Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1996/97

Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1996/97
master	NK Branik Maribor
Champions League qualification	NK Branik Maribor
Uefa cup	ND HIT Gorica
UI cup	NK audience Celje
Cup winners	NK Branik Maribor
European Cup Winners' Cup	NK Primorye
Relegation ↓	ND Beltinci
Relegated	FC Koper
Teams	10
Games	180 + 2 relegation games
Gates	472  (ø 2.62 per game)
spectator	304,900  (ø 1694 per game)
Top scorer	Faik Kamberović (21 goals)
← Nogometna League 1995/96 Nogometna Liga 1997/98 →
Druga Nogometna Liga 1996/97 ↓

The Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1996/97 , also called Liga Si.mobil Vodafone after the sponsor, was the sixth season of the top Slovenian league in men's football . It began on August 4, 1996 and ended on June 1, 1997. The defending champion was ND HIT Gorica .

mode

The ten teams played against each other four times in the course of a season; twice at home, twice away. Thus each team played 36 games per season. The bottom of the table rose directly, the penultimate played in the relegation against the second in the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga to qualify for the Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1997/98.

societies

Ajdovščina Celje Maribor Twill Gorica Prevalje Murska Sobota Beltinci Velenje Ljubljana

Clubs in the Slovenska Nogometna League 1996/97

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FC Koper	Twill	ŠRC Bonifika Stadium	04,047
ND Beltinci	Beltinci	Beltinco Športni park	01,441
ND HIT Gorica	Nova Gorica	Športni Park stadium	03,066
NK Branik Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,881
NK Korotan Prevalje	Prevalje	Korotan Stadium	00600
NK Mura	Murska Sobota	Fazanerija Stadium	03,782
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Bežigrad Stadium	25,000
NK Primorye	Ajdovščina	Primorye Stadium	01,705
NK audience Celje	Celje	Skalna Klet	02.130
NK Rudar Velenje	Velenje	Ob Jezeru Stadium	02,341

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	NK Branik Maribor	36	21st	8th	7th	071:370	+34	71
2.	NK Primorye	36	19th	9	8th	064:250	+39	66
3.	ND HIT Gorica (M)	36	18th	11	7th	052:330	+19	65
4th	NK audience Celje	36	12	11	13	055:610	−6	47
5.	NK Olimpija Ljubljana (P)	36	11	12	13	054:520	+2	45
6th	NK Korotan Prevalje	36	12	9	15th	032:390	−7	45
7th	NK Mura	36	9	16	11	036:450	−9	43
8th.	NK Rudar Velenje	36	10	12	14th	043:530	−10	42
9.	ND Beltinci	36	7th	11	18th	037:690	−32	32
10.	FC Koper (N)	36	8th	7th	21st	028:610	−33	31

Slovenian champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League

Participation as a cup finalist in the qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98

Participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga

(M)	reigning Slovenian champion
(P)	reigning Slovenian cup winner
(N)	Promoted from the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1995/96

Crosstab

Rounds 1-18

1996/97

Rounds 19-36

society

1-0

3-0

3-0

0-0

5-0

1: 1

2: 1

4: 1

4: 1

NK Branik Maribor

1-0

2-0

3: 1

5: 2

2: 1

0: 1

2-0

5: 1

3-0

1-0

3-0

2-0

1: 1

3-0

3-0

2-0

7-0

5-0

NK Primorye

2-0

1-0

4-0

3: 1

3: 1

0-0

2: 2

1-0

4: 1

1: 1

1: 2

3: 3

2-0

2-0

2-0

0: 1

1-0

2-0

ND HIT Gorica

4: 2

1-0

4-0

2-0

1-0

1: 1

0-0

4: 2

2: 1

1: 1

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

3: 1

3: 2

1: 2

1: 1

6: 2

NK audience Celje

1: 1

0-0

0: 2

2: 5

2: 1

1-0

2-0

3: 2

0: 2

1-0

1: 1

3: 4

2: 1

0: 1

6: 2

1: 2

1: 1

3: 1

NK Olimpija Ljubljana

1: 2

2: 2

0: 1

2: 2

1: 1

1: 1

4: 1

2: 2

2-0

0: 1

0-0

0-0

0-0

0: 2

1-0

0: 1

2-0

2-0

NK Korotan Prevalje

3-0

2: 1

0: 1

0: 1

1-0

1-0

3: 2

2-0

2-0

1: 1

1: 3

2: 2

2: 1

3-0

2-0

1: 1

1: 3

1-0

NK Mura

1: 1

2: 1

1: 1

2: 2

0-0

0: 2

1: 1

2: 2

1-0

1: 6

1: 1

1-0

0: 1

2: 4

3: 3

0-0

5-0

1-0

NK Rudar Velenje

0: 2

1: 3

1: 2

2: 2

2: 3

0-0

1: 1

1-0

3-0

1: 2

2: 1

0: 3

2: 1

1: 2

2: 1

0: 1

1: 1

2: 1

ND Beltinci

0: 3

1-0

0-0

3: 3

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

2: 1

0: 1

0-0

1: 4

0-0

0-0

0: 1

1-0

3: 2

FC Koper

1: 1

0-0

2: 2

2: 1

2: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 2

1-0

Relegation

The ninth of the Premjer-Liga played against the second of the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga to qualify for the Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1997/98.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ND Beltinci	2-0	NK Drava Ptuj	1-0	1-0

Goal scorers

Pl.	Player	society	Gates
1.	Faik Kamberović	NK audience Celje	21st
2.	Ivica Vulić	NK Primorye	17th
3.	Štefan Škaper	NK Mura	14th
	Aljoša Sivko	NK audience Celje
	Oskar Drobne	NK Branik Maribor
	Dinko Vrabac	NK Primorye
7th	Samo Vidović	NK Rudar Velenje	11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Slovenia 1996/97. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017 . 
2. ^ Slovenia 1996/97 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017 .