1996–97 Divizia A

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Steaua (10)
Longest losing runPolitehnica (7)

The 1996–97 Divizia A was the seventy-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Steaua București
(C)
34 23 4 7 87 40 +47 73 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2
Național București
34 21 5 8 69 36 +33 68 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 34 18 5 11 56 34 +22 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4
Oțelul Galați
34 17 7 10 54 39 +15 58
5 Bacău 34 16 5 13 43 41 +2 53
6
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
34 15 7 12 51 50 +1 52
7 Argeș Pitești 34 14 8 12 46 37 +9 50
8 Rapid București 34 13 9 12 45 41 +4 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9 Petrolul Ploiești 34 13 7 14 48 43 +5 46[a]
10
Farul Constanța
34 14 4 16 46 52 −6 46[a]
11
Universitatea Craiova
34 12 7 15 48 52 −4 43
12 Sportul Studențesc București 34 12 6 16 36 52 −16 42
13 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 8 15 38 45 −7 41[b] Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
14
Jiul Petroşani
34 12 5 17 33 61 −28 41[b]
15
Universitatea Cluj
34 11 6 17 52 67 −15 39
16 Chindia Târgoviște 34 11 5 18 32 55 −23 38
17 Politehnica Timișoara (R) 34 10 5 19 45 65 −20 35 Relegation to Divizia B
18 Brașov (R) 34 9 5 20 42 61 −19 32
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b PET 3-0 FAR; FAR 1-0 PET
  2. ^ a b GLO 3-0 JIU; JIU 2-0 GLO

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Universitatea Cluj
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Source: LT
(in Romanian)