1996–97 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Annual soccer tournament

Football league season
  • Celje 6–2 Koper
  • Olimpija 6–2 Mura
Longest winning run7 games
PrimorjeLongest unbeaten run13 games
PrimorjeLongest winless run13 games
BeltinciLongest losing run4 games
Beltinci
Koper
OlimpijaHighest attendance14,000
Maribor 5–1 BeltinciLowest attendance150
Olimpija 2–0 KoperTotal attendance304,900Average attendance1,693
← 1995–96
1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 4 August 1996 and ended on 1 June 1997. Each team played a total of 36 matches.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maribor (C) 36 21 8 7 71 34 +37 71 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Primorje 36 19 9 8 64 25 +39 66 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Gorica 36 18 11 7 52 33 +19 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Celje 36 12 11 13 55 61 −6 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Olimpija 36 11 12 13 54 52 +2 45
6 Korotan Prevalje 36 12 9 15 32 39 −7 45
7 Mura 36 9 16 11 36 45 −9 43
8 Rudar Velenje 36 10 12 14 43 53 −10 42
9 Beltinci (O) 36 7 11 18 37 69 −32 32 Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Koper (R) 36 8 7 21 28 61 −33 31 Relegation to Slovenian Second League
Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Beltinci1–0Drava Ptuj
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stevo Govedarević
Drava Ptuj0–0Beltinci
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Drago Kos

Beltinci won 1–0 on aggregate.

Results

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of the season

Home \ Away BEL CEL GOR KOP KPR MAR MUR OLI PRI RUD
Beltinci 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Celje 1–1 1–1 6–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2
Gorica 1–0 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Koper 3–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Korotan Prevalje 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1
Maribor 4–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Mura 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–1
Olimpija 1–1 2–1 3–4 3–1 0–1 1–0 6–2 1–1 1–2
Primorje 7–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0
Rudar Velenje 5–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–6 0–0 2–4 1–1
Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away BEL CEL GOR KOP KPR MAR MUR OLI PRI RUD
Beltinci 3–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Celje 3–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–5 0–0 2–0
Gorica 4–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Koper 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2
Korotan Prevalje 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2
Maribor 5–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 5–2 1–0 2–0
Mura 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Olimpija 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 4–1
Primorje 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–2
Rudar Velenje 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–3
Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Faik Kamberović Celje 21
2 Slovenia Ivica Vulič Primorje 17
3 Slovenia Štefan Škaper Mura 14
Slovenia Aljoša Sivko Celje
Slovenia Oskar Drobne Maribor
Slovenia Dinko Vrabac Primorje
7 Slovenia Samo Vidovič Rudar Velenje 11
8 Slovenia Emir Dzafič Beltinci 10
Slovenia Anton Žlogar Primorje
Slovenia Milan Osterc Gorica

See also

References

General
  • "PrvaLiga Archives". PrvaLiga archives. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

External links

  • Official website of the PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
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