1996–97 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors
1996-97 season
President	Mauricio Macri
Manager	Carlos Bilardo (until 16 December 1995); Héctor Veira
Stadium	Estadio Camilo Cichero (La Bombonera)
Apertura Tournament	10th
Clausura Tournament	9th
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Sergio "Manteca" Martinez (17)

The 1996–97 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 67th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Summary

Macri reinforced the club with several players: Diego Latorre, Julio Cesar Toresani, Lorenzo, Guzman, Facundo Sava, Sebastián Rambert, Gabriel Cedrés, Diego Cagna, Héctor Pineda, Guerra, Carrario, Fernando Cáceres and Christian Dollberg. Owing to health issues club star Diego Maradona took another retirement. [1] Meanwhile, forward Claudio Paul Caniggia suffered his mother' suicide in Henderson [2] and announced his own retirement for the next Apertura Tournament. Also, left winger Kily Gonzalez,[3] Juan Sebastian Veron [4] were transferred out to Europe. 17-yr-old playmaker and future club legend Juan Roman Riquelme made his debut in this Apertura tournament.

In Apertura Tournament, the squad was a total failure sinking down to the middle of the table far below of champions River Plate prompting Bilardo to be sacked during December.[5]

In spite of rumors about Miguel Angel Brindisi as new trainer, the club appointed Hector Veira as new head coach[6] and reinforced the squad with goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri (returned from a loan Rosario Central), midfielder Christian Traverso, Alfredo Berti and Pedro González. However, in Clausura the team just reached a miserable ninth spot despite Sergio “Manteca” Martinez scored 15 goals being the Clausura top striker. Finally, by July 13th Diego Maradona came back from his brief retirement and played against Racing [7] for the joy of Boca fans.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ARG	Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya
—		ARG	Nelson Vivas
—	DF	ARG	Nestor Fabbri
—	MF	ARG	Kily Gonzalez
—	FW	URU	Sergio Daniel Martinez
—	FW	ARG	Claudio Paul Caniggia
10	FW	ARG	Diego Maradona
—		ARG	Raul Alejandro Peralta
—	MF	CMR	Alphonse Marie Tchami
—		ARG	Luis Darío Calvo
—	MF	ARG	José Horacio Basualdo
—	MF	ARG	Walter José Del Río
—	FW	ARG	Sebastián Rambert
—	MF	ARG	Diego Latorre


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ARG	Roberto Pompei
—	DF	ARG	Julio Cesar Toresani
—	DF	ARG	Fernando Gabriel Caceres
—	MF	ARG	Diego Cagna
—	MF	URU	Gabriel Cedrés
—	MF	URU	Hugo Guerra
—	DF	ARG	Christian Dollberg
—	DF	ARG	Hector Pineda
—	MF	ARG	Juan Roman Riquelme
—	FW	ARG	Facundo Sava
—	DF	ARG	Silvio Carrario
—	GK	ARG	Sandro Daniel Guzman
—	DF	ARG	Néstor Gabriel Lorenzo
—	MF	ARG	Pablo Marcelo Trobbiani
—	DF	ARG	Anibal Matellan
—	DF	ARG	Ariel Rosada

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Diego Latorre	Racing Club
MF	Julio Cesar Toresani
DF	Lorenzo
GK	Sandro Guzman
DF	Facundo Sava
FW	Sebastián Rambert	Real Zaragoza
MF	Gabriel Cedrés
MF	Diego Cagna
DF	Hector Pineda
MF	Guerra
MF	Carrario
DF	Fernando Caceres
MF	Christian Dollberg

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Mac Allister
DF	Carrizo
FW	Darío Scotto	Rosario Central
MF	Juan Sebastián Verón	Sampdoria
MF	Kily Gonzalez	Real Zaragoza

January

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Abbondanzieri	Rosario Central	loan ended
MF	Christian Traverso

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya	Extremadura
MF	José Horacio Basualdo	Extremadura

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Colón	19	6	8	5	26	24	+2	26
9	Newell's Old Boys	19	7	5	7	24	26	−2	26
10	Boca Juniors	19	7	4	8	36	33	+3	25
11	Estudiantes (LP)	19	7	4	8	27	28	−1	25
12	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	6	7	6	18	19	−1	25

Source:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	19	12	5	2	37	20	+17	41
2	Colón	19	9	8	2	36	28	+8	35
3	Newell's Old Boys	19	10	5	4	23	20	+3	35
4	Independiente	19	9	5	5	38	21	+17	32
5	Vélez Sársfield	19	9	3	7	25	18	+7	30
6	San Lorenzo	19	9	3	7	32	22	+10	30
7	Racing	19	7	6	6	24	22	+2	27
8	Platense	19	6	8	5	21	22	−1	26
9	Boca Juniors	19	6	7	6	34	32	+2	25
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	5	9	5	24	22	+2	24
11	Lanús	19	6	6	7	22	21	+1	24
12	Unión	19	6	6	7	31	36	−5	24
13	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	19	6	5	8	19	25	−6	23
14	Huracán	19	5	7	7	22	33	−11	22
15	Huracán (C)	19	4	9	6	21	28	−7	21
16	Estudiantes (LP)	19	5	4	10	22	26	−4	19
17	Deportivo Español	19	4	7	8	19	25	−6	19
18	Rosario Central	19	4	6	9	24	27	−3	18
19	Banfield	19	4	4	11	20	32	−12	16
20	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	19	2	8	9	21	35	−14	14

Source:

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 1996 1	Estudiantes La Plata	2-3	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani

3 September 1996 2	Boca Juniors	2-3	Colon	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

7 September 1996 3

Lanus

3-1

Boca Juniors

15 September 1996 4	Boca Juniors	1-1	San Lorenzo	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

21 September 1996 5

Huracan Corrientes

1-3

Boca Juniors

29 September 1996 6	Boca Juniors	3-2	River Plate	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

13 October 1996 7

Ferro Carril Oeste

3-1

Boca Juniors

20 October 1996 8	Boca Juniors	2-1	Newell's Old Boys	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

27 October 1996 9	Velez Sarsfield	1-1	Boca Juniors	Liniers
				Stadium: Estadio Jose Amalfitani

3 November 1996 10	Boca Juniors	0-1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

7 November 1996 11

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

1-1

Boca Juniors

10 November 1996 12	Boca Juniors	2-0	Unión de Santa Fe	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

17 November 1996 13

Banfield

3-1

Boca Juniors

24 November 1996 14	Boca Juniors	6-0	Huracán	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

26 November 1996 15

Deportivo Español

1-1

Boca Juniors

1 December 1996 16	Racing	4-2	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
				Stadium: Cilindro de Avellaneda

6 December 1996 17	Boca Juniors	4-1	Platense	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

18 December 1996 18

Rosario Central

4-2

Boca Juniors

22 December 1996 19	Boca Juniors	0-1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Racing	19	7	6	6	24	22	+2	27
8	Platense	19	6	8	5	21	22	−1	26
9	Boca Juniors	19	6	7	6	34	32	+2	25
10	Ferro Carril Oeste	19	5	9	5	24	22	+2	24
11	Lanús	19	6	6	7	22	21	+1	24

Source:

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	3	8	9	15	9	11	12	12	14	15	11	11	10	11	11	9	10	8	9

Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 February 1997 1	Boca Juniors	2-1	Estudiantes La Plata	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

1 March 1997 2

Colon

1-0

Boca Juniors

4 March 1997 5	Boca Juniors	1-1	Lanus	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

9 March 1997 4

San Lorenzo

1-1

Boca Juniors

14 March 1997 5	Boca Juniors	4-1	Huracan Corrientes	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

23 March 1997 6

River Plate

3-3

Boca Juniors

Nuñez

6 April 1997 7	Boca Juniors	1-1	Ferro Carril Oeste	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

12 April 1997 8

Newell's Old Boys

1-1

Boca Juniors

20 April 1997 9	Boca Juniors	1-2	Velez Sarsfield	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

4 Mat 1997 10	Independiente	2-0	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

7 November 1996 11	Boca Juniors	6-1	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

14 May 1997 12

Unión de Santa Fe

3-3

Boca Juniors

16 May 1997 13	Boca Juniors	3-1	Banfield	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

26 May 1997 14

Huracán

1-1

Boca Juniors

1 June 1997 15	Boca Juniors	1-3	Deportivo Español	La Boca
				Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

13 July 1997 16	Boca Juniors	3-2	Racing	La Boca
	Sebastián Rambert 15' Sebastián Rambert 21' Nestor Fabbri 34'	Report	Ignacio Gonzalez 23' (pen) Marcelo Delgado 80'	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera) Referee: Hay

7 August 1997 17	Platense	1-0	Boca Juniors
	Loyola 88'	Report	Juan Roman Riquelme	Referee: Guerra

10 August 1997 18	Boca Juniors	4-3	Rosario Central	La Boca
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)

12 August 1997 19	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	0-0	Boca Juniors
		Report	Pedro Gonzalez Ariel Rosada	Referee: Salado

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Apertura 96[8]		Clausura 97[9]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya	13	0	13	0	-	-
			Nelson Vivas	27	1	16	1	11	0
	DF		Nestor Fabbri	29	4	16	2	13	2
	MF		Kily Gonzalez	1	0	1	0	-	-
	FW		Sergio Daniel Martinez	17	16	2	1	15	15
	FW		Claudio Paul Caniggia	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Diego Maradona	1	0	0	0	1	0
			Raul Alejandro Peralta	8	0	2	0	6	0
	MF		Alphonse Marie Tchami	12	1	7	0	5	1
			Luis Darío Calvo	6	0	2	0	4	0
	MF		José Horacio Basualdo	9	1	9	1	-	-
	MF		Walter José Del Río	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Sebastián Rambert	27	10	18	5	9	5
	MF		Diego Latorre	35	9	19	4	16	5
	DF		Roberto Pompei	30	3	18	3	12	0
	DF		Julio Cesar Toresani	31	7	16	5	15	2
	DF		Fernando Caceres	15	1	15	1	-	-
	MF		Diego Cagna	29	1	15	1	14	0
	MF		Gabriel Cedrés	28	8	13	6	15	2
	MF		Hugo Romeo Guerra	12	5	12	5
	DF		Cristian Dollberg	12	0	12	0
	DF		Héctor Pineda	17	0	9	0	8	0
	MF		Juan Roman Riquelme	22	4	8	2	14	2
	FW		Facundo Sava	7	0	7	0	-	-
	DF		Silvio Carrario	6	0	6	0	-	-
	GK		Sandro Daniel Guzman	18	0	6	0	12	0
	DF		Néstor Gabriel Lorenzo	13	0	6	0	7	0
	MF		Pablo Marcelo Trobbiani	4	0	4	0
	DF		Anibal Matellan	12	0	2	0	10	0
	DF		Ariel Rosada	3	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		Christian Traverso	14	0	0	0	14	0
	DF		Rodolfo Arruabarrena	12	0	0	0	12	0
	MF		Pedro Enrique González	12	0	0	0	12	0
	GK		Roberto Abbondanzieri	8	0	0	0	8	0
	MF		Blas Giunta	8	0	0	0	8	0
	DF		Alfredo Jesus Berti	7	0	0	0	7	0
	DF		Ruben Darío Cantero	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Emanuel Ruiz	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		German Gallo	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Diego Gastón Herrera	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Gustavo Hernan Scolari	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Carlos Alcides Zapella	1	0	0	0	1	0

Source:

References

"I'm about a mere 10% from my retirement as player" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.ar. 14 September 1996. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
Alba Piotto (13 September 1996). "Caniggia returned to his town for his mother's funeral" (in Spanish). clarin.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
"The confessions of Kily Gonzalez" (in Spanish). ar.marca.com. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
"Veron transferred out to Sampdoria" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 20 July 1996. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
"At the end, Bilardo remained without Boca" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 15 December 1996.
"Did Macri meet with Brindisi?". clarin.com. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
"Maradona is back to the field against Racing". clarin.com. 13 July 1997. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
"Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 1996". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
"Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 1997". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

External links

Club Atlético Boca Juniors official web site (in Spanish)

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[1] "I'm about a mere 10% from my retirement as player" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.ar. 14 September 1996. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[2] Alba Piotto (13 September 1996). "Caniggia returned to his town for his mother's funeral" (in Spanish). clarin.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[3] "The confessions of Kily Gonzalez" (in Spanish). ar.marca.com. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[4] "Veron transferred out to Sampdoria" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 20 July 1996. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[5] "At the end, Bilardo remained without Boca" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 15 December 1996.

[6] "Did Macri meet with Brindisi?". clarin.com. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[7] "Maradona is back to the field against Racing". clarin.com. 13 July 1997. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[8] "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 1996". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[9] "Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 1997". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.