# 1996–97 Czech First League

The 1996–97 Czech First League was the fourth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic. The season saw a Czech league attendance record for a single match, as 44,120 watched the game between Boby Brno and Slavia Prague.

## League changes

Relegated to the 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga
* Svit Zlín (15th)
* Uherské Hradiště (16th)
Dissolved after the 1995–96 Czech First League
* Union Cheb (bankruptcy; 13th)
Promoted from the 1995–96 Czech 2. Liga
* Bohemians Prague (4th)
* Karviná (1st)
* Teplice (2nd)

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 65 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 61 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Jablonec | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Boby Brno | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 52 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 46 | |
| 6 | České Budějovice | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 44 | |
| 7 | Drnovice | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 43 | |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Kaučuk Opava | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 40 | |
| 10 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 32 | |
| 12 | Viktoria Žižkov | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 29 | |
| 13 | Teplice | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 28 | |
| 14 | Hradec Králové | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 28 | |
| 15 | Karviná (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 25 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Bohemians Prague (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 19 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | BRN | BOH | ČBU | DRN | HRK | JAB | KAR | OPA | OLO | SLA | LIB | SPA | TEP | PLZ | VŽI |
| Baník Ostrava | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Boby Brno | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bohemians Prague | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| České Budějovice | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Drnovice | 5–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Hradec Králové | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Jablonec | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Karviná | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Kaučuk Opava | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Slovan Liberec | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Teplice | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Horst Siegl | Sparta Prague | 19 |
| 2 | Karel Vácha | Slavia Prague | 14 |
| 3 | Radek Drulák | Petra Drnovice | 13 |
| 3 | Alois Grussmann | Kaučuk Opava | 13 |
| 5 | Vratislav Lokvenc | Sparta Prague | 12 |
| 6 | Jozef Majoroš | Petra Drnovice | 11 |
| 6 | Jan Saidl | České Budějovice | 11 |
| 6 | Ladislav Fujdiar | České Budějovice | 11 |
| 6 | Martin Rozhon | Kaučuk Opava / Petra Drnovice | 11 |