1996–97 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1996–97 season
President	Josep Lluís Núñez
Head Coach	Bobby Robson
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	Runners-up; (in UEFA Champions League)
Copa del Rey	Winners
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ronaldo (34); All: ; Ronaldo (47)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 season was FC Barcelona's 98th season in existence and 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football, La Liga.

Summary

Before being dismissed by the club as head coach in May 1996, Johan Cruyff sought to reinforce the club for the upcoming season. While bids for Zinedine Zidane, David Ginola, Ryan Giggs, Lee Sharpe,^[1]^{[deprecated source]} Aron Winter, and goalkeeper José Francisco Molina all proved unsuccessful, Laurent Blanc, Juan Antonio Pizzi and Luis Enrique did join the club.

The team enjoyed a decent season, winning both Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but extended its run without winning the league title to three years, coming second to Real Madrid. The season's end saw major departures: Bobby Robson was replaced as coach by Louis Van Gaal and Ronaldo, the club's top scorer with 47 goals, made a surprise switch to Inter Milan.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 (vice-captain)
5	MF	ROU	Gheorghe Popescu (captain)
6	MF	ESP	José Mari Bakero (captain^[4])
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
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Ronaldo	PSV Eindhoven	U$20,0million ^[5]
DF	Laurent Blanc	AJ Auxerre	free
MF	Luis Enrique	Real Madrid	free
FW	Juan Antonio Pizzi	CD Tenerife	free
FW	Hristo Stoichkov	Parma	€2.4 million
MF	Goran Vucevic	CP Merida	loan ended
MF	Giovanni	Santos FC	€5.5 million
GK	Vítor Baía	FC Porto	€6.5 million
DF	Fernando Couto	Parma FC	€5.5 million

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Jordi Cruyff	Manchester United	-
MF	Gheorghe Hagi	Galatasaray SK	-
FW	Meho Kodro	CD Tenerife	-
MF	Juan Carlos Moreno	Albacete Balompié	-
DF	Thomas Christiansen	Real Oviedo	-
MF	Toni Velamazán	Real Oviedo	-
DF	García Pimienta	CF Extremadura	-

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Emmanuel Amunike	Sporting Lisboa	€3.0 million

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Robert Prosinecki	Sevilla CF	-
MF	Jose Mari Bakero	CD Veracruz	-

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Real 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

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
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.

Results by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round; = 1996–97 La Liga#Relegation playoff; = 1997–98 Segunda División; R = 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Matches

1 September 1996 (1996-09-01) 1	Oviedo	2–4	FC Barcelona	Oviedo
	Oli 66' Barjuán 87' (o.g.)	Report	47' Stoichkov 50' Stoichkov 76'Luis Enrique 89'Luis Enrique	Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Barrenechea Montero

7 September 1996 (1996-09-07) 2	FC Barcelona	2–1	RCD Espanyol	Barcelona
	Giovanni 83' Pizzi 89'	Report	69' Lardín	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Megia Davila

15 September 1996 (1996-09-15) 3	Racing	1–1	FC Barcelona	Santander
	Correa 75'	Report	30' Ronaldo	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) 4	FC Barcelona	3–2	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 1' Pizzi 74' Ronaldo 88'	Report	57' Albístegui 89' (pen.)Kovačević	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000

29 September 1996 (1996-09-29) 5	Real Zaragoza	3–5	FC Barcelona	Zaragoza
	Poyet 10' Enrique 36' (o.g.) López 46'	Report	21' Figo 53' Ronaldo 72' (pen.) Popescu 81' Luis Enrique 85'Ronaldo	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 6	FC Barcelona	1–1	Tenerife	Barcelona
	Popescu 78'	Report	81' Juanele	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ansuategui Roca

12 October 1996 (1996-10-12) 7	SD Compostela	1–5	FC Barcelona	Santiago de Compostela
	Ohen 73'	Report	1' (o.g.) William 16' Giovanni 36' Ronaldo 46' Ronaldo 64' Figo	Stadium: San Lázaro Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

20 October 1996 (1996-10-20) 8	FC Barcelona	8–0	CD Logroñés	Barcelona
	Stoichkov 22' Giovanni 29' Ronaldo 40' Giovanni 42' Stoichkov 55' (pen.) Clotet 77' (o.g.) Pizzi 82' Ronaldo 87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Brito Arceo

23 October 1996 (1996-10-23) 9	Sevilla FC	0–1	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
		Report	77' Luis Enrique	Stadium: Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 60,000

25 October 1996 (1996-10-25) 10	FC Barcelona	3–2	Valencia	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 15' Ronaldo 35' Ronaldo 74'	Report	52' Ferreira 58' Karpin	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Japon Sevilla

4 November 1996 (1996-11-04) 11	Sporting de Gijón	0–0	FC Barcelona	Gijón
		Report		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

9 November 1996 (1996-11-09) 12	FC Barcelona	3–3	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Pizzi 15' Luis Enrique 29' Giovanni 78'	Report	6' Caminero 61'Vizcaíno 73' (pen.) Esnáider	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Dauden Ibañez

18 November 1996 (1996-11-18) 13	FC Barcelona	6–1	Real Valladolid	Barcelona
	Popescu 10' Ronaldo 30' Luis Enrique 36' Bakero 55' Figo 75' Roger 81'	Report	Peternac 58'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Nuñez Manrique

23 November 1996 (1996-11-23) 14	Athletic de Bilbao	2–1	FC Barcelona	Bilbao
	Jose Mari 62' Guerrero 76' Korino Alkiza	Report	25' Abelardo Sergi Barjuan Guardiola Couto	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Hernanz Angulo

2 December 1996 (1996-12-02) 15	FC Barcelona	3–0	CF Extremadura	Barcelona
	Giovanni 13' Popescu 40' Juanito 44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Lopez de la Fuente

7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 16	Real Madrid	2–0	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Šuker 24' Mijatović 48'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 106,000 Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arcero

22 December 1996 (1996-12-22) 17	FC Barcelona	1–0	RC Celta	Barcelona
	Nadal 42'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000

4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) 18	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	FC Barcelona	La Coruña
		Report	88' Pizzi	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 35,000

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) 19	FC Barcelona	2–3	Hércules CF	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 8' Ronaldo 15'	Report	32' Pavličić 42'Višnjić 55'Rodríguez	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Losantos Omar

19 January 1997 (1997-01-19) 20	Real Betis	2–4	FC Barcelona	Sevilla
	Jarni 29' Sergi Barjuán 30' (o.g.)	Report	44' Luis Enrique 62'Luis Enrique 73'Ronaldo 80'Luis Enrique	Stadium: Benito Villamarin Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Puentes Leiria

26 January 1997 (1997-01-26) 21	FC Barcelona	6–0	Rayo Vallecano	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 13' Sergi Barjuán 19' Contreras 22' (o.g.) Ronaldo 34' Ronaldo 44' (pen.) Pizzi 74'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Carmona Mendez

2 February 1997 (1997-02-02) 22	FC Barcelona	2–2	Real Oviedo	Barcelona
	Pizzi 60' Ronaldo 67'	Report	75' Oli 89' Oli	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 85,000

9 February 1997 (1997-02-09) 23	RCD Espanyol	2–0	FC Barcelona	Barcelona
	Răducioiu 14' (pen.) Răducioiu 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 30,000

16 February 1997 (1997-02-16) 24	FC Barcelona	1–0	Racing de Santander	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 42'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000

20 February 1997 (1997-02-20) 25	Real Sociedad	2–0	FC Barcelona	San Sebastián
	de Pedro 41' (pen.) de Pedro 87'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 29,000

23 February 1997 (1997-02-23) 26	FC Barcelona	4–1	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Abelardo 10' Ronaldo 40}' (pen.) Ronaldo 44' Ronaldo 72'	Report	81' (pen.) Garitano	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000

1 March 1997 (1997-03-01) 27	CD Tenerife	4–0	FC Barcelona	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Felipe 6' Jokanović 60}' (pen.) Jokanović 73' (pen.) Jokanović 82' Cesar Gomez	Report	36' Nadal 59' Abelardo Guardiola Luis Enrique	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Carmona Mendez

9 March 1997 (1997-03-09) 28	FC Barcelona	3–0	Compostela	Barcelona
	Blanc 5' Stoichkov 24' Ronaldo 62'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 85,000

16 March 1997 (1997-03-16) 29	CD Logroñés	0–1	FC Barcelona	Logroño
		Report	Amunike 82'	Stadium: Las Gaunas Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

23 March 1997 (1997-03-23) 30	FC Barcelona	4–0	Sevilla CF	Barcelona
	Óscar 56' Ronaldo 67' Pizzi 74' Enrique 79'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 80,000

30 March 1997 (1997-03-30) 31	Valencia CF	1–1	FC Barcelona	Valencia
	Machado 40'	Report	Ronaldo 69'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,000

6 April 1997 (1997-04-06) 32	FC Barcelona	4–0	Sporting de Gijón	Barcelona
	Giovanni 13' de la Peña 44' Ronaldo 61' Pizzi 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000

13 April 1997 (1997-04-13) 33	Atlético de Madrid	2–5	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Kiko 13' Kiko 63'	Report	40' de la Peña 42'Ronaldo 58'Ronaldo 74' (pen.)Ronaldo 88'Figo	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Dauden Ibañez

16 April 1997 (1997-04-16) 34	Real Valladolid	3–1	FC Barcelona	Valladolid
	Fernando 30' Víctor 46' Víctor 77'	Report	5' Ronaldo	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 36,000

20 April 1997 (1997-04-20) 35	FC Barcelona	2–0	Athletic de Bilbao	Barcelona
	Abelardo 48' Ronaldo 64'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Puentes Leira

5 May 1997 (1997-05-05) 36	CF Extremadura	1–3	FC Barcelona	Almendralejo
	Silvani 31'	Report	Ronaldo 10' Luis Enrique 33' Luis Enrique 81'	Stadium: de la Hera Attendance: 12,000

10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 37	FC Barcelona	1–0	Real Madrid CF	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 44'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 105,000 Referee: Rodriguez Martel

19 May 1997 (1997-05-19) 38	RC Celta de Vigo	1–3	FC Barcelona	Vigo
	Revivo 58'	Report	29' Óscar 38'Óscar 64'Ronaldo	Stadium: Balaidos Attendance: 30,000

24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 39	FC Barcelona	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000

1 June 1997 (1997-06-01) 40	Hércules CF	2–1	FC Barcelona	Alicante
	Paquito 37' Pavličić 51'	Report	3' Luis Enrique	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Perez Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Losantos Omar

15 June 1997 (1997-06-15) 41	FC Barcelona	3–0	Real Betis	Barcelona
	Óscar 43' Stoichkov 74' Luis Enrique 82'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 70,000

22 June 1997 (1997-06-22) 42	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Klimowicz 44'	Report	8'Stoichkov 86'Roger	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fernandez Marin

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

30 January 1997 (1997-01-30)	FC Barcelona	3–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:30	Ronaldo 13' Nadal 70' Giovanni 78' Amunike 25' Figo 29' Ronaldo 82'	Report	Šuker 16' Hierro 67'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Lopez Nieto

6 February 1997 (1997-02-06)	Real Madrid	1–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
21:00	Šuker 79' (pen.)	Report	69' (o.g.) Roberto Carlos 11' Ferrer 28' Couto 46' Popescu 60' Pizzi 91' Baia	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Quarterfinals

26 February 1997 (1997-02-26)	Atlético de Madrid	2–2	FC Barcelona	Madrid
22:00	Caminero 19' Kiko 72'		43' (pen.)Pizzi 64'Pizzi 22' Figo 34' Couto	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mejuto González

12 March 1997 (1997-03-12)	FC Barcelona	5–4	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
21:30	Ronaldo 47' Ronaldo 51' Figo 67' Ronaldo 72' Pizzi 81' Popescu 19' Sergi Figo		8' Pantic 28' Pantic 31' (pen.)Pantic 52'Pantic Prodan	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Semifinals

26 March 1997 (1997-03-26)	UD Las Palmas	0–4	FC Barcelona	Las Palmas
22:00			44' (pen.)Ronaldo 56'Pizzi 75'de la Peña 77'Ronaldo 48' Busquets 58' Amor 61' Ferrer	Stadium: Estadio Insular Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Diaz Vega

3 April 1997 (1997-04-03)	FC Barcelona	3–0	UD Las Palmas	Barcelona
	Óscar 14' Luis Enrique 28' Couto 65'			Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ansuategui Roca

Final

28 June 1997 (1997-06-28)	FC Barcelona	3–2	Real Betis	Madrid
21:00 MET	Figo 45' Pizzi 85' Figo 114' 54' Ferrer Figo 41' De La Peña 72'		Alfonso 11' Finidi 82' 77' Jaime 14' Nadj 26' Alexis 89' Finidi George	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 82,498 Referee: Ansuategui Roca

Supercopa de España

25 August 1996 (1996-08-25)	FC Barcelona	5–2	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
21:30	Ronaldo 5' Popescu 11' Giovanni 31' Figo 34' Guardiola 35' Pizzi 74' de la Peña 76' Luis Enrique 82' Ronaldo 89'	Report	7' Simeone 16' Santi 37'Esnáider 57' (pen.)Pantic 67' Geli 78' Esnaider 81' Molina	Stadium: Olímpic Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Fernandez Marin

28 August 1996 (1996-08-28)	Atlético de Madrid	3–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
22:00	Sergi Barjuan 32' (o.g.) Lopez 42' Pantic 60' Esnáider 65' Bejbl 70' Pantic 76'	Report	29' Pizzi 49' Abelardo 58' Stoichkov 78' Sergi	Stadium: La Peineta Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ansuategui Roca

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

12 September 1996 (1996-09-12)	FC Barcelona	2–0	AEK Larnaca	Barcelona
21:30	Ronaldo 19' Figo 70' Ronaldo 77'	Report	21' Markou 86' Kopunovic	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roland Beck

26 September 1996 (1996-09-26)	AEK Larnaca	0–0	FC Barcelona	Larnaca
	Misos 23'	Report	66' Popescu 87' Amor	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Eightfinals

17 October 1996 (1996-10-17)	FC Barcelona	3–1	FK Crvena Zvezda	Barcelona
	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 Zvezda	1–1	FC Barcelona	Belgrade
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 Barcelona	3–1	AIK	Barcelona
21:00	Popescu 4' Ronaldo 56' Pizzi 80' Blanc 75'	Report	Simpson 2'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: David Elleray

20 March 1997 (1997-03-20)	AIK	1–1	FC Barcelona	Solna
	Simpson 73'	Report	Ronaldo 12'	Stadium: Rasunda Stadium Attendance: 35 049 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Semifinals

10 April 1997 (1997-04-10)	FC Barcelona	1–1	ACF Fiorentina	Barcelona
21:30	Nadal 43'	Report	Batistuta 63'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 105 000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann

24 April 1997 (1997-04-24)	ACF Fiorentina	0–2	FC Barcelona	Firenze
20:45		Report	30'Couto 35' Guardiola 82' Nadal	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 43 600 Referee: Anders Frisk

Final

14 May 1997 (1997-05-14)	FC Barcelona	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Rotterdam
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

Friendlies

29 July 1996

Sparta Nijkerk

0-4

FC Barcelona

30 July 1996

De Graafschap

1-2

FC Barcelona

1 August 1996

ADO Den Haag

1-0

FC Barcelona

3 August 1996

SC Heerenveen

5-3

FC Barcelona

9 August 1996 Antena 3 Trophy

Atletico Madrid

1-2

FC Barcelona

11 August 1996 ANTENA 3 TROPHY

Real Betis

1-1

FC Barcelona

16 August 1996 CITY OF PALMA TROPHY

RCD Mallorca

1-3

FC Barcelona

18 August 1996 CITY OF PALMA TROPHY

Atletico Madrid

1-0

FC Barcelona

20 August 1996 Joan Gamper Trophy

FC Barcelona

2-0

San Lorenzo de Almagro

21 August 1996 Joan Gamper Trophy

FC Barcelona

2-1

Inter

23 August 1996

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

2-1

FC Barcelona

26 November 1996

Celtic F.C.

0-1

FC Barcelona

21 January 1997

Standard Liège

2-2
(4-2 p)

FC Barcelona

28 May 1997 Copa Catalunya

Tarragona

1-3

FC Barcelona

28 May 1997 Copa Catalunya

FC Barcelona

5-0

Mataró

10 June 1997 Copa Catalunya

Europa

3-1

FC Barcelona

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Baia	50	-58	37	-43	5	-11	8	-4
2	DF	ESP	Ferrer	28	0	16 2	0	5	0	5	0
20	DF	ESP	Nadal	38	2	25 2	1	4 2	0	5	1
15	DF	FRA	Blanc	37	1	25 3	1	4	0	5	0
12	DF	ESP	Sergi	47	1	34	1	6	0	7	0
5	DM	ROU	Popescu	42	5	26 3	4	4 1	0	8	1
4	DM	ESP	Guardiola	51	1	38	0	5 1	0	6 1	1
7	MF	POR	Figo	49	8	34 2	4	5	3	8	1
10	MF	BRA	Giovanni	43	11	24 6	7	1 4	1	6 2	3
21	MF	ESP	Luis Enrique	49	18	35	17	6 1	1	7	0
9	FW	BRA	Ronaldo	48	45	37	34	4	6	7	5
13	GK	ESP	Busquets	7	-3	4	-2	2	0	1	-1
24	DF	POR	Couto	35	2	23 3	0	5	1	4	1
3	DF	ESP	Abelardo	30	3	19 2	3	3	0	5 1	0
23	AM	ESP	De la Peña	42	3	17 16	2	3	1	4 2	0
8	FW	BUL	Stoichkov	33	7	13 9	7	3 1	0	5 2	0
27	MF	ESP	Roger	21	2	12 4	2	1	0	1 3	0
17	MF	NGA	Amunike	22	1	11 8	1	1 2	0
18	MF	ESP	Amor	35	0	10 16	0	3	0	2 4	0
16	MF	ESP	Óscar	18	5	6 8	4	1 3	1	0	0
11	FW	ESP	Cuellar	11	0	6 2	0	0 1	0	0 2	0
19	FW	ARG	Pizzi	47	15	5 28	9	5 2	5	2 5	1
26	MF	ESP	Celades	6	0	3 1	0	1	0	1	0
6	MF	ESP	Bakero	5	1	1 3	1	0	0	0 1	0
28	GK	ESP	Arnau	1	-3	1	-3
22	MF	CRO	Prosinečki	3	0	0	0	0	0	2 1	0
25	GK	ESP	Lopetegui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Dylan Terry (28 February 2024). "I found out Barcelona were desperate to sign me while chatting in a hot tub". thesun.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1996/97".
^ "Plantillas Históricas Equipos LFP | DATOS Históricos". Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
^ (until 1 December 1996)
^ Player agreement with FC Barcelona: U$1,6million per season until 2002 (plus two years optional)Besa, Ramon; Carbonell, Rafael (11 July 1996). "Barcelona reaches an agreement with PSV for Ronaldo". El País (in Spanish). el pais.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links

FC Barcelona at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2010-08-23) Official Site
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
FIFA.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-12-25)
Federació Catalana de Futbol at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-12-23)

[table_hth_BET0.28358713084999-6] BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET

[table_note_res_UCWC10.28358713084999-7] 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.

[1] Dylan Terry (28 February 2024). "I found out Barcelona were desperate to sign me while chatting in a hot tub". thesun.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[2] "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1996/97".

[3] "Plantillas Históricas Equipos LFP | DATOS Históricos". Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-01-24.

[4] (until 1 December 1996)

[5] Player agreement with FC Barcelona: U$1,6million per season until 2002 (plus two years optional)Besa, Ramon; Carbonell, Rafael (11 July 1996). "Barcelona reaches an agreement with PSV for Ronaldo". El País (in Spanish). el pais.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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1996–97 FC Barcelona season

Contents

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Supercopa de España

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Friendlies

Statistics

Players statistics

See also

References

External links