| 1996–97 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Francisco Roig | ||
| Manager | Luis Aragonés (until 19 November 1996) José Manuel Rielo (until 24 November 1996) Jorge Valdano | ||
| Stadium | Mestalla | ||
| La Liga | 10th | ||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | ||
| UEFA Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Leandro Goran Vlaović (8 each) All: Goran Vlaović (10 goals) | ||
During the 1996–97 seasonValencia CF competed inLa Liga,Copa del Rey andUEFA Cup.
During summer the club transferred in several players such as1994 FIFA World Cup WinnerRomário[1] on loan fromFC Barcelona, ForwardClaudio López,[2] centre back DefenderFernando Cáceres,[3] Brazilian midfielderLeandro Machado[4] and Croatian StrikerGoran Vlaović fromPadova Calcio in an attempt to replace the sale ofPredrag Mijatović toReal Madrid. The purchase ofRomário was controversial after several disputes between the Brazilian star andLuis Aragonés upon October when the forward finished his agreement and left the club to return toFlamengo.[5] On 19 November 1996 after a bad streak of results and controversies with President,Luis Aragonés renounces as coach. Then, the club appointedJorge Valdano as its new manager for the rest of the season.
In League, the team collapsed to the 10th spot getting out of the Continental competitions next year. Also, inCopa del Rey the squad was eliminated in Eightfinals by underdogsSegunda División teamUD Las Palmas after two legs and a penalties series. Finally, the club was defeated bySchalke 04 inUEFA Cup Quarterfinals stage with a 1–3 score.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Romário | FC Barcelona | loan |
| FW | Claudio López | Racing Club | |
| MF | Valeri Karpin | Real Sociedad | |
| FW | Gabriel Moya | Sevilla CF | |
| FW | Goran Vlaović | Padova Calcio | |
| DF | Iván Campo | Real Valladolid | loan ended |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Predrag Mijatović | Real Madrid | |
| MF | Mazinho | Celta Vigo | €0.811 million |
| FW | Viola | Palmeiras | |
| MF | Carlos Arroyo | Villarreal CF | |
| FW | Serer | Villarreal CF | |
| FW | José Gálvez Estévez | RCD Mallorca | loan |
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Fernando Cáceres | Real Zaragoza | |
| MF | Leandro | SC Internacional | |
| MF | Ariel Ortega | River Plate | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Romário | CR Flamengo | loan |
Source: BDFutbol.com[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 63 |
| 9 | Tenerife | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 56[a] |
| 10 | Valencia | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 56[a] |
| 11 | Compostela | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 53 |
| 12 | Espanyol | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 51 |
| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 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 |
| 1 September 19961 | Racing Santander | 3-2 | Valencia | Santander |
| P. Ferreira (og) Alvaro Zalazar | Stadium:El Sardinero Attendance: 16,000 |
| 7 September 19962 | Valencia | 0-1 | Real Sociedad | Valencia |
| Kovacevic | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 42,000 |
| 14 September 19963 | Real Zaragoza | 1-1 | Valencia | Zaragoza |
| Aguado | Moya | Stadium:La Romareda Attendance: 18,000 |
| 21 September 19964 | Valencia | 2-1 | CD Tenerife | Valencia |
| Romero Romario | Kodro | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 29 September 19965 | SD Compostela | 0-3 | Valencia | Santiago de Compostela |
| Moya Romario | Stadium:San Lázaro Attendance: 9,000 |
| 2 October 19966 | Valencia | 0-1 | CD Logroñés | Valencia |
| Morales | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 12 October 19967 | Sevilla CF | 0-2 | Valencia | Seville |
| Fernando Moya | Stadium:Sanchez Pizjuan Attendance: 41,400 |
| 20 October 19968 | Valencia | 3-1 | Atlético Madrid | Valencia |
| Poyatos Vlaovic Claudio Lopez | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 23 October 19969 | Valencia | 2-1 | Sporting Gijón | Valencia |
| Moya Karpin | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 26 October 199610 | FC Barcelona | 3-2 | Valencia | Barcelona |
| Ronaldo | Ferreira Karpin | Stadium:Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 |
| 10 November 199611 | Valencia | 2-4 | Real Valladolid | Valencia |
| Romero Galvez | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 16 November 199612 | Athletic Bilbao | 2-0 | Valencia | Bilbao |
| Ziganda Etxeberria | Stadium:San Mamés Attendance: 40,000 |
| 19 November 199613 | Valencia | 0-0 | Extremadura CF | Valencia |
| Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 30,000 |
| 24 November 199614 | Real Madrid | 4-2 | Valencia | Madrid |
| Suker Raul | Karpin Mendieta | Stadium:Santiago Bernabéu |
| 30 November 199615 | Valencia | 2-0 | Celta Vigo | Valencia |
| Karpin Iñaki | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 |
| 8 December 199616 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1-0 | Valencia | La Coruña |
| Martins | Stadium:Riazor Attendance: 22,000 |
| 23 December 199617 | Valencia | 3-0 | Hércules CF | Valencia |
| Vlaovic Patxi Ferreira Claudio Lopez | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 6 January 199718 | Real Betis | 1-1 | Valencia | Seville |
| Alexis | Stadium:Benito Villamarín Attendance: 35,000 |
| 12 January 199719 | Valencia | 1-0 | Rayo Vallecano | Valencia |
| Galvez | Stadium:Mestalla |
| 19 January 199720 | Real Oviedo | 3-0 | Valencia | Oviedo |
| Maqueda Rivas | Stadium:Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 11,660 |
| 25 January 199721 | Valencia | 1-1 | RCD Espanyol | Valencia |
| Moya | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 2 February 199722 | Valencia | 1-1 | Racing Santander | Valencia |
| Schurrer | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 8 February 199723 | Real Sociedad | 0-1 | Valencia | San Sebastián |
| Stadium:Anoeta Attendance: 20,000 |
| 15 February 199724 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Zaragoza | Valencia |
| Kily Gonzalez | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 19 February 199725 | CD Tenerife | 2-1 | Valencia | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Felipe Neuville | Stadium:Heliodoro Rodríguez Attendance: 15,000 |
| 24 February 199726 | Valencia | 2-1 | SD Compostela | Valencia |
| Leandro Engonga | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 |
| 1 March 199727 | CD Logroñés | 2-1 | Valencia | Logroño |
| Castano Abadia | Stadium:Las Gaunas |
| 8 March 199728 | Valencia | 4-2 | Sevilla CF | Valencia |
| Galvez Ortega Leandro | Stadium:Mestalla |
| 15 March 199729 | Atlético Madrid | 1-4 | Valencia | Madrid |
| Caminero | Ortega Eskurza Jose Ignacio Leandro | Stadium:Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 |
| 24 March 199730 | Sporting Gijón | 2-1 | Valencia | Gijón |
| Tomas Luna | Stadium:El Molinón Attendance: 14,000 |
| 30 March 199731 | Valencia | 1-1 | FC Barcelona | Valencia |
| Ronaldo | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 6 April 199732 | Real Valladolid | 4-1 | Valencia | Valladolid |
| Benjamin Fernando Quevedo | Stadium:José Zorrilla Attendance: 24,000 |
| 12 April 199733 | Valencia | 5-2 | Athletic Bilbao | Valencia |
| Ortega Moya Leandro | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 |
| 15 April 199734 | Extremadura CF | 1-0 | Valencia | Almendralejo |
| Juanito | Stadium:Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 10,740 |
| 21 April 199735 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| Ortega | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 45,000 |
| 4 May 199736 | Celta Vigo | 1-1 | Valencia | Vigo |
| Gudelj | Stadium:Balaídos Attendance: 20,000 |
| 12 May 199737 | Valencia | 1-1 | Deportivo La Coruña | Valencia |
| Ortega | Stadium:Mestalla |
| 18 May 199738 | Hércules CF | 0-2 | Valencia | Alicante |
| Stadium:José Rico Pérez Attendance: 9,000 |
| 26 May 199739 | Valencia | 1-1 | Real Betis | Valencia |
| Vlaovic | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 |
| 31 May 199740 | Rayo Vallecano | 3-1 | Valencia | Madrid |
| Klimowicz Jose Maria | Stadium:Vallecas |
| 15 June 199741 | Valencia | 2-1 | Real Oviedo | Valencia |
| Leandro Karpin | Stadium:Mestalla Attendance: 40,000 |
| 21 June 199742 | RCD Espanyol | 3-2 | Valencia | Barcelona |
| Ouedec Pralija Cobos | Stadium:Sarrià Attendance: 30,000 |
Source: Competitive Matches[8]
| 29 January 1997 | UD Las Palmas | 0-2[9] | Valencia | Palma de Mallorca |
| 5 February 1997 | Valencia | 0-2 | UD Las Palmas | Valencia |
| Stadium:Mestalla |
| 10 September 1996 | Valencia | 3-0 | Valencia | |
| Stadium:Mestalla |
| 24 September 1996 | Bayern München | 1-0 | München | |
| Stadium:Olympiastadion |
| 15 October 1996 | Slavia Prague | 0-1 | Prague |
| 29 October 1996 | Valencia | 0-0 | Valencia | |
| Stadium:Mestalla |
| 4 March 1997 | Schalke 04 | 2-0 | Gelsenkirchen |
| 4 March 1997 | Valencia | 1-1 | Valencia | |
| Stadium:Mestalla |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Zubizarreta | 49 | -62 | 41 | -56 | 2 | -2 | 6 | -4 | |
| 3 | DF | Otero | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Ferreira | 44 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Engonga | 44 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 21 | DF | Romero | 40 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Mendieta | 36 | 1 | 22+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Karpin | 46 | 6 | 35+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Fernando | 36 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | José Ignacio | 42 | 1 | 27+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | |
| 8 | FW | Moya | 44 | 9 | 30+5 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 | |
| 16 | FW | Claudio | 40 | 5 | 23+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| 13 | GK | Bartual | 5 | -6 | 1+1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | -3 | |
| 24 | DF | Cáceres | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | Eskurza | 28 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Vlaović | 31 | 10 | 16+8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 2 | |
| 9 | MF | Leandro | 27 | 10 | 16+7 | 8 | 1+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31 | MF | Farinos | 19 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
| 5 | MF | Poyatos | 27 | 2 | 10+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | |
| FW | Ortega | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| 22 | MF | Gálvez | 25 | 4 | 5+14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Javi Navarro | 14 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Hurtado | 18 | 1 | 0+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Sietes | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Iván Campo | 9 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Romário | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | DF | Camarasa | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 30 | FW | Navarro | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | DF | Lopez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | FW | Raúl Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||