1996–97 Real Betis season

A season after promotion, Betis finished third and reached the Copa del Rey final.

Real Betis Balompíé
1996–97 season
PresidentSpain Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
ManagerSpain Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
StadiumBenito Villamarin
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyRunner-up (in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup)
Top goalscorerLeague: Alfonso (25)
All: Alfonso (27)

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Pedro Jaro
2 DF Spain ESP Jaime
3 DF Spain ESP Luis Fernández
4 DF Spain ESP Juan Antonio Ureña
5 DF Spain ESP Josete
6 DF Spain ESP Juan Merino
7 MF Spain ESP Alexis Trujillo
8 MF Spain ESP Luis Márquez
9 FW Argentina ARG Cristián Tolisso
10 MF Spain ESP Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez
11 FW Spain ESP Alfonso
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Serbia SRB Albert Nađ
13 GK Spain ESP Toni Prats
14 DF Spain ESP Roberto Ríos
15 FW Spain ESP Pier
16 FW Poland POL Wojciech Kowalczyk
17 DF Croatia CRO Robert Jarni
18 MF Croatia CRO Nenad Bjelica
19 FW Spain ESP Juan Sabas
20 DF Spain ESP Tomás Olías
21 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Risto Vidaković
25 MF Nigeria NGA Finidi George
26 DF Spain ESP Juan Redondo
27 MF Spain ESP Capi
28 DF Spain ESP Fernando Varela
29 GK Spain ESP José Manuel Pinto

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Vlada Stošić (to Atlante)

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Betis 42 21 14 7 81 46 +35 77[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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

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
Betis221143444455444444343323333333333334444444

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.

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

Matches

1 September 1996 (1996-09-01) 1 Real Betis 3–0 Athletic de Bilbao Sevilla
Finidi 14'
Roberto Rios 44'
Sabas 85'
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 45000
9 September 1996 (1996-09-09) 2 CF Extremadura 0–3 Real Betis Extremadura
Alfonso 57'
Pier 82'
Jarni 88'
Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Stadium
Attendance: 9000
16 September 1996 (1996-09-16) 3 Real Betis 1–1 Real Madrid Sevilla
Alfonso 28' Roberto Carlos 44' Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 45000
22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) 4 RC Celta 0–2 Real Betis Vigo
46' Alexis
Olias 90'
Stadium: Balaídos
28 September 1996 (1996-09-28) 5 Real Betis 1–2 Deportivo La Coruña Sevilla
Jarni 2' Rivaldo 70'
Madar 79'
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 45,000
2 October 1996 (1996-10-02) 6 Hércules CF 0–1 Real Betis Alicante
Alfonso 75' Stadium: Jose Rico Perez
Attendance: 15,000
12 October 1996 (1996-10-12) 7 Atlético de Madrid 2–2 Real Betis Madrid
Juan Carlos 9'
Simeone 17'
Alfonso 1'
Sabas 84'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 40,000
22 October 1996 (1996-10-22) 8 Real Betis 3–0 Rayo Vallecano Sevilla
Finidi 30'
Pier 56'
Alfonso 71'
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,000
23 October 1996 (1996-10-23) 9 Real Oviedo 1–1 Real Betis Oviedo
Manel 9' Kowalczyk 27' Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
Attendance: 11,700
26 October 1996 (1996-10-26) 10 Real Betis 1–2 RCD Espanyol Sevilla
Pier 20' Benitez 18'
Lardin 44' (pen)
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,600
2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 11 Racing de Santander 1–1 Real Betis Santander
Correa 79' (pen) Sabas 90' Stadium: El Sardinero
Attendance: 16,000
10 November 1996 (1996-11-10) 12 Real Betis 2–1 Real Sociedad Sevilla
Alfonso 42'
Olías 66'
Luis Perez 25' Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 42,000
17 November 1996 (1996-11-17) 13 Real Zaragoza 2–2 Real Betis Zaragoza
Dani 33'
Dani 81'
Alexis 48'
Alexis 86' (pen)
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: 20,000
24 November 1996 (1996-11-24) 14 Real Betis 3–1 CD Tenerife Sevilla
Pier 60'
Finidi George 66'
Finidi George 89'
28' Chano Stadium: Benito Villamarin
1 December 1996 (1996-12-01) 15 SD Compostela 0–2 Real Betis Santiago de Compostela
7' Alfonso
73'Finidi George
Stadium: Multiusos de San Lazaro
Attendance: 9,000
8 December 1996 (1996-12-08) 16 Real Betis 5–1 CD Logroñés Sevilla
Vidakovic 18'
Pier 37'
Pier 71'
Roberto Rios 53'
Roberto Rios 67'
49' Clotet Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,000
22 December 1996 (1996-12-22) 17 Sevilla FC 0–3 Real Betis Sevilla
39' (pen)Alexis
54'Alfonso
55'Olias
Stadium: Sanchez Pizjuan
Attendance: 32,530
6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) 18 Real Betis 1–1 Valencia CF Sevilla
Alexis 72' (pen) Report 80' Moya Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 35,000
19 January 1997 (1997-01-19) 20 Real Betis 2–4 FC Barcelona Sevilla
Jarni 29'
Jarni 31'
Report 45' Luis Enrique
62' Luis Enrique
74'Ronaldo
79' Luis Enrique
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 45,000
27 January 1997 (1997-01-27) 21 Real Valladolid 1–3 Real Betis Valladolid
Victor 45' Report 39' (pen) Alexis
51' Kowalczyk
88' Kowalczyk
Stadium: José Zorrilla
Attendance: 15,000
2 February 1997 (1997-02-02) 22 Athletic de Bilbao 0–3 Real Betis Bilbao
Report 4' Alfonso
25' Olias
72' Kowalczyk 72
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 40,000
9 February 1997 (1997-02-09) 23 Real Betis 3–1 CF Extremadura Sevilla
Alfonso 69'
Finidi 71'
Pier 83'
Report Ramis 56' Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 35,000
15 February 1997 (1997-02-15) 24 Real Madrid 2–2 Real Betis Madrid
Mijatović 19'
Panucci 53'
Report 6'Alfonso
60'Finidi George
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 100,000
19 February 1997 (1997-02-19) 25 Real Betis 1–1 RC Celta Sevilla
Alfonso 60' Report 79' Mazinho Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,000
23 February 1997 (1997 -02-23) 26 Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 Real Betis La Coruña
Rivaldo 36'
Nando 39'
Rivaldo 59'
Report Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 22,000
2 March 1997 (1997-03-02) 27 Real Betis 2–1 Hércules CF Sevilla
Alfonso 8'
Finidi 63'
Miljanovic 90' Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 30,000
6 March 1997 (1997-03-06) 19 Sporting de Gijón 2–4 Real Betis Gijón
Lediakhov 6'
Tcheryshev 89'
Report 37' Alfonso
88' Alfonso
46' Olias
Stadium: El Molinon
Attendance: 17,350
9 March 1997 (1997-03-09) 28 Real Betis 3–2 Atlético de Madrid Sevilla
Alfonso 36'
Alfonso 53'
Alfonso 90'
29' Esnaider
Vidakovic 68' (own goal)
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 43,000
16 March 1997 (1997-03-16) 29 Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Real Betis Madrid
Report Alfonso 35'
Alfonso 55'
Alfonso 59' (pen)
Pier 73'
Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 10,000
22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) 30 Real Betis 4–0 Real Oviedo Sevilla
Pier 21'
Alfonso 52'
Bjelica 88'
Finidi 90'
Report Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,000
30 March 1997 (1997-03-30) 31 RCD Espanyol 0–0 Real Betis Barcelona
Report Stadium: Montjuic
Attendance: 25,000
6 April 1997 (1997-04-06) 32 Real Betis 2–2 Racing de Santander Sevilla
Alberto 6' (own goal)
Alfonso 39'
Report 44' Merino
88' Alberto
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,000
13 April 1997 (1997-04-13) 33 Real Sociedad 0–1 Real Betis San Sebastián
Report 90' Josete Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 22,000
16 April 1997 (1997-04-16) 34 Real Betis 2–2 Real Zaragoza Sevilla
Alfonso 4'
Alfonso 28' (pen)
Report 31' Nayim
83' (pen) Aragon
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 40,000
19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 35 CD Tenerife 0–1 Real Betis Tenerife
27' Jokanovic Stadium: Heliodoro Roriguez Lopez
Attendance: 15,000
4 May 1997 (1997-05-04) 36 Real Betis 0–0 SD Compostela Sevilla
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 45,000
11 May 1997 (1997-05-11) 37 Logroñés 2–1 Real Betis Logroñés
Ruben Sosa 27'
Bjelica 88'
64' Manel Stadium: Las Gaunas
Attendance: 10,000
17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 38 Real Betis 3–3 Sevilla FC Sevilla
Jarni 8'
Jarni 47'
Cañas 88'
27' (pen) Prosinecki
90' Salva
91' Galvan
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 44,000
26 May 1997 (1997-05-26) 39 Valencia CF 1–1 Real Betis Valencia
Vlaovic 69' 9' Cañas Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 40,000
31 May 1997 (1997-05-31) 40 Real Betis 0–1 Sporting de Gijón Sevilla
55' Tcherysev Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Attendance: 30,000
15 June 1997 (1997-06-15) 41 FC Barcelona 3–0 Real Betis Barcelona
Oscar 44'
Stoichkov 75'
Luis Enrique 83'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 70,000
21 June 1997 (1997-06-21) 42 Real Betis 2–0 Real Valladolid Barcelona
Kowalczyk 11'
Finidi 74'
Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

Second Round

6 November 1996 (1996-11-06) Ecija 1–2 Real Betis Ecija
Stadium: Municipal
27 November 1996 (1996-11-27) Real Betis 2–0 Ecija Sevilla
Stadium: Benito Villamarin

Third Round

8 January 1997 (1997-01-08) Granada CF 0–1 Real Betis Granada
Stadium: Los Carmenes
15 January 1997 (1997-01-15) Real Betis 3–0 Granada CF Sevilla
Stadium: Benito Villamarin

Round of 16

30 January 1997 (1997-01-30) CD Tenerife 0–2 Real Betis Tenerife
Stadium: Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez
5 February 1997 (1997-02-05) Real Betis 3–0 CD Tenerife Sevilla
Stadium: Benito Villamarin

Quarterfinals

26 February 1997 (1997-02-26) Real Betis 2–0 Rayo Vallecano Sevilla
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
13 March 1997 (1997-03-13) Rayo Vallecano 1–2 Real Betis Madrid
Stadium: Vallecas

Semifinals

 () Real Betis 1–0 RC Celta Sevilla
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
3 April 1997 (1997-04-03) RC Celta 1–1 Real Betis Vigo
Stadium: Balaídos

Final

28 June 1997 (1997-06-28) Real Betis 2–3 FC Barcelona Madrid
Alfonso 11'
NadjYellow card 14'
AlexisYellow card 26'
Jaime QuesadaYellow card 77'
Finidi 82'Yellow card 89'
Report FigoYellow card 41' 45'
FerrerYellow card 54'
De la PeñaYellow card 72'
Pizzi 85'
Figo 114'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Ansuategui Roca

Statistics

Player statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total1996–97 La Liga1996–97 Copa del Rey
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
13 GK Spain ESP Toni Prats 40-4540-4500
20 DF Spain ESP Tomás Olías 38625+359+11
21 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Risto Vidaković 35630155
14 DF Spain ESP Roberto Ríos 45335+137+20
6 DF Spain ESP Juan Merino 43135+106+11
17 DF Croatia CRO Robert Jarni 42534+255+10
25 MF Nigeria NGA Finidi George 421133+3105+11
7 MF Spain ESP Alexis 45738671
12 MF Serbia SRB Albert Nađ 36023+705+10
11 FW Spain ESP Alfonso 512740+1257+32
15 FW Spain ESP Pier 421126+896+22
1 GK Spain ESP Pedro Jaro 13-72-111-6
10 MF Spain ESP Cañas 43519+1329+23
2 DF Spain ESP Jaime 33019+508+10
16 FW Poland POL Wojciech Kowalczyk 30814+1263+12
18 MF Croatia CRO Nenad Bjelica 35410+1723+52
3 DF Spain ESP Luis Fernández 22018040
19 FW Spain ESP Juan Sabas 3172+2136+24
8 MF Spain ESP Luis Márquez 1807+405+20
5 DF Spain ESP Josete 1316+312+20
4 DF Spain ESP Juan Antonio Ureña 1705+506+10
28 DF Spain ESP Fernando Varela 301+20
27 MF Spain ESP Capi 200+20
26 DF Spain ESP Juan Redondo 300+200+10
9 FW Serbia SRB Vlada Stosic 210021

References

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