1996–97 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season 1996–97
Champions Steaua Bucureşti[1]
Relegated Politehnica Timișoara
Braşov
Champions League Steaua Bucureşti
Cup Winners' Cup Naţional Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Dinamo Bucureşti
Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto Cup Rapid Bucureşti
Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played 306
Goals scored 871 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Sabin Ilie (31)
Biggest home win Petrolul 7–1 Sportul
Braşov 6–0 Jiul
Biggest away win Cluj 1–7 Steaua
Highest scoring Steaua 5–4 Cluj
Cluj 5–4 Ceahlăul
Petrolul 4–5 Politehnica
Longest winning run Steaua (5)
Longest unbeaten run Steaua (10)
Longest losing run Politehnica (7)

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

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Steaua București (C) 34 23 4 7 87 40 +47 73 1997–98 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 Național București 34 21 5 8 69 36 +33 68 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 34 18 5 11 56 34 +22 59 1997–98 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 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
9 Petrolul Ploiești 34 13 7 14 48 43 +5 46 PET 3-0 FAR
FAR 1-0 PET
10 Farul Constanța 34 14 4 16 46 52 6 46
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 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage GLO 3-0 JIU
JIU 2-0 GLO
14 Jiul Petroşani 34 12 5 17 33 61 28 41
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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[1] ARG BAC BRACEAUCRDINFARGBIJIUOȚEPETNATRAPSPOSTEPOLCHIUCL
Argeș Pitești 30 20 41 01 00 41 20 30 00 00 00 22 10 12 10 21 21
Bacău 12 10 11 42 20 30 11 20 11 10 21 10 21 10 20 10 32
Brașov 30 11 10 12 21 31 21 60 00 21 11 11 11 04 31 20 23
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 21 31 31 20 11 42 00 41 02 32 10 00 10 10 00 10 31
Universitatea Craiova 13 11 50 31 02 23 11 00 20 11 20 31 12 32 00 11 41
Dinamo București 41 10 21 41 20 52 30 30 20 31 01 20 21 00 20 21 30
Farul Constanța 21 40 10 30 20 21 00 10 31 10 12 01 10 30 22 31 00
Gloria Bistrița 32 21 20 11 10 10 32 30 50 21 11 02 01 11 40 12 01
Jiul Petroşani 00 10 10 12 24 10 30 20 11 01 21 11 41 02 32 21 21
Oțelul Galați 10 12 21 21 51 31 10 30 01 30 20 11 30 15 20 61 20
Petrolul Ploiești 11 20 42 10 00 01 30 30 41 10 01 11 71 11 45 11 10
Național București 31 10 61 30 20 21 13 20 40 13 41 31 20 21 51 41 43
Rapid București 10 20 10 13 20 30 20 11 30 34 01 24 11 02 41 20 10
Sportul Studențesc București 11 20 31 12 42 05 21 21 11 02 01 00 20 03 10 21 00
Steaua București 21 15 30 33 30 31 21 20 62 21 30 31 31 31 51 41 54
Politehnica Timișoara 13 41 21 32 04 30 00 52 01 30 12 11 12 01 10 21 41
Chindia Târgoviște 21 10 21 10 02 11 20 01 20 00 21 13 10 10 14 10 00
Universitatea Cluj 01 02 32 54 30 11 31 10 20 11 21 03 22 14 17 41 51

Source: LT (in Romanian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Sabin Ilie Steaua Bucureşti 31
2 Mugur Gușatu Politehnica Timișoara 17
3 Leonard Strizu Braşov 16

References

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