1996–97 Copa del Rey

1996–97 Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	72
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona
Runner-up	Real Betis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	139
Goals scored	330 (2.37 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Klimowicz (6); Ronaldo (6); Sabas (6)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The Copa del Rey 1996–97 is the 95th staging of the Copa del Rey.

The competition started on September 4, 1996 and concluded on June 28, 1997 with the Final, held at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid.

First Round

First Round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Cultural Leonesa	0 – 3	Deportivo Alavés	4 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Gernika Club	2 – 6	SD Eibar	4 September 1996	2–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	4–0	Rep.
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	2 – 6	UE Lleida	4 September 1996	0–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	4–2	Rep.
CP Cacereño	2 – 7	CP Mérida	4 September 1996	1–5	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
CD Manchego	1 – 2	UD Salamanca	4 September 1996	0–0	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
Lliria CF	1 – 5	Villarreal CF	4 September 1996	0–3	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
CD Mensajero	0 – 2	Almería CF	4 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–0	Rep.
Racing de Ferrol	2 – 1	CD Ourense	5 September 1996	1–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–1	Rep.
Real Avilés Industrial	6 – 1	Marino de Luanco	5 September 1996	3–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–3	Rep.
Gimnástica de Torrelavega	0 – 3	CA Osasuna	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Barakaldo CF	2 – 2 (a)	Real Unión	5 September 1996	1–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	0–1	Rep.
CD Talavera	3 – 2	CD Badajoz	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–3	Rep.
RCD Carabanchel	1 – 4	CD Leganés	5 September 1996	1–2	Rep.	19 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Getafe CF	2 – 2 (a)	CD Toledo	5 September 1996	2–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	0–0	Rep.
CF Gandía	3 – 9	RCD Mallorca	5 September 1996	1–4	Rep.	19 September 1996	5–2	Rep.
Real Murcia CF	1 – 3	Albacete Balompié	5 September 1996	1–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Elche CF	0 – 1	AD Mar Menor	5 September 1996	0–0	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–0	Rep.
Real Jaén CF	1 – 4	UD Las Palmas	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	3–1	Rep.
CA Marbella	2 – 4	Écija Balompié	5 September 1996	1–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
Málaga CF	1 – 0	UD Realejos	5 September 1996	1–0	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–0	Rep.
Guadix CF	0 – 1	Granada CF	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–0	Rep.
Córdoba CF	1 – 2	Polideportivo Ejido	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–1	Rep.
CD Castellón	1 – 6	Levante UD	5 September 1996	0–3	Rep.	18 September 1996	3–1	Rep.
Terrassa FC	2 – 0	UE Figueres	11 September 1996	1–0	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–1	Rep.
Bye: Zalla UC, his opponent (Sestao SC) retired of the competition.

Second Round

Second Round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
CA Osasuna	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	5 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	1–1	Rep.
Racing de Ferrol	2 – 4	Celta de Vigo	6 November 1996	1–3	Rep.	26 November 1996	1–1	Rep.
Real Avilés Industrial	1 – 8	Real Oviedo CF	6 November 1996	1–5	Rep.	27 November 1996	3–0	Rep.
Zalla UC	1 – 5	Athletic Bilbao	6 November 1996	0–3	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–1	Rep.
SD Eibar	1 – 1 (a)	Racing de Santander	6 November 1996	1–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.
Deportivo Alavés	1 – 1 (a)	CD Logroñés	6 November 1996	1–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.
Real Unión	1 – 6	Real Zaragoza	6 November 1996	0–4	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–1	Rep.
Albacete Balompié	1 – 5	Rayo Vallecano	6 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	5–1	Rep.
CD Leganés	1 – 2	SD Compostela	6 November 1996	1–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	1–0	Rep.
UD Salamanca	0 – 4	Real Madrid CF	6 November 1996	0–2	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
CD Talavera	1 – 4	Real Valladolid CF	6 November 1996	0–3	Rep.	27 November 1996	1–1	Rep.
RCD Mallorca	1 – 3	Deportivo de La Coruña	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	3–0	Rep.
CP Mérida	2 – 5	CF Extremadura	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	5–1	Rep.
Málaga CF	0 – 1	Sevilla FC	6 November 1996	0–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.
Écija Balompié	1 – 4	Real Betis	6 November 1996	2–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Polideportivo Ejido	0 – 0 (p)	Granada CF	6 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	Penalties: 4-3 for Granada CF
UD Las Palmas	5 – 2	Almería CF	6 November 1996	2–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–3	Rep.
Terrassa FC	1 – 2	UE Lleida	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Levante UD	1 – 2	Hércules CF	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
AD Mar Menor	0 – 3	Villarreal CF	6 November 1996	0–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
CD Toledo	0 – 1	Sporting de Gijón	7 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	26 November 1996	1–0	Rep.

Third Round

Third Round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Sevilla FC	2 – 2 (p)	Deportivo de La Coruña	8 January 1997	2–0	Rep.	16 January 1997	2–0	Rep.	Penalties: 3-1 for Deportivo de La Coruña
RCD Espanyol	6 – 3	Sporting de Gijón	8 January 1997	4–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	2–2	Rep.
Real Oviedo CF	1 – 3	SD Compostela	8 January 1997	1–0	Rep.	15 January 1997	3–0	Rep.
Granada CF	0 – 4	Real Betis	8 January 1997	0–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	3–0	Rep.
CA Osasuna	4 – 5	Rayo Vallecano	8 January 1997	3–2	Rep.	15 January 1997	3–1	Rep.
Real Zaragoza	1 – 2	Racing de Santander	8 January 1997	1–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	1–0	Rep.
Villarreal CF	2 – 3	Athletic Bilbao	8 January 1997	0–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	2–2	Rep.
Celta de Vigo	4 – 2	CD Logroñés	8 January 1997	2–0	Rep.	15 January 1997	2–2	Rep.
Real Madrid CF	4 – 1	Real Valladolid CF	9 January 1997	2–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	0–2	Rep.
UE Lleida	2 – 2 (a)	Hércules CF	16 January 1997	1–0	Rep.	22 January 1997	2–1	Rep.	Match suspended at the original date.^[1]
Bye: UD Las Palmas, CF Extremadura.

Bracket

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Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UD Las Palmas	2–2 (5–3 p)	Valencia CF	0–2	2–0^[2]
Deportivo de La Coruña	2–2 (a)	RCD Espanyol	2–2	0–0
Atlético de Madrid	5–2	SD Compostela	2–0	3–2
FC Barcelona	4–3	Real Madrid CF	3–2^[3]	1–1
CD Tenerife	0–5	Real Betis	0–2	0–3
Rayo Vallecano	4–3	CF Extremadura	2–2	1–1
Racing de Santander	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	1–1
UE Lleida	1–1 (a)	Celta de Vigo	1–1	0–0

First Leg

28 January 1997	Deportivo de La Coruña	2 – 2	RCD Espanyol	A Coruña
21:30 CET	Maikel 81' Rivaldo 82'	Report Template:Es icon	Benítez 42' Răducioiu 58'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Nuñez Manrique

29 January 1997	Racing de Santander	1 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Santander
21:00 CET	Arpón 89' Merino 83'	Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Megía Dávila

29 January 1997	UE Lleida	1 – 1	Celta de Vigo	Lleida
21:00 CET	Julio Rodríguez 33'	Report Template:Es icon	Prieto 88'	Stadium: Camp d'Esports Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mejuto González

29 January 1997	Rayo Vallecano	2 – 2	CF Extremadura	Madrid
21:00 CET	Guilherme 23' Klimowicz 31' José María 68'	Report Template:Es icon	Silvani 41' Pineda 58'	Stadium: La Peineta Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

29 January 1997	Atlético de Madrid	2 – 0	SD Compostela	Madrid
21:00 CET	Toni 8' Kiko 90'	Report Template:Es icon	Lekumberri 71'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carmona Méndez

29 January 1997	UD Las Palmas	0 – 2	Valencia CF	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
22:00 CET		Report Template:Es icon	Leandro 41' 66' Camarasa 44'	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 19,000 Referee: García-Aranda

30 January 1997	CD Tenerife	0 – 2	Real Betis	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:30 CET		Report Template:Es icon	Pier 41' Kowalczyk 66'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

30 January 1997	FC Barcelona	3 – 2	Real Madrid CF	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Ronaldo 13' Nadal 70' Giovanni 78'	Report Template:Es icon	Šuker 16' Hierro 67'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,000 Referee: López Nieto

Second Leg

4 February 1997	SD Compostela	2 – 3	Atlético de Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
20:30 CET	Penev 17' (pen.) 45'	Report Template:Es icon	López 6' Kiko 10' Biagini 19'	Stadium: Multiusos de San Lázaro Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Losantos Omar

5 February 1997	Athletic Bilbao	1 – 1	Racing de Santander	Bilbao
20:15 CET	Urzaiz 82' 90'	Report Template:Es icon	Txema 31' Sánchez Jara 74' Correa 81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

5 February 1997	RCD Espanyol	0 – 0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Barcelona
20:45 CET	Olmeta 42'	Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Prados García

5 February 1997	Celta de Vigo	0 – 0	UE Lleida	Vigo
21:00 CET		Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Iturralde González

5 February 1997	Valencia CF	0 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	UD Las Palmas	Valencia
21:15 CET		Report Template:Es icon	Paquito 32' Orlando 50' Asier 115'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hernanz Angulo
	Penalties
	Leandro Cáceres Iván Campo Karpin		Valerón Paquito Turu Flores Víctor Simionato

5 February 1997	Real Betis	3 – 0	CD Tenerife	Sevilla
21:30 CET	Merino 75' Bjelica 87' Cañas 88'	Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

6 February 1997	CF Extremadura	1 – 2	Rayo Vallecano	Almendralejo
19:30 CET	Silvani 1'	Report Template:Es icon	Guilherme 50' Klimowicz 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

6 February 1997	Real Madrid CF	1 – 1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
21:00 CET	Šuker 79' (pen.)	Report Template:Es icon	Roberto Carlos 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UD Las Palmas	1–1 (a)	RCD Espanyol	0–0	1–1
Atlético de Madrid	6–7	FC Barcelona	2–2	4–5^[4]
Real Betis	4–1	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	2–1
Racing de Santander	1–3	Celta de Vigo	1–2	0–1

First Leg

26 February 1997	Real Betis	2 – 0	Rayo Vallecano	Sevilla
20:00 CET	Sabas 13' (pen.) Alfonso 81'	Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Iturralde González

26 February 1997	Atlético de Madrid	2 – 2	FC Barcelona	Madrid
22:00 CET	Caminero 19' Kiko 72'	Report Template:Es icon	Pizzi 43' (pen.) 64'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mejuto González

27 February 1997	UD Las Palmas	0 – 0	RCD Espanyol	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
19:30 CET		Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: Insular Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

27 February 1997	Racing de Santander	1 – 2	Celta de Vigo	Santander
21:30 CET	Javi López 66'	Report Template:Es icon	Mostovoi 44' Revivo 74' Josema 81'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Second Leg

12 March 1997	RCD Espanyol	1 – 1	UD Las Palmas	Barcelona
19:30 CET	Ouédec 43'	Report Template:Es icon	Turu Flores 47'	Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 8,300 Referee: López Nieto

12 March 1997	Barcelona	5 – 4	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Ronaldo 47', 51', 72' Figo 67' Pizzi 81'	Report Template:Es icon	Pantić 8', 28', 31' (pen.), 52'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

13 March 1997	Celta de Vigo	1 – 0	Racing de Santander	Vigo
20:00 CET	Ratković 80' 86'	Report Template:Es icon	Correa 90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

13 March 1997	Rayo Vallecano	1 – 2	Real Betis	Vallecas
22:00 CET	Guilherme 65'	Report Template:Es icon	Olías 28' Cañas 90'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UD Las Palmas	0–7	FC Barcelona	0–4	0-3
Real Betis	2–1	Celta de Vigo	1–0	1–1

First Leg

25 March 1997	Real Betis	1 – 0	Celta de Vigo	Sevilla
21:30 CET	Bjelica 71'	Report Template:Es icon	Geli 82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 28,000 Referee: García-Aranda

26 March 1997	UD Las Palmas	0 – 4	FC Barcelona	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
22:00 CET		Report Template:Es icon	Ronaldo 44' (pen.) 77' Pizzi 56' De la Peña 75'	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Second Leg

2 April 1997	Celta de Vigo	1 – 1	Real Betis	Vigo
21:30 CET	Ratković 33' 62'	Report Template:Es icon	Alexis 87' Ureña 62'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

3 April 1997	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	UD Las Palmas	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Óscar 14' Luis Enrique 28' Couto 65'	Report Template:Es icon		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Final

28 June 1997

21:00 CET

FC Barcelona	3 – 2^[5] (a.e.t.)	Real Betis
Figo 45' 114' Pizzi 85'	Report Template:Es icon	Alfonso 11' Finidi 82'

Madrid
Stadium: Santigo Bernabéu

Attendance: 82,498

Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Copa del Rey 1996–97 Winners
FC Barcelona 23rd title

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Diego Klimowicz	7	Rayo Vallecano
Ronaldo	6	FC Barcelona
Juan Antonio Pizzi	5	FC Barcelona
Turu Flores	5	UD Las Palmas
Davor Šuker	5	Real Madrid
Juan Sabas	4	Real Betis
Lyuboslav Penev	4	SD Compostela
Milinko Pantić	4	Atlético Madrid
Alexandre	4	Villarreal CF
Julio Rodríguez	4	UE Lleida

References

^ "Third Round: UE Lleida vs Hércules CF" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo.
^ "Round of 16: Valencia CF vs UD Las Palmas (2nd Leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.
^ "Round of 16: FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF (1st Leg)". Youtube.
^ "Quarters: FC Barcelona vs Atlético de Madrid (2nd Leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.
^ "Final: FC Barcelona vs Real Betis" (in Catalan). Youtube.

External links

www.linguasport.com Template:Es icon

[1] "Third Round: UE Lleida vs Hércules CF" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo.

[2] "Round of 16: Valencia CF vs UD Las Palmas (2nd Leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.

[3] "Round of 16: FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF (1st Leg)". Youtube.

[4] "Quarters: FC Barcelona vs Atlético de Madrid (2nd Leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.

[5] "Final: FC Barcelona vs Real Betis" (in Catalan). Youtube.

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