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)
Stadiums and locations
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Horst SieglSparta Prague192 Karel VáchaSlavia Prague143 Radek DrulákPetra Drnovice13 Alois GrussmannKaučuk Opava5 Vratislav LokvencSparta Prague126 Jozef MajorošPetra Drnovice11 Jan SaidlČeské Budějovice Ladislav FujdiarČeské Budějovice Martin RozhonKaučuk Opava /Petra Drnovice
Attendances
No. Club Average Change Highest 1 Boby Brno 21,659 76,3% 44,120 2 Opava 12,273 20,9% 15,350 3 Karviná 8,240 73,7% 11,624 4 Teplice 7,661 77,2% 15,147 5 Sparta Praha 7,486 45,0% 15,109 6 Slavia Praha 6,724 11,0% 12,228 7 Jablonec 6,139 14,4% 9,136 8 Sigma Olomouc 5,588 7,4% 10,387 9 Drnovice 5,426 -2,0% 9,200 10 Slovan Liberec 5,188 5,1% 7,151 11 Baník Ostrava 5,102 134,0% 8,745 12 Bohemians Praha 4,727 107,9% 9,100 13 Viktoria Plzeň 4,626 34,4% 12,048 14 Viktoria Žižkov 4,573 59,6% 8,060 15 České Budějovice 4,522 55,8% 7,721 16 Hradec Králové 4,384 -0,7% 10,980
See also 1996–97 Czech Cup 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga
References
ČMFS statistics