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1996–97 La Liga

66th season of La Liga

Field	Value
competition	La Liga
season	1996–97
dates	31 August 1996 – 23 June 1997
winners	Real Madrid
27th title
relegated	Rayo Vallecano (relegation playoff)
Extremadura
Sevilla
Hércules
Logroñes
continentalcup1	[Champions League](1997-98-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Real Madrid
Barcelona
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1997-98-uefa-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Real Betis (as [Copa del Rey](1997-98-copa-del-rey) runners-up)
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1997-98-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Deportivo La Coruña
Atlético Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Valladolid
league topscorer	Ronaldo (34 goals)
biggest home win	Barcelona 8–0 Logroñés
(20 October 1996)
biggest away win	Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Real Betis
(16 March 1997)
highest scoring	Barcelona 8–0 Logroñés
(20 October 1996)
Zaragoza 3–5 Barcelona<br>(29 August 1996)<ref name	"Zaragoza 3-5 Barcelona"
matches	462
total goals	1271
prevseason	[1995–96](1995-96-la-liga)
nextseason	[1997–98](1997-98-la-liga)

27th title Extremadura Sevilla Hércules Logroñes Barcelona Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao Valladolid (20 October 1996) (16 March 1997) (20 October 1996) Zaragoza 3–5 Barcelona (29 August 1996) The 1996–97 La Liga season was the 66th since its establishment. It began on 31 August 1996, and concluded on 23 June 1997. Five clubs were relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the season, as the number of La Liga clubs was reduced to 20 starting from the following season. This was thus the last La Liga season played with 22 teams.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1995–96 Segunda División

Hércules
Logroñés
Extremadura

Teams relegated to 1996–97 Segunda División

Albacete
Mérida
Salamanca

Team information

Clubs and locations

1996–97 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Benito Villamarín	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Espanyol	Sarrià	44,000
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Hércules	José Rico Pérez	29,500
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Sporting de Gijón	El Molinón	25,885
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	23,500
Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Logroñés	Las Gaunas	16,000
Rayo Vallecano	Vallecas	14,708
Compostela	San Lázaro	12,000
Extremadura	Francisco de la Hera	11,580

It was the last season with 22 teams in La Liga. To reduce the number of teams in the league, the last four teams, CF Extremadura, Sevilla FC, Hércules CF and CD Logroñés, were relegated and the fifth-to-last team, Rayo Vallecano, played a relegation playoff and was also relegated.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao	FRA Luis Fernández	ESP Genar Andrinúa	Kappa	None
Atlético Madrid	FR Yugoslavia Radomir Antić	ESP Roberto Solozábal	Puma	Bandai/Tamagotchi
Barcelona	ENG Bobby Robson	ROM Gheorghe Popescu	Kappa	None
Betis	ESP Lorenzo Serra Ferrer	ESP Alexis Trujillo	Kappa	Ocaroil
Celta Vigo	ESP Fernando Castro Santos	ESP Patxi Salinas	Umbro	Citroën
Compostela	ESP Fernando Vázquez	ESP Javier Bellido	Zico	Escuris
Deportivo	BRA Carlos Alberto Silva	ESP Francisco Javier González Pérez	Umbro	Feiraco
Espanyol	ESP Paco Flores	ESP Francisco Javier López Alfaro	Puma	Dani
Extremadura	ESP Iosu Ortoundo	ESP Juan Francisco Rodríguez Herrera	Kelme	Expo '98 Lisboa
Hércules	ESP Quique Hernández	ESP Francisco Gabriel Escudero Martínez	Rasán	Jijona
Logroñés	ESP Carlos Aimar	ESP Agustín Abadía	Rasán	La Rioja
Racing Santander	ESP Marcos Alonso Peña	ESP Jesús Merino Landaluce	Austral	Caja Cantabria
Rayo Vallecano	ESP Francisco García Gómez	ESP Jesús Diego Cota	Joma	Estepona
Oviedo	ESP José Antonio Novo	ESP Alberto Martínez Díaz	Joluvi	Cajastur
Real Madrid	ITA Fabio Capello	ESP Manolo Sanchís	Kelme	Teka
Real Sociedad	ESP Javier Irureta	ESP Lorenzo Juarros García	Astore	Krafft
Sevilla	ESP Vicente Miera	ESP Manuel Jiménez Jiménez	Umbro	None
Sporting de Gijón	ESP Benito Floro	ESP Juan Carlos Ablanedo	Joma	Cajastur
Tenerife	GER Jupp Heynckes	ESP Felipe Miñambres	Puma	Canarias
Valencia	ARG Jorge Valdano	ESP Andoni Zubizarreta	Luanvi	Ford
Valladolid	ARG Vicente Cantatore	ESP Juan Carlos Rodríguez Moreno	Kelme	Caja España
Zaragoza	URU Víctor Espárrago	ESP Alberto Belsué	Adidas	Pikolin

League table

Results

Relegation playoff

First leg

Second leg

Cortijo

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	BRA Ronaldo	Barcelona	34
2	ESP Alfonso	Real Betis	25
3	CRO Davor Šuker	Real Madrid	24
4	ESP Raúl	Real Madrid	21
BRA Rivaldo	Deportivo La Coruña
6	ESP Oli	Oviedo	19
7	ESP Luis Enrique	Barcelona	17
NGA Ohen	Compostela
ESP José Ángel Ziganda	Athletic Bilbao
10	ESP Víctor Fernández	Valladolid	16
BUL Lyuboslav Penev	Compostela
ESP Ismael Urzaiz	Athletic Bilbao

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	Highest
1	FC Barcelona	86,429	115,000
2	Real Madrid	85,429	110,000
3	Sevilla FC	44,436	71,114
4	Valencia CF	42,624	50,000
5	Real Betis	40,786	47,500
6	Athletic Club	38,743	44,000
7	Atlético de Madrid	32,238	52,000
8	Real Zaragoza	28,000	35,000
9	Deportivo de La Coruña	23,571	33,000
10	RCD Espanyol	22,343	40,000
11	Real Sociedad	20,810	28,300
12	Real Sporting de Gijón	19,157	30,000
13	Real Valladolid	18,729	26,000
14	Celta de Vigo	17,595	30,000
15	Racing de Santander	17,000	21,000
16	Hércules CF	16,470	28,207
17	CD Tenerife	15,143	22,500
18	Real Oviedo	14,483	23,500
19	CD Logroñés	12,500	18,000
20	Extremadura CF	10,380	15,000
21	SD Compostela	9,714	14,000
22	Rayo Vallecano	8,738	13,000

References

"Barcelona 8-0 Logroñés". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
"Rayo Vallecano 0–5 Real Betis". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
"Zaragozaa 3-5 Barcelona". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp97.htm

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