1996–97 Croatian First Football League


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The 1996–97 Croatian First Football League was the sixth season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment.

Croatian First Football League
Season1996–97
ChampionsCroatia Zagreb
3rd Croatian title
7th domestic title
RelegatedSeveral clubs
Champions LeagueCroatia Zagreb
UEFA CupHajduk Split
Cup Winners' CupNK Zagreb
Intertoto CupHrvatski Dragovoljac
Matches played240
Goals scored649 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerIgor Cvitanović (20)
Biggest home winCroatia Zagreb 7–0 Istra
Hajduk Split 7–0 Marsonia
Biggest away winNK Zagreb 0–6 Croatia Zagreb
Marsonia 0–6 Croatia Zagreb
Highest scoringRijeka 5–3 Marsonia
Zadarkomerc 3–5 Varteks
Average attendance2,903

Stadia and personnel

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Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
Cibalia   Tomislav Radić Vinkovci
Croatia Zagreb   Otto Barić Zagreb Stadion Maksimir

37,168

Hajduk Split   Ivan Buljan Split Stadion Poljud

35,000

Hrvatski Dragovoljac   Blaž Slišković Velika Gorica Stadion Radnik

8,000

Inker Zaprešić   Đuro Bago Zaprešić
Istra Pula   Ivica Šangulin Pula
Marsonia   Miroslav Buljan Slavonski Brod
Mladost 127   Zlatko Toth Suhopolje Stadion Park

5,000

Orijent   Ilija Lončarević Rijeka Stadion Krimeja

6,000

Osijek   Milan Đuričić Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt

19,500

Rijeka   Branko Ivanković Rijeka Stadion Kantrida

10,275

Segesta   Zlatko Kranjčar Sisak
Šibenik   Vinko Begović Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac

8,000

Varteks   Ivan Marković Varaždin Stadion Varteks

10,800

Zadarkomerc   Ante Čačić Zadar Stadion Stanovi

5,860

NK Zagreb   Krešimir Ganjto Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva

8,850

  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 1 June 1997.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Croatia Zagreb (C) 30 26 3 1 90 23 +67 81 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 30 18 6 6 53 22 +31 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 13 10 7 51 37 +14 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
4 Rijeka 30 13 7 10 44 32 +12 46
5 NK Zagreb 30 13 6 11 43 39 +4 45 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6 Varteks 30 12 6 12 34 35 −1 42
7 Šibenik 30 11 8 11 35 30 +5 41
8 Osijek 30 12 5 13 40 38 +2 41
9 Mladost 127 30 10 10 10 37 36 +1 40
10 Zadarkomerc 30 11 7 12 39 45 −6 40
11 Segesta (R) 30 9 12 9 35 34 +1 39 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Marsonia (R) 30 11 5 14 38 50 −12 38
13 Cibalia (R) 30 11 0 19 35 56 −21 33
14 Orijent (R) 30 5 11 14 28 53 −25 26 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
15 Istra Pula (R) 30 6 7 17 25 54 −29 25
16 Inker Zaprešić (R) 30 6 3 21 22 65 −43 21

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Samobor (P) 30 22 6 2 70 21 +49 72 Qualification to relegation play-offs
2 Slaven Belupo (P) 30 16 6 8 51 26 +25 54
3 Dubrovnik (R) 30 15 8 7 54 33 +21 53
4 Slavonija Požega 30 16 5 9 44 30 +14 52 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
5 Mosor 30 15 5 10 42 28 +14 50
6 Ponikve 30 14 3 13 50 47 +3 45
7 Belišće 30 12 8 10 41 35 +6 44
8 Čakovec 30 13 4 13 41 45 −4 43
9 Zagorec Krapina 30 12 6 12 51 42 +9 42
10 Primorac 30 13 2 15 32 49 −17 41
11 Uskok Klis 30 10 5 15 42 54 −12 35
12 Junak 30 9 8 13 29 46 −17 35
13 Graničar Županja 30 10 5 15 34 47 −13 35
14 Neretva 30 9 6 15 25 50 −25 33
15 Napredak Velika Mlaka 30 7 5 18 37 56 −19 26
16 Olimpija Osijek 30 3 6 21 27 61 −34 15

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Samobor 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Advanced to Croatian First Football League
2 Marsonia 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
3 Dubrovnik 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cibalia 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
2 Segesta 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Slaven Belupo 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slaven Belupo 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Advanced to Croatian First Football League
2 Segesta 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
3 Cibalia 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Igor Cvitanović Croatia Zagreb 20
2   Dragan Vukoja Hrvatski Dragovoljac 19
3   Mark Viduka Croatia Zagreb 18
4   Jurica Vučko Hajduk Split 16
5   Silvio Marić Croatia Zagreb 13
  Davor Vugrinec Varteks
7   Miljenko Mumlek Varteks 16
8   Admir Hasančić Rijeka 10
  Neno Katulić Marsonia
  Dumitru Mitu Osijek
  Josip Skoko Hajduk Split