Primera División 1996/97

Primera División 1996/97
master	real Madrid
Champions League	real Madrid
Champions League qualification	FC Barcelona
Uefa cup	Deportivo La Coruña , Atlético Madrid , Athletic Bilbao , Real Valladolid
Cup winners	FC Barcelona
European Cup Winners' Cup	Betis Seville
Relegation ↓	Rayo Vallecano
Relegated	CF Extremadura , FC Sevilla Hércules Alicante , CD Logroñés Rayo Vallecano
Teams	22nd
Games	462 + 2 relegation games
Gates	1,271  (ø 2.75 per game)
Top scorer	Ronaldo (FC Barcelona)
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Segunda Division 1996/97 ↓

The Primera División 1996/97 was the 66th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on September 1, 1996 and ended on June 22, 1997. The league was then reduced back to the regular league size of 20 clubs for the 1997/98 season.

Real Madrid became Spanish champions for the 27th time.

Before the season

• The 9-time champions Atlético Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Valencia .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are Hércules CF , CD Logroñés and CF Extremadura .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid Rayo Vallecano FC Barcelona Espanyol Barcelona Valencia CF Real Sociedad Real Zaragoza Sevilla FC Betis Seville Sp. Gijón Real Valladolid SD Compostela Dep. La Coruña Real Oviedo Hércules Alicante Celta Vigo CD Logroñés CF Extremadura Rac. Santander CD Tenerife Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1996/97

society	city	Stadion
Hércules Alicante	Alicante	Estadio José Rico Pérez
CF Extremadura	Almendralejo	Estadio Francisco de la Hera
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Espanyol Barcelona	Barcelona	Estadi Sarrià
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Estadio Riazor
CD Logroñés	Logroño	Estadio Las Gaunas
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Vicente Calderón
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio Anoeta
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Racing Santander	Santander	Campos de Sport de El Sardinero
SD Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	Estadio Vero Boquete de San Lázaro
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Sevilla FC	Seville	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Mestalla
Real Valladolid	Valladolid	Estadio José Zorrilla
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Estadio Balaídos

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	real Madrid	42	27	11	4th	085:360	+49	92
2.	FC Barcelona	42	28	6th	8th	102: 480	+54	90
3.	Deportivo La Coruña	42	21st	14th	7th	057:300	+27	77
4th	Betis Seville	42	21st	14th	7th	081:460	+35	77
5.	Atlético Madrid (M, P)	42	20th	11	11	076:640	+12	71
6th	Athletic Bilbao	42	16	16	10	072:570	+15	64
7th	Real Valladolid	42	18th	10	14th	057:460	+11	64
8th.	Real Sociedad	42	18th	9	15th	050:470	+3	63
9.	CD Tenerife	42	15th	11	16	069:570	+12	56
10.	Valencia CF	42	15th	11	16	063:590	+4	56
11.	SD Compostela	42	13	14th	15th	052:650	−13	53
12.	Espanyol Barcelona	42	14th	9	19th	051:570	−6	51
13.	Racing Santander	42	11	17th	14th	052:540	−2	50
14th	Real Zaragoza	42	12	14th	16	058:660	−8	50
15th	Sporting Gijón	42	13	11	18th	045:630	−18	50
16.	Celta Vigo	42	12	13	17th	051:540	−3	49
17th	Real Oviedo	42	12	12	18th	049:650	−16	48
18th	Rayo Vallecano	42	13	6th	23	043:620	−19	45
19th	CF Extremadura (N)	42	11	11	20th	035:640	−29	44
20th	Sevilla FC	42	12	7th	23	050:690	−19	43
21st	Hércules Alicante (N)	42	12	5	25th	040:770	−37	41
22nd	CD Logroñés (N)	42	9	6th	27	033:850	−52	33

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League

Participation in qualifying for the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98 as a finalist of the Copa del Rey

Participation in the relegation games against the third placed of the Segunda División

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1996/97
real Madrid		2-0	3: 2	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	1-0	6: 1	0-0	4: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0	3: 1	4-0	6: 1	1-0	5-0	4: 2	3-0	0-0
FC Barcelona	1-0		1-0	3-0	3: 3	2-0	6: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	2: 1	1-0	4: 1	4-0	1-0	2: 2	6-0	3-0	4-0	2: 3	8-0
Deportivo La Coruña	1: 1	0: 1		3-0	0-0	2: 2	0: 2	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 2	3-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	4-0	4: 1
Betis Seville	1: 1	2: 4	1: 2		3: 2	3-0	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	4-0	3-0	3: 1	3: 3	2: 1	5: 1
Atlético Madrid	1: 4	2: 5	0: 2	2: 2		2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	0: 3	1: 4	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	5: 1	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 3	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	2-0
Athletic Bilbao	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 3	1: 1		0-0	1: 3	2-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	4-0	2: 2	3: 2	3: 2	0-0	0-0	5-0	6-0
Real Valladolid	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 3	0: 3	0-0		3-0	0: 2	4: 1	3: 1	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	4-0	4-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1
Real Sociedad	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0		3-0	0: 1	4: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	3: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1
CD Tenerife	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 3	3: 3	1: 3	0: 1		2: 1	6-0	5: 1	2: 2	3: 3	6-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	3: 1	2-0
Valencia CF	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	5: 2	2: 4	0: 1	2: 1		2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	4: 2	3-0	0: 1
SD Compostela	1: 2	1: 5	0-0	0: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 3		3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2: 1	4-0	2-0	2: 2	1: 2
Espanyol Barcelona	0: 2	2-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	3-0	1-0	3: 2	0: 2		0-0	3-0	2: 3	0-0	2-0	0-0	5: 1	1-0	2: 1	5: 1
Racing Santander	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	1: 2	1: 2	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1		1: 2	2-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 3	1: 4	1: 2	2: 1
Real Zaragoza	1: 2	3: 5	1: 2	2: 2	2: 3	1: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	0: 2		5-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 2
Sporting Gijón	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 4	0: 1	2: 4	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 3	0: 1	2-0		2: 1	0-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0
Celta Vigo	4-0	1: 3	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 1		3: 1	2-0	0: 1	4: 2	3-0	4-0
Real Oviedo	2: 3	2: 4	0: 1	1: 1	4: 1	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	3-0	2: 2	3: 1	1: 5	1-0	0-0	2: 1		0: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1
Rayo Vallecano	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	0: 4	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	2: 2		3-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0
CF Extremadura	0-0	1: 3	1-0	0: 3	2: 4	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 2	1-0		0: 1	0-0	3-0
Sevilla FC	1: 3	0: 1	0: 1	0: 3	0-0	4: 2	2: 2	2: 3	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0		5-0	1: 4
Hércules Alicante	2: 3	2: 1	1: 3	0: 1	0: 2	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	3: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	3-0		1-0
CD Logroñés	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 3	1: 4	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 2	0: 3	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	2-0	3: 2

Relegation

date		total		First leg	Return leg
June 25 and 29, 1997	RCD Mallorca	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Rayo Vallecano	1-0	1: 2

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League
• 2. - FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League qualification
• 3rd - Deportivo La Coruña - UEFA Cup
• 5th - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Cup
• 6th - Athletic Bilbao - UEFA Cup
• 7th - Real Valladolid - UEFA Cup
• Finalist of the Copa del Rey - Betis Sevilla - European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 18 - Rayo Vallecano
• 19.- FC Extremadura
• 20 - FC Sevilla
• 21 - Hércules Alicante
• 22. - CD Logroñés

Promoted to the Primera División

• CP Mérida
• UD Salamanca
• RCD Mallorca

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Ronaldo	FC Barcelona	34
2		Alfonso	Betis Seville	25th
3		Before that, Šuker	real Madrid	24
4th		Raúl	real Madrid	21st
		Rivaldo	Deportivo La Coruña	21st

The Real Madrid championship team

1.

real Madrid

Goal : Bodo Illgner (40 / -); Santiago Cañizares (2 / -) Defense : Rafael Alkorta (40 / -); Fernando Hierro (39/6); Roberto Carlos (37/5); Manolo Sanchís (22 / -); Christian Panucci (19/2); Chendo (16 / -); Mikel Lasa (13 / -); Carlos Secretario (13 / -); Fernando Sanz (6 / -) Midfield : Clarence Seedorf (38/6); Víctor (36/5); Fernando Redondo (33/1); José Emilio Amavisca (26 / -); Luis Milla (19 / -); Guti (14 / -); Zé Roberto (9 / -); Álvaro (7 / -); Dejan Petković (2 / -) Storm : Raúl (42/21); Before that, Šuker (38/24); Predrag Mijatović (38/14); Iruzun (1 / -) Coach : Fabio Capello

Web links

Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Primera División 1996/97. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .