1996–97 Copa del Rey

The 1996–97 Copa del Rey was the 95th staging of the Copa del Rey.

1996–97 Copa del Rey

95th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Teams	72
Champions	Barcelona
Runners-up	Real Betis
Matches played	139
Goals scored	330 (2.37 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Klimowicz (7)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The competition started on 4 September 1996 and concluded on 28 June 1997 with the final, held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

First round

First round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Cultural Leonesa	0–3	Alavés	4 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Gernika	2–6	Eibar	4 September 1996	2–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	4–0	Rep.
Gimnàstic Tarragona	2–6	Lleida	4 September 1996	0–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	4–2	Rep.
Cacereño	2–7	Mérida	4 September 1996	1–5	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
Manchego	1–2	Salamanca	4 September 1996	0–0	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
Lliria	1–5	Villarreal	4 September 1996	0–3	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
Mensajero	0–2	Almería	4 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–0	Rep.
Racing Ferrol	2–1	Ourense	5 September 1996	1–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–1	Rep.
Real Avilés Industrial	6–1	Marino de Luanco	5 September 1996	3–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–3	Rep.
Gimnástica Torrelavega	0–3	Osasuna	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Barakaldo	2–2 (a)	Real Unión	5 September 1996	1–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	0–1	Rep.
Talavera	3–2	Badajoz	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–3	Rep.
Carabanchel	1–4	Leganés	5 September 1996	1–2	Rep.	19 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Getafe	2–2 (a)	Toledo	5 September 1996	2–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	0–0	Rep.
Gandía	3–9	Mallorca	5 September 1996	1–4	Rep.	19 September 1996	5–2	Rep.
Real Murcia	1–3	Albacete	5 September 1996	1–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	2–0	Rep.
Elche	0–1	Mar Menor	5 September 1996	0–0	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–0	Rep.
Real Jaén	1–4	Las Palmas	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	3–1	Rep.
Marbella	2–4	Écija	5 September 1996	1–2	Rep.	18 September 1996	2–1	Rep.
Málaga	1–0	Realejos	5 September 1996	1–0	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–0	Rep.
Guadix	0–1	Granada	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–0	Rep.
Córdoba	1–2	Polideportivo Ejido	5 September 1996	0–1	Rep.	19 September 1996	1–1	Rep.
Castellón	1–6	Levante	5 September 1996	0–3	Rep.	18 September 1996	3–1	Rep.
Terrassa	2–0	Figueres	11 September 1996	1–0	Rep.	19 September 1996	0–1	Rep.
Bye: Zalla, its opponent (Sestao) retired of the competition.

Second round

Second round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Osasuna	2–1	Real Sociedad	5 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	1–1	Rep.
Racing Ferrol	2–4	Celta Vigo	6 November 1996	1–3	Rep.	26 November 1996	1–1	Rep.
Real Avilés	1–8	Real Oviedo	6 November 1996	1–5	Rep.	27 November 1996	3–0	Rep.
Zalla	1–5	Athletic Bilbao	6 November 1996	0–3	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–1	Rep.
Eibar	1–1 (a)	Racing Santander	6 November 1996	1–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.
Alavés	1–1 (a)	Logroñés	6 November 1996	1–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.
Real Unión	1–6	Real Zaragoza	6 November 1996	0–4	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–1	Rep.
Albacete	1–5	Rayo Vallecano	6 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	5–1	Rep.
Leganés	1–2	Compostela	6 November 1996	1–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	1–0	Rep.
Salamanca	0–4	Real Madrid	6 November 1996	0–2	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Talavera	1–4	Real Valladolid	6 November 1996	0–3	Rep.	27 November 1996	1–1	Rep.
Mallorca	1–3	Deportivo La Coruña	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	3–0	Rep.
Mérida	2–5	Extremadura	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	5–1	Rep.
Málaga	0–1	Sevilla	6 November 1996	0–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.
Écija	1–4	Real Betis	6 November 1996	2–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Polideportivo Ejido	0–0 (p)	Granada	6 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	Penalties: 4–3 for Granada CF
Las Palmas	5–2	Almería	6 November 1996	2–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–3	Rep.
Terrassa	1–2	Lleida	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Levante	1–2	Hércules	6 November 1996	1–0	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Mar Menor	0–3	Villarreal	6 November 1996	0–1	Rep.	27 November 1996	2–0	Rep.
Toledo	0–1	Sporting de Gijón	7 November 1996	0–0	Rep.	26 November 1996	1–0	Rep.

Third round

Third round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Sevilla	2–2 (p)	Deportivo La Coruña	8 January 1997	2–0	Rep.	16 January 1997	2–0	Rep.	Penalties: 3–1 for Deportivo de La Coruña
Espanyol	6–3	Sporting de Gijón	8 January 1997	4–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	2–2	Rep.
Real Oviedo	1–3	Compostela	8 January 1997	1–0	Rep.	15 January 1997	3–0	Rep.
Granada	0–4	Real Betis	8 January 1997	0–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	3–0	Rep.
Osasuna	4–5	Rayo Vallecano	8 January 1997	3–2	Rep.	15 January 1997	3–1	Rep.
Real Zaragoza	1–2	Racing Santander	8 January 1997	1–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	1–0	Rep.
Villarreal	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	8 January 1997	0–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	2–2	Rep.
Celta Vigo	4–2	Logroñés	8 January 1997	2–0	Rep.	15 January 1997	2–2	Rep.
Real Madrid	4–1	Real Valladolid	9 January 1997	2–1	Rep.	15 January 1997	0–2	Rep.
Lleida	2–2 (a)	Hércules	16 January 1997	1–0	Rep.	22 January 1997	2–1	Rep.	Match suspended at the original date.^[1]
Bye: Las Palmas, Extremadura.

Bracket

	First round							Second round							Semi-finals							Finals
	1	Las Palmas (5–3 p)	0	2	2
	16	Valencia	2	0	2
								Las Palmas (a)		0	1	1
								Espanyol		0	1	1
	8	Deportivo La Coruña	2	0	2
	9	Espanyol (a)	2	0	2
															Las Palmas		0	0	0
															Barcelona		4	3	7
	5	Atlético Madrid	2	3	5
	12	Compostela	0	2	2
								Atlético Madrid		2	4	6
								Barcelona		2	5	7
	4	Barcelona	3	1	4
	13	Real Madrid	2	1	3
																						Barcelona		3
																						Real Betis		2
	6	Tenerife	0	0	0
	11	Real Betis	2	3	5
								Real Betis		2	2	4
								Rayo Vallecano		0	1	1
	3	Rayo Vallecano	2	2	4
	14	Extremadura	2	1	3
															Real Betis		1	1	2
															Celta Vigo		0	1	1
	7	Racing Santander	1	1	2
	10	Athletic Bilbao	0	1	1
								Racing Santander		1	0	1
								Celta Vigo		2	1	3
	2	Lleida	1	0	1
	15	Celta Vigo (a)	1	0	1

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Las Palmas	2–2 (5–3 p)	Valencia	0–2	2–0^[2]
Deportivo La Coruña	2–2 (a)	Espanyol	2–2	0–0
Atlético Madrid	5–2	Compostela	2–0	3–2
Barcelona	4–3	Real Madrid	3–2^[3]	1–1
Tenerife	0–5	Real Betis	0–2	0–3
Rayo Vallecano	4–3	Extremadura	2–2	1–1
Racing Santander	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	1–1
Lleida	1–1 (a)	Celta Vigo	1–1	0–0

First leg

Deportivo La Coruña v Espanyol

28 January 1997	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Espanyol	A Coruña
21:30 CET	Maikel   81' Rivaldo   82'	Report (in Spanish)	Benítez   42' Răducioiu   58'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Nuñez Manrique

Racing Santander v Athletic Bilbao

29 January 1997	Racing Santander	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Santander
21:00 CET	Arpón   89' Merino   83'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Megía Dávila

Lleida v Celta Vigo

29 January 1997	Lleida	1–1	Celta Vigo	Lleida
21:00 CET	Julio Rodríguez   33'	Report (in Spanish)	Prieto   88'	Stadium: Camp d'Esports Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mejuto González

Rayo Vallecano v Extremadura

29 January 1997	Rayo Vallecano	2–2	Extremadura	Madrid
21:00 CET	Guilherme   23' Klimowicz   31' José María   68'	Report (in Spanish)	Silvani   41' Pineda   58'	Stadium: La Peineta Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Atlético Madrid v Compostela

29 January 1997	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Compostela	Madrid
21:00 CET	Toni   8' Kiko   90'	Report (in Spanish)	Lekumberri   71'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carmona Méndez

Las Palmas v Valencia

29 January 1997	Las Palmas	0–2	Valencia	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
22:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Leandro   41'   66' Camarasa   44'	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 19,000 Referee: García-Aranda

Tenerife v Real Betis

30 January 1997	Tenerife	0–2	Real Betis	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Pier   41' Kowalczyk   66'	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

Barcelona v Real Madrid

30 January 1997	Barcelona	3–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Ronaldo   13' Nadal   70' Giovanni   78'	Report (in Spanish)	Šuker   16' Hierro   67'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,000 Referee: López Nieto

Second leg

Compostela v Atlético Madrid

4 February 1997	Compostela	2–3	Atlético Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
20:30 CET	Penev   17' (pen.), 45'	Report (in Spanish)	López   6' Kiko   10' Biagini   19'	Stadium: Multiusos de San Lázaro Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Losantos Omar

Athletic Bilbao v Racing Santander

5 February 1997	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Racing Santander	Bilbao
20:15 CET	Urzaiz   82',   90'	Report (in Spanish)	Txema   31' Sánchez Jara   74'   Correa   81'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

Espanyol v Deportivo La Coruña

5 February 1997	Espanyol	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona
20:45 CET	Olmeta   42'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Prados García

Celta Vigo v Lleida

5 February 1997	Celta Vigo	0–0	Lleida	Vigo
21:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Iturralde González

Valencia v Las Palmas

5 February 1997	Valencia	0–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Las Palmas	Valencia
21:15 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Paquito   32' Orlando   50' Asier   115'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hernanz Angulo
	Penalties
	Leandro   Cáceres   Iván Campo   Karpin		Valerón   Paquito   Turu Flores   Víctor   Simionato

Real Betis v Tenerife

5 February 1997	Real Betis	3–0	Tenerife	Sevilla
21:30 CET	Merino   75' Bjelica   87' Cañas   88'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Extremadura v Rayo Vallecano

6 February 1997	Extremadura	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Almendralejo
19:30 CET	Silvani   1'	Report (in Spanish)	Guilherme   50' Klimowicz   90' (pen.)	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

Real Madrid v Barcelona

6 February 1997	Real Madrid	1–1	Barcelona	Madrid
21:00 CET	Šuker   79' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Roberto Carlos   69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Las Palmas	1–1 (a)	Espanyol	0–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	6–7	Barcelona	2–2	4–5^[4]
Real Betis	4–1	Rayo Vallecano	2–0	2–1
Racing Santander	1–3	Celta Vigo	1–2	0–1

First leg

Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano

26 February 1997	Real Betis	2–0	Rayo Vallecano	Seville
20:00 CET	Sabas   13' (pen.) Alfonso   81'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Iturralde González

Atlético Madrid v Barcelona

26 February 1997	Atlético Madrid	2–2	Barcelona	Madrid
22:00 CET	Caminero   19' Kiko   72'	Report (in Spanish)	Pizzi   43' (pen.), 64'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mejuto González

Las Palmas v Espanyol

27 February 1997	Las Palmas	0–0	Espanyol	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
19:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Insular Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Racing Santander v Celta Vigo

27 February 1997	Racing Santander	1–2	Celta Vigo	Santander
21:30 CET	Javi López   66'	Report (in Spanish)	Mostovoi   44' Revivo   74' Josema   81'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Second leg

Espanyol v Las Palmas

12 March 1997	Espanyol	1–1	Las Palmas	Barcelona
19:30 CET	Ouédec   43'	Report (in Spanish)	Turu Flores   47'	Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 8,300 Referee: López Nieto

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

12 March 1997	Barcelona	5–4	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Ronaldo   47', 51', 72' Figo   67' Pizzi   81'	Report (in Spanish)	Pantić   8', 28', 31' (pen.), 52'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Celta Vigo v Racing Santander

13 March 1997	Celta Vigo	1–0	Racing Santander	Vigo
20:00 CET	Ratković   80',   86'	Report (in Spanish)	Correa   90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

Rayo Vallecano v Real Betis

13 March 1997	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Real Betis	Vallecas
22:00 CET	Guilherme   65'	Report (in Spanish)	Olías   28' Cañas   90'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Las Palmas	0–7	Barcelona	0–4	0-3
Real Betis	2–1	Celta Vigo	1–0	1–1

First leg

Real Betis v Celta Vigo

25 March 1997	Real Betis	1–0	Celta Vigo	Sevilla
21:30 CET	Bjelica   71'	Report (in Spanish)	Geli   82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 28,000 Referee: García-Aranda

Las Palmas v Barcelona

26 March 1997	Las Palmas	0–4	Barcelona	Las Palmas
22:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Ronaldo   44' (pen.), 77' Pizzi   56' De la Peña   75'	Stadium: Insular Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Second leg

Celta Vigo v Real Betis

2 April 1997	Celta Vigo	1–1	Real Betis	Vigo
21:30 CET	Ratković   33'   62'	Report (in Spanish)	Alexis   87' Ureña   62'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

Barcelona v Las Palmas

3 April 1997	Barcelona	3–0	Las Palmas	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Óscar   14' Luis Enrique   28' Couto   65'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Final

Main article: 1997 Copa del Rey Final

28 June 1997

21:00 CET

Barcelona	3–2^[5] (a.e.t.)	Real Betis
Figo   45', 114' Pizzi   85'	Report (in Spanish)	Alfonso   11' Finidi   82'

Madrid
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

Attendance: 82,498

Referee: Ansuátegui Roca  

Copa del Rey 1996–97 winners
Barcelona 23rd title

Top goalscorers

Player	Goals	Team
Diego Klimowicz	7	Rayo Vallecano
Ronaldo	6	Barcelona
Juan Antonio Pizzi	5	Barcelona
Turu Flores	5	Las Palmas
Davor Šuker	5	Real Madrid
Juan Sabas	4	Real Betis
Lyuboslav Penev	4	Compostela
Milinko Pantić	4	Atlético Madrid
Alexandre	4	Villarreal
Julio Rodríguez	4	Lleida

References

1. "Third Round: UE Lleida vs Hércules CF" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo.
2. "Round of 16: Valencia CF vs UD Las Palmas (2nd Leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.
3. "Round of 16: FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF (1st Leg)". Youtube.
4. "Quarters: FC Barcelona vs Atlético de Madrid (2nd Leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.
5. "Final: FC Barcelona vs Real Betis" (in Catalan). Youtube.

External links

• www.linguasport.com (in Spanish)