Czech football championship 1996/97

Czech football championship 1996/97
master	Sparta Prague
Champions League qualification	Sparta Prague
UEFA Cup qualification	FK Jablonec , FC Boby Brno
Cup winners	Slavia Prague
European Cup Winners' Cup	Slavia Prague
Relegated	FC Karviná , Bohemians Prague 1905
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	571  (ø 2.38 per game)
spectator	1,710,045  (ø 7125 per game)
Top scorer	Horst Siegl ( Sparta Prague )
← Czech football championship 1995/96 Gambrinus League 1997/98 →
Druhá fotbalová liga ↓

The 1st fotbalová liga 1996/97 ( 1st football league 1996/97 ) was the fourth season of the top Czech league in football . It was held from August 9, 1996 to June 11, 1997 with a winter break from December 2, 1996 to February 22, 1997.

16 teams played against each other twice on a total of 30 match days, divided into a first half and a second half.

Sparta Prague secured their third Czech championship on the penultimate matchday. While Sparta won their home game against Sigma Olmütz on matchday 29, they benefited from the simultaneous defeat of local rivals Slavia in Jablonec .

Runner-up and defending champion Sparta Prague won the Czech Cup and took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup. FK Jablonec and Boby Brno qualified third and fourth for the UEFA Cup, respectively .

FC Karviná and Bohemians Prague in 1905 were relegated to the Druhá fotbalová liga .

Attendees

Sparta Prague Slavia Prague Bohemians Liberec Ceske Budejovice Hradec Králové Drnovice Pilsen Jablonec Brno Olomouc Ostrava Žižkov Opava Karviná Teplice

Venues 1996/97

team	Venue
Bohemians Prague 1905	Prague
Slavia Prague	Prague
Sparta Prague	Prague
FC Boby Brno	Brno
Dynamo Budweis	Ceske Budejovice
FC Petra Drnovice	Drnovice u Vyškova
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou
FC Karviná	Karviná
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové
Slovan Liberec	Liberec
Baník Ostrava	Ostrava
SK Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc
Viktoria Plzen	Pilsen
FK Teplice	Teplice
FK Viktoria Žižkov	Prague
FC Kaučuk Opava	Opava

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sparta Prague (P)	30th	19th	8th	3	061:200	+41	65
2.	Slavia Prague (M)	30th	18th	7th	5	059:240	+35	61
3.	FK Jablonec	30th	17th	5	8th	040:290	+11	56
4th	FC Boby Brno	30th	14th	10	6th	044:350	+9	52
5.	Slovan Liberec	30th	12	8th	10	033:300	+3	44
6th	Dynamo Budweis	30th	11	11	8th	038:400	−2	44
7th	FC Petra Drnovice	30th	12	7th	11	053:440	+9	43
8th.	SK Sigma Olomouc	30th	10	10	10	036:300	+6	40
9.	FC Kaučuk Opava	30th	13	7th	10	034:350	−1	46
10.	Baník Ostrava	30th	8th	13	9	033:350	−2	37
11.	Viktoria Plzen	30th	7th	11	12	033:370	−4	32
12.	FK Viktoria Žižkov	30th	6th	11	13	017:330	−16	29
13.	FK Teplice (N)	30th	6th	10	14th	021:370	−16	28
14th	FC Hradec Králové	30th	5	13	12	022:390	−17	28
15th	FC Karviná (N)	30th	6th	7th	17th	025:500	−25	25th
16.	Bohemians Prague 1905 (N)	30th	4th	7th	19th	022:530	−31	19th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

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

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 1997/98 UEFA Cup

Czech cup winner and participation in the 1st round of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98

Relegation to the Fotbalová národní liga 1997/98

(M)	reigning Czech champion
(P)	reigning Czech cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1996/97
Sparta Prague		1: 1	6-0	5-0	3-0	5-0	2: 2	2: 1	5: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	4: 2	1-0	2: 2	3: 4
Slavia Prague	1: 1		2: 1	4-0	1: 2	3-0	3-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0	4: 1	5: 1	4: 2
FK Jablonec	1-0	1-0		4: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	3: 3	3-0	3: 1	0-0	2-0	1-0	2-0
FC Boby Brno	2: 1	1: 1	3-0		1: 1	2: 1	4: 1	1-0	2-0	3: 2	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	5: 1	3: 1
Slovan Liberec	0: 2	2: 3	1-0	1: 2		0: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	4: 1	1-0	2-0
SK Sigma Olomouc	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1		2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	5: 4	1: 1	2-0	2: 1
FC Petra Drnovice	0: 2	1: 4	2: 1	2-0	1: 3	0: 3		0-0	2: 1	5: 2	4: 1	4-0	1-0	1: 1	4-0	6-0
SK Sigma Olomouc	0-0	0: 1	4: 2	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1		1: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 1	1: 1	5: 1	3-0	0-0
FC Kaučuk Opava	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2		3-0	0: 2	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	4-0
Baník Ostrava	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0		1: 1	3-0	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 1
Viktoria Plzen	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 3	4-0	2: 1	1-0	5: 1	0-0		1: 1	1: 1	0-0	3-0	0: 1
FK Teplice	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1		0-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 2
FK Viktoria Žižkov	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 3	0-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0		2: 1	0: 2	1-0
FC Hradec Králové	0: 3	1: 2	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	1-0		3: 1	1-0
FC Karviná	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0-0		0: 1
Bohemians Prague 1905	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 5	1: 3	1: 2	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	0: 2

The championship team from Sparta Prague

1.

Sparta Prague

Goal: Michal Čaloun (24 / -), Ivan Ondruška (5 / -), Tomáš Poštulka (1 / -) Defense: Petr Gabriel (26/1), Peter Gunda (8 / -), Ivan Hašek (14/3), Michal Horňák (29/4), Jiří Novotný (29/2), Antonín Plachý (1 / -), Tomáš Řepka (25/1), Tomáš Votava (25 / -), Jan Zakopal (1 / -) Midfield: Michal Bílek (13/1), Martin Čížek (14/3), Martin Frýdek (27/2), Jiří Jarošík (10 / -), Lumír Mistr (13/4), Josef Němec (1 / -), Vlastimil Svoboda (28/1), Zdeněk Svoboda (25/4), Milan Šedivý (3 / -) Storm: Vratislav Lokvenc (30/12), Ruslan Ljubarskyj (7 / -), Josef Obajdin (25/4), Horst Siegl (29/19) Coach: Vlastimil Petržela (1st – 5th matchday), Jozef Chovanec (6th –30th matchday),

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	19th
02.	Karel Vácha	Slavia Prague	14th
03.	Radek Drulák	FC Petra Drnovice	13
	Alois Grussmann	FC Kaučuk Opava
05.	Ladislav Fujdiar	Dynamo Budweis	11
	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague
	Jozef Majoroš	FC Petra Drnovice
	Jan Saidl	Dynamo Budweis

Web links

• History Ligy (Czech)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Czech Republic 1996/97 - results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .