The 1996–97 Santos Laguna season was the 9th season in the football club's history. Santos competed in Primera División and Copa México, winning the Verano 1996 tournament, their first league title ever.

Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Alfredo Tena Assistant coaches Pablo Luna José Vantolrá Fitness coach Luiz Duarte Doctor Jorge Galván

Players Squad information No. Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Goalkeepers 1 GK José Miguel 1995 Platense 20 GK Olaf Heredia 1993 Cruz Azul Defenders 2 DF Julio César Algarín 3 DF Salvador Mariscal 4 DF Pedro Muñoz (VC) 1987 5 DF José Guadalupe Rubio 1987 Panteras Torreón 13 DF Francisco Gabriel de Anda (Captain) 1995 UAT 17 DF Antonio González 23 DF Ricardo Wagner de Souza 1993 Midfielders 6 MF Miguel España 1995 UANL 7 MF Benjamín Galindo 1994 Guadalajara 10 MF Héctor Adomaitis 1993 Colo-Colo 14 MF Daniel Deeke 1996 UANL 15 MF Alberto García 1996 Guadalajara 16 MF Nicolás Ramírez 1994 19 MF Saúl Quiñones 1996 22 MF José Alberto Mariscal 1997 Toluca Forwards 9 FW Gabriel Caballero 1995 Antofagasta 18 FW Jared Borgetti 1996 Atlas 21 FW Cristián Montecinos 1996 Deportes Tolima Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2019.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Overview

Torneo Invierno

League table

Results summary

Torneo Verano

League table

Results summary

Statistics

Goals RankPlayerPositionInviernoVeranoCopa MéxicoTotal1 Jared Borgetti1652232 Gabriel Caballero3130163 Benjamín Galindo51394 Cristián Montecinos2215 Nicolás Ramírez21256 Alberto García1203 Pedro Muñoz20138 Héctor Adomaitis1102 Francisco Gabriel de Anda110210 Daniel Deeke0101 José Guadalupe Rubio1001Total3427970

Hat-tricks

PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetition Jared BorgettiToros Neza3–2 (A)15 December 1996Primera División

Own goals PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetition José Guadalupe RubioMorelia2–1 (H)25 August 1996Primera División Benjamín GalindoNecaxa0–1 (A)19 December 1996Primera División

Clean sheets RankNameInviernoVeranoTotal1 José Miguel83112 Olaf Heredia101Total9312

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