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.

CD Tenerife
1996–97 season
Manager Jupp Heynckes
La Liga8th
Copa del ReyFourth round
UEFA CupSemi-final

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. 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  CRO Bülent Kovač
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
14 MF  ESP Ángel Vivar Dorado
15 FW  GER Oliver Neuville[2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  ESP Antonio Pinilla
17 DF  RUS Denis Simeunov
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
26 FW  SVK Derek Banžík
27 DF  MKD Jucka Vikurov
28 MF  SRB Dejan Jodžić
29 GK  ESP Marino
30 GK  ESP 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. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  CZE Pavel Hapal (de-registered)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  CHI Francisco Rojas (to Colo-Colo)

Results

First round
10 September 1996 Tenerife 3–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Vivar Dorado  46'
Kodro  56'
Pinilla  66'		 Mizrahi  60'
Nimni  87' (pen.)
24 September 1996 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Tenerife Tel Aviv
Brumer  49' Vivar Dorado  44'

Second round
15 October 1996 Lazio 1–0 Tenerife Rome
Nedvěd  65' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
29 October 1996 Tenerife 5–3 Lazio Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Nesta  15' (o.g.)
Kodro  26'
Juanele  38', 62'
Jokanović  49'		 Nedvěd  13'
Fuser  30'
Casiraghi  46'		 Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Third round
19 November 1996 Tenerife 0–0 Feyenoord Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
3 December 1996 Feyenoord 2–4 Tenerife Rotterdam
Sánchez  83'
Vos  88'		 Felipe  5'
Juanele  45', 61'
Paz  74'		 Stadium: De Kuip

Quarter-final
4 March 1997 Tenerife 0–1 Brøndby Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sand  30' Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
18 March 1997 Brøndby 0–2 (a.e.t.) Tenerife Copenhagen
Pinilla  21'
Mata  119'		 Stadium: Parken Stadium

Semi-final
8 April 1997 Tenerife 1–0 Schalke 04 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Felipe  6' (pen.) Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 21,000
22 April 1997 Schalke 04 2–0 (a.e.t.) Tenerife Gelsenkirchen
Linke  68'
Wilmots  107'		 Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 56,800

Statistics

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.
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