# 1996–97 1.Lig

Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1996/1997 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. Sarıyer G.K., Denizlispor and Zeytinburnuspor relegated to Second League.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 73 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 72 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Bursaspor | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 59 | |
| 6 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 48 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 47 | |
| 9 | Samsunspor | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 11 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 39 | |
| 12 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 38 | |
| 13 | Vanspor | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 37 | |
| 14 | Altay | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 37 | |
| 15 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 36 | |
| 16 | Sarıyer (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 17 | Denizlispor (R) | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 36 | 81 | −45 | 20 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 18 | Zeytinburnuspor (R) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 86 | −60 | 11 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | ANT | BJK | BUR | ÇDA | DEN | FNB | GAL | GAZ | GEN | İST | KOC | AGÜ | SAM | SAR | TRA | VAN | ZEY |
| Altay | | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–8 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Antalyaspor | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 |
| Bursaspor | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Denizlispor | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 |
| Galatasaray | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | | 6–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Gaziantepspor | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| İstanbulspor | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Kocaelispor | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Samsunspor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Sarıyer | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Trabzonspor | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 6–1 |
| Vanspor | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Zeytinburnuspor | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 38 |
| 2 | Elvir Bolić | Fenerbahçe | 24 |
| 3 | Oktay Derelioğlu | Beşiktaş | 22 |
| 4 | Elvir Baljić | Bursaspor | 21 |
| 4 | Hami Mandıralı | Trabzonspor | 21 |
| 6 | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Beşiktaş | 19 |
| 7 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Fenerbahçe | 16 |
| 7 | Serkan Aykut | Samsunspor | 16 |
| 9 | Gheorghe Hagi | Galatasaray | 14 |
| 10 | Saffet Akyüz | İstanbulspor | 13 |
| 10 | Saffet Sancaklı | Fenerbahçe | 13 |