1996–97 Croatian First Football League

Croatian First Football League

Season	1996–97
Champions	Croatia Zagreb 3rd Croatian title 7th domestic title
Champions League	Croatia Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Hajduk Split
Intertoto Cup	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Top goalscorer	Igor Cvitanović (20)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

Prva A HNL

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	1997–98 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	30	18	6	6	53	22	+31	60	1997–98 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	30	13	10	7	51	37	+14	49	1997 UEFA 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	1997–98 UEFA 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	0 Relegation play-offs0
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 1997–98 Druga HNL
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.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away

CIB

CZG

HAJ

HRD

INK

IST

MAR

MLA

ORI

OSI

RIJ

SEG

ŠIB

VAR

ZAD

ZAG

Cibalia

0–1

3–0

2–0

2–0

3–2

2–0

3–0

0–3

1–2

1–4

2–0

2–1

2–0

1–2

0–2

Croatia Zagreb

3–0

2–1

2–1

5–1

7–0

4–2

2–3

3–2

3–2

3–0

3–3

4–0

6–1

2–0

4–1

Hajduk Split

4–0

1–2

0–0

4–0

2–3

7–0

0–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

5–1

1–0

Hrvatski Dragovoljac

2–1

0–3

0–0

4–1

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

2–0

3–2

5–1

4–1

0–0

3–1

4–2

Inker Zaprešić

2–1

1–2

0–2

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

0–2

0–3

2–1

1–4

0–1

1–2

Istra Pula

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–4

1–0

0–2

2–2

1–0

0–1

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

3–0

3–2

Marsonia

1–0

0–6

2–1

1–2

4–1

1–0

2–0

3–0

0–3

1–0

0–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

4–1

Mladost 127

2–1

1–1

1–2

0–4

3–2

3–1

2–0

5–1

0–0

0–0

1–1

2–1

3–0

3–0

0–0

Orijent

2–1

1–3

0–2

0–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

Osijek

1–2

0–4

0–1

1–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

2–1

5–1

4–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

0–2

Rijeka

3–0

1–2

1–3

2–2

4–0

2–0

5–3

0–0

4–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

1–1

3–0

Segesta

3–1

0–1

0–0

3–0

4–0

3–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–3

2–2

1–1

Šibenik

5–0

0–0

0–2

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

2–0

5–1

2–0

0–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

Varteks

2–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

2–0

4–0

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

Zadarkomerc

2–3

1–2

2–2

1–1

3–1

1–0

2–1

4–2

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

0–0

3–5

1–0

NK Zagreb

6–1

0–6

2–0

4–0

4–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

1–2

3–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 1 June 1997.
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Prva B HNL

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Samobor (P)	30	22	6	2	70	21	+49	72	0 Relegation play-offs0
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 1997–98 Druga HNL
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.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Relegation play-offs

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Samobor	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	1997–98 Prva HNL
2	Marsonia	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3	Relegation to 1997–98 Druga HNL
3	Dubrovnik	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Group B

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.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Replay

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slaven Belupo	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	1997–98 Prva HNL
2	Cibalia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	Relegation to 1997–98 Druga HNL
3	Segesta	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

See also

• 1996–97 Croatian Football Cup

External links

• 1996–97 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation