1996–97 Slovak Superliga

The 1996–97 Slovak First Football League was the fourth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 3 August 1996 and ended on 11 June 1997. Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions.

1. Liga
Season1996–97
Dates3 August 1996 – 11 June 1997
Champions1.FC Košice
RelegatedFC Nitra
ZŤS Dubnica
Champions League1.FC Košice
UEFA CupFC Spartak Trnava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Intertoto CupOzeta Dukla Trenčín
FC Rimavská Sobota
Matches played240
Goals scored605 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerJozef Kožlej
(22 goals)
Biggest home winKošice 5:0 Tatran
B.Bystrica 5:0 R.Sobota
Biggest away winDubnica 0:5 Slovan
Highest scoringHumenné 3:6 B.Bystrica
Average attendanceIncrease 4,083

Teams

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A total of 16 teams was contested in the league, including 12 sides from the 1995–96 season and four promoted from the 2. Liga.

No team was relegated to the 1996–97 2. Liga due to the decision of the organization of 1. Liga, that the number of teams in the league should be expanded from 12 to 16 teams from that season. The fourth teams who are promoted from 1995–96 2. Liga are Artmedia Petržalka, MŠK Žilina, Rimavská Sobota and ZTS Kerametal Dubnica.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
1. FC Košice Košice Všešportový areál 30,312
Artmedia Petržalka Petržalka Štadión Petržalka 7,500
BSC JAS Bardejov Bardejov Mestský štadión Bardejov 3,040
Chemlon Humenné Humenné Chemlon Stadion 10,000
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000
DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda 16,410
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Bratislava Štadión Pasienky 12,000
Lokomotíva Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000
FC Nitra Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384
MFK Petrimex Prievidza Prievidza Futbalový štadión Prievidza 6,000
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000
Tauris Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota Na Zahradkach Stadium 5,000
ZTS Kerametal Dubnica Dubnica Štadión Zimný 5,450

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Košice (C) 30 21 7 2 61 19 +42 70 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Spartak Trnava 30 21 6 3 66 24 +42 69 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Slovan Bratislava 30 15 5 10 49 33 +16 50 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Inter Bratislava 30 13 9 8 38 35 +3 48
5 Dukla Banská Bystrica 30 13 5 12 48 37 +11 44
6 Tatran Prešov 30 12 7 11 37 38 −1 43
7 Bardejov 30 11 7 12 34 36 −2 40
8 Petrimex Prievidza 30 10 7 13 41 43 −2 37
9 Žilina 30 11 4 15 30 34 −4 37 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
10 Lokomotíva Košice 30 8 13 9 27 31 −4 37
11 Chemlon Humenné 30 11 3 16 34 44 −10 36
12 Rimavská Sobota 30 11 3 16 31 46 −15 36
13 Artmedia Petržalka 30 9 8 13 29 49 −20 35
14 DAC Dunajská Streda 30 9 7 14 29 45 −16 34
15 ZTS Kerametal Dubnica (R) 30 8 8 14 29 43 −14 32 Relegation to 2. Liga
16 Nitra (R) 30 5 5 20 22 48 −26 20
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ART BB BAR DAC DUB HUM INT KOŠ LOK NIT PRE PRI RIM SLO TRN ŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–1
Dukla Banská Bystrica 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–3 0–1 2–0
Bardejov 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
DAC Dunajská Streda 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 4–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0
ZTS Dubnica 2–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–5 0–1 1–0
Chemlon Humenné 0–0 3–6 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Inter Bratislava 3–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–0
1. FC Košice 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 4–0
Lokomotíva Košice 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1
Nitra 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–1
Prešov 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–3 0–2
Petrimex Prievidza 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–1
Rimavská Sobota 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Slovan Bratislava 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0
Spartak Trnava 5–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 3–1
Žilina 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–3
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Jozef Kožlej 1.FC Kosice 22
2   Július Šimon Trnava 14
3   Szilárd Németh Slovan 12
4   Rolf Landerl Inter 10
5   Ľubomír Luhový Trnava 9
  Róbert Semeník 1.FC Kosice
  Jozef Pisár Rimavska Sobota
  Ivan Lapšanský B.Bystrica
  Milan Rimanovský DAC D.Streda
  Jaroslav Timko Trnava

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Streleckým rekordérom stále Róbert Semeník".