1996–97 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
1996–97 season
President	Francisco Roig
Manager	Luis Aragonés ; (until 19 November 1996); Jorge Valdano
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	10th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leandro; Goran Vlaović ; (8 each); All: ; Goran Vlaović (10 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 season Valencia CF competed in La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.

Summary

During summer the club transferred in several players such as 1994 FIFA World Cup Winner Romário^[1] on loan from FC Barcelona, Forward Claudio López,^[2] centre back Defender Fernando Cáceres,^[3] Brazilian midfielder Leandro Machado^[4] and Croatian Striker Goran Vlaović from Padova Calcio in an attempt to replace the sale of Predrag Mijatović to Real Madrid. The purchase of Romário was controversial after several disputes between the Brazilian star and Luis Aragonés upon October when the forward finished his agreement and left the club to return to Flamengo.^[5] On 19 November 1996 after a bad streak of results and controversies with President, Luis Aragonés renounces as coach. Then, the club appointed Jorge Valdano as its new manager for the rest of the season.

In League, the team collapsed to the 10th spot getting out of the Continental competitions next year. Also, in Copa del Rey the squad was eliminated in Eightfinals by underdogs Segunda División team UD Las Palmas after two legs and a penalties series. Finally, the club was defeated by Schalke 04 in UEFA Cup Quarterfinals stage with a 1–3 score.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[6]

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	Andoni Zubizarreta
2	DF	ESP	Engonga
3	DF	ESP	Jorge Otero
4	DF	ESP	Francisco José Camarasa
6	MF	ESP	Gaizka Mendieta
7	FW	ESP	Sietes
10	MF	ESP	Fernando
11	MF	ESP	Poyatos
12	MF	ESP	Xabier Eskurza
13	GK	ESP	Jorge Bartual
14	MF	ESP	Jose Ignacio
15	MF	ESP	Patxi Ferreira
16	MF	ESP	Francisco Muedra
17	FW	ESP	Iñaki Hurtado


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ESP	Javi Navarro
21	DF	ESP	Enrique Romero
23	FW	ESP	Luciano Alkorta
26	FW	ESP	Raúl Martínez
—	FW	BRA	Romário
—	FW	ARG	Claudio López
—	DF	ARG	Fernando Cáceres
—	MF	RUS	Valeri Karpin
—	FW	ESP	Gabriel Moya
—	FW	CRO	Goran Vlaović
—	MF	BRA	Leandro Machado
—	DF	ESP	Iván Campo
—	FW	ARG	Ariel Ortega

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Romário	FC Barcelona	loan
FW	Claudio López	Racing Club
DF	Fernando Cáceres	Real Zaragoza
MF	Valeri Karpin	Real Sociedad
FW	Gabriel Moya	Sevilla CF
FW	Goran Vlaović	Padova Calcio
MF	Leandro Machado Nascimento	SC Internacional
DF	Iván Campo	Real Valladolid
MF	Ariel Ortega	River Plate

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Predrag Mijatović	Real Madrid
MF	Mazinho	Celta Vigo
FW	Viola	Palmeiras
MF	Carlos Arroyo	Villarreal CF
FW	Serer	Villarreal CF
FW	José Gálvez Estévez	RCD Mallorca	loan

Source: BDFutbol.com^[7]

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Real Sociedad	42	18	9	15	50	47	+3	63
9	Tenerife	42	15	11	16	69	57	+12	56^[a]
10	Valencia	42	15	11	16	63	59	+4	56^[a]
11	Compostela	42	13	14	15	52	65	−13	53
12	Espanyol	42	14	9	19	51	57	−6	51

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL

Position 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	L
Position	14	20	21	15	10	15	12	7	6	7	9	12	11	13	11	13	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round; = 1996–97 La Liga#Relegation playoff; = 1997–98 Segunda División; R = 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

1 September 1996 1	Racing Santander	3-2	Valencia	Santander
				Stadium: El Sardinero

7 September 1996 2	Valencia	0-1	Real Sociedad	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

14 September 1996 3	Real Zaragoza	1-1	Valencia	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

21 September 1996 4	Valencia	2-1	CD Tenerife	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

29 September 1996 5

SD Compostela

0-3

Valencia

Santiago de Compostela

2 October 1996 6	Valencia	0-1	CD Logroñés	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

12 October 1996 7	Sevilla CF	0-2	Valencia	Sevilla
				Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan

20 October 1996 8	Valencia	3-1	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

23 October 1996 9	Valencia	2-1	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

26 October 1996 10	FC Barcelona	3-2	Valencia	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

10 November 1996 11	Valencia	2-4	Real Valladolid	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

16 November 1996 12	Athletic Bilbao	2-0	Valencia	Bilbao
				Stadium: San Mames

19 November 1996 13	Valencia	0-0	Extremadura CF	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

24 November 1996 14	Real Madrid	4-2	Valencia	Madrid
				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

30 November 1996 15	Valencia	2-0	Celta Vigo	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

8 December 1996 16	Deportivo La Coruña	1-0	Valencia	La Coruña
				Stadium: Riazor

23 December 1996 17	Valencia	3-0	Hércules CF	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

6 January 1997 18	Real Betis	1-1	Valencia	Sevilla
				Stadium: Benito Villamarin

12 January 1997 19	Valencia	1-0	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

19 January 1997 20	Real Oviedo	3-0	Valencia	Oviedo
				Stadium: Carlos Tartiere

25 January 1997 21	Valencia	1-1	RCD Espanyol	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

2 February 1997 22	Valencia	1-1	Racing Santander	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

8 February 1997 23	Real Sociedad	0-1	Valencia	San Sebastián
				Stadium: Anoeta

15 February 1997 24	Valencia	1-1	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

19 February 1997 25

CD Tenerife

2-1

Valencia

24 February 1997 26	Valencia	2-1	SD Compostela	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

1 March 1997 27

CD Logroñés

2-1

Valencia

8 March 1997 28	Valencia	4-2	Sevilla CF	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

15 March 1997 29	Atlético Madrid	1-4	Valencia	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

24 March 1997 30	Sporting Gijón	2-1	Valencia	Gijón
				Stadium: El Molinon

30 March 1997 31	Valencia	1-1	FC Barcelona	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

6 April 1997 32

Real Valladolid

4-1

Valencia

12 April 1997 33	Valencia	5-2	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

15 April 1997 34

Extremadura CF

1-0

Valencia

21 April 1997 35	Valencia	1-1	Real Madrid	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

4 May 1997 36

Celta Vigo

1-1

Valencia

12 May 1997 37	Valencia	1-1	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

18 May 1997 38

Hércules CF

0-2

Valencia

26 May 1997 39	Valencia	1-1	Real Betis	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

31 May 1997 40

Rayo Vallecano

3-1

Valencia

15 June 1997 41	Valencia	2-1	Real Oviedo	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

21 June 1997 42

RCD Espanyol

3-2

Valencia

Source: Competitive Matches^[8]

Copa del Rey

First round

29 January 1997

UD Las Palmas

0-2^[9]

Valencia

Palma de Mallorca

5 February 1997	Valencia	0-2	UD Las Palmas	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

UEFA Cup

Round of 64

10 September 1996	Valencia	3-0	Bayern München	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

24 September 1996	Bayern München	1-0	Valencia	München
				Stadium: Olympiastadion

Round of 32

15 October 1996

Slavia Prague

0-1

Valencia

Prague

29 October 1996	Valencia	0-0	Slavia Prague	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

Eightfinals

19 November 1996

Valencia

3-1

Beşiktaş

Valencia

3 December 1996

Beşiktaş

2-2

Valencia

Istanbul

Quarterfinals

4 March 1997

Schalke 04

2-0

Valencia

Gelsenkirchen

4 March 1997	Valencia	1-1	Schalke 04	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Zubizarreta	49	-62	41	-56	2	-2	6	-4
3	DF	ESP	Otero	30	0	22	0	2	0	6	0
15	DF	ESP	Ferreira	44	5	36	4	0+1	0	7	1
24	DF	ARG	Cáceres	26	0	22	0	2	0	2	0
21	DF	ESP	Romero	40	2	31	2	1	0	8	0
18	MF	RUS	Karpin	46	6	35+1	6	2	0	8	0
6	MF	ESP	Mendieta	36	1	22+8	1	0	0	5+1	0
2	MF	ESP	Engonga	44	3	35	2	2	0	7	1
14	MF	ESP	José Ignacio	42	1	27+7	1	2	0	2+4	0
8	FW	ESP	Moya	44	9	30+5	7	1+1	0	5+2	2
16	FW	ARG	Claudio	40	5	23+9	3	2	0	6	2
13	GK	ESP	Bartual	5	-6	1+1	-3	0	0	2+1	-3
10	MF	ESP	Fernando	36	1	21+8	1	0+1	0	6	0
12	MF	ESP	Eskurza	28	1	16+9	1	0	0	3	0
19	FW	CRO	Vlaović	31	10	16+8	8	0	0	2+5	2
9	MF	BRA	Leandro	27	10	16+7	8	1+1	2	2	0
31	MF	ESP	Farinos	19	1	15+3	1	0+1	0
5	MF	ESP	Poyatos	27	2	10+10	1	0	0	6+1	1
	FW	ARG	Ortega	12	7	12	7
22	MF	ESP	Gálvez	25	4	5+14	4	1	0	1+4	0
2	DF	ESP	Javi Navarro	14	0	5+7	0	0	0	1+1	0
17	FW	ESP	Hurtado	18	1	0+14	1	1+1	0	0+2	0
7	FW	ESP	Sietes	11	0	4+5	0	0	0	0+2	0
12	DF	ESP	Iván Campo	9	1	2+5	1	1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	BRA	Romário	5	4	5	4
4	DF	ESP	Camarasa	7	0	5	0	2	0
30	FW	ESP	Navarro	2	0	0+2	0
33	DF	ESP	Lopez	1	0	0+1	0
26	FW	ESP	Raúl Martínez	0	0	0	0

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1996-9736.html

References

La Liga Primera División 95–96 RSSSF.com

^ "The most talked about fights in Spanish football". ABC.es. Retrieved 20 May 2014
^ "El fichaje estrellado: Claudio 'piojo' López". Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^ "¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?" [What happened to the 'heroes of Paris'?] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ Leandro: «Se fosse mais profissional teria atingido outro nível» maisfutebol.iol.pt
^ "Romario: Luis Aragonés? He was an imbecile". marca.com. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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^ "Copa del Rey 1995-96". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[table_hth_VAL0.32293318878996-8] VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL

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[2] "El fichaje estrellado: Claudio 'piojo' López". Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[3] "¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?" [What happened to the 'heroes of Paris'?] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[4] Leandro: «Se fosse mais profissional teria atingido outro nível» maisfutebol.iol.pt

[5] "Romario: Luis Aragonés? He was an imbecile". marca.com. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

[6] "95–96 Valencia squad". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[7] "95-96 Valencia transfers". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[9] "95-96 Valencia Matches". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[10] "Copa del Rey 1995-96". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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1996–97 Valencia CF season

Contents

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

First round

UEFA Cup

Round of 64

Round of 32

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Statistics

Players statistics

See also

References