1996–97 Atlético Madrid season

The 1996–1997 campaign was the 91st season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 62nd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Atlético Madrid
1996–97 season
PresidentSpain Jesús Gil
Head coachFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Radomir Antić
StadiumVicente Calderón
La Liga5th (qual. for UEFA Cup)
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
Supercopa de EspañaRunners-up
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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 José Francisco Molina
2 DF   ESP Pablo Alfaro
3 DF   ESP Toni
4 DF   ESP Roberto Solozábal (captain)
5 DF   ESP Juan Manuel López
6 DF   ESP Santi
7 FW   ARG Leonardo Biagini
8 MF   ESP Juan Vizcaíno
9 FW   ARG Juan Esnáider
10 MF   YUG Milinko Pantić
13 GK   ESP Ricardo
14 MF   ARG Diego Simeone
17 FW   ESP Juan Carlos
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   ESP Roberto
19 FW   ESP Kiko
20 DF   ESP Delfí Geli
21 MF   ESP José Luis Caminero
23 DF   ROU Daniel Prodan
24 MF   CZE Radek Bejbl
26 MF   RSA Quinton Fortune
27 MF   YUG Veljko Paunović
28 FW   ESP Santiago Ezquerro
29 MF   YUG Đorđe Tomić
30 MF   ESP Ivo
31 FW   ESP Yordi

Transfers edit

Winter edit

Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Ivan Rocha CD Logroñes loan

Competitions edit

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
6 Athletic Bilbao 42 16 16 10 72 57 +15 64[c]
7 Valladolid 42 18 10 14 57 46 +11 64[c]
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:
  1. ^ a b BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD


Results by round edit

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ResultWLLWWDDLLWWDWWWDDWWLDWDWWWLLWWLLDWDWWDDWLL
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Matches edit

31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 1 Atlético de Madrid 2-0 RC Celta Madrid
Esnaider   46'
Kiko   49'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 50,000
6 September 1996 (1996-09-06) 2 SD Compostela 3-1 Atlético de Madrid Santiago de Compostela
Nacho   28'
Ohen   64'
Viedma   70'
  45' Esnaider Attendance: 12,000
14 September 1996 (1996-09-14) 3 Atlético de Madrid 0-2 Deportivo La Coruña Madrid
  53' Rivaldo
  74' Martins
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,000
21 September 1996 (1996-09-21) 4 CD Logroñés 0-3 Atlético de Madrid Logroñés
Bejbl   28'
Esnaider   45'
  70' Kiko
Attendance: 12,000
30 September 1996 (1996-09-30) 5 Atlético de Madrid 3-0 Hércules CF Madrid
Toni   3'
Geli   57'
Caminero   90'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,000
2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 6 Sevilla FC 0-0 Atlético de Madrid Sevilla
Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
12 October 1996 (1996-10-12) 7 Atlético de Madrid 2-2 Real Betis Madrid
Juan Carlos   9'
Simeone   17'
  1' Alfonso
  84' Sabas
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 40,000
20 October 1996 (1996-10-20) 8 Valencia CF 3-1 Atlético de Madrid Valencia
Poyatos   37'
Vlaovic   50'
Claudio Lopez   90'
  88' Esnaider Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 45,000
23 October 1996 (1996-10-23) 9 Atlético de Madrid 1-3 Rayo Vallecano Madrid
Juan Carlos   89'   17' Guilherme
  46' Andrijasevic
  70' Cota
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,000
25 October 1996 (1996-10-25) 10 Sporting de Gijón 0-1 Atlético de Madrid Gijón
  78' Roberto Attendance: 16,900
2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 11 Atlético de Madrid 3-0 Real Oviedo Madrid
Caminero   35'
Esnaider   72'
Esnaider  86' (pen)
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 35,000
9 November 1996 (1996-11-09) 12 FC Barcelona 3–3 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Pizzi  15'
Luis Enrique  29'
Giovanni  78'
Caminero  6'
Vizcaíno  61'
Esnaider  73' (pen)
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 95,000
16 November 1996 (1996-11-16) 13 Atlético de Madrid 2-1 RCD Espanyol Madrid
Caminero   47'
Santi   63'
  80' Javi Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 25,000
24 November 1996 (1996-11-24) 14 Real Valladolid 0-3 Atlético Valladolid
  30' Vizcaino
  53' Caminero
  66' (o.g.) Santamaria
Stadium: José Zorrilla
30 November 1996 (1996-11-30) 15 Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Racing de Santander Madrid
Esnaider   22' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 40,000
7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 16 Athletic de Bilbao 1-1 Atlético de Madrid Bilbao
Etxebarria   67'   40' Pantic Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 40,000
21 December 1996 (1996-12-21) 17 Atlético 2-2 Real Sociedad Madrid
Fuentes   32' (o.g.)
Kiko   62'
  3' Craioveanu
  23' De Paula 23
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,000
4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) 18 CF Extremadura 2-4 Atlético de Madrid Extremadura
Juanito   80' (pen)
Dure   90'
  23' Prodan
  53' Kiko
  68' Kiko
  70' Juan Carlos
Attendance: 10,000
11 January 1997 (1997-01-11) 19 Atlético de Madrid 5-1 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Caminero   1'
Paunovic   38'
Kiko   45'
Kiko   54'
Esnaider   67' (pen)
  53' Higuera Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Referee: 35,000
18 January 1997 (1997-01-18) 20 Atlético de Madrid 1-4 Real Madrid Madrid
Kiko   32'   47' Raul
  83' Raul
  85'Seedorf
  90' Victor
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 50,000
1 February 1997 (1997-02-01) 22 RC Celta 1-1 Atlético de Madrid Vigo
Ratkovic   60'   84' Prodan Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 20,000
9 February 1997 (1997-02-09) 23 Atlético de Madrid 4-1 SD Compostela Madrid
Caminero   31'
Bejbl   38'
Esnaider   55'
Esnaider   63' (pen)
  29'Mauro Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,000
15 February 1997 (1997-02-15) 24 Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 Atlético de Madrid La Coruña
Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 12,000
18 February 1997 (1997-02-18) 25 Atlético de Madrid 2–0 CD Logroñés Madrid
Biagini   33'
Santi   67'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 30,000
22 February 1997 (1997-02-22) 26 Hércules CF 0-2 Atlético de Madrid Alicante
  23' Prodan
  28' Pantic
Attendance: 15,000
1 March 1997 (1997-03-01) 27 Atlético de Madrid 3-2 Sevilla CF Madrid
Caminero   21'
Caminero   23'
Kiko   46'
  1' Jose Mari
  50' Loren
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 40,000
8 March 1997 (1997-03-08) 28 Real Betis 3-2 Atlético de Madrid Sevilla
Alfonso   36'
Alfonso   53'
Alfonso   90'
  29' Esnaider
  68' (o.g.) Vidakovic
Attendance: 43,000
15 March 1997 (1997-03-15) 29 Atlético de Madrid 1-4 Valencia CF Madrid
Caminero   51'   8' Ortega
  26' Eskurza
  35' Jose Ignacio
  90' Leandro
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) 30 Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Atlético de Madrid Madrid
Klimowicz   57'   86' Prodan
  88' (pen) Pantic
Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 9,000
31 March 1997 (1997-03-31) 31 Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Sporting de Gijón Madrid
Caminero   11'
Kiko   40'
  65' David Cano Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 20,000
5 April 1997 (1997-04-05) 32 Real Oviedo 4-1 Atlético de Madrid Oviedo
Oli   3'
Oli   21' (pen)
Ivan Iglesias   25'
Ivan Iglesias   45'
Esnaider 48 Stadium: Carlos Tartierre
Attendance: 13,000
13 April 1997 (1997-04-13) 33 Atlético de Madrid 2–5 FC Barcelona Madrid
Kiko  13'

Kiko  63' Santi  74'   Simeone Pablo Alfaro  Prodan  Pantic 

Fortune 
De La Peña  40'

Ronaldo  42' Ronaldo  58' Ronaldo  74' Figo  88' Popescu 

Roger Garcia 
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 52,00
Referee: Dauden Ibañez
17 April 1997 (1997-04-17) 34 RCD Espanyol 0-0 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Stadium: Montjuic
Attendance: 15,000
19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 35 Atlético de Madrid 3–1 Real Valladolid Madrid
Aguilera   21'
Caminero   84'
Aguilera   87'
Quevedo   89' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 15,000
4 May 1997 (1997-05-04) 36 Racing de Santander 1-1 Atlético de Madrid Santander
Merino   14'   34' Caminero Stadium: El Sardinero
Attendance: 20,000
10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 37 Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Athletic de Bilbao Madrid
Karanka   13' (o.g.)
Kiko   73'
  30' Carlos Garcia Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 40,000
15 May 1997 (1997-05-15) 21 CD Tenerife 2-3 Atlético de Madrid Tenerife
Jokanovic   16'
Kodro   30'
  13' Pantic 13
  52' Esnaider
  71' Simeone 71
Stadium: Gran Canaria
Attendance: 14,000
17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 38 Real Sociedad 1–1 Atlético de Madrid San Sebastián
Craioveanu   74'   84' Roberto Attendance: 23,000
24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 39 Atlético de Madrid 1–1 CF Extremadura Madrid
Simeone   50'   20' Pedro Jose Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 22,000
2 June 1997 (1997-06-02) 40 Real Zaragoza 2-3 Atlético de Madrid Zaragoza
Morientes   50'
Higuera   72'
  20' Esnaider
  28' Pantic
  65'Caminero
Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 25,000
13 June 1997 (1997-06-13) 41 Real Madrid 3-1 Atlético de Madrid Madrid
Raul   37'
Hierro   44'
Mijatovic   56'
  65' Esnaider Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 103,000
23 June 1997 (1997-06-23) 42 Atlético de Madrid 0-3 CD Tenerife Madrid
  2' Felipe
  50' Juanele
  67' Vivar Dorado
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 18,000

Copa del Rey edit

Round of 16

29 January 1997 (1997-01-29) Atlético de Madrid 2-0 SD Compostela Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
4 February 1997 (1997-02-04) SD Compostela 2-3 Atlético de Madrid Santiago de Compostela

Quarterfinals

26 February 1997 (1997-02-26) Atlético de Madrid 2–2 FC Barcelona Madrid
Caminero  19' Kiko  72' Pizzi  43'pen Pizzi  64' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mejuto González
12 March 1997 (1997-03-12) FC Barcelona 5–4 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Ronaldo  47'

Ronaldo  51' Figo  67' Ronaldo  72'

Pizzi  81'
Pantic  8'

Pantic  28' Pantic  31'pen

Pantic  52'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Gracia Redondo

Supercopa de España edit

25 August 1996 (1996-08-25) FC Barcelona 5–2 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Ronaldo  5'

Giovanni  31' Pizzi  74' De la Peña  76'

Ronaldo  89'
Esnaider  37' Pantic  57'pen Stadium: Montjuic
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Fernandez Marin
28 August 1996 (1996-08-28) Atlético de Madrid 3-1 FC Barcelona Madrid
Sergi  32'(o.g)

Esnaider  65'

Pantic  76'
Stoichkov  58' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ansuategui Roca

1996–97 UEFA Champions League edit

Group phase- Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL DOR WID STE
1   Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout stage 0–1 1–0 4–0
2   Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13 1–2 2–1 5–3
3   Widzew Łódź 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4 1–4 2–2 2–0
4   Steaua București 6 1 1 4 5 15 −10 4 1–1 0–3 1–0
Source: UEFA
11 September 1996 (1996-09-11) 1 Atlético de Madrid  4-0  Steaua Bucharest Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 47,000
Referee:  Kim Milton Nielsen
25 September 1996 (1996-09-25) 2 Widzew Łódź   1-4  Atlético de Madrid Łódź
Stadium: Ludwika Sobolewskiego
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:  Anders Frisk
16 October 1996 (1996-10-16) 3 Atlético de Madrid  0-1  Borussia Dortmund Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:  Michel Piraux
30 October 1996 (1996-10-30) 4 Borussia Dortmund  1-2  Atlético de Madrid Dortmund
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:  Laszlo Vagner
20 November 1996 (1996-11-20) 5 Steaua Bucharest  1-1  Atlético de Madrid Bucharest, Romania
Stadium: Ghencea
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:  Urs Meier
4 December 1996 (1996-12-04) 6 Atlético de Madrid  1-0  Widzew Łódź Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 40,000
Referee:  Vaclav Krondl

Quarterfinals

5 March 1997 (1997-03-05) Ajax  1-1  Atlético de Madrid Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51,000
Referee:  Markus Merk
19 March 1997 (1997-03-19) Atlético de Madrid  2-3  Ajax Madrid
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:  Serge Mummenthaler

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ESP Molina 53 -79 41 -62 4 -9 8 -8
20 DF   ESP Geli 40 1 29+1 1 2 0 8 0
4 DF   ESP Solozabal 39 0 27+3 0 1+1 0 7 0
6 DF   ESP Santi 47 2 36+1 2 3 0 7 0
3 DF   ESP Toni 43 2 34 1 3 1 6 0
10 MF   YUG Pantic 48 14 37 5 2+1 4 8 5
14 MF   ARG Simeone 41 7 30+1 3 3 0 7 4
24 MF   CZE Bejbl 45 2 29+4 2 3+1 0 7+1 0
21 MF   ESP Caminero 38 15 27+3 14 4 1 4 0
19 FW   ESP Kiko 47 18 36 13 4 3 7 2
9 FW   ARG Esnaider 45 19 34+1 16 2 0 8 3
13 GK   ESP Ricardo 1 -2 1 -2 0 0 0 0
15 DF   ESP Carlos Aguilera 43 2 21+10 2 3+1 0 5+3 0
8 MF   ESP Vizcaino 33 2 17+11 2 0+1 0 2+2 0
23 DF   ROU Prodan 19 4 16+1 4 2 0
5 DF   ESP Juanma López 34 1 11+14 0 2 1 1+6 0
18 MF   ESP Roberto 32 3 8+19 2 1+2 0 1+1 1
27 MF   YUG Paunovic 20 1 8+8 1 2+1 0 0+1 0
7 FW   ARG Biagini 27 2 7+15 1 1+2 1 0+2 0
17 FW   ESP Juan Carlos 24 3 5+15 3 0+1 0 0+3 0
2 DF   ESP Pablo Alfaro 17 0 5+6 0 2 0 2+2 0
28 FW   ESP Ezquerro 4 0 3+1 0
30 MF   ESP Ivo 1 0 1 0
26 MF   RSA Fortune 2 0 0+2 0
29 MF   YUG Tomic 3 0 0+3 0
31 FW   ESP Yordi 1 0 0+1 0

Top scorers edit

Rank Position Number Player La Liga Copa del Rey Supercopa de España UEFA Champions League Total
1 FW 9   Juan Esnáider 16 0 2 3 21
2 FW 19   Kiko 13 3 0 2 18
3 MF 10   Milinko Pantić 5 4 2 5 16
4 MF 21   José Luis Caminero 14 1 0 0 15
5 MF 14   Diego Simeone 3 0 0 4 7
6 DF 23   Daniel Prodan 4 0 0 0 4
7 FW 17   Juan Carlos Gómez 3 0 0 0 3
MF 18   Roberto Fresnedoso 2 0 0 1 3
9 DF 3   Toni Muñoz 1 1 0 0 2
DF 5   Juanma López 0 1 1 0 2
DF 6   Santi Denia 2 0 0 0 2
FW 7   Leonardo Biagini 1 1 0 0 2
MF 8   Juan Vizcaíno 2 0 0 0 2
DF 15   Aguilera 2 0 0 0 2
DF 24   Radek Bejbl 2 0 0 0 2
16 DF 20   Delfí Geli 1 0 0 0 1
MF 27   Veljko Paunović 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 4 0 0 0 4
Totals 76 11 5 15 107

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Atlιtico Madrid - 1996/97". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-08-01.