1996–97 Czech First League

The 1996–97 Czech First League was the fourth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic. The season saw a Czech league attendance record for a single match, as 44,120 watched the game between Boby Brno and Slavia Prague.

Czech First League

Season	1996–97
Champions	Sparta Prague
Relegated	Karviná Bohemians Prague
Champions League	Sparta Prague
Cup Winners' Cup	Slavia Prague
UEFA Cup	Jablonec Boby Brno
Matches played	240
Goals scored	571 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Horst Siegl (19)
Biggest home win	Drnovice 6–0 Bohemians Prague Sparta Prague 6–0 Jablonec
Biggest away win	Bohemians Prague 2–5 Drnovice Drnovice 1–4 Slavia Prague Drnovice 0–3 Č. Budějovice Hradec Králové 0–3 Sparta Prague
Highest scoring	Č. Budějovice 5–4 Teplice
Highest attendance	44,120 Brno 1–1 Slavia Prague (2 October 1996)
Lowest attendance	1,288 Bohemians Prague 0–0 Žižkov (11 June 1997)
Average attendance	7,155
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

League changes

Relegated to the 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga

• Svit Zlín (15th)
• Uherské Hradiště (16th)

Dissolved after the 1995–96 Czech First League

• Union Cheb (bankruptcy; 13th)

Promoted from the 1995–96 Czech 2. Liga

• Bohemians Prague (4th)
• Karviná (1st)
• Teplice (2nd)

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

České Budějovice

Drnovice

Bohemians
Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Brno

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Karviná

Olomouc

Opava

Liberec

Teplice

Plzeň

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Location of clubs in the 1996–97 Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague (C)	30	19	8	3	61	20	+41	65	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Slavia Prague	30	18	7	5	59	24	+35	61	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Jablonec	30	17	5	8	40	29	+11	56	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Boby Brno	30	14	10	6	44	35	+9	52
5	Slovan Liberec	30	12	10	8	33	30	+3	46
6	České Budějovice	30	11	11	8	38	40	−2	44
7	Drnovice	30	12	7	11	53	44	+9	43
8	Sigma Olomouc	30	10	10	10	36	30	+6	40
9	Kaučuk Opava	30	10	10	10	34	35	−1	40
10	Baník Ostrava	30	8	13	9	33	35	−2	37
11	Viktoria Plzeň	30	7	11	12	33	37	−4	32
12	Viktoria Žižkov	30	6	11	13	17	33	−16	29
13	Teplice	30	6	10	14	21	37	−16	28
14	Hradec Králové	30	5	13	12	22	39	−17	28
15	Karviná (R)	30	6	7	17	25	50	−25	25	Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16	Bohemians Prague (R)	30	4	7	19	22	53	−31	19

Source: Fortuna liga
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	OST	BRN	BOH	ČBU	DRN	HRK	JAB	KAR	OPA	OLO	SLA	LIB	SPA	TEP	PLZ	VŽI
Baník Ostrava		1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0
Boby Brno	3–2		3–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1
Bohemians Prague	0–1	1–1		1–1	2–5	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0
České Budějovice	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–4	2–2	1–0
Drnovice	5–2	2–0	6–0	0–3		1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	1–3	0–2	1–0	4–1	4–0
Hradec Králové	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2		0–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0
Jablonec	3–3	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1
Karviná	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1		1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1
Kaučuk Opava	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–0
Sigma Olomouc	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	4–2	3–0	1–1		0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1
Slavia Prague	2–0	4–0	4–2	3–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	3–0		1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Slovan Liberec	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3		0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0
Sparta Prague	1–0	5–0	3–4	5–0	2–2	1–0	6–0	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–0		4–2	2–0	1–0
Teplice	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		1–1	1–0
Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1		1–1
Viktoria Žižkov	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1

Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	19
2	Karel Vácha	Slavia Prague	14
3	Radek Drulák	Petra Drnovice	13
	Alois Grussmann	Kaučuk Opava
5	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague	12
6	Jozef Majoroš	Petra Drnovice	11
	Jan Saidl	České Budějovice
	Ladislav Fujdiar	České Budějovice
	Martin Rozhon	Kaučuk Opava / Petra Drnovice

See also

• 1996–97 Czech Cup
• 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga

References

• (in Czech) ČMFS statistics