1996–97 Divizia A

79th season of top-tier football league in Romania Divizia A 1996–97 Steaua Bucureștihttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1996_97.shtml Divizia A - Tables - statistics Romaniansoccer.ro July 28, 2026 Politehnica TimișoaraBraşov Champions League Steaua București Cup Winners' Cup Naţional București UEFA Cup Dinamo BucureștiOţelul Galaţi Intertoto Cup Rapid BucureștiGloria Bistriţa Sabin Ilie (31) Petrolul 7–1 SportulBraşov 6–0 Jiul Cluj 1–7 Steaua Steaua 5–4 ClujCluj 5–4 CeahlăulPetrolul 4–5 Politehnica 306 871 Steaua (5) Steaua (10) 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 Romania center 625 Location of teams in 1996-97 Divizia A Romania 45.423333 28.0425 Oțelul left Romania 46.583333 26.916667 AS Bacău bottom Romania 46.9275 26.370833 Ceahlăul top Romania 44.860556 24.867778 Argeș left Romania 44.933333 26.033333 Petrolul right Romania 44.166667 28.633333 Farul top Romania 44.333333 23.816667 Universitatea top Romania 47.133333 24.5 Gloria top Romania 45.412222 23.373333 Jiul top Romania 46.766667 23.583333 Universitatea bottom Romania 44.924444 25.457222 Chindia top Romania 45.759722 21.23 Politehnica top Romania 45.666667 25.616667 FC Brașov top Romania 44.4325 26.103889 Bucharest Green pog.svg top Romania TransparentPlaceholder.png 47.8 20.2 Bucharest teams:SteauaNaționalDinamoRapidSportul Studențesc right League table main WDL QR STE Steaua București NAT Național București DIN Dinamo București OȚE Oțelul Galați BAC Bacău CEA Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț ARG Argeș Pitești RAP Rapid București PET Petrolul Ploiești FAR Farul Constanța UCR Universitatea Craiova SPO Sportul Studențesc București GBI Gloria Bistrița JIU Jiul Petroşani UCL Universitatea Cluj CHI Chindia Târgoviște POL Politehnica Timișoara BRA Brașov 23 4 7 87 40 C 21 5 8 69 36 18 5 11 56 34 17 7 10 54 39 16 5 13 43 41 15 7 12 51 50 14 8 12 46 37 13 9 12 45 41 13 7 14 48 43 14 4 16 46 52 12 7 15 48 52 12 6 16 36 52 11 8 15 38 45 12 5 17 33 61 11 6 17 52 67 11 5 18 32 55 10 5 19 45 65 R 9 5 20 42 61 R PET 3-0 FAR; FAR 1-0 PET PET GLO 3-0 JIU; JIU 2-0 GLO GBI green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQR blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS ICGS red1 Relegation to Divizia B R R complete LT ro 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. Positions by round table br 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1st 2nd 3rd red1 LT ro April 2013 Results main FBR 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 complete LT ro Top goalscorers Positionhttp://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml Top Scorers www.romaniansoccer.ro 13 May 2021 Romanian 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 Bucureștihttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml Romania National Champions RomanianSoccer 13 May 2021Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (22 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (11 / 0); Zoltan Ritli (6 / 0). Defenders: Marius Baciu (32 / 2); Tiberiu Csik (11 / 0); Bogdan Bucur (13 / 0); Adrian Matei (11 / 0); Iulian Miu (20 / 0); Daniel Prodan (12 / 0); Valeriu Răchită (19 / 1); Laurențiu Reghecampf (12 / 1); Radu Cozma (1 / 0); Lucian Nan (3 / 0); Fani Vrânceanu (1 / 0); Tudorel Zamfirescu (13 / 0); Marin Dumitrache (1 / 0). Midfielders: Augustin Călin (23 / 8); Cristian Ciocoiu (22 / 6); Iulian Filipescu (9 / 0); Damian Militaru (31 / 6); Cristian Pușcaș (5 / 0); Iosif Rotariu (16 / 4); Ilie Stan (11 / 2); Dennis Șerban (31 / 8); Leonard Nemțanu (3 / 1); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0). Forwards: Sabin Ilie (31 / 31); Adrian Ilie (10 / 1); Marius Lăcătuș (22 / 5); Roland Nagy (28 / 2); Narcis Răducan (2 / 0); Laurențiu Roșu (23 / 6); Cătălin Munteanu (12 / 5); Marius Mitu (2 / 0); Ilie Breciugă (1 / 0); Cătălin Dănilescu (1 / 0); Mircea Stanciu (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu. Attendances No. Club Average 1 Jiul 12,471 2 Craiova 12,206 3 Steaua 10,382 4 Oţelul 10,000 5 Chindia 8,235 6 FC Rapid 7,382 7 Timişoara 7,088 8 Petrolul 6,824 9 Argeş 6,559 10 U Cluj 6,029 11 Ceahlăul 5,794 12 Farul 5,647 13 Dinamo 1948 5,147 14 Bacău 4,635 15 Braşov 4,471 16 Naţional 4,235 17 Sportul Studenţesc 3,553 18 Gloria 3,276Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rom/averom97.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 28, 2026 References Category:Liga I seasons Romania Category:1996–97 in Romanian football