1996–97 Divizia A
79th season of top-tier football league in Romania
Football league season
| Season | 1996–97 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Steaua București[1] |
| Relegated | Politehnica Timișoara Braşov |
| Champions League | Steaua București |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Naţional București |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo București Oţelul Galaţi |
| Intertoto Cup | Rapid București 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 seventy-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.
Teams
FC Brașov
Bucharest
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Location of teams in 1996-97 Divizia ALeague table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 40 | +47 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Național București | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 58 | |
| 5 | Bacău | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 53 | |
| 6 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 52 | |
| 7 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 50 | |
| 8 | Rapid București | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 46[a] | |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 46[a] | |
| 11 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 43 | |
| 12 | Sportul Studențesc București | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 42 | |
| 13 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41[b] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 14 | Jiul Petroşani | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 41[b] | |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 39 | |
| 16 | Chindia Târgoviște | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 38 | |
| 17 | Politehnica Timișoara (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 35 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Brașov (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 |
Source: LT (in 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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b PET 3-0 FAR; FAR 1-0 PET
- ^ a b GLO 3-0 JIU; JIU 2-0 GLO
Positions by round
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Results
| Home \ Away | ARG | BAC | BRA | CEA | UCR | DIN | FAR | GBI | JIU | OȚE | PET | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | POL | CHI | UCL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Position[2] | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabin Ilie | Steaua București | 31 |
| 2 | Mugur Gușatu | Politehnica Timișoara | 17 |
| 3 | Leonard Strizu | Braşov | 16 |
| 4 | Bănică Oprea | Farul Constanța | 15 |
| 5 | Dumitru Târțău | Rapid București | 14 |
Champion squad
| Steaua București[3] |
|---|
| Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (22 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (11 / 0); Zoltan Ritli (6 / 0). Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu. |
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