Kappa None
Atlético Madrid Radomir Antić Roberto Solozábal Puma Bandai/Tamagotchi
Barcelona Bobby Robson Gheorghe Popescu Kappa None
Betis Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Alexis Trujillo Kappa Ocaroil
Celta Vigo Fernando Castro Santos Patxi Salinas Umbro Citroën
Compostela Fernando Vázquez Javier Bellido Zico Escuris
Deportivo Carlos Alberto Silva Francisco Javier González Pérez Umbro Feiraco
Espanyol Paco Flores Francisco Javier López Alfaro Puma Dani
Extremadura Iosu Ortoundo Juan Francisco Rodríguez Herrera Kelme Expo '98 Lisboa
Hércules Quique Hernández Francisco Gabriel Escudero Martínez Rasán Jijona
Logroñés Carlos Aimar Agustín Abadía Rasán La Rioja
Racing Santander Marcos Alonso Peña Jesús Merino Landaluce Austral Caja Cantabria
Rayo Vallecano Francisco García Gómez Jesús Diego Cota Joma Estepona
Oviedo José Antonio Novo Alberto Martínez Díaz Joluvi Cajastur
Real Madrid Fabio Capello Manolo Sanchís Kelme Teka
Real Sociedad Javier Irureta Lorenzo Juarros García Astore Krafft
Sevilla Vicente Miera Manuel Jiménez Jiménez Umbro None
Sporting de Gijón Benito Floro Juan Carlos Ablanedo Joma Cajastur
Tenerife Jupp Heynckes Felipe Miñambres Puma Canarias
Valencia Jorge Valdano Andoni Zubizarreta Luanvi Ford
Valladolid Vicente Cantatore Juan Carlos Rodríguez Moreno Kelme Caja España
Zaragoza Víctor Espárrago 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Betis 42 21 14 7 81 46 +35 77[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
7 Valladolid 42 18 10 14 57 46 +11 64[lower-alpha 3]
8 Real Sociedad 42 18 9 15 50 47 +3 63
9 Tenerife 42 15 11 16 69 57 +12 56[lower-alpha 4]
10 Valencia 42 15 11 16 63 59 +4 56[lower-alpha 4]
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[lower-alpha 5]
14 Zaragoza 42 12 14 16 58 66 −8 50[lower-alpha 5]
15 Sporting Gijón 42 13 11 18 45 63 −18 50[lower-alpha 5]
16 Celta de 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. 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. VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD
  4. VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL
  5. 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:
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

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

Pichichi Trophy
Goalscorer Goals Team
Ronaldo 34 Barcelona
Alfonso 25 Betis
Davor Šuker 24 Real Madrid
Rivaldo 21 Deportivo La Coruña
Raúl 24 Real Madrid

See also

References
  1. "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.
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