1996–97 Valencia CF season
1996–97 season | |||
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President | Francisco Roig | ||
Manager | Luis Aragonés (until 19 November 1996) Jorge Valdano | ||
Stadium | Mestalla | ||
La Liga | 10th | ||
Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | ||
UEFA Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Leandro Goran Vlaović (8 each) All: Goran Vlaović (10 goals) | ||
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During the 1996–97 season Valencia CF competed in La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.
Summary
During summer the club transferred in several players such as 1994 FIFA World Cup Winner Romário[1] on loan from FC Barcelona, Forward Claudio López,[2] centre back Defender Fernando Cáceres,[3] Brazilian midfielder Leandro Machado[4] and Croatian Striker Goran Vlaović from Padova Calcio in an attempt to replace the sale of Predrag Mijatović to Real Madrid. The purchase of Romário was controversial after several disputes between the Brazilian star and Luis Aragonés upon October when the forward finished his agreement and left the club to return to Flamengo.[5] On 19 November 1996 after a bad streak of results and controversies with President, Luis Aragonés renounces as coach. Then, the club appointed Jorge Valdano as its new manager for the rest of the season.
In League, the team collapsed to the 10th spot getting out of the Continental competitions next year. Also, in Copa del Rey the squad was eliminated in Eightfinals by underdogs Segunda División team UD Las Palmas after two legs and a penalties series. Finally, the club was defeated by Schalke 04 in UEFA Cup Quarterfinals stage with a 1–3 score.
Squad
- Squad at end of season[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
FW | Romário | FC Barcelona | loan |
FW | Claudio López | Racing Club | |
DF | Fernando Cáceres | Real Zaragoza | |
MF | Valeri Karpin | Real Sociedad | |
FW | Gabriel Moya | Sevilla CF | |
FW | Goran Vlaović | Padova Calcio | |
MF | Leandro Machado Nascimento | SC Internacional | |
DF | Iván Campo | Real Valladolid | |
MF | Ariel Ortega | River Plate |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
FW | Predrag Mijatović | Real Madrid | |
MF | Mazinho | Celta Vigo | |
FW | Viola | Palmeiras | |
MF | Carlos Arroyo | Villarreal CF | |
FW | Serer | Villarreal CF | |
FW | José Gálvez Estévez | RCD Mallorca | loan |
Source: BDFutbol.com[7]
Competitions
La Liga
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | Real Sociedad | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 63 |
9 | Tenerife | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 56[a] |
10 | Valencia | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 56[a] |
11 | Compostela | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 53 |
12 | Espanyol | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 51 |
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.
Notes:
- ^ a b VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL
Position by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round; = 1996–97 La Liga#Relegation playoff; = 1997–98 Segunda División; R = 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Matches
1 September 1996 1 | Racing Santander | 3-2 | Valencia | Santander |
Stadium: El Sardinero |
7 September 1996 2 | Valencia | 0-1 | Real Sociedad | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
14 September 1996 3 | Real Zaragoza | 1-1 | Valencia | Zaragoza |
Stadium: La Romareda |
21 September 1996 4 | Valencia | 2-1 | CD Tenerife | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
29 September 1996 5 | SD Compostela | 0-3 | Valencia | Santiago de Compostela |
2 October 1996 6 | Valencia | 0-1 | CD Logroñés | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
12 October 1996 7 | Sevilla CF | 0-2 | Valencia | Sevilla |
Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan |
20 October 1996 8 | Valencia | 3-1 | Atlético Madrid | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
23 October 1996 9 | Valencia | 2-1 | Sporting Gijón | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
26 October 1996 10 | FC Barcelona | 3-2 | Valencia | Barcelona |
Stadium: Camp Nou |
10 November 1996 11 | Valencia | 2-4 | Real Valladolid | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
16 November 1996 12 | Athletic Bilbao | 2-0 | Valencia | Bilbao |
Stadium: San Mames |
19 November 1996 13 | Valencia | 0-0 | Extremadura CF | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
24 November 1996 14 | Real Madrid | 4-2 | Valencia | Madrid |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
30 November 1996 15 | Valencia | 2-0 | Celta Vigo | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
8 December 1996 16 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1-0 | Valencia | La Coruña |
Stadium: Riazor |
23 December 1996 17 | Valencia | 3-0 | Hércules CF | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
6 January 1997 18 | Real Betis | 1-1 | Valencia | Sevilla |
Stadium: Benito Villamarin |
12 January 1997 19 | Valencia | 1-0 | Rayo Vallecano | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
19 January 1997 20 | Real Oviedo | 3-0 | Valencia | Oviedo |
Stadium: Carlos Tartiere |
25 January 1997 21 | Valencia | 1-1 | RCD Espanyol | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
2 February 1997 22 | Valencia | 1-1 | Racing Santander | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
8 February 1997 23 | Real Sociedad | 0-1 | Valencia | San Sebastián |
Stadium: Anoeta |
15 February 1997 24 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Zaragoza | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
19 February 1997 25 | CD Tenerife | 2-1 | Valencia |
24 February 1997 26 | Valencia | 2-1 | SD Compostela | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
1 March 1997 27 | CD Logroñés | 2-1 | Valencia |
8 March 1997 28 | Valencia | 4-2 | Sevilla CF | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
15 March 1997 29 | Atlético Madrid | 1-4 | Valencia | Madrid |
Stadium: Vicente Calderón |
24 March 1997 30 | Sporting Gijón | 2-1 | Valencia | Gijón |
Stadium: El Molinon |
30 March 1997 31 | Valencia | 1-1 | FC Barcelona | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
6 April 1997 32 | Real Valladolid | 4-1 | Valencia |
12 April 1997 33 | Valencia | 5-2 | Athletic Bilbao | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
15 April 1997 34 | Extremadura CF | 1-0 | Valencia |
21 April 1997 35 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
4 May 1997 36 | Celta Vigo | 1-1 | Valencia |
12 May 1997 37 | Valencia | 1-1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
18 May 1997 38 | Hércules CF | 0-2 | Valencia |
26 May 1997 39 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Betis | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
31 May 1997 40 | Rayo Vallecano | 3-1 | Valencia |
15 June 1997 41 | Valencia | 2-1 | Real Oviedo | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
21 June 1997 42 | RCD Espanyol | 3-2 | Valencia |
Source: Competitive Matches[8]
Copa del Rey
First round
29 January 1997 | UD Las Palmas | 0-2[9] | Valencia | Palma de Mallorca |
5 February 1997 | Valencia | 0-2 | UD Las Palmas | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
UEFA Cup
Round of 64
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
10 September 1996 | Valencia ![]() | 3-0 | ![]() | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
24 September 1996 | Bayern München ![]() | 1-0 | ![]() | München |
Stadium: Olympiastadion |
Round of 32
![Czech Republic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
15 October 1996 | Slavia Prague ![]() | 0-1 | ![]() | Prague |
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
![Czech Republic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png)
29 October 1996 | Valencia ![]() | 0-0 | ![]() | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
4 March 1997 | Schalke 04 ![]() | 2-0 | ![]() | Gelsenkirchen |
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
4 March 1997 | Valencia ![]() | 1-1 | ![]() | Valencia |
Stadium: Mestalla |
Statistics
Players statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Zubizarreta | 49 | -62 | 41 | -56 | 2 | -2 | 6 | -4 |
3 | DF | ![]() | Otero | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() | Ferreira | 44 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
24 | DF | ![]() | Cáceres | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() | Romero | 40 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() | Karpin | 46 | 6 | 35+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() | Mendieta | 36 | 1 | 22+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
2 | MF | ![]() | Engonga | 44 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
14 | MF | ![]() | José Ignacio | 42 | 1 | 27+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
8 | FW | ![]() | Moya | 44 | 9 | 30+5 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
16 | FW | ![]() | Claudio | 40 | 5 | 23+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
13 | GK | ![]() | Bartual | 5 | -6 | 1+1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | -3 |
10 | MF | ![]() | Fernando | 36 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() | Eskurza | 28 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() | Vlaović | 31 | 10 | 16+8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 2 |
9 | MF | ![]() | Leandro | 27 | 10 | 16+7 | 8 | 1+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
31 | MF | ![]() | Farinos | 19 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
5 | MF | ![]() | Poyatos | 27 | 2 | 10+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
FW | ![]() | Ortega | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | |||||
22 | MF | ![]() | Gálvez | 25 | 4 | 5+14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | Javi Navarro | 14 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() | Hurtado | 18 | 1 | 0+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
7 | FW | ![]() | Sietes | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
12 | DF | ![]() | Iván Campo | 9 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() | Romário | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
4 | DF | ![]() | Camarasa | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
30 | FW | ![]() | Navarro | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||||
33 | DF | ![]() | Lopez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
26 | FW | ![]() | Raúl Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1996-9736.html
See also
References
- La Liga Primera División 95–96 RSSSF.com
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