1996–97 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season	1996–97
Champions	Steaua Bucureşti^[1]
Relegated	Politehnica Timișoara Braşov
Champions League	Steaua Bucureşti
Cup Winners' Cup	Naţional Bucureşti
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto Cup	Rapid Bucureşti Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played	306
Goals scored	871 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sabin Ilie (31)
Biggest home win	Petrolul 7–1 Sportul Braşov 6–0 Jiul
Biggest away win	Cluj 1–7 Steaua
Highest scoring	Steaua 5–4 Cluj Cluj 5–4 Ceahlăul Petrolul 4–5 Politehnica
Longest winning run	Steaua (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (10)
Longest losing run	Politehnica (7)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Divizia A was the sseventy-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Steaua București !Steaua București (C)	34	23	4	7	87	40	+47	73	1997–98 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Național București !Național București	34	21	5	8	69	36	+33	68	1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
3	Dinamo București !Dinamo București	34	18	5	11	56	34	+22	59	1997–98 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
4	Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați	34	17	7	10	54	39	+15	58	1997–98 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
5	Bacău !Bacău	34	16	5	13	43	41	+2	53
6	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	15	7	12	51	50	+1	52
7	Argeș Pitești !Argeș Pitești	34	14	8	12	46	37	+9	50
8	Rapid București !Rapid București	34	13	9	12	45	41	+4	48	1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
9	Petrolul Ploiești !Petrolul Ploiești	34	13	7	14	48	43	+5	46		PET 3-0 FAR FAR 1-0 PET
10	Farul Constanța !Farul Constanța	34	14	4	16	46	52	−6	46		PET 3-0 FAR FAR 1-0 PET
11	Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova	34	12	7	15	48	52	−4	43
12	Sportul Studențesc București !Sportul Studențesc București	34	12	6	16	36	52	−16	42
13	Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița	34	11	8	15	38	45	−7	41	1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage	GLO 3-0 JIU JIU 2-0 GLO
14	Jiul Petroşani !Jiul Petroşani	34	12	5	17	33	61	−28	41		GLO 3-0 JIU JIU 2-0 GLO
15	Universitatea Cluj !Universitatea Cluj	34	11	6	17	52	67	−15	39
16	Chindia Târgoviște !Chindia Târgoviște	34	11	5	18	32	55	−23	38
17	Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara (R)	34	10	5	19	45	65	−20	35	Relegation to Divizia B
18	Brașov !Brașov (R)	34	9	5	20	42	61	−19	32	Relegation to Divizia B

Source: LT (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) 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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Argeș Pitești !Argeș Pitești	9	12	6	11	13	13	11	10	12	11	12	9	6	8	9	7	8	9	6	7	6	7	6	5	4	5	5	6	7	6	7	6	7	7
Bacău !Bacău	14	6	2	5	7	10	8	8	9	13	8	10	12	14	13	14	12	10	11	8	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	6	5
Brașov !Brașov	18	10	13	15	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	15	7	12	14	14	15	13	12	10	8	7	8	8	9	12	13	11	6	8	10	8	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	6
Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova	1	4	9	12	12	9	10	13	11	9	11	11	13	10	14	9	14	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	12	12	14	12	8	8	9	8	10	11
Dinamo București !Dinamo București	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Farul Constanța !Farul Constanța	10	13	7	3	8	7	9	9	8	10	10	12	10	12	10	11	9	11	13	13	14	13	15	11	13	15	12	15	11	14	10	13	11	10
Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița	17	9	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	18	18	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	13	14	16	13	15	13	13
Jiul Petroşani !Jiul Petroşani	2	1	4	2	4	2	7	5	7	7	9	7	9	7	7	6	6	7	10	9	11	14	9	9	11	8	10	11	13	12	15	11	14	14
Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați	13	18	11	8	10	8	6	2	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Petrolul Ploiești !Petrolul Ploiești	11	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	12	11	13	14	15	13	13	14	16	13	16	12	9	9
Național București !Național București	5	3	3	7	3	1	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Rapid București !Rapid București	7	15	17	18	18	14	15	14	13	12	13	13	11	11	8	10	7	5	7	6	7	9	10	10	8	9	11	8	9	9	8	9	8	8
Sportul Studențesc București !Sportul Studențesc București	16	17	18	13	11	11	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	15	15	15	16	15	15	11	12	14	16	16	16	15	11	12	10	12	12
Steaua București !Steaua București	4	5	14	10	6	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara	12	16	10	6	9	12	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chindia Târgoviște !Chindia Târgoviște	6	8	5	9	5	6	5	7	4	5	6	5	4	5	5	8	10	13	9	11	9	10	12	13	10	11	9	10	12	15	14	16	16	16
Universitatea Cluj !Universitatea Cluj	8	11	8	4	2	5	4	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	10	8	9	10	10	11	14	15	15

Source: LT (Romanian)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Argeș Pitești !ARG	Bacău !BAC	Brașov !BRA	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !CEA	Universitatea Craiova !UCR	Dinamo București !DIN	Farul Constanța !FAR	Gloria Bistrița !GBI	Jiul Petroşani !JIU	Oțelul Galați !OȚE	Petrolul Ploiești !PET	Național București !NAT	Rapid București !RAP	Sportul Studențesc București !SPO	Steaua București !STE	Politehnica Timișoara !POL	Chindia Târgoviște !CHI	Universitatea Cluj !UCL
Argeș Pitești !Argeș Pitești		3–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Bacău !Bacău	1–2		1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2
Brașov !Brașov	3–0	1–1		1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	6–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–0	2–3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2–1	3–1	3–1		2–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	4–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1
Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova	1–3	1–1	5–0	3–1		0–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	4–1
Dinamo București !Dinamo București	4–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–0		5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Farul Constanța !Farul Constanța	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1		0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	0–0
Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2		3–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–1
Jiul Petroşani !Jiul Petroşani	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–4	1–0	3–0	2–0		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	2–1
Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–1		3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–5	2–0	6–1	2–0
Petrolul Ploiești !Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	7–1	1–1	4–5	1–1	1–0
Național București !Național București	3–1	1–0	6–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	4–0	1–3	4–1		3–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	4–1	4–3
Rapid București !Rapid București	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–4	0–1	2–4		1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–0
Sportul Studențesc București !Sportul Studențesc București	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–2	0–5	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0		0–3	1–0	2–1	0–0
Steaua București !Steaua București	2–1	1–5	3–0	3–3	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	6–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–1		5–1	4–1	5–4
Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara	1–3	4–1	2–1	3–2	0–4	3–0	0–0	5–2	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	4–1
Chindia Târgoviște !Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–0		0–0
Universitatea Cluj !Universitatea Cluj	0–1	0–2	3–2	5–4	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–4	1–7	4–1	5–1

Source: LT (Romanian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sabin Ilie	Steaua Bucureşti	31
2	Mugur Guşatu	Politehnica Timișoara	17
3	Leonard Strizu	Braşov	16

References

↑ 1996–97 Divizia A

2015–16 Liga I

ACS Poli Astra Giurgiu Botoșani CFR Cluj Concordia Chiajna CSMS Iași CS U Craiova Dinamo București Pandurii Târgu Jiu Petrolul Ploiești Steaua București Târgu Mureș Viitorul Constanța Voluntari

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1996–97 in European football (UEFA)

« 1995–96 1997–98 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Germany Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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