1996–97 La Liga

	Leader
	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
	1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
	1997–98 UEFA Cup First round
	Play-off relegation to 1997–98 Segunda División
	Relegation to 1997–98 Segunda División

La Liga
Season	1996–97
Champions	Real Madrid; 27th title
Relegated	Rayo Vallecano (relegation playoff); Extremadura; Sevilla; Hércules; Logroñes
Champions League	Real Madrid (group stage); Barcelona (group stage)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Betis (first round) (Copa del Rey runner-up)
UEFA Cup	Deportivo La Coruña (first round); Atlético Madrid (first round); Athletic Bilbao (first round); Valladolid (first round)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,271 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronaldo (34)
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; (29 August 1996)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 La Liga season, the 66th since its establishment, started on 31 August 1996 and finished on 23 June 1997.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1995–96 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 1996–97 Segunda División

Team information

Clubs and locations

1996-97 season was composed of the following clubs:

Location of teams in La Liga 1996–97

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

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	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	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	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500
Hércules	José Rico Pérez	29,500
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Sporting de Gijón	El Molinón	25,885
Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Logroñés	Las Gaunas	16,000
Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Fútbol de 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	Luis Fernández	Genar Andrinúa	Kappa	None
Atlético Madrid	Radomir Antić	?	Puma	Bandai/Tamagotchi
Barcelona	Bobby Robson	Gheorghe Popescu	Kappa	Huelva
Betis	Lorenzo Serra Ferrer	?	Kappa	Ocaroil
Celta Vigo	Fernando Castro Santos	?	Umbro	Citroën
Compostela	Fernando Vázquez	?	Zico	Escuris
Deportivo	Carlos Alberto Silva	?	Umbro	Feiraco
Espanyol	Paco Flores	?	Puma	Dani
Extremadura	Iosu Ortoundo	?	Kelme	Expo '98 Lisboa
Hércules	Quique Hernández	?	Rasán	Jijona
Logroñés	Carlos Aimar	?	Rasán	La Rioja
Racing Santander	Marcos Alonso Peña	?	Austral	Caja Cantabria
Rayo Vallecano	Francisco García Gómez	?	Joma	Estepona
Oviedo	José Antonio Novo	?	Joluvi	Cajastur
Real Madrid	Fabio Capello	Manolo Sanchís	Kelme	Teka
Real Sociedad	Javier Irureta	?	Astore	Kraft
Sevilla	Vicente Miera	?	Umbro	None
Sporting de Gijón	Benito Floro	?	Joma	Cajastur
Tenerife	Jupp Heynckes	?	Puma	Canarias
Valencia	Jorge Valdano	?	Luanvi	Ford
Valladolid	Antonio Santos	?	Kelme	Caja España
Zaragoza	Víctor Espárrago	?	Adidas	Pikolin

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^[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]
8	Real Sociedad	42	18	9	15	50	47	+3	63
9	Tenerife	42	15	11	16	69	57	+12	56^[d]
10	Valencia	42	15	11	16	63	59	+4	56^[d]
11	Compostela	42	13	14	15	52	65	−13	53
12	Espanyol	42	14	9	19	51	57	−6	51
13	Racing Santander	42	11	17	14	52	54	−2	50^[e]
14	Zaragoza	42	12	14	16	58	66	−8	50^[e]
15	Sporting Gijón	42	13	11	18	45	63	−18	50^[e]
16	Celta de Vigo	42	12	13	17	51	54	−3	49
17	Oviedo	42	12	12	18	49	65	−16	48
18	Rayo Vallecano (R)	42	13	6	23	43	62	−19	45	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
19	Extremadura (R)	42	11	11	20	35	64	−29	44	Relegation to the Segunda División
20	Sevilla (R)	42	12	7	23	50	69	−19	43
21	Hércules (R)	42	12	5	25	40	77	−37	41
22	Logroñés (R)	42	9	6	27	33	85	−52	33

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD
^ ^a ^b VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL
^ ^a ^b ^c RAC: 9 pts; ZAR: 6 pts; SPG: 3 pts

Positions by round

Team \ 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
Real Madrid	12	6	7	5	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Barcelona	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Deportivo	12	15	8	4	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Betis	2	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
At. Madrid	4	8	17	11	6	7	6	10	14	12	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Ath. Bilbao	21	12	18	18	14	17	17	11	12	8	12	7	6	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	7	8	10	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6
Valladolid	7	10	16	10	11	11	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
R. Sociedad	9	5	4	7	8	5	5	6	7	13	7	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8
Tenerife	1	1	5	9	5	6	10	12	8	9	10	10	10	11	13	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9
Valencia	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
Compostela	22	14	20	12	17	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	18	18	20	17	17	15	15	17	15	16	17	17	15	16	14	15	16	15	13	14	12	13	13	14	12	13	12	11	13	11
Espanyol	14	18	15	14	9	14	15	17	14	11	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	17	14	16	17	17	19	20	20	18	19	17	15	16	16	13	15	14	15	14	15	12
Racing	5	4	3	8	13	9	8	8	10	6	8	8	8	8	9	11	10	11	12	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	13
Zaragoza	10	7	9	13	18	19	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	21	21	22	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	14	16	16	18	16	18	14	16	14	12	11	13	12	14
Sporting	5	8	10	6	15	12	9	9	13	16	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	15	16	15	16	15	16	14	15	14	15	15	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	14	15
Celta Vigo	20	17	12	16	19	16	16	16	11	14	14	16	12	10	12	9	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	15	14	16	17	16
Oviedo	19	11	6	3	7	10	14	14	16	15	16	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	13	14	17	18	15	16	16	16	15	16	17
Rayo	16	18	13	19	16	13	11	13	9	10	11	11	13	12	10	12	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	16	17	19	17	19	17	14	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	18
Extremadura	16	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	18	18	17	18	16	18	15	15	17	17	19	19	19	19	19
Sevilla	18	21	14	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	15	16	17	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	20
Hércules	7	13	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	21	21
Logroñés	10	16	10	17	12	8	13	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Source: LFP 1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20 21-22

Note: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup spot (in yellow) being non-related with a position in La Liga, does not appear until the team is assured to be qualified. Conditions to be assured are: Copa del Rey winner cannot reach UEFA Champions League's places or one of finalists' Copa del Rey cannot qualify mathematically to UEFA Champions League. Barcelona was qualified to UEFA Champions League since 39th round, thus Betis could not reach UEFA Champions League places, so after matchday 39 Betis' places are coloured in yellow. In light yellow the spot expected for 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	CEL	COM	DEP	ESP	EXT	HÉR	LOG	RAC	RVA	RMA	ROV	RSO	SEV	SPG	TEN	VAL	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		1–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	5–0	6–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	3–2	1–3	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Atlético Madrid	2–1		2–5	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–4	3–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	0–3	1–4	3–1	5–1
FC Barcelona	2–0	3–3		3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	8–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	6–1	4–1
Betis	3–0	3–2	2–4		1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
Celta de Vigo	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2		1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–0
SD Compostela	1–1	3–1	1–5	0–2	2–1		0–0	3–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1
Deportivo de La Coruna	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–0		2–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0
RCD Espanyol	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1		5–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–0
CF Extremadura	1–2	2–4	1–3	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0		0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Hércules CF	3–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1
CD Logroñés	1–4	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–2		1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2
Racing de Santander	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1		1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–2
Rayo Vallecano	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–4	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1
Real Madrid	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0		6–1	6–1	4–2	3–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–0
Real Oviedo	2–0	4–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–5	0–2	2–3		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0
Real Sociedad	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
Sevilla FC	4–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	5–0	1–4	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–3		2–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–2
Sporting de Gijón	2–4	0–1	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1		2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0
CD Tenerife	3–3	2–3	4–0	0–1	0–0	6–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	6–0		2–1	1–3	3–3
Valencia CF	5–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–1		2–4	1–1
Valladolid	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	4–1		1–1
Zaragoza	1–1	2–3	3–5	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RCD Mallorca	(a) 2–2	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	1–2

First Leg

25 June 1997	RCD Mallorca	1–0	Rayo Vallecano	Palma de Mallorca
22:00	Barbero 17'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arceo

Second Leg

29 June 1997	Rayo Vallecano	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	RCD Mallorca	Madrid
21:30	Klimowicz 38' (pen.) Cortijo 86'	Report (in Spanish)	Carlitos 58'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorer	Goals	Team
Ronaldo	34	Barcelona
Alfonso	25	Betis
Davor Šuker	24	Real Madrid
Rivaldo	21	Deportivo La Coruña
Raúl	21	Real Madrid

Signings

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1996-97.html

Team	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Real Madrid	Bodo Illgner (1. FC Köln) 0 0	Christian Panucci (Milan) Carlos Secretário (Porto) Roberto Carlos (Internazionale)	Clarence Seedorf (Sampdoria) Zé Roberto (Portuguesa) 0	Predrag Mijatović (Valencia) Davor Šuker (Sevilla) 0
Barcelona	Vítor Baía (Porto) 0 0 0	Laurent Blanc (Auxerre) Fernando Couto (Parma) 0 0	Emmanuel Amunike (Sporting CP) Giovanni (Santos) 0 0	Luis Enrique (Real Madrid) Juan Antonio Pizzi (Tenerife) Ronaldo (PSV) Hristo Stoichkov (Parma)
Deportivo	Petr Kouba (Sparta Prague) Nuno (Vitória de Guimarães) Jacques Songo'o (Metz) 0	Armando Álvarez (Oviedo) Jérôme Bonnissel (Montpellier) Hélder Cristóvão (Benfica) Noureddine Naybet (Sporting CP)	Flávio Conceição (Palmeiras) Corentin Martins (Auxerre) 0 0	Mickaël Madar (Monaco) Renaldo (Atlético Mineiro) Rivaldo (Palmeiras) 0
Betis	Toni Prats (Celta) 0 0	Luis Fernández (Rac. Santander) 0 0	Nenad Bjelica (Albacete) Finidi George (Ajax) Albert Nađ (Partizan)
Atlético Madrid		Juan Carlos Aguilera (Tenerife) Pablo Alfaro (Racing Santander) Daniel Prodan (Steaua București)	Radek Bejbl (Slavia Prague) Veljko Paunović (At. Marbella) Đorđe Tomić (Guingamp)	Juan Esnáider (Real Madrid) Santiago Ezquerro (Osasuna) Yordi González (Sevilla)
Athletic Bilbao		Bixente Lizarazu (Bordeaux)	José Mari García (Betis)	Ismael Urzaiz (Espanyol)
Valladolid	Agustín Elduayen (D. La Coruña) 0	Júlio César (Marathón) 0	Harold Lozano (América) Edu Manga (Paraná)	Christiano (Cóndor) Víctor Fernández (Tenerife)
Real Sociedad		Juan Gómez (River Plate) 0	Mutiu Adepoju (Racing Santander) Håkan Mild (IFK Göteborg)	Darko Kovačević (Sheffield Wednesday) 0
Tenerife	Bengt Andersson (Örgryte IS) 0 0 0	Sizwe Motaung (St. Gallen) David Nyathi (Kaizer Chiefs) Pablo Paz (Banfield) Francisco Rojas (Colo Colo)	Dani González (Atlético Madrid) Aurelio Vidmar (Sion) 0 0	Meho Kodro (Barcelona) Oliver Neuville (Servette) 0 0
Valencia		Iván Campo (Valladolid) Fernando Cáceres (Zaragoza) 0 0 0	Valeri Karpin (Real Sociedad) Ariel Ortega (River Plate) 0 0 0	Claudio López (Racing Club) Leandro Machado (Internacional) Gabi Moya (Sevilla) Romário (Flamengo) Goran Vlaović (Padova)
Compostela	Rafa Gómez (Valencia) 0 0 0	William Amaral (Bastia) Manuel Galdames (Athletic Bilbao) Goran Šaula (Vojvodina) 0	Saïd Chiba (Al-Hilal) Pirri Mori (Atlético Madrid) Dmitri Popov (Racing Santander) Carlos Sastre (Extremadura)	Manuel Mosquera (Extremadura) Maurício Pantera (Santa Cruz) Luboslav Penev (Atlético Madrid) 0
Espanyol	Pascal Olmeta (Olympique Lyon) 0 0 0 0	José Cobos (Paris Saint-Germain) 0 0 0 0	Adolfo Aldana (Deportivo) Miodrag Anđelković (OFK Belgrade) Favio Fernández (Gimnasia La Plata) Dominique Lemoine (Excelsior) Nenad Pralija (Hajduk Split)	Nicolas Ouédec (Nantes) 0 0 0 0
Racing Santander	Fernando Marcos (Albacete) Javier Pinillos (Logroñés) 0 0 0 0 0	Diego López (River Plate (M)) Javi López (Leganés) Francesc Sànchez Jara (Betis) Gabriel Schürrer (Lanús) 0 0 0	Óscar Arpón (Betis) Fernando Morán (Real Madrid B) Jaime Sánchez (Real Madrid B) Francisco Sanz (Oviedo) Sergey Shustikov (Torpedo Moscow) Dmitri Ulyanov (CSKA Moscow) José Luis Zalazar (Albacete)	Vladimir Beschastnykh (Werder Bremen) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zaragoza	Otto Konrad (Austria Salzburg) 0 0 0	Ander Garitano (Athletic Bilbao) Gilmar (Cruzeiro) Quique Sánchez Flores (R. Madrid) Miquel Soler (Real Madrid)	Kily González (Boca Juniors) Vladislav Radimov (CSKA Moscow) 0 0	José Luis Loreto (Logroñés) 0 0 0
Sporting Gijón	Francisco Liaño (Deportivo) 0 0	Yuri Nikiforov (Spartak Moscow) Javier Villarroya (Deportivo) 0	Valtemir Teles (Botafogo) 0 0	Dmitri Cheryshev (Dynamo Moscow) Rónald Gómez (Alajuelense) Javier Luna (Albacete)
Celta Vigo	José Luis Diezma (Betis) Richard Dutruel (Paris-Saint Germain) 0 0 0	David Belenguer (Leganés) Josema López (Salamanca) Adriano Teixeira (Recife) 0 0	Daniel Dutuel (Bordeaux) Javi González (Sestao) Mazinho (Valencia) Alexander Mostovoi (Strasbourg) José del Solar (Salamanca)	Moisés García (Osasuna) Juan Manuel Prieto (Mérida) Haim Revivo (Maccabi Haifa) 0 0
Oviedo		Fernando Gamboa (Boca Juniors) Abel Xavier (Bari) 0 0 0	Paulo Bento (Benfica) Juan José Borrelli (Panathinaikos) Aurelio Gay (Zaragoza) Iván Iglesias (Barcelona) Toni Velamazán (Barcelona)	Pablo Maqueda (Mallorca) 0 0 0 0
Rayo Vallecano		Horacio Ameli (Colón) José María López (Mérida) Juan Ramón López (Sporting Gijón)	Yassine Abdellaoui (NAC) Fabrice Moreau (Toulon) 0	Dmitri Radchenko (Deportivo) 0 0
Extremadura	Carlos N. Montoya (Boca Juniors) 0 0 0 0 0 0	Juanito Rodríguez (Sevilla) 0 0 0 0 0 0	José Basualdo (Boca Juniors) Ignacio Soler (Atlético Madrid) 0 0 0 0 0	Alejandro Duré (Ferrocarril Oeste) Quique Estebaranz (Sevilla) Javier García (Barcelona) Igor Gluščević (Vojvodina) Iván Pérez (Real Madrid) Javier Pineda (Sevilla) Walter Silvani (Universidad Chile)
Sevilla		Zigor Aranalde (At. Marbella) Mirsad Hibić (Hajduk Split) Miguel Ramis (Tenerife) Thomas Rytter (Lyngby) 0	Matías Almeyda (River Plate) Antonio Gómez (Real Madrid) Petros Marinakis (Olympiacos) Robert Prosinečki (Barcelona) Vassilios Tsiartas (AEK Athens)	Bebeto (Flamengo) Cristian Colusso (Rosario Central) Ivica Mornar (Eintracht Frankfurt) Onésimo Sánchez (Rayo Vallecano) 0
Hércules	Gaëtan Huard (Girondins) Peter Rufai (Farense) 0 0 0 0	Víctor Ferreras (Sevilla) Andrei Mokh (Toledo) Predrag Stanković (Red Star Belgrade) Paqui Vega (Zaragoza) 0 0	Peter Artner (Austria Salzburg) Damiano Longhi (Padova) Diego López (Álmería) Sandro Mendes (Vitória de Setubal) Nemanja Miljanović (IF Elfsborg) Pablo Morant (Gimnasia La Plata)	Gabriel Amato (River Plate) Flavio Maestri (Sporting Cristal) 0 0 0 0
Logroñés	Jorge Aizkorreta (Athletic Bilbao) Andoni Cedrún (Zaragoza) 0 0 0 0	Ricardo Canals (Huracán) Voro González (Deportivo) Jochen Kientz (Mallorca) Sotero López (Albacete) 0 0	Agustín Abadía (Compostela) Ivan Adžić (Toledo) Danilo Baltierra (Peñarol) Jesús Dulce (Compostela) Kelly Evandro (Bragantino) Marcelo Tejera (Defensor Sporting)	José Luis Morales (Sporting Gijón) Rubén Sosa (Borussia Dortmund) 0 0 0 0

References

^ ^a ^b "Barcelona 8-0 Logroñés". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Rayo Vallecano 0–5 Real Betis". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Zaragozaa 3-5 Barcelona". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[table_hth_BET0.71388218817948-4] BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET

[table_note_res_UCWC10.71388218817948-5] 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.

[table_hth_VLD0.71388218817948-6] VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD

[table_hth_VAL0.71388218817948-7] VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL

[table_hth_RAC0.71388218817948-8] RAC: 9 pts; ZAR: 6 pts; SPG: 3 pts

[Barcelona_8-0_Logroñés-1] "Barcelona 8-0 Logroñés". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[Rayo_Vallecano_0–5_Real_betis-2] "Rayo Vallecano 0–5 Real Betis". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[Zaragoza_3-5_Barcelona-3] "Zaragozaa 3-5 Barcelona". LFP. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

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