1996–97 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season
1996–97 season | |||
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President | Mauricio Macri | ||
Manager | Carlos Bilardo (until 16 December 1995) Héctor Veira (Jan. 1997–) | ||
Stadium | La Bombonera | ||
Apertura Tournament | 10th. | ||
Clausura Tournament | 9th. | ||
Top goalscorer | League: All: Sergio Martinez (17) | ||
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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 César Toresani, Néstor Lorenzo, Sandro Guzmán, Facundo Sava, Sebastián Rambert, Gabriel Cedrés, Diego Cagna, Mauricio Pineda, Hugo Guerra, Silvio 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 13 Diego Maradona came back from his brief retirement and played against Racing [7] for the joy of Boca fans.
Special uniforms[]
Alternate kits worn only in 1997 Supercopa Libertadores
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Squad[]
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[]
Players in | ||
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Pos. | Name | From |
MF | Diego Latorre | Racing Club |
MF | Julio César Toresani | |
DF | Néstor Lorenzo | |
GK | Sandro Guzmán | |
DF | Facundo Sava | |
FW | Sebastián Rambert | Real Zaragoza |
MF | Gabriel Cedrés | |
MF | Diego Cagna | |
DF | Hector Pineda | |
MF | Hugo Guerra | |
MF | Silvio Carrario | |
DF | Fernando Caceres | |
MF | Christian Dollberg |
Players out | ||
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Pos. | Name | To |
DF | Carlos Mac Allister | |
DF | Fabián Carrizo | |
FW | Darío Scotto | Rosario Central |
MF | Juan Sebastián Verón | Sampdoria |
MF | Kily Gonzalez | Real Zaragoza |
January[]
Players in | ||
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Pos. | Name | From |
GK | Roberto Abbondanzieri | Rosario Central |
MF | Christian Traverso |
Players out | ||
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Pos. | Name | To |
GK | Carlos Navarro Montoya | Extremadura UD |
MF | José Basualdo | Extremadura UD |
Competitions[]
Torneo Apertura[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Position by round[]
Matches[]
25 August 1996 1 | Estudiantes (LP) | 2–3 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
3 September 1996 2 | Boca Juniors | 2–3 | Colón | showBuenos Aires |
15 September 1996 4 | Boca Juniors | 1–1 | San Lorenzo | showBuenos Aires |
21 September 1996 5 | Huracán (C) | 1–3 | Boca Juniors | showCorrientes |
29 September 1996 6 | Boca Juniors | 3–2 | River Plate | showBuenos Aires |
13 October 1996 7 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 3–1 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
20 October 1996 8 | Boca Juniors | 2–1 | Newell's Old Boys | showBuenos Aires |
27 October 1996 9 | Vélez Sarsfield | 1–1 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
3 November 1996 10 | Boca Juniors | 0–1 | Independiente | showBuenos Aires |
7 November 1996 11 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | 1–1 | Boca Juniors | showLa Plata |
10 November 1996 12 | Boca Juniors | 2–0 | Unión (SF) | showBuenos Aires |
24 November 1996 14 | Boca Juniors | 6–0 | Huracán | showBuenos Aires |
26 November 1996 15 | Deportivo Español | 1–1 | Boca Juniors | show |
1 December 1996 16 | Racing | 4–2 | Boca Juniors | showAvellaneda |
6 December 1996 17 | Boca Juniors | 4–1 | Platense | showBuenos Aires |
18 December 1996 18 | Rosario Central | 4–2 | Boca Juniors | showRosario |
22 December 1996 19 | Boca Juniors | 0–1 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | showBuenos Aires |
Torneo Clausura[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Position by round[]
Matches[]
23 February 1997 1 | Boca Juniors | 2–1 | Estudiantes (LP) | showBuenos Aires |
4 March 1997 5 | Boca Juniors | 1–1 | Lanús | showBuenos Aires |
9 March 1997 4 | San Lorenzo | 4–0 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
14 March 1997 5 | Boca Juniors | 4–1 | Huracán (C) | showBuenos Aires |
23 March 1997 6 | River Plate | 3–3 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
6 April 1997 7 | Boca Juniors | 1–1 | Ferro Carril Oeste | showBuenos Aires |
12 April 1997 8 | Newell's Old Boys | 1–1 | Boca Juniors | showRosario |
20 April 1997 9 | Boca Juniors | 1–2 | Vélez Sarsfield | showBuenos Aires |
4 Mat 1997 10 | Independiente | 2–0 | Boca Juniors | showAvellaneda |
7 November 1996 11 | Boca Juniors | 6–1 | showBuenos Aires |
14 May 1997 12 | Unión (SF) | 3–3 | Boca Juniors | showSanta Fe |
16 May 1997 13 | Boca Juniors | 3–1 | Banfield | showBuenos Aires |
26 May 1997 14 | Huracán | 1–1 | Boca Juniors | showBuenos Aires |
1 June 1997 15 | Boca Juniors | 1–3 | Deportivo Español | showBuenos Aires |
13 July 1997 16 | Boca Juniors | 3–2 | Racing | showBuenos Aires |
10 August 1997 18 | Boca Juniors | 4–3 | Rosario Central | showBuenos Aires |
12 August 1997 19 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) | 0–0 | Boca Juniors | showJujuy |
Statistics[]
Players statistics[]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Apertura 96[8] | Clausura 97[9] | |||
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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 | |
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 | 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 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | |||||
DF | 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 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
DF | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
MF | 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 | 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
DF | 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:[citation needed]
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.
- Argentine football clubs 1996–97 season
- Club Atlético Boca Juniors seasons