1996–97 1.Lig

Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1996/1997 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. Sarıyer G.K., Denizlispor and Zeytinburnuspor relegated to Second League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	25	7	2	90	30	+60	82	1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Beşiktaş	34	22	8	4	88	26	+62	74
3	Fenerbahçe	34	22	7	5	79	25	+54	73	1997–98 UEFA Cup First round
4	Trabzonspor	34	22	6	6	73	33	+40	72	1997–98 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
5	Bursaspor	34	17	8	9	55	37	+18	59
6	İstanbulspor	34	16	7	11	56	44	+12	55	1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
7	Kocaelispor	34	12	12	10	37	35	+2	48	1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
8	Gaziantepspor	34	13	8	13	38	50	−12	47
9	Samsunspor	34	12	9	13	49	52	−3	45	1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
10	Antalyaspor A.Ş.	34	13	6	15	38	49	−11	45
11	Gençlerbirliği	34	11	6	17	37	49	−12	39
12	MKE Ankaragücü	34	10	8	16	39	52	−13	38
13	Van BB	34	10	7	17	31	50	−19	37
14	Altay	34	9	10	15	30	60	−30	37
15	Çanakkale Dardanelspor	34	10	6	18	35	65	−30	36
16	Sarıyer (R)	34	9	7	18	41	54	−13	34
17	Denizlispor (R)	34	5	5	24	36	81	−45	20
18	Zeytinburnuspor (R)	34	2	5	27	26	86	−60	11

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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