1996–97 UE Lleida season

First-team 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 1 GK  ESP Emili Isierte 2 MF  ESP Íñigo Lizarralde 3 DF  ESP Carlos Llorens 4 DF  ESP Andrés de la Rosa 5 DF  ESP David Belenguer (from December) 6 MF  ESP Gaizka Garitano 7 FW  ESP Gerard Escoda 8 MF  ESP Antonio Roa 9 FW  SCG Rahim Beširović 10 MF  ESP Antonio Calderón 11 FW  ESP Estefan Juliá 12 MF  ESP Àlex Fernández (from January) 13 GK  ESP Raúl Ojeda (from January) 14 FW  ESP

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  BIH Zoran Čampara 16 DF  BRA Sandro Marques 17 MF  ESP Gerardo García 18 MF  ESP Óscar Arias 19 FW  ESP Lluís González 20 MF  ESP Ángel Luis Fernández 21 MF  ESP Vicente Fernández 22 FW  URU Julio Rodríguez 23 FW  CMR Joseph Mbarga (from December) 24 DF  ESP Txutxi Díez — GK  ARG José María Buljubasich (to January) — DF  ARG Diego Cocca (to December) — DF  ESP Víctor Segura

In[]

#	Pos	Player	From	Date
	MF	Óscar Arias	Alavés	05-06-1996
	MF	Gaizka Garitano	Bilbao Athletic	12-06-1996
	MF	Antonio Calderón	Rayo Vallecano	20-06-1996
	FW	Rahim Beširović	Partizan	23-06-1996
	MF	Ángel Luis Fernández	Mérida	25-06-1996
	FW	Lluís González	Mérida	28-06-1996
	FW	Gerard Escoda	Nàstic	30-06-1996
	FW	Estefan Juliá	Sant Andreu	01-07-1996
	DF	Andrés de la Rosa	Oviedo	03-07-1996
	MF	Gerardo García	Leganés	10-07-1996
	DF	Sandro Marques	Guaraní	18-07-1996
	DF	Txutxi Díez	Athletic	12-08-1996
	FW	Gorka Bidaurrázaga	Athletic	20-08-1996
	DF	Diego Cocca	Ferro Carril Oeste	21-08-1996
	GK	José María Buljubasich	Tenerife	27-08-1996
	DF	David Belenguer	Celta	27-12-1996
	FW	Joseph Mbarga	Canon Yaoundé	27-12-1996
	MF	Àlex Fernández	Espanyol	07-01-1997
	GK	Raúl Ojeda	Gavà	15-01-1997

Competitions[]

Pre-season[]

Friendlies
Kick Off	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
1996-07-27	Rialp	A	21 – 0	Beširović (5), González (5), Escoda (4), Juliá (2), Fernández, Roa, Rodríguez, Arias, Calderón
1996-07-31	Torrefarrera	A	8 – 1	Beširović 32', 42', González 33', Calderón 67', 78', Juliá 73', 85', Escoda 86'
1996-08-02	Arbeca	A	13 – 0	Juliá 18', Beširović 22', 30', Calderón 32', 37', Escoda 48', 73', 80', González 55', 70', Rodríguez 60', Garitano 78', Roa 83'
1996-08-03	Balaguer	N	2 – 0	Rodríguez 31', Marques 43'
1996-08-03	Espanyol B	N	1 – 0	González 15'
1996-08-07	Caspe	A	7 – 0	Beširović 1', Čampara 18', García 24', González 38', 86', Gil (o.g.) 45', Llorens 90'
1996-08-08	Fraga	A	4 – 1	Fernández 31', Escoda 34', 66', Rodríguez 78'
1996-08-10	Balaguer	A	2 – 0	Yriarte 15', Rodríguez 62'
1996-08-14	Binéfar	A	2 – 1	Escoda (2)
1996-08-17	Tàrrega	N	1 – 1	Garitano 62' (pen.)
1996-08-19	Nàstic	A	2 – 2	Juliá 56', Candelas 69'
1996-08-22	Zaragoza	H	3 – 1	González 12', 67', Escoda 16'
1996-08-29	Alcampell	A	5 – 0	Beširović 18', Bidaurrázaga 26', Juliá 64', 78', Marques 72'

Copa Catalunya
Kick Off	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
1996-08-24	Sabadell	N	0 – 0
1996-08-24	Ribera d'Ondara	A	2 – 0

Segunda División[]