1996–97 Copa del Rey

Football tournament season

1996–97 Copa del Rey
95th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Teams	72
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona
Runner-up	Real Betis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	139
Goals scored	330 (2.37 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Klimowicz (7)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

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					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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

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

External links

www.linguasport.com (in Spanish)

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