1996–97 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona enjoyed a decent season by winning both Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The team extended its increasingly frustrating run without winning the league title to three years, as Real Madrid emerged as league winners. During the season, Ronaldo was the club's top scorer, netting 47 goals in all competitions. Upon winning both trophies, manager Bobby Robson left the club, eventually signing with PSV Eindhoven after spending a sabbatical year. He was replaced by former Ajax coach Louis Van Gaal. Top scorer Ronaldo would leave the club after this season in a surprise transfer to Inter Milan.

FC Barcelona
1996–97 season
PresidentJosep Lluís Núñez
Head CoachBobby Robson
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga2nd
Copa del ReyWinners
UEFA Cup Winners' CupWinners
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Ronaldo (34)
All: Ronaldo (47)

Squad
Squad at end of season[1][2]

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  POR Vítor Baía
2 DF  ESP Albert Ferrer
3 DF  ESP Abelardo
4 MF  ESP Pep Guardiola
5 MF  ROU Gheorghe Popescu
6 MF  ESP José Mari Bakero (captain)
7 MF  POR Luís Figo
8 FW  BUL Hristo Stoichkov
9 FW  BRA Ronaldo
10 MF  BRA Giovanni
11 FW  ESP Ángel Cuéllar
12 DF  ESP Sergi
13 GK  ESP Carles Busquets
15 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ESP Óscar
17 MF  NGA Emmanuel Amunike
18 MF  ESP Guillermo Amor
19 FW  ESP Juan Antonio Pizzi
20 DF  ESP Miguel Ángel Nadal
21 MF  ESP Luis Enrique
22 MF  CRO Robert Prosinečki
23 MF  ESP Iván de la Peña
24 DF  POR Fernando Couto
25 GK  ESP Julen Lopetegui
26 MF  ESP Albert Celades
27 MF  ESP Roger
28 GK  ESP Francesc Arnau

Transfers

In

Out

Winter

  • Jose Mari Bakero - Veracruz
  • Robert Prosinecki - Sevilla CF

Competitions

La Liga
Main article: 1996–97 La Liga

League table
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Betis 42 21 14 7 81 46 +35 77[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
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:
  1. 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.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Barcelona332212111111122322222232222222222222222222
Leader
1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
Source:

Matches
1 September 1996 (1996-09-01) 1Oviedo2–4FC BarcelonaOviedo
Oli 66'
Sergi 87' (o.g.)		 Report Stoichkov 47'
Stoichkov 50'
Luis Enrique 76'
Luis Enrique 89'		 Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
7 September 1996 (1996-09-07) 2FC Barcelona2–1RCD EspanyolBarcelona
Giovanni 83'
Pizzi 89'		 Report Lardín 69' Stadium: Camp Nou
15 September 1996 (1996-09-15) 3Racing1–1FC BarcelonaSantander
Correa 75' Report Ronaldo 30' Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero
22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) 4FC Barcelona3–2Real SociedadBarcelona
Ronaldo 1', 88'
Pizzi 74'		 Report Albistegui 57'
Kovacevic 89' (pen)		 Stadium: Camp Nou
29 September 1996 (1996-09-29) 5Real Zaragoza3-5FC BarcelonaZaragoza
Poyet 10'
Luis Enrique 36' (o.g.)
Lopez 46'
Xavier Aguado 		 Report Figo 21'
Ronaldo 53', 85'
Popescu 72' (pen)
Luis Enrique 81'		 Stadium: La Romareda
2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 6FC Barcelona1–1TenerifeBarcelona
Popescu 78' Report Juanele 81'
Suarez 		 Stadium: Camp Nou
12 October 1996 (1996-10-12) 7SD Compostela1–5FC BarcelonaSantiago de Compostela
Ohen 73' Report William 1'(o.g)
Giovanni 16'
Ronaldo 36', 46'
Figo 64'
20 October 1996 (1996-10-20) 8FC Barcelona8–0LogroñésBarcelona
Stoichkov 22', 55' (pen)
Giovanni 29', 42'
Ronaldo 40', 87' (pen)
Clotet 77' (o.g.)
Pizzi 82'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
23 October 1996 (1996-10-23) 9Sevilla FC0–1FC BarcelonaSevilla
Rafa Paz
Almeyda
Salva		 Report Luis Enrique 77'
Couto		 Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan
25 October 1996 (1996-10-25) 10FC Barcelona3–2ValenciaBarcelona
Ronaldo 15', 36', 74' Report Patxi Ferreira 52'
Karpin 58'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
4 November 1996 (1996-11-04) 11Sporting de Gijón0–0FC BarcelonaGijón
Report Stadium: El Molinón
9 November 1996 (1996-11-09) 12FC Barcelona3–3Atletico de MadridBarcelona
Pizzi 15'
Luis Enrique 29'
Giovanni 78'		 Report Caminero 6'
Juan Vizcaíno 61'
Esnaider 73' (pen)		 Stadium: Camp Nou
18 November 1996 (1996-11-18) 13FC Barcelona6-1Real ValladolidBarcelona
Popescu 10'
Ronaldo 30'
Luis Enrique 36'
Bakero 55'
Figo 75'
Roger 81'		 Report Peternac 58' Stadium: Camp Nou
23 November 1996 (1996-11-23) 14Athletic de Bilbao2–1FC BarcelonaBilbao
Jose Mari 62'
Julen Guerrero 76'		 Report Abelardo 25' Stadium: San Mamés
2 December 1996 (1996-12-02) 15FC Barcelona3-0CF ExtremaduraBarcelona
Giovanni 13'
Popescu 40'
Juanito 44' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 16Real Madrid2–0FC BarcelonaMadrid
Suker 24'
Mijatovic 48'
Secretario
Hierro
Víctor		 Report Sergi
Luis Enrique		 Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arcero
22 December 1996 (1996-12-22) 17FC Barcelona1–0RC CeltaBarcelona
Nadal 42' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) 18Deportivo La Coruña0–1FC BarcelonaLa Coruña
Nando
Naybet
Renaldo		 Report Pizzi 88'
Popescu
Ferrer
Amunike		 Stadium: Estadio Riazor
13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) 19FC Barcelona2–3Hercules CFBarcelona
Luis Enrique 8'
Ronaldo 15'		 Report Pavlicic 32'
Visnjic 42'
Rodriguez 55'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
19 January 1997 (1997-01-19) 20Real Betis2–4FC BarcelonaSevilla
Jarni 29'
Sergi 30' (o.g.)		 Report Luis Enrique 44', 62', 80'
Ronaldo 73'		 Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
26 January 1997 (1997-01-26) 21FC Barcelona6–0Rayo VallecanoBarcelona
Luis Enrique 13'
Sergi 19'
Contreras 22'(o.g)
Ronaldo 34', 44' (pen)
Pizzi 74'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Carmona Mendez
2 February 1997 (1997-02-02) 22FC Barcelona2–2Real OviedoBarcelona
Pizzi 60'
Ronaldo 67'		 Report Oli 75', 89' Stadium: Camp Nou
9 February 1997 (1997-02-09) 23RCD Espanyol2–0FC BarcelonaBarcelona
Raducioiu 14' (pen)
Raducioiu 50' (pen)
Torres Mestre Bogdanovic		 Report Ferrer
Couto
Guardiola
Figo 
Luis Enrique		 Stadium: Camp Nou
16 February 1997 (1997-02-16) 24FC Barcelona1–0Racing de SantanderBarcelona
Luis Enrique 42'
Pizzi 75'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
20 February 1997 (1997-02-20) 25Real Sociedad2–0FC BarcelonaSan Sebastian
De Pedro 41' (pen)
De Pedro 87'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Anoeta
23 February 1997 (1997-02-23) 26FC Barcelona4–1Real ZaragozaBarcelona
Abelardo 10'
Ronaldo 40' (pen)
Giovanni
Guardiola		 Report Garitano 81' (pen)
Konrad 37'
Aguado 85'
Cuartero
Gilmar		 Stadium: Camp Nou
1 March 1997 (1997-03-01) 27CD Tenerife4–0FC BarcelonaSanta Cruz de la Palma
Felipe 6'
Jokanovic 60' (pen)
Jokanovic 73' (pen)
Jokanovic 82'
Cesar Gomez		 Report Nadal 36'
Abelardo 59'
Guardiola
Luis Enrique		 Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez
9 March 1997 (1997-03-09) 28FC Barcelona3–0CompostelaBarcelona
Blanc 5'
Stoichkov 24'
Ronaldo 62'		 Report Villena 78'  Stadium: Camp Nou
16 March 1997 (1997-03-16) 29UD Logroñés0-1FC BarcelonaLogroño
Report Amunike 82'
23 March 1997 (1997-03-23) 30FC Barcelona4–0Sevilla CFBarcelona
Óscar 56'
Ronaldo 67'
Pizzi 74'
Luis Enrique 79'		 Report Almeyda 60'  Stadium: Camp Nou
30 March 1997 (1997-03-30) 31Valencia CF1–1FC BarcelonaValencia
Leandro 40'
Patxi Ferreira
Engonga		 Report Ronaldo 69'
Stoichkov		 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla
6 April 1997 (1997-04-06) 32FC Barcelona4–0Sporting de GijonBarcelona
Giovanni 13'
de la Peña 44'
Ronaldo 61'
Pizzi 89'
Blanc
Abelardo
Figo
Roger
Óscar		 Report Villarroya
Velasco		 Stadium: Camp Nou
13 April 1997 (1997-04-13) 33Atletico de Madrid2–5FC BarcelonaMadrid
Kiko 13', 63'
Santi 74' 
Simeone
Pablo Alfaro
Prodan
Pantic
Fortune		 Report de la Peña 40'
Ronaldo 42', 58', 74'
Figo 88'
Popescu
Roger		 Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon
Referee: Dauden Ibañez
16 April 1997 (1997-04-16) 34Real Valladolid3–1FC BarcelonaValladolid
Fernando 30'
Víctor 46', 77'		 Report Ronaldo 5' Stadium: Estadio Jose Zorrilla
20 April 1997 (1997-04-20) 35FC Barcelona2-0Athletic de BilbaoBarcelona
Abelardo 48'
Ronaldo 64'
de la Peña
Guardiola
Roger		 Report Oskar Vales 72' 
Alkiza
Urrutia		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Puentes Leira
5 May 1997 (1997-05-05) 36CD Extremadura1–3FC BarcelonaExtremadura
Silvani 31' Report Ronaldo 10'
Luis Enrique 33', 81'		 Stadium: Estadio Francisco de la Hera
10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 37FC Barcelona1–0Real MadridBarcelona
Ronaldo 44'
Ferrer
Figo		 Report Roberto Carlos
Alkorta
Šuker		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Rodriguez Martel
19 May 1997 (1997-05-19) 38Celta Vigo1–3FC BarcelonaVigo
Revivo 58'
Diezma
Patxi Salinas
Alejo 89' 
Gudelj		 Report Óscar 29', 38'
Ronaldo 64'		 Stadium: Estadio Balaidos
24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 39FC Barcelona1–0Deportivo La CoruñaBarcelona
Ronaldo 89'
Abelardo
Óscar
Couto		 Report Hélder 87' 
Manjarin		 Stadium: Camp Nou
1 June 1997 (1997-06-01) 40Hercules CF2–1FC BarcelonaAlicante
Paquito 37'
Pavlicic 51'
Stankovic
Parra
Sandro Mendes
Amato
Alfaro		 Report Luis Enrique 3'
Ferrer
Amunike
Figo
Guardiola
Roger
Stoichkov		 Stadium: Estadio José Rico Perez
Referee: Losantos Omar
15 June 1997 (1997-06-15) 41FC Barcelona3–0Real BetisBarcelona
Óscar 43'
Stoichkov 74'
Luis Enrique 82'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
22 June 1997 (1997-06-22) 42Rayo Vallecano1–2FC BarcelonaMadrid
Klimowicz 44' Report Hristo Stoichkov 8'
Roger 86'		 Stadium: Campo Deportivo Vallecas
Referee: Fernandez Marin

Goalscorers

34.Ronaldo[3]
17.Luis Enrique
9.Juan Antonio Pizzi
7.Hristo Stoichkov
7.Giovanni
4.Luís Figo
4.Gheorghe Popescu
4.Oscar García
3.Abelardo Fernández
2.Roger García
2.Iván de la Peña
1.Jose Mari Bakero
1.Miguel Angel Nadal
1.Sergi Barjuan
1.Laurent Blanc
1.Emmanuel Amunike

Copa del Rey
Main article: 1996–97 Copa del Rey

Round of 16

Main article: El Clásico
30 January 1997 (1997-01-30) FC Barcelona3–2Real MadridBarcelona
Ronaldo 13'
Nadal 70'
Giovanni 78'		 Report Suker 16'
Hierro 67'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Lopez Nieto
6 February 1997 (1997-02-06) Real Madrid1–1FC BarcelonaMadrid
Suker 79' (pen) Report Roberto Carlos 69' (o.g.) Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Díaz Vega

Quarterfinals

26 February 1997 (1997-02-26) Atletico de Madrid2–2FC BarcelonaMadrid
Caminero 19'
Kiko 72'		 Pizzi 43' (pen)
Pizzi 64'		 Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mejuto González
12 March 1997 (1997-03-12) FC Barcelona5–4Atletico de MadridBarcelona
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

Semifinals

26 March 1997 (1997-03-26) UD Las Palmas0–4FC BarcelonaLas Palmas
Ronaldo 44' (pen)
Pizzi 56'
de la Peña 75'		 Stadium: Estadio Insular
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Diaz Vega
3 April 1997 (1997-04-03) FC Barcelona3–0UD Las PalmasBarcelona
Oscar 14'
Luis Enrique 28'
Couto 65'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ansuategui Roca

Final
Main article: 1997 Copa del Rey Final
28 June 1997 (1997-06-28) FC Barcelona3–2Real BetisMadrid
Figo 45'
Pizzi 85'
Figo 114'		 Alfonso 11'
Finidi 82'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 82,498
Referee: Ansuategui Roca

Goalscorers

6.Ronaldo
5.Pizzi
3.Figo
1.Luis Enrique
1.Giovanni
1.Oscar
1.de la Peña
1.Nadal

Supercopa de España
Main article: 1996 Supercopa de España
25 August 1996 (1996-08-25) FC Barcelona5–2Atletico de MadridBarcelona
Ronaldo 5', 89'
Giovanni 31'
Pizzi 74'
De La Peña 76'		 Esnaider 37'
Pantic 57' (pen)		 Stadium: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Fernandez Marin
28 August 1996 (1996-08-28) Atletico de Madrid3-1FC BarcelonaMadrid
Sergi Barjuan 32' (o.g.)
Esnaider 65'
Pantic 76'		 Stoichkov 58' Stadium: La Peineta
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ansuategui Roca

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First Round

12 September 1996 (1996-09-12) FC Barcelona2–0AEK LarnacaBarcelona
21:30 Ronaldo  19', 77' Lineups Report Stadium: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Roland Beck
26 September 1996 (1996-09-26) AEK Larnaca0-0FC BarcelonaLarnaca
Report Stadium: GSZ Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Round of 16

12 September 1996 (1996-09-12) FC Barcelona3–1FK Crvena ZvezdaBarcelona
Giovanni 34'
Giovanni 35'
Figo 54'		 Report Zivkovic 21' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 73,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel
31 October 1996 (1996-10-31) FK Crvena Zvezda1-1FC BarcelonaBelgrade
20:30 Jovicic 47' Report Giovanni 48' Stadium: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Attendance: 44,694
Referee: Gerd Grabher

Quarterfinals

6 March 1997 (1997-03-06) FC Barcelona3–1AIK SolnaBarcelona
21:00 Popescu 4'
Ronaldo 56'
Pizzi 80'		 Report Simpson 2' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: David Alleray
20 March 1997 (1997-03-20) AIK Solna1-1FC BarcelonaSolna
Simpson 73' Report Ronaldo 12' Stadium: Rasunda Stadium
Attendance: 35 049
Referee: Gilles Veissière

Semifinals

10 April 1997 (1997-04-10) FC Barcelona1-1ACF FiorentinaBarcelona
21:30 Nadal 43' Report Batistuta 63' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 105 000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann
24 April 1997 (1997-04-24) ACF Fiorentina0-2FC BarcelonaFirenze
20:45 Report Couto 30'
Guardiola 35'		 Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 43 600
Referee: Anders Frisk

Final
Main article: 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
14 May 1997 (1997-05-14) FC Barcelona1-0Paris Saint-GermainRotterdam
20:30 Ronaldo 37' (pen)
Couto 16'
de la Peña 83'		 Report Fournier 1'
Le Guen 51'
Cauet 82'		 Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
Attendance: 36,802
Referee: Markus Merk

Statistics

Players statistics
No. Pos Nat Player Total1996-97 La Liga1996-97 Copa del Rey1996-97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1996 Supercopa de España
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Vítor Baía 37-4337-43
24 DF Fernando Couto 260260
15 DF Laurent Blanc 281281
20 DF Miguel Ángel Nadal 271271
12 DF Sergi 341341
5 DM Gheorghe Popescu 294294
4 DM Pep Guardiola 380380
7 MF Luís Figo 364364
23 AM Iván de la Peña 332332
21 MF Luis Enrique 35173517
9 FW Ronaldo 37343734
13 GK Carles Busquets 4-24-2
25 GK Julen Lopetegui 0000
28 GK Francesc Arnau 1-31-3
2 DF Albert Ferrer 180180
3 DF Abelardo 213213
16 MF Óscar 144144
17 MF Emmanuel Amunike 191191
18 MF Guillermo Amor 260260
10 MF Giovanni 307307
26 MF Albert Celades 4040
27 MF Roger 162162
8 FW Hristo Stoichkov 227227
11 FW Ángel Cuéllar 8080
19 FW Juan Antonio Pizzi 339339
6 MF José Mari Bakero 4141
22 MF Robert Prosinečki 0000
  • Source:

Goalscorers

5.Ronaldo
3.Giovanni
1.Figo
1.Popescu
1.Pizzi
1.Nadal
1.Couto
1.Guardiola

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See also

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1996-1997/laliga/barce.htm
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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