1996–97 Atlético Madrid season

The 1996–1997 campaign was the 91st season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 62nd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

Atlético Madrid

1996–97 season
President	Jesús Gil
Head coach	Radomir Antić
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	5th (qual. for 1997–98 UEFA Cup)
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Supercopa de España	Runners-up
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Esnaider (16) All: Esnaider (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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  ESP José Francisco Molina 2 DF  ESP Pablo Alfaro 3 DF  ESP Toni 4 DF  ESP Roberto Solozábal (captain) 5 DF  ESP Juan Manuel López 6 DF  ESP Santi 7 FW  ARG Leonardo Biagini 8 MF  ESP Juan Vizcaíno 9 FW  ARG Juan Esnáider 10 MF  YUG Milinko Pantić 13 GK  ESP Ricardo 14 MF  ARG Diego Simeone 17 FW  ESP Juan Carlos

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ESP Roberto 19 FW  ESP Kiko 20 DF  ESP Delfí Geli 21 MF  ESP José Luis Caminero 23 DF  ROU Daniel Prodan 24 MF  CZE Radek Bejbl 26 MF  RSA Quinton Fortune 27 MF  YUG Veljko Paunović 28 FW  ESP Santiago Ezquerro 29 MF  YUG Đorđe Tomić 30 MF  ESP Ivo 31 FW  ESP Yordi

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Juan Esnaider	Real Madrid
MF	Radek Bejbl	Slavia Praha
DF	Carlos Aguilera	CD Tenerife
MF	Pablo Alfaro	Racing Santander
MF	Veljko Paunovic	Marbella

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Lyuboslav Penev	SD Compostela
FW	Fernando Correa	Sevilla FC	loan
MF	José de la Sagra	FC Barcelona B
DF	Tomás Reñones	CA Marbella
MF	Pirri	SD Compostela

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Daniel Prodan	Steaua București
FW	Yordi	Sevilla FC
DF	Đorđe Tomić	Guingamp
FW	Santiago Ezquerro	Osasuna

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Ivan Rocha	CD Logroñes	loan

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 1996–97 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
6	Athletic Bilbao	42	16	16	10	72	57	+15	64[c]
7	Valladolid	42	18	10	14	57	46	+11	64[c]

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.
Notes:

1. BET 1–2 DEP; DEP 3–0 BET
2. 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.
3. VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L
Position	4	9	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

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 Second qualifying round;   = 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round

Matches

Atlético de Madrid v RC Celta

31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 1	Atlético de Madrid	2-0	RC Celta	Madrid
	Esnaider 46' Kiko 49'			Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 50,000

SD Compostela v Atlético de Madrid

6 September 1996 (1996-09-06) 2	SD Compostela	3-1	Atlético de Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
	Nacho 28' Ohen 64' Viedma 70'		45' Esnaider	Attendance: 12,000

Atlético de Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

14 September 1996 (1996-09-14) 3	Atlético de Madrid	0-2	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
			53' Rivaldo 74' Martins	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000

CD Logroñés v Atlético de Madrid

21 September 1996 (1996-09-21) 4	CD Logroñés	0-3	Atlético de Madrid	Logroñés
			Bejbl 28' Esnaider 45' 70' Kiko	Attendance: 12,000

Atlético de Madrid v Hércules CF

30 September 1996 (1996-09-30) 5	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	Hércules CF	Madrid
	Toni 3' Geli 57' Caminero 90'			Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000

Sevilla FC v Atlético de Madrid

2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 6	Sevilla FC	0-0	Atlético de Madrid	Sevilla
				Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan

Atlético de Madrid v Real Betis

12 October 1996 (1996-10-12) 7	Atlético de Madrid	2-2	Real Betis	Madrid
	Juan Carlos 9' Simeone 17'		1' Alfonso 84' Sabas	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000

Valencia CF v Atlético de Madrid

20 October 1996 (1996-10-20) 8	Valencia CF	3-1	Atlético de Madrid	Valencia
	Poyatos 37' Vlaovic 50' Claudio Lopez 90'		88' Esnaider	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,000

Atlético de Madrid v Rayo Vallecano

23 October 1996 (1996-10-23) 9	Atlético de Madrid	1-3	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
	Juan Carlos 89'		17' Guilherme 46' Andrijasevic 70' Cota	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000

Sporting de Gijón v Atlético de Madrid

25 October 1996 (1996-10-25) 10	Sporting de Gijón	0-1	Atlético de Madrid	Gijón
			78' Roberto	Attendance: 16,900

Atlético de Madrid v Real Oviedo

2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 11	Atlético de Madrid	3-0	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Caminero 35' Esnaider 72' Esnaider 86' (pen.)			Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 35,000

FC Barcelona v Atlético de Madrid

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

Atlético de Madrid v RCD Espanyol

16 November 1996 (1996-11-16) 13	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
	Caminero 47' Santi 63'		80' Javi	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 25,000

Real Valladolid v Atlético

24 November 1996 (1996-11-24) 14	Real Valladolid	0-3	Atlético	Valladolid
			30' Vizcaino 53' Caminero 66' (o.g.) Santamaria	Stadium: José Zorrilla

Atlético de Madrid v Racing de Santander

30 November 1996 (1996-11-30) 15	Atlético de Madrid	1-0	Racing de Santander	Madrid
	Esnaider 22'			Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000

Athletic de Bilbao v Atlético de Madrid

7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 16	Athletic de Bilbao	1-1	Atlético de Madrid	Bilbao
	Etxebarria 67'		40' Pantic	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 40,000

Atlético v Real Sociedad

21 December 1996 (1996-12-21) 17	Atlético	2-2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Fuentes 32' (o.g.) Kiko 62'		3' Craioveanu 23' De Paula 23	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000

CF Extremadura v Atlético de Madrid

4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) 18	CF Extremadura	2-4	Atlético de Madrid	Extremadura
	Juanito 80' (pen.) Dure 90'		23' Prodan 53' Kiko 68' Kiko 70' Juan Carlos	Attendance: 10,000

Atlético de Madrid v Real Zaragoza

11 January 1997 (1997-01-11) 19	Atlético de Madrid	5-1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Caminero 1' Paunovic 38' Kiko 45' Kiko 54' Esnaider 67' (pen.)		53' Higuera	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: 35,000

Atlético de Madrid v Real Madrid

18 January 1997 (1997-01-18) 20	Atlético de Madrid	1-4	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Kiko 32'		47' Raul 83' Raul 85'Seedorf 90' Victor	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000

RC Celta v Atlético de Madrid

1 February 1997 (1997-02-01) 22	RC Celta	1-1	Atlético de Madrid	Vigo
	Ratkovic 60'		84' Prodan	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,000

Atlético de Madrid v SD Compostela

9 February 1997 (1997-02-09) 23	Atlético de Madrid	4-1	SD Compostela	Madrid
	Caminero 31' Bejbl 38' Esnaider 55' Esnaider 63' (pen.)		29'Mauro	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000

Deportivo La Coruña v Atlético de Madrid

15 February 1997 (1997-02-15) 24	Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	Atlético de Madrid	La Coruña
				Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 12,000

Atlético de Madrid v CD Logroñés

18 February 1997 (1997-02-18) 25	Atlético de Madrid	2–0	CD Logroñés	Madrid
	Biagini 33' Santi 67'			Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 30,000

Hércules CF v Atlético de Madrid

22 February 1997 (1997-02-22) 26	Hércules CF	0-2	Atlético de Madrid	Alicante
			23' Prodan 28' Pantic	Attendance: 15,000

Atlético de Madrid v Sevilla CF

1 March 1997 (1997-03-01) 27	Atlético de Madrid	3-2	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Caminero 21' Caminero 23' Kiko 46'		1' Jose Mari 50' Loren	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000

Real Betis v Atlético de Madrid

8 March 1997 (1997-03-08) 28	Real Betis	3-2	Atlético de Madrid	Sevilla
	Alfonso 36' Alfonso 53' Alfonso 90'		29' Esnaider 68' (o.g.) Vidakovic	Attendance: 43,000

Atlético de Madrid v Valencia CF

15 March 1997 (1997-03-15) 29	Atlético de Madrid	1-4	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Caminero 51'		8' Ortega 26' Eskurza 35' Jose Ignacio 90' Leandro	Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Rayo Vallecano v Atlético de Madrid

22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) 30	Rayo Vallecano	1-2	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
	Klimowicz 57'		86' Prodan 88' (pen.) Pantic	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,000

Atlético de Madrid v Sporting de Gijón

31 March 1997 (1997-03-31) 31	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Sporting de Gijón	Madrid
	Caminero 11' Kiko 40'		65' David Cano	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 20,000

Real Oviedo v Atlético de Madrid

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05) 32	Real Oviedo	4-1	Atlético de Madrid	Oviedo
	Oli 3' Oli 21' (pen.) Ivan Iglesias 25' Ivan Iglesias 45'		Esnaider 48	Stadium: Carlos Tartierre Attendance: 13,000

Atlético de Madrid v FC Barcelona

13 April 1997 (1997-04-13) 33	Atlético de Madrid	2–5	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Kiko 13' Kiko 63' Santi 74'  Simeone Pablo Alfaro Prodan Pantic Fortune		De La Peña 40' Ronaldo 42' Ronaldo 58' Ronaldo 74' Figo 88' Popescu Roger Garcia	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 52,00 Referee: Dauden Ibañez

RCD Espanyol v Atlético de Madrid

17 April 1997 (1997-04-17) 34	RCD Espanyol	0-0	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
				Stadium: Montjuic Attendance: 15,000

Atlético de Madrid v Real Valladolid

19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 35	Atlético de Madrid	3–1	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Aguilera 21' Caminero 84' Aguilera 87'		Quevedo 89'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000

Racing de Santander v Atlético de Madrid

4 May 1997 (1997-05-04) 36	Racing de Santander	1-1	Atlético de Madrid	Santander
	Merino 14'		34' Caminero	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 20,000

Atlético de Madrid v Athletic de Bilbao

10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) 37	Atlético de Madrid	2-1	Athletic de Bilbao	Madrid
	Karanka 13' (o.g.) Kiko 73'		30' Carlos Garcia	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000

CD Tenerife v Atlético de Madrid

15 May 1997 (1997-05-15) 21	CD Tenerife	2-3	Atlético de Madrid	Tenerife
	Jokanovic 16' Kodro 30'		13' Pantic 13 52' Esnaider 71' Simeone 71	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 14,000

Real Sociedad v Atlético de Madrid

17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 38	Real Sociedad	1–1	Atlético de Madrid	San Sebastián
	Craioveanu 74'		84' Roberto	Attendance: 23,000

Atlético de Madrid v CF Extremadura

24 May 1997 (1997-05-24) 39	Atlético de Madrid	1–1	CF Extremadura	Madrid
	Simeone 50'		20' Pedro Jose	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 22,000

Real Zaragoza v Atlético de Madrid

2 June 1997 (1997-06-02) 40	Real Zaragoza	2-3	Atlético de Madrid	Zaragoza
	Morientes 50' Higuera 72'		20' Esnaider 28' Pantic 65'Caminero	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 25,000

Real Madrid v Atlético de Madrid

13 June 1997 (1997-06-13) 41	Real Madrid	3-1	Atlético de Madrid	Madrid
	Raul 37' Hierro 44' Mijatovic 56'		65' Esnaider	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 103,000

Atlético de Madrid v CD Tenerife

23 June 1997 (1997-06-23) 42	Atlético de Madrid	0-3	CD Tenerife	Madrid
			2' Felipe 50' Juanele 67' Vivar Dorado	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 18,000

Copa del Rey

Main article: 1996–97 Copa del Rey

Round of 16

Atlético de Madrid v SD Compostela

29 January 1997 (1997-01-29)	Atlético de Madrid	2-0	SD Compostela	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

SD Compostela v Atlético de Madrid

4 February 1997 (1997-02-04)

SD Compostela

2-3

Atlético de Madrid

Santiago de Compostela

Quarterfinals

Atlético de Madrid v FC Barcelona

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

FC Barcelona v Atlético de Madrid

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

Supercopa de España

Main article: 1996 Supercopa de España

FC Barcelona v Atlético de Madrid

25 August 1996 (1996-08-25)	FC Barcelona	5–2	Atlético de Madrid	Barcelona
	Ronaldo 5' Giovanni 31' Pizzi 74' De la Peña 76' Ronaldo 89'		Esnaider 37' Pantic 57'pen	Stadium: Montjuic Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Fernandez Marin

Atlético de Madrid v FC Barcelona

28 August 1996 (1996-08-28)	Atlético de Madrid	3-1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Sergi 32'(o.g) Esnaider 65' Pantic 76'		Stoichkov 58'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ansuategui Roca

1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League

Group phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATM	DOR	WID	STE
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–1	1–0	4–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	13			1–2	—	2–1	5–3
3	Widzew Łódź	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4			1–4	2–2	—	2–0
4	Steaua București	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4			1–1	0–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Matches

Atlético de Madrid v Steaua Bucharest

11 September 1996 (1996-09-11) 1	Atlético de Madrid	4-0	Steaua Bucharest	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

Widzew Łódź v Atlético de Madrid

25 September 1996 (1996-09-25) 2	Widzew Łódź	1-4	Atlético de Madrid	Łódź
				Stadium: Ludwika Sobolewskiego Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Anders Frisk

Atlético de Madrid v Borussia Dortmund

16 October 1996 (1996-10-16) 3	Atlético de Madrid	0-1	Borussia Dortmund	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Michel Piraux

Borussia Dortmund v Atlético de Madrid

30 October 1996 (1996-10-30) 4	Borussia Dortmund	1-2	Atlético de Madrid	Dortmund
				Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Laszlo Vagner

Steaua Bucharest v Atlético de Madrid

20 November 1996 (1996-11-20) 5	Steaua Bucharest	1-1	Atlético de Madrid	Bucharest, Romania
				Stadium: Ghencea Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Urs Meier

Atlético de Madrid v Widzew Łódź

4 December 1996 (1996-12-04) 6	Atlético de Madrid	1-0	Widzew Łódź	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Vaclav Krondl

Quarterfinals

Ajax v Atletico Madrid

5 March 1997 (1997-03-05) 1	Ajax	1–1	Atletico Madrid	Amsterdam
20:30	Kluivert 53'	Report	8' Esnáider	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Markus Merk

Atlético Madrid v Ajax

19 March 1997 (1997-03-19) 2	Atlético Madrid	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Ajax	Madrid
20:30	Kiko 29' Esnaider 75' Pantić 105' (pen.)	Report	49' R. de Boer 100' Dani 119' Babangida	Stadium: Vicente Calderon Attendance: 50,018 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Molina	53	-79	41	-62	4	-9	8	-8
20	DF	ESP	Geli	40	1	29+1	1	2	0	8	0
4	DF	ESP	Solozabal	39	0	27+3	0	1+1	0	7	0
6	DF	ESP	Santi Denia	47	2	36+1	2	3	0	7	0
3	DF	ESP	Toni Munoz	43	2	34	1	3	1	6	0
10	MF	YUG	Pantic	48	14	37	5	2+1	4	8	5
14	MF	ARG	Simeone	41	7	30+1	3	3	0	7	4
24	MF	CZE	Bejbl	45	2	29+4	2	3+1	0	7+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Caminero	38	15	27+3	14	4	1	4	0
19	FW	ESP	Kiko	47	18	36	13	4	3	7	2
9	FW	ARG	Esnaider	45	19	34+1	16	2	0	8	3
13	GK	ESP	Ricardo	1	-2	1	-2	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ESP	Carlos Aguilera	43	2	21+10	2	3+1	0	5+3	0
8	MF	ESP	Vizcaino	33	2	17+11	2	0+1	0	2+2	0
23	DF	ROU	Prodan	19	4	16+1	4	2	0
5	DF	ESP	Juanma López	34	1	11+14	0	2	1	1+6	0
18	MF	ESP	Roberto	32	3	8+19	2	1+2	0	1+1	1
27	MF	YUG	Paunovic	20	1	8+8	1	2+1	0	0+1	0
7	FW	ARG	Biagini	27	2	7+15	1	1+2	1	0+2	0
17	FW	ESP	Juan Carlos	24	3	5+15	3	0+1	0	0+3	0
2	DF	ESP	Pablo Alfaro	17	0	5+6	0	2	0	2+2	0
28	FW	ESP	Ezquerro	4	0	3+1	0
30	MF	ESP	Ivo	1	0	1	0
26	MF	RSA	Fortune	2	0	0+2	0
29	MF	YUG	Tomic	3	0	0+3	0
31	FW	ESP	Yordi	1	0	0+1	0

• Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1996-977.html

See also

• Atlético Madrid
• 1996–97 La Liga
• 1996–97 Copa del Rey
• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• 1996 Supercopa de España