1996–97 Real Madrid CF season

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 Šuker (24); All: ; Davor Šuker (29)
Home colours	Away colours
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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.

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 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,^[2] 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.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Paco 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	Manolo Sanchís (captain)	31	EU	1983	22	0	2001	Youth system
6	DM	Fernando Redondo	27	EU	1994	33	1	2000	€4,500,000
7	FW	Raúl	19	EU	1994	42	21	2010	Youth system
8	FW	Predrag Mijatović	27	EU	1996	38	14	1999	€7,500,000
9	FW	Davor Šuker	28	EU	1996	38	24	1999	€3,600,000
10	MF	Clarence Seedorf	20	EU	1996	38	6	1999	€4,800,000
11	LW	José Emilio Amavisca	25	EU	1994	26	0	1998	€1,050,000
12	RB	Carlos Secretário	26	EU	1996	13	0	1997	€1,800,000
13	GK	Santiago 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	Christian Panucci	23	EU	1997 (Winter)	19	2	1999	€3,500,000
18	CB	Rafael Alkorta	27	EU	1993	40	0	1997	€2,400,000
19	LB	Mikel Lasa	24	EU	1991	13	0	1997	€1,700,000
20	MF	Dejan 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	Bodo 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

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	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	LM	Zé Roberto	21	Non-EU	Portuguesa	Transfer	Winter	1998	€2,500,000	[]

Total spending: €28,400,000

Out[]

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	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 Rincón	29	Non-EU	Palmeiras	Transfer	Summer	[]
FW	Juan Eduardo Esnaider	24	Non-EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	[]
MF	Luis Enrique	26	EU	FC Barcelona	Transfer	Summer	[]
RB	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 v t	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^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Betis	42	21	14	7	81	46	+35	77^[a]	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET
^ 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.

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L
Position	12	6	7	5	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round

Matches[]

31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 1	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Real Madrid	showA Coruña
	Martins 22' Armando 74' Donato 89' Djukic	Report	Roberto Carlos 78' Milla 52'	Stadium: Riazor Referee:

8 September 1996 (1996-09-08) 2	Real Madrid	3–0	Hércules	showMadrid
	Mijatović 16' Raúl 28' Raúl 71' Seedorf	Report	Ferreras Palomino	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

16 September 1996 (1996-09-16) 3	Real Betis	1–1	Real Madrid	showSeville
	Alfonso 28' Luis Fernandez	Report	Roberto Carlos 44' Secretario Sanchis Hierro Šuker	Stadium: Benito Villamarín

22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) 4	Real Madrid	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	showMadrid
	Raúl 40'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Puentes Leira

29 September 1996 (1996-09-29) 5	Oviedo	2–3	Real Madrid	showOviedo
	Dubovsky 63' (pen) Gamboa 84' Onopko40'	Report	Šuker 14' Mijatović 15' Víctor 43' Secretario 63'	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Referee: Carmona Mendez

1 October 1996 (1996-10-01) 6	Real Madrid	2–0	Espanyol	showMadrid
	Raúl 6' Šuker 26' Sanchis Alkorta Roberto Carlos	Report	Pocchettino Arteaga	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Iturralde Gonzalez

13 October 1996 (1996-10-13) 7	Racing Santander	2–2	Real Madrid	showSantander
	Beschastnykh 70' Schürrer 80'	Report	Šuker 75' (pen) Mijatović 83'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Hernanz Angulo

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

22 October 1996 (1996-10-22) 9	Real Zaragoza	1–2	Real Madrid	showZaragoza
	Poyet 50' Radimov82'	Report	Šuker 16' Šuker 78'pen	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Prados García

26 October 1996 (1996-10-26) 10	Real Madrid	0–0	Tenerife	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

3 November 1996 (1996-11-03) 11	Compostela	1–2	Real Madrid	showCompostela
	Luboslav Penev 68'	Report	Mijatovic 22' Raúl 78'	Stadium: San Lázaro

10 November 1996 (1996-11-10) 12	Real Madrid	0–0	Logroñés	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

17 November 1996 (1996-11-17) 13	Sevilla	1–3	Real Madrid	showSeville
	Salva 53'	Report	Mijatovic 19' Suker 23' Mijatovic 60'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

24 November 1996 (1996-11-24) 14	Real Madrid	4–2	Valencia	showMadrid
	Suker 15' Suker 21' Suker 60' Raúl 74'	Report	Karpin 9'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

30 November 1996 (1996-11-30) 15	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Real Madrid	showGijón
		Report	Hierro 19'	Stadium: El Molinón

7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 16	Real Madrid	2–0	Barcelona	showMadrid
	Šuker 24' Mijatović 48' Secretario Hierro Víctor	Report	Sergi Luis Enrique	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arcero

21 December 1996 (1996-12-21) 17	Real Valladolid	1–1	Real Madrid	showValladolid
	Alkorta 58'o.g	Report	Suker 15'	Stadium: José Zorrilla

5 January 1997 (1997-01-05) 18	Real Madrid	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	showMadrid
	Raúl 59'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

11 January 1997 (1997-01-11) 19	CF Extremadura	0–0	Real Madrid	showExtremadura
		Report		Stadium: Referee:

17 January 1997 (1997-01-17) 20	Atlético de Madrid	1–4	Real Madrid	showMadrid
	Kiko 32' Prodan Pantic Esnaider Santi	Report	Raúl 46' Raúl 82' Seedorf 84' Víctor 89' Panucci Alkorta Amavisca Mijatović	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

25 January 1997 (1997-01-25) 21	Real Madrid	4–0	RC Celta	showMadrid
	Roberto Carlos 20' Redondo 54' Raul 69' Suker 74'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

1 February 1997 (1997-02-01) 22	Real Madrid	3–2	Deportivo La Coruña	showMadrid
	Panucci 19' Hierro 52' Suker 65'	Report	Flavio Conceicao 15' Martins 50'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

8 February 1997 (1997-02-08) 23	Hércules	2–3	Real Madrid	showAlicante
	Manuel Alfaro 5' Nemanja Miljanovic 33'	Report	Mijatovic 11' Seedorf 20' Raúl 53'

14 February 1997 (1997-02-14) 24	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Betis	showMadrid
	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 (1997-02-18) 25	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Real Madrid	showMadrid
	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

showMadrid

2 March 1997 (1997-03-02) 27	Espanyol	0–2	Real Madrid	showBarcelona
		Report	Raúl 68' Raúl 89'

9 March 1997 (1997-03-09) 28	Real Madrid	2–1	Racing Santander	showMadrid
	Raúl 65' Seedorf 68'	Report	Correa 44'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

16 March 1997 (1997-03-16) 29	Real Sociedad	1–2	Real Madrid	showSan Sebastián
	Adepoju 71'	Report	Raúl 40' Roberto Carlos 47'

22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) 30	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Zaragoza	showMadrid
	Hierro 35' Hierro 43'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

29 March 1997 (1997-03-29) 31	Tenerife	1–1	Real Madrid	showTenerife
	Neuville 66'	Report	Víctor 58'

6 April 1997 (1997-04-06) 32	Real Madrid	0–0	Compostela	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

12 April 1997 (1997-04-12) 33	Logroñés	0–2	Real Madrid	showLogroñés
		Report	Víctor 34' Raúl 67'

15 April 1997 (1997-04-15) 34	Real Madrid	4–2	Sevilla	showMadrid
	Seedorf 44' Raúl 59' Hierro 83' Mijatovic 89'	Report	José Mari 1' Tarik Oulida 20'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

20 April 1997 (1997-04-20) 35	Valencia	1–1	Real Madrid	showValencia
	Ortega 88'pen	Report	Raúl 64'	Stadium: Mestalla

3 May 1997 (1997-05-03) 36	Real Madrid	3–1	Sporting Gijón	showMadrid
	Suker 38' Roberto Carlos 62' Suker 71'	Report	Cheryshev 9'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 37	Barcelona	1–0	Real Madrid	showBarcelona
	Ronaldo 44' Ferrer Figo	Report	Roberto Carlos Alkorta Suker	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Rodriguez Martel

17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 38	Real Madrid	1–0	Real Valladolid	showMadrid
	Suker 57'pen	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 39	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Real Madrid	showBilbao
	Carlos García 56'	Report		Stadium: San Mames

31 May 1997 (1997-05-31) 40	Real Madrid	5–0	CF Extremadura	showMadrid
	Raúl 9' Seedorf 46' Seedorf 59' Suker 67'pen Suker 89'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

13 June 1997 (1997-06-13) 41	Real Madrid	3–1	Atlético de Madrid	showMadrid
	Raúl 36' Hierro 43' Mijatovic 56'	Report	Esnáider 64'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Berrenchea Montero

21 June 1997 (1997-06-21) 42	Celta	4–0	Real Madrid	showVigo
	Gudelj 8' Gudelj 10' Juan Sanchez 48' Gudelj 89'	Report

Copa del Rey[]

Second round[]

6 November 1996	UD Salamanca	0–2	Real Madrid	showSalamanca
		Report

27 November 1996	Real Madrid	2–0	UD Salamanca	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu

Third round[]

9 January 1997	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Valladolid	showMadrid
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu

15 January 1997	Real Valladolid	0–2	Real Madrid	showValladolid
		Report		Stadium: José Zorrilla

Eightfinals[]

Round of 16

30 January 1997 (1997-01-30)	FC Barcelona	3–2	Real Madrid	showBarcelona
	Ronaldo 13' Nadal 70' Giovanni 78'	Report	Suker 16' Hierro 67'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 97,000 Referee: Lopez Nieto

6 February 1997 (1997-02-06)	Real Madrid	1–1	FC Barcelona	showMadrid
	Suker 79'pen	Report	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	25+11	5
6	MF		Redondo	33	1	31+2	1
10	MF		Seedorf	38	6	37+1	6
7	MF		Raúl	42	21	41+1	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	13+9	0
2	DF		Chendo	16	0	14+2	0
21	DF		García Calvo	6	0	4+2	0
15	DF		F. Sanz	6	0	2+4	0
19	DF		Lasa	13	0	2+11	0
11	MF		Amavisca	26	0	14+12	0
14	MF		Milla	19	0	6+13	0
23	MF		Guti	14	0	0+14	0
21	MF		Zé Roberto	9	0	2+7	0
24	FW		Álvaro Benito	7	0	5+2	0
20	FW		Petković	2	0	0+2	0
1	GK		Buyo	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Real Madrid 96–97 bdfutbol.com

^ "Real Oviedo say Yes to Intertoto Cup". El País (in Spanish). 1 April 1996. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "Capello reveals how he signed Roberto Carlos for Real Madrid in 24 hours". Marca. Spain. 27 April 2021.

[table_hth_BET0.27509608924161-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET

[table_note_res_UCWC10.27509608924161-4] 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.

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

[2] "Capello reveals how he signed Roberto Carlos for Real Madrid in 24 hours". Marca. Spain. 27 April 2021.

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