# 1996–97 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Statistics of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1996–97 season. It was contested only by Bosniak clubs. Serbian clubs played in the 1996–97 First League of the Republika Srpska and the Croatian clubs in the 1996–97 First League of Herzeg-Bosnia.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and NK Čelik Zenica won the championship.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Čelik (C) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 58 | Champions |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 56 | |
| 3 | Bosna | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 54 | |
| 4 | Lukavac | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 50 | |
| 5 | Jedinstvo Bihać | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 48 | |
| 6 | Zenica | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 47 | |
| 7 | Željezničar | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Rudar Kakanj | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 44 | |
| 9 | Sloboda Tuzla | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 43 | |
| 10 | Velež | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Gradina Srebrenik | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 41 | |
| 12 | Zmaj od Bosne | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | Rudar Breza | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 37 | |
| 14 | Travnik | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 33 | |
| 15 | Turbina (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 32 | Relegation to Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 16 | Radnik Hadžići (R) | 30 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 103 | −91 | 4 | Relegation to Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOS | ČEL | GRA | JED | LUK | RAD | RBR | RKA | SAR | SLO | TUR | TRA | VEL | ZEN | ZMA | ŽEL |
| Bosna | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 10–3 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Čelik | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Gradina Srebrenik | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Jedinstvo Bihać | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Lukavac | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Radnik Hadžići | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Rudar Breza | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rudar Kakanj | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–5 |
| Turbina | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Travnik | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Velež | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Zenica | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Zmaj od Bosne | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 |
| Željezničar | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nermin Vazda | Bosna Visoko | 17 |
| 2 | Adis Obad | Velež Mostar | 16 |
| 3 | Dželaludin Muharemović | Željezničar | 14 |
| 4 | Sead Osmić | Lukavac | 12 |
| 5 | Dženan Uščuplić | Sarajevo | 11 |
| 5 | Džemo Smječanin | Sarajevo | 11 |
| 5 | Selam Tulić | Jedinstvo Bihać | 11 |
| 5 | Hidajet Mehremić | Turbina Jablanica | 11 |
| 9 | Amir Japaur | Čelik Zenica | 10 |
| 9 | Enes Mešanović | Sloboda Tuzla | 10 |
* Source: SportSport.ba forum