1996–97 CD Tenerife season

CD Tenerife
1996–97 season
Manager Germany Jupp Heynckes
La Liga 8th
Copa del Rey Fourth round
UEFA Cup Semi-final
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Season summary

Tenerife failed to improve on the previous season's fifth place finish, although they made up for the league disappointment by reaching the UEFA Cup semi-finals. Tenerife scored 69 goals in the league and could have possibly finished higher were it not for their leaky defence, which conceded more goals than all but five of the La Liga teams not relegated during the season.

At the end of the season, manager Jupp Heynckes left to join incumbent champions Real Madrid; his assistant, Ewald Lienen, also left to manage Hansa Rostock. Heynckes was replaced by Portugal manager Artur Jorge.

First-team 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. Position Player
1 Argentina GK Marcelo Ojeda
2 Spain DF Julio Llorente
3 Spain DF Alexis
4 Argentina DF Pablo Paz
5 Spain DF Antonio Mata
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MF Slaviša Jokanović
8 Spain MF Chano
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Meho Kodro
10 Spain MF Felipe Miñambres
11 Spain FW Juanele
12 Spain DF Sergio Ballesteros
13 Sweden GK Bengt Andersson
14 Spain MF Ángel Vivar Dorado
No. Position Player
15 Germany FW Oliver Neuville[2]
16 Spain FW Antonio Pinilla
18 Spain MF Ignacio Conte
19 Spain MF Dani
20 Spain MF Antonio Robaina
21 Australia MF Aurelio Vidmar
22 Spain DF César Gómez
23 South Africa DF Sizwe Motaung
24 South Africa DF David Nyathi
25 Spain FW Domingo
29 Spain GK Marino
30 Spain GK Juan David

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. Position Player
7 Czech Republic MF Pavel Hapal (de-registered)
No. Position Player
17 Chile DF Francisco Rojas (to Colo-Colo)

Results

UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Statistics

Goal scorers

La Liga

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1996-1997/laliga/tenerife.htm
  2. ↑ Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Germany and Italy internationally through his father and mother respectively, and would make his international debut for Germany in September 1998.