1996–97 Croatian First Football League

Croatian First Football League 1996–97 Croatia Zagreb3rd Croatian title7th domestic title Several clubs Champions League Croatia Zagreb UEFA Cup Hajduk Split Cup Winners' Cup NK Zagreb Intertoto Cup Hrvatski Dragovoljac Igor Cvitanović (20) Croatia Zagreb 7–0 IstraHajduk Split 7–0 Marsonia NK Zagreb 0–6 Croatia ZagrebMarsonia 0–6 Croatia Zagreb Rijeka 5–3 MarsoniaZadarkomerc 3–5 Varteks 240 649 2,903 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the sixth season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment in 1992. Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibaliaCRO Tomislav RadićVinkovciCroatia ZagrebCRO Otto BarićZagrebStadion Maksimir37,168Hajduk SplitCRO Ivan BuljanSplitStadion Poljud35,000Hrvatski DragovoljacBIH Blaž SliškovićVelika GoricaStadion Radnik8,000Inker ZaprešićCRO Đuro BagoZaprešićIstra PulaCRO Ivica ŠangulinPulaMarsoniaCRO Miroslav BuljanSlavonski BrodMladost 127CRO Zlatko TothSuhopoljeStadion Park5,000OrijentCRO Ilija LončarevićRijekaStadion Krimeja6,000OsijekCRO Milan ĐuričićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt19,500RijekaCRO Branko IvankovićRijekaStadion Kantrida10,275SegestaCRO Zlatko KranjčarSisakŠibenikCRO Vinko BegovićŠibenikStadion Šubićevac8,000VarteksCRO Ivan MarkovićVaraždinStadion Varteks10,800Zadarkomerc CRO Ante ČačićZadar Stadion Stanovi5,860NK ZagrebCRO Krešimir GanjtoZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 1 June 1997. Prva A HNL main WDL Prva A HNL 5 QR CZG Croatia Zagreb HAJ Hajduk Split HRD Hrvatski Dragovoljac RIJ Rijeka ZAG NK Zagreb VAR Varteks ŠIB Šibenik OSI Osijek MLA Mladost 127 ZAD Zadarkomerc SEG Segesta MAR Marsonia CIB Cibalia ORI Orijent IST Istra Pula INK Inker Zaprešić 26 3 1 90 23 C 18 6 6 53 22 13 10 7 51 37 13 7 10 44 32 13 6 11 43 39 12 6 12 34 35 11 8 11 35 30 12 5 13 40 38 10 10 10 37 36 11 7 12 39 45 9 12 9 35 34 R 11 5 14 38 50 R 11 0 19 35 56 R 5 11 14 28 53 R 6 7 17 25 54 R 6 3 21 22 65 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round WCQR red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP RP RP red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R R R 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored complete RSSSF.org Results main FBR grey 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 complete RSSSF.org Prva B HNL main WDL Prva B HNL 5 QR SAM Samobor SLA Slaven Belupo DBK Dubrovnik POŽ Slavonija Požega MOS Mosor PON Ponikve BEL Belišće ČAK Čakovec ZAG Zagorec Krapina PRI Primorac USK Uskok Klis JUN Junak GRA Graničar Županja NER Neretva NVM Napredak Velika Mlaka OLI Olimpija Osijek 22 6 2 70 21 P 16 6 8 51 26 P 15 8 7 54 33 R 16 5 9 44 30 -1 15 5 10 42 28 14 3 13 50 47 12 8 10 41 35 13 4 13 41 45 12 6 12 51 42 13 2 15 32 49 10 5 15 42 54 9 8 13 29 46 10 5 15 34 47 9 6 15 25 50 7 5 18 37 56 3 6 21 27 61 green1 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP RP RP inherit Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R R R R R R R R R R R R R complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored Relegation play-offs Group A main WDL Relegation A QR SAM Samobor MAR Marsonia DBK Dubrovnik 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 6 green1 Advanced to Croatian First Football League P red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R R complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored Group B main WDL Relegation B QR CIB Cibalia SEG Segesta SLA Slaven Belupo 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored Replay main WDL Relegation replay QR SLA Slaven Belupo SEG Segesta CIB Cibalia 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 green1 Advanced to Croatian First Football League P red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R R complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 CRO Igor Cvitanović Croatia Zagreb202 CRO Dragan Vukoja Hrvatski Dragovoljac193 AUS Mark Viduka Croatia Zagreb184 CRO Jurica Vučko Hajduk Split165 CRO Silvio Marić Croatia Zagreb13 CRO Davor Vugrinec Varteks7 CRO Miljenko Mumlek Varteks128 BIH Admir Hasančić Rijeka10 CRO Neno Katulić Marsonia ROM Dumitru Mitu Osijek AUS Josip Skoko Hajduk Split See also 1996–97 Croatian Second Football League 1996–97 Croatian Football Cup External links 1996–97 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1996–97 1 Croatia