1996–97 Real Madrid CF season

The 1996–97 season was the Real Madrid CF's 66th season in La Liga. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the 1996–97 season. This was the first season since 1977–78 that Real Madrid would not compete in any European competition due to the previous season's lowest position finish in 19 years.

Real Madrid

1996–97 season
President	Lorenzo Sanz
Head coach	Fabio Capello
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Davor Suker (24) All: Davor Suker (26)
Home colours Away colours

Summary

For the first time since the 1977–78 season Real Madrid only played in the domestic competitions after rejected to compete in 1996 Intertoto Cup.[1] Real Madrid returned to domestic glory in the only season under the Fabio Capello's reign, who, after much conflict with club president Lorenzo Sanz, already mid-season announced his exit in order to return to Italy. New signings Predrag Mijatović and Davor Šuker played alongside main striker Raúl González as well as Clarence Seedorf in midfield. Real Madrid was nearly on course to sign Newcastle United-bound Alan Shearer despite his best form at Blackburn Rovers but due to Real Madrid already have Raúl González as club's main striker, Alan Shearer was choose Newcastle United instead. Roberto Carlos, Carlos Secretário, Christian Panucci and mid-season Zé Roberto were also new signings in defence. Real Madrid won La Liga title on the last day of the season despite a 4-0 loss against Celta Vigo and thus Fabio Capello became the first-ever Italian manager to won the La Liga title but Real Madrid suffered an early domestic cup exit against eventual winners Barcelona in the Round of 16 after a 4-3 aggregate loss.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Buyo	38	EU	1986	0		1997	€380,000
2	RB		Chendo	34	EU	1996	16	0	1997	Youth system
3	LB		Roberto Carlos	23	Non-EU	1996	37	5	2007	€3,500,000
4	CB		Fernando Hierro (VC)	28	EU	1989	39	6	2003	€2,000,000
5	CB		Manuel Sanchís (captain)	31	EU	1983	22	0	2001	Youth system
6	DM		Redondo	27	EU	1994	33	1	2000	€4,500,000
7	FW		Raúl	19	EU	1994	42	21	2010	Youth system
8	FW		Mijatović	27	EU	1996	38	14	1999	€7,500,000
9	FW		Šuker	28	EU	1996	38	24	1999	€3,600,000
10	MF		Seedorf	20	EU	1996	38	6	1999	€4,800,000
11	LW		Amavisca	25	EU	1994	26	0	1998	€1,050,000
12	RB		Secretário	26	EU	1996	13	0	1997	€1,800,000
13	GK		Cañizares	26	EU	1988	2		1998	Youth system
14	MF		Milla	30	EU	1990	19	0	1997	€2,100,000
15	DF		F. Sanz	22	EU	1996	6	0	1999	Youth system
17	RB		Panucci	23	EU	1997 (Winter)	19	2	1999	€3,500,000
18	CB		Alkorta	27	EU	1993	40	0	1997	€2,400,000
19	LB		Lasa	24	EU	1991	13	0	1997	€1,700,000
20	MF		Petković	23	Non-EU	1995	2	0	1996	€2,200,000
21	LB		Zé Roberto	21	Non-EU	1997 (Winter)	9	0	1998	€2,500,000
23	MF		Guti	19	EU	1995	14	0	2010	Youth system
24	MF		Álvaro Benito	19	EU	1995	7	0	2002	Youth system
25	GK		Illgner	29	EU	1996	40		2001	€1,200,000
26	MF		Víctor	20	EU	1996	36	5	1998	Youth system
29	DF		García Calvo	21	EU	1996	6	0	1997	Youth system

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In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
8	FW		Mijatović	27	EU	Valencia	Transfer	Summer	1999	€7,500,000	[]
9	FW		Šuker	28	EU	Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	1999	€3,600,000	[]
10	MF		Seedorf	20	EU	Sampdoria	Transfer	Summer	1999	€4,800,000	[]
3	LB		Roberto Carlos	23	Non-EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2007	€3,500,000	[]
12	RB		Secretário	26	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	1997	€1,800,000	[]
25	GK		Illgner	29	EU	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	2001	€1,200,000	[]
17	RB		Panucci	23	EU	Milan	Transfer	Winter	1999	€3,500,000	[]
21	RB		Zé Roberto	21	Non-EU	Portuguesa	Transfer	Winter	1998	€2,500,000	[]

Total spending: €28,400,000

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF		Michael Laudrup	31	EU	Vissel Kobe	Transfer	Summer		[]
	FW		Ivan Zamorano	29	Non-EU	Inter Milan	Transfer	Summer		[]
	MF		Míchel	33	EU	Celaya	Transfer	Summer		[]
	DM		Freddy Rincon	29	Non-EU	Palmeiras	Transfer	Summer		[]
	FW		Juan Eduardo Esnaider	24	Non-EU	Atletico Madrid	Transfer	Summer		[]
	MF		Luis Enrique	26	EU	FC Barcelona	Transfer	Summer		[]
	CB		Quique Sanchez Flores	31	EU	Real Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer		[]
	LB		Miquel Soler	31	EU	Real Zaragoza	Free	Summer		[]
	RB		Carlos Secretario	26	EU	Porto	Transfer	Winter		[]

Total income: €0

Competitions

La Liga

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

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) Champion.
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.

Matches

31 August 1996 1	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Real Madrid	A Coruña
	Martins  22' Armando  74'  Donato  89'  Djukic	Report	Roberto Carlos  78' Milla  52'	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Dauden Ibañez

8 September 1996 2	Real Madrid	3–0	Hércules	Madrid
	Mijatovic  16' Raúl  28' Raúl  71' Seedorf	Report	Ferreras Palomino	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

16 September 1996 3	Real Betis	1–1	Real Madrid	Seville
	Alfonso 28' Luis Fernandez	Report	Roberto Carlos 44' Secretario Sanchis Hierro Suker	Stadium: Benito Villamarín

22 September 1996 4	Real Madrid	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
	Raúl 40'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Puentes Leira

29 September 1996 5	Oviedo	2–3	Real Madrid	Oviedo
	Dubovsky 63' (pen) Gamboa 84' Onopko40'	Report	Suker 14' Mijatovic 15' Víctor 43' Secretario 63'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Carmona Mendez

1 October 1996 6	Real Madrid	2–0	Espanyol	Madrid
	Raúl 6' Suker 26' Sanchis Alkorta Roberto Carlos	Report	Pocchettino Arteaga	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Iturralde Gonzalez

13 October 1996 7	Racing Santander	2–2	Real Madrid	Santander
	Beschastnykh 70' Schürrer 80'	Report	Suker 75' (pen) Mijatovic 83'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Hernanz Angulo

19 October 1996 8	Real Madrid	6–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Mijatovic 30' Suker 41' (pen) Mild 63' (own goal) Suker 68' Mijatovic 87' Suker 89'	Report	Kovacevic 10' Pikabea 24'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Japon Sevilla

22 October 1996 9	Real Zaragoza	1–2	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Poyet 50' Radimov82'	Report	Suker 16' Suker 78'pen	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Prados García

26 October 1996 10	Real Madrid	0–0	Tenerife	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

3 November 1996 11	Compostela	1–2	Real Madrid	Compostela
	Luboslav Penev 68'	Report	Mijatovic 22' Raúl 78'	Stadium: San Lázaro

10 November 1996 12	Real Madrid	0–0	Logroñés	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

17 November 1996 13	Sevilla	1–3	Real Madrid	Seville
	Salva 53'	Report	Mijatovic 19' Suker 23' Mijatovic 60'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

24 November 1996 14	Real Madrid	4–2	Valencia	Madrid
	Suker 15' Suker 21' Suker 60' Raúl 74'	Report	Karpin 9'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

30 November 1996 15	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Real Madrid	Gijón
		Report	Hierro 19'	Stadium: El Molinón

7 December 1996 16	Real Madrid	2–0	Barcelona	Madrid
	Suker 24' Mijatovic 48' Secretario Hierro Víctor	Report	Sergi Luis Enrique	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arcero

21 December 1996 17	Real Valladolid	1–1	Real Madrid	Valladolid
	Alkorta 58'o.g	Report	Suker 15'	Stadium: José Zorrilla

5 January 1997 18	Real Madrid	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Raúl 59'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

11 January 1997 19	CF Extremadura	0–0	Real Madrid	Extremadura
		Report		Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo

17 January 1997 20	Atletico de Madrid	1–4	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Kiko 32' Prodan Pantic Esnaider Santi	Report	Raúl 46' Raúl 82' Seedorf 84' Víctor 89' Panucci Alkorta Amavisca Mijatovic	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Referee: Eduardo Garcia Iturralde

25 January 1997 21	Real Madrid	4–0	RC Celta	Madrid
	Roberto Carlos 20' Redondo 54' Raul 69' Suker 74'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

1 February 1997 22	Real Madrid	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Panucci 19' Hierro 52' Suker 65'	Report	Flavio Conceicao 15' Martins 50'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

8 February 1997 23	Hércules	2–3	Real Madrid	Alicante
	Manuel Alfaro 5' Nemanja Miljanovic 33'	Report	Mijatovic 11' Seedorf 20' Raúl 53'

14 February 1997 24	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Betis	Madrid
	Mijatovic 18' Panucci 52' Hierro Suker	Report	Alfonso 6' Finidi George 60' Ríos Olías Alexis Jaime	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Rodriguez Martel

18 February 1997 25	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Ezequiel Castillo 35' José María Martín Gonzalez Barla	Report	Hierro Alkorta Mijatovic	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carmona Mendez

22 February 1997 26	Real Madrid	6–1	Oviedo	Madrid
	Suker 3'pen Mijatovic 56' Suker 59' Suker 61' Raúl 66' Víctor 89'	Report	Velamazan 87'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

2 March 1997 27	Espanyol	0–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
		Report	Raúl 68' Raúl 89'

9 March 1997 28	Real Madrid	2–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Raúl 65' Seedorf 68'	Report	Correa 44'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

16 March 1997 29	Real Sociedad	1–2	Real Madrid	San Sebastian
	Adepoju 71'	Report	Raúl 40' Roberto Carlos 47'

22 March 1997 30	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Hierro 35' Hierro 43'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

29 March 1997 31	Tenerife	1–1	Real Madrid	Tenerife
	Neuville 66'	Report	Víctor 58'

6 April 1997 32	Real Madrid	0–0	Compostela	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

12 April 1997 33	Logroñés	0–2	Real Madrid	Logroñés
		Report	Víctor 34' Raúl 67'

15 April 1997 34	Real Madrid	4–2	Sevilla	Madrid
	Seedorf 44' Raúl 59' Hierro 83' Mijatovic 89'	Report	José Mari 1' Tarik Oulida 20'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

20 April 1997 35	Valencia	1–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Ortega 88'pen	Report	Raúl 64'	Stadium: Mestalla

3 May 1997 36	Real Madrid	3–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Suker 38' Roberto Carlos 62' Suker 71'	Report	Cheryshev 9'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

10 May 1997 37	Barcelona	1–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 44' Ferrer Figo	Report	Roberto Carlos Alkorta Suker	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Rodriguez Martel

17 May 1997 38	Real Madrid	1–0	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Suker 57'pen	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

24 May 1997 39	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Carlos García 56'	Report		Stadium: San Mames

31 May 1997 40	Real Madrid	5–0	CF Extremadura	Madrid
	Raúl 9' Seedorf 46' Seedorf 59' Suker 67'pen Suker 89'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

13 June 1997 41	Real Madrid	3–1	Atletico de Madrid	Madrid
	Raúl 36' Hierro 43' Mijatovic 56'	Report	Esnaider 64'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Berrenchea Montero

21 June 1997 42	Celta	4–0	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Gudelj 8' Gudelj 10' Juan Sanchez 48' Gudelj 89'	Report

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

30 January 1997	FC Barcelona	3–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 13' Nadal 70' Giovanni 78'		Suker 16' Hierro 67'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 97,000 Referee: Lopez Nieto

6 February 1997	Real Madrid	1–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Suker 79'pen		Roberto Carlos 69'(o.g)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Diaz Vega

Statistics

Player Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1996-97 La Liga		1996-97 Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
25	GK		Illgner	40	-31	40	-31
17	DF		Panucci	19	2	19	2
18	DF		Alkorta	40	0	40	0
4	DF		Fernando Hierro	39	6	39	6
3	DF		Roberto Carlos	37	5	37	5
26	MF		Víctor	36	5	36	5
6	MF		Redondo	33	1	33	1
10	MF		Seedorf	38	6	38	6
7	MF		Raúl	42	21	42	21
8	FW		Mijatović	38	14	38	14
9	FW		Šuker	38	24	38	24
13	GK		Cañizares	2	-5	2	-5
12	DF		Secretário	13	0	13	0
5	DF		Manuel Sanchís	22	0	22	0
2	DF		Chendo	16	0	16	0
21	DF		García Calvo	6	0	6	0
15	DF		F. Sanz	6	0	6	0
19	DF		Lasa	13	0	13	0
11	MF		Amavisca	26	0	26	0
14	MF		Milla	19	0	19	0
23	MF		Guti	14	0	14	0
21	MF		Zé Roberto	9	0	9	0
24	FW		Álvaro Benito	7	0	7	0
20	FW		Petković	2	0	2	0
1	GK		Buyo	0	0	0	0

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References

• Real Madrid 96-97 bdfutbol.com

1. "Real Oviedo say Yes to Intertoto Cup" (in Spanish). El País. 1 April 1996. Retrieved 2 August 2020.