The 1996–97 Divizia A was the seventy-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.
Teams
League table
Positions by round
Results
Top goalscorers Position Player Club Goals 1 Sabin Ilie Steaua București 31 2 Mugur Gușatu Politehnica Timișoara 17 3 Leonard Strizu Braşov 16 4 Bănică Oprea Farul Constanța 15 5 Dumitru Târțău Rapid București 14
Champion squad
Steaua BucureștiGoalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (22 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (11 / 0); Zoltan Ritli (6 / 0). Defenders: Marius Baciu (32 / 2); Tiberiu Csik (11 / 0); Bogdan Bucur (13 / 0); Adrian Matei (11 / 0); Iulian Miu (20 / 0); Daniel Prodan (12 / 0); Valeriu Răchită (19 / 1); Laurențiu Reghecampf (12 / 1); Radu Cozma (1 / 0); Lucian Nan (3 / 0); Fani Vrânceanu (1 / 0); Tudorel Zamfirescu (13 / 0); Marin Dumitrache (1 / 0). Midfielders: Augustin Călin (23 / 8); Cristian Ciocoiu (22 / 6); Iulian Filipescu (9 / 0); Damian Militaru (31 / 6); Cristian Pușcaș (5 / 0); Iosif Rotariu (16 / 4); Ilie Stan (11 / 2); Dennis Șerban (31 / 8); Leonard Nemțanu (3 / 1); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0). Forwards: Sabin Ilie (31 / 31); Adrian Ilie (10 / 1); Marius Lăcătuș (22 / 5); Roland Nagy (28 / 2); Narcis Răducan (2 / 0); Laurențiu Roșu (23 / 6); Cătălin Munteanu (12 / 5); Marius Mitu (2 / 0); Ilie Breciugă (1 / 0); Cătălin Dănilescu (1 / 0); Mircea Stanciu (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu.
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Jiul 12,471 2 Craiova 12,206 3 Steaua 10,382 4 Oţelul 10,000 5 Chindia 8,235 6 FC Rapid 7,382 7 Timişoara 7,088 8 Petrolul 6,824 9 Argeş 6,559 10 U Cluj 6,029 11 Ceahlăul 5,794 12 Farul 5,647 13 Dinamo 1948 5,147 14 Bacău 4,635 15 Braşov 4,471 16 Naţional 4,235 17 Sportul Studenţesc 3,553 18 Gloria 3,276Source:
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