# 1996–97 HNK Hajduk Split season

The 1996–97 season was the 86th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their sixth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1995–96 season meant it was their 6th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

## Competitions
### Overall record

Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Prva HNL | — | Runners-up | 16 August 1996 | 1 June 1997 |
| Croatian Football Cup | First round | Quarter-final | 13 August 1996 | 23 October 1996 |
| UEFA Cup | Preliminary round | Qualifying round | 17 July 1996 | 20 August 1996 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Prva HNL | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 060.00 |
| Croatian Football Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 30 | +42 | 060.53 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb (C) | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 23 | +67 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 4 | Rijeka | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 46 | |
| 5 | NK Zagreb | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 45 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 June 1997. Source: Sportnet.hr

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Results by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | Points |
| Cibalia | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3 |
| Croatia Zagreb | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2 |
| Inker Zaprešić | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6 |
| Istra | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1 |
| Marsonia | 7–0 | 1–2 | 3 |
| Mladost 127 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4 |
| Orijent | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6 |
| Osijek | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Rijeka | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6 |
| Segesta | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4 |
| Šibenik | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Varteks | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6 |
| Zadarkomerc | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4 |
| NK Zagreb | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3 |
Source: 1996–97 Croatian First Football League article

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 16 Aug | H | Orijent | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Skoko, Sedloski | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 25 Aug | A | Šibenik | 2 – 0 | 6,000 | Sarr (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 1 Sep | H | Osijek | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Skoko (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 4 Sep | A | Varteks | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | Butorović, Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 15 Sep | H | Marsonia | 7 – 0 | 3,000 | Vučko (3), Skoko, Sarr, Vulić, Madžar | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 22 Sep | A | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 30,000 | Leko | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 29 Sep | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 0 | 10,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 8 | 13 Oct | H | Rijeka | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 19 Oct | A | Mladost 127 | 2 – 1 | 7,500 | Sarr, Skoko | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 27 Oct | H | Cibalia | 4 – 0 | 5,000 | Skoko, Vučko (2), Lalić | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 3 Nov | A | Segesta | 0 – 0 | 8,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 17 Nov | H | Zadarkomerc | 5 – 1 | 2,000 | Čeko, Sarr, Vulić, Madžar | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 23 Nov | A | Inker Zaprešić | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Vučko, Leko | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 1 Dec | H | NK Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | Sarr | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 8 Dec | A | Istra | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Čeko | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 3 Mar | A | Orijent | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Vučko (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 9 Mar | H | Šibenik | 1 – 0 | 10,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 16 Mar | A | Osijek | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 23 Mar | H | Varteks | 2 – 0 | 9,000 | Erceg, Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 6 Apr | A | Marsonia | 1 – 2 | 7,000 | Erceg | Slobodna Dalmacija |
| 21 | 13 Apr | H | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 25,000 | Erceg | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 19 Apr | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 26 Apr | A | Rijeka | 3 – 1 | 7,000 | Dalić, Skoko, Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 24 | 4 May | H | Mladost 127 | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 7 May | A | Cibalia | 0 – 3 | 3,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 11 May | H | Segesta | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Skoko (2) | Slobodna Dalmacija |
| 27 | 18 May | A | Zadarkomerc | 2 – 2 | 7,000 | Horvat, Erceg | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 21 May | H | Inker Zaprešić | 4 – 0 | 500 | Skoko, Hrkovac (o.g.), Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 25 May | A | NK Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 2,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 1 Jun | H | Istra | 2 – 3 | 500 | Tudor, Deranja | HRnogomet.com |
Source: hajduk.hr

### Croatian Football Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 13 Aug | A | Hajduk Pridraga | 6 – 1 | 3,500 | Sarr (3), Dalić, Vulić, Sedloski | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 10 Sep | H | Slavonija Požega | 3 – 0 | 1,000 | Vučko (2), Sarr | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 16 Oct | A | Osijek | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Čeko | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 23 Oct | H | Osijek | 2 – 2 | 7,000 | Sarr, Skoko | Slobodna Dalmacija |
Source: hajduk.hr

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report |
| PR | 17 Jul | A | Zimbru Chișinău | 4 – 0 | 6,000 | Skoko (3), Vučko | UEFA.com |
| PR | 24 Jul | H | Zimbru Chișinău | 2 – 1 | 12,000 | Skoko, Butorović | UEFA.com |
| QR | 6 Aug | H | Torpedo Moscow | 1 – 0 | 20,000 | Leonchenko (o.g.) | UEFA.com |
| QR | 20 Aug | A | Torpedo Moscow | 0 – 2 | 6,800 | | UEFA.com |
Source: hajduk.hr

## Player seasonal records
### Top scorers

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Jurica Vučko | 15 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Josip Skoko | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | Mass Sarr | 6 | – | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Tomislav Erceg | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 5 | Niko Čeko | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Darko Butorović | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Zlatko Dalić | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Leko | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 6 | Vedran Madžar | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 6 | Goce Sedloski | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Kazimir Vulić | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Zvonimir Deranja | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Steve Horvat | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Vik Lalić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Igor Tudor | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| | Own goals | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| | TOTALS | 53 | 7 | 12 | 72 |
Source: Competitive matches