# 1996–97 CD Tenerife season

In the 1996–97 season, CD 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
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 | ARG | Marcelo Ojeda |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Julio Llorente |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Alexis |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Pablo Paz |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Antonio Mata |
| 6 | MF | SRB | Slaviša Jokanović |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Pavel Hapal |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Chano |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Meho Kodro |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Felipe Miñambres |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Juanele |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Sergio Ballesteros |
| 13 | GK | SWE | Bengt Andersson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Ángel Vivar Dorado |
| 15 | FW | GER | Oliver Neuville |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Antonio Pinilla |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Ignacio Conte |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Dani |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Antonio Robaina |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Aurelio Vidmar |
| 22 | DF | ESP | César Gómez |
| 23 | DF | RSA | Sizwe Motaung |
| 24 | DF | RSA | David Nyathi |
| 25 | FW | ESP | Domingo Hernández |
| 29 | GK | ESP | Marino |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Juan David |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Pavel Hapal (de-registered) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | CHI | Francisco Rojas (to Colo-Colo) |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | Bengt Andersson | Örgryte IS | - |
| FW | Oliver Neuville | Servette FC | - |
| FW | Meho Kodro | FC Barcelona | |
| DF | Pablo Paz | Club Atlético Banfield | - |
| FW | Aurelio Vidmar | FC Sion | |
| MF | Dani | Atlético Madrid | - |
| DF | Sizwe Motaung | FC St. Gallen | - |
| DF | Francisco Rojas Rojas | Colo-Colo | - |
| DF | David Nyathi | Kaizer Chiefs F.C. | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Carlos Aguilera | Atlético Madrid | - |
| FW | Juan Antonio Pizzi | FC Barcelona | - |
| GK | Jose Maria Buljubasich | Lleida | - |
| DF | Ramis | Sevilla CF | - |
| FW | Victor | Real Valladolid | - |
| MF | Diego Latorre | Boca Juniors | - |

## Results
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Valladolid | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 63 | |
| 9 | Tenerife | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 56 | |
| 10 | Valencia | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 56 | |
| 11 | Compostela | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 53 | |
* ↑ VLD 0–0 ATH; ATH 0–0 VLD
* 1 2 VAL 2–1 TEN; TEN 2–1 VAL

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Ojeda | 44 | -56 | 35 | -46 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -10 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Llorente | 36 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Mata | 41 | 1 | 31+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | César Gómez | 39 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Alexis Suarez | 43 | 1 | 25+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Chano | 47 | 5 | 35+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Vivar Dorado | 40 | 6 | 25+8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | SRB | Jokanovic | 39 | 11 | 29+1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Felipe | 42 | 9 | 30+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Juanele | 46 | 12 | 31+4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Pinilla | 43 | 9 | 23+8 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 9+1 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | SWE | Andersson | 9 | -15 | 5 | -8 | 2 | -5 | 1+1 | -2 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Ballesteros | 40 | 1 | 22+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SUI | Neuville | 43 | 5 | 21+12 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Kodro | 34 | 8 | 21+4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Pablo Paz | 32 | 4 | 15+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | RSA | Motaung | 17 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Dani | 23 | 1 | 10+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Robaina | 26 | 3 | 9+12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Vidmar | 32 | 1 | 9+16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CHI | Rojas | 9 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Conte | 14 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RSA | Nyathi | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Hernández | 1 | -3 | 1 | -3 |
| 26 | FW | SVK | Banzik |
| 27 | DF | MKD | Vikurov |
| 28 | MF | SRB | Jodzic |
| 29 | GK | ESP | Marino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Juan David |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Hapal |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1996-9735.html?tab=partits

### Goal scorers
#### La Liga

* Juanele 8
* Meho Kodro 6
* Antonio Pinilla 7
* Oliver Neuville 5
* Aurelio Vidmar 1