1996-97 Sporting CP Roster
Primeira Liga (PL)
Portugal, Level I
Team Record: 22-6-6 - 72 points
Finishing 2nd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
1996-97 Sporting CP StatisticsPortugal, Level I
Team Record: 22-6-6 - 72 points
Finishing 2nd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Sporting CP of Primeira Liga ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 22 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses for 72 points finishing second in PL.
The team topped the circuit with just 19 goals allowed. The team chalked up 55 goals. Ivailo Iordanov scored 7 goals for the team, while Sá Pinto, Oceano, Pedro Barbosa and Paulo Alves each contributed five or more as well.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulo Alves | F | December 10, 1969 | 6'1" | 163 | Vila Real, Portugal |
| Emmanuel Amunike | December 25, 1970 | 5'10" | 168 | Eze Obodo, Nigeria | |
| Marco Aurelio | D | February 18, 1967 | 6'1" | 176 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Gil Baiano | D | November 3, 1966 | 5'9" | Tucano, Brazil | |
| Andrija Balajić | D, M | August 22, 1972 | 6'0" | 161 | Sinj, Croatia |
| Pedro Barbosa | M | August 6, 1970 | 6'0" | 176 | Gondomar, Portugal |
| Beto | D | May 3, 1976 | 6'1" | 163 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Costinha | G | September 22, 1973 | 6'0" | 192 | Braga, Portugal |
| Filip De Wilde | G | July 5, 1964 | 5'11" | 170 | Zele, Belgium |
| José Dominguez | M | February 16, 1974 | 5'5" | 143 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Carlos Fernandes | D | May 5, 1978 | 6'2" | 165 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Tiago Ferreira | G | April 16, 1975 | 5'11" | 159 | A-dos-Cunhados, Portugal |
| Mustapha Hadji | M, F | November 16, 1971 | 6'0" | 170 | Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco |
| Ivailo Iordanov | M, F | April 22, 1968 | 5'11" | 187 | Samokov, Bulgaria |
| Afonso Martins | M | April 11, 1973 | 5'7" | 134 | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal |
| Pedro Martins | M | July 17, 1970 | 5'10" | 170 | Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal |
| Luís Miguel | D, M | July 22, 1971 | 5'9" | 143 | Luanda, Angola |
| Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé | F | August 7, 1968 | 5'11" | 170 | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| Oceano | M | July 29, 1962 | 5'9" | 179 | São Vicente, Cape Verde |
| Ahmed Ouattara | F | December 15, 1969 | 6'0" | 172 | Abidjan-Marcony, Ivory Coast |
| Pedrosa | D, M | March 13, 1972 | 6'0" | 174 | Mafamude, Portugal |
| Emílio Peixe | M, D | January 16, 1973 | 5'10" | 150 | Nazaré, Portugal |
| Sá Pinto | October 10, 1972 | 5'10" | 157 | Porto, Portugal | |
| Porfirio | F, M | September 28, 1973 | 5'7" | 150 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| César Ramírez | March 21, 1977 | 5'11" | 183 | Curuguaty, Paraguay | |
| Abdelilah Saber | D, M | April 21, 1974 | 6'0" | 161 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Simão | M | October 31, 1979 | 5'7" | 141 | Constantim, Portugal |
| Vidigal | M | March 15, 1973 | 6'0" | 183 | Sá da Bandeira, Angola |
| Budimir Vujačić | D | January 4, 1964 | 6'3" | 185 | Titograd, Montenegro |
