1996–97 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1996–97
ChampionsSteaua București[1]
RelegatedPolitehnica Timișoara
Braşov
Champions LeagueSteaua București
Cup Winners' CupNaţional București
UEFA CupDinamo București
Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto CupRapid București
Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played306
Goals scored871 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerSabin Ilie (31)
Biggest home winPetrolul 7–1 Sportul
Braşov 6–0 Jiul
Biggest away winCluj 1–7 Steaua
Highest scoringSteaua 5–4 Cluj
Cluj 5–4 Ceahlăul
Petrolul 4–5 Politehnica
Longest winning runSteaua (5)
Longest unbeaten runSteaua (10)
Longest losing runPolitehnica (7)

The 1996–97 Divizia A was the seventy-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

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Location of teams in 1996-97 Divizia A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 34 23 4 7 87 40 +47 73 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Național București 34 21 5 8 69 36 +33 68 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 34 18 5 11 56 34 +22 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Oțelul Galați 34 17 7 10 54 39 +15 58
5 Bacău 34 16 5 13 43 41 +2 53
6 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 15 7 12 51 50 +1 52
7 Argeș Pitești 34 14 8 12 46 37 +9 50
8 Rapid București 34 13 9 12 45 41 +4 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9 Petrolul Ploiești 34 13 7 14 48 43 +5 46[a]
10 Farul Constanța 34 14 4 16 46 52 −6 46[a]
11 Universitatea Craiova 34 12 7 15 48 52 −4 43
12 Sportul Studențesc București 34 12 6 16 36 52 −16 42
13 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 8 15 38 45 −7 41[b] Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
14 Jiul Petroşani 34 12 5 17 33 61 −28 41[b]
15 Universitatea Cluj 34 11 6 17 52 67 −15 39
16 Chindia Târgoviște 34 11 5 18 32 55 −23 38
17 Politehnica Timișoara (R) 34 10 5 19 45 65 −20 35 Relegation to Divizia B
18 Brașov (R) 34 9 5 20 42 61 −19 32
Source: LT (in Romanian)
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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b PET 3-0 FAR; FAR 1-0 PET
  2. ^ a b GLO 3-0 JIU; JIU 2-0 GLO

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Argeș Pitești9126111313111012111296897896767654556767677
Bacău1462571088913810121413141210118108887777676765
Brașov18101315151616161715161717171616161618181817171717171818181818181818
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț1571214141513121087889121311681086566665455556
Universitatea Craiova1491212910131191111131014914121212131214151212141288981011
Dinamo București3211132114445444444443333333333333
Farul Constanța101373879981010121012101191113131413151113151215111410131110
Gloria Bistrița1791516161717171618181616161718171716151616161616141513141613151313
Jiul Petroşani2142427577979776671091114991181011131215111414
Oțelul Galați13181181086253333333333334445444544444
Petrolul Ploiești111416171718181818171515151515151314141412111314151313141613161299
Național București5337311432222221222111111112212222
Rapid București715171818141514131213131111810757679101089118998988
Sportul Studențesc București16171813111112111414141414131112151515161515111214161616151112101212
Steaua București451410643321111112111222222221121111
Politehnica Timișoara121610691214151516171818181817181817171718181818181717171717171717
Chindia Târgoviște6859565745654558101391191012131011910121514161616
Universitatea Cluj811842546665676655855557791089101011141515
Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away ARG BAC BRA CEA UCR DIN FAR GBI JIU OȚE PET NAT RAP SPO STE POL CHI UCL
Argeș Pitești — 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1
Bacău 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2
Brașov 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 6–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–1 2–0 2–3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2–1 3–1 3–1 — 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 4–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1
Universitatea Craiova 1–3 1–1 5–0 3–1 — 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–1
Dinamo București 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 — 5–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0
Farul Constanța 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 — 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–0
Gloria Bistrița 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 — 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–1
Jiul Petroşani 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–0 3–0 2–0 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–1
Oțelul Galați 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 — 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–5 2–0 6–1 2–0
Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–1 7–1 1–1 4–5 1–1 1–0
Național București 3–1 1–0 6–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 4–0 1–3 4–1 — 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 4–3
Rapid București 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–4 0–1 2–4 — 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 1–0
Sportul Studențesc București 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 4–2 0–5 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 — 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0
Steaua București 2–1 1–5 3–0 3–3 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 6–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 — 5–1 4–1 5–4
Politehnica Timișoara 1–3 4–1 2–1 3–2 0–4 3–0 0–0 5–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 — 2–1 4–1
Chindia Târgoviște 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 — 0–0
Universitatea Cluj 0–1 0–2 3–2 5–4 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–4 1–7 4–1 5–1 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Position[2] Player Club Goals
1 Sabin Ilie Steaua București 31
2 Mugur Gușatu Politehnica Timișoara 17
3 Leonard Strizu Braşov 16
4 Bănică Oprea Farul Constanța 15
5 Dumitru Târțău Rapid București 14

Champion squad

Steaua București[3]

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (22 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (11 / 0); Zoltan Ritli (6 / 0).
Defenders: Marius Baciu (32 / 2); Tiberiu Csik (11 / 0); Bogdan Bucur (13 / 0); Adrian Matei (11 / 0); Iulian Miu (20 / 0); Daniel Prodan (12 / 0); Valeriu Răchită (19 / 1); Laurențiu Reghecampf (12 / 1); Radu Cozma (1 / 0); Lucian Nan (3 / 0); Fani Vrânceanu (1 / 0); Tudorel Zamfirescu (13 / 0); Marin Dumitrache (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Augustin Călin (23 / 8); Cristian Ciocoiu (22 / 6); Iulian Filipescu (9 / 0); Damian Militaru (31 / 6); Cristian Pușcaș (5 / 0); Iosif Rotariu (16 / 4); Ilie Stan (11 / 2); Dennis Șerban (31 / 8); Leonard Nemțanu (3 / 1); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0).
Forwards: Sabin Ilie (31 / 31); Adrian Ilie (10 / 1); Marius Lăcătuș (22 / 5); Roland Nagy (28 / 2); Narcis Răducan (2 / 0); Laurențiu Roșu (23 / 6); Cătălin Munteanu (12 / 5); Marius Mitu (2 / 0); Ilie Breciugă (1 / 0); Cătălin Dănilescu (1 / 0); Mircea Stanciu (2 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu.

References

  1. ^ 1996–97 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.