1996–97 Slovak Superliga

1. Liga

Season	1996–97
Dates	3 August 1996 – 11 June 1997
Champions	1.FC Košice
Relegated	FC Nitra ZŤS Dubnica
Champions League	1.FC Košice
UEFA Cup	FC Spartak Trnava ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Intertoto Cup	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín FC Rimavská Sobota
Matches played	240
Goals scored	605 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jozef Kožlej (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Košice 5:0 Tatran B.Bystrica 5:0 R.Sobota
Biggest away win	Dubnica 0:5 Slovan
Highest scoring	Humenné 3:6 B.Bystrica
Average attendance	4,083
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Slovak First Football League was the fourth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 3 August 1996 and ended on 11 June 1997. Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 16 teams was contested in the league, including 12 sides from the 1995–96 season and four promoted from the 2. Liga.

No team was relegated to the 1996–97 2. Liga due to the decision of the organization of 1. Liga, that the number of teams in the league should be expanded from 12 to 16 teams from that season. The fourth teams who are promoted from 1995–96 2. Liga are Artmedia Petržalka, MŠK Žilina, Rimavská Sobota and ZTS Kerametal Dubnica.

Stadiums and locations

Žilina

Prešov

Trnava

Dubnica

Košice
Lokomotíva

Nitra

Rimavská Sobota

Prievidza

Bardejov

Banská Bystrica

Humenné

Dunajská Streda

Bratislava

Bratislava clubs:

Slovan
Inter
Artmedia

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Location of teams in 1996–97 1. Liga

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
1. FC Košice	Košice	Všešportový areál	30,312
Artmedia Petržalka	Petržalka	Štadión Petržalka	7,500
BSC JAS Bardejov	Bardejov	Mestský štadión Bardejov	3,040
Chemlon Humenné	Humenné	Chemlon Stadion	10,000
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	SNP Stadium	10,000
DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	Dunajská Streda	Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda	16,410
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	12,000
Lokomotíva Košice	Košice	Lokomotíva Stadium	9,000
FC Nitra	Nitra	Štadión pod Zoborom	11,384
MFK Petrimex Prievidza	Prievidza	Futbalový štadión Prievidza	6,000
MŠK Žilina	Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,181
Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Tehelné pole	30,085
Spartak Trnava	Trnava	Štadión Antona Malatinského	18,448
Tatran Prešov	Prešov	Tatran Štadión	14,000
Tauris Rimavská Sobota	Rimavská Sobota	Na Zahradkach Stadium	5,000
ZTS Kerametal Dubnica	Dubnica	Štadión Zimný	5,450

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Košice (C)	30	21	7	2	61	19	+42	70	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Spartak Trnava	30	21	6	3	66	24	+42	69	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Slovan Bratislava	30	15	5	10	49	33	+16	50	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4	Inter Bratislava	30	13	9	8	38	35	+3	48
5	Dukla Banská Bystrica	30	13	5	12	48	37	+11	44
6	Tatran Prešov	30	12	7	11	37	38	−1	43
7	Bardejov	30	11	7	12	34	36	−2	40
8	Petrimex Prievidza	30	10	7	13	41	43	−2	37
9	Žilina	30	11	4	15	30	34	−4	37	Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
10	Lokomotíva Košice	30	8	13	9	27	31	−4	37
11	Chemlon Humenné	30	11	3	16	34	44	−10	36
12	Rimavská Sobota	30	11	3	16	31	46	−15	36
13	Artmedia Petržalka	30	9	8	13	29	49	−20	35
14	DAC Dunajská Streda	30	9	7	14	29	45	−16	34
15	ZTS Kerametal Dubnica (R)	30	8	8	14	29	43	−14	32	Relegation to 2. Liga
16	Nitra (R)	30	5	5	20	22	48	−26	20

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ART	BB	BAR	DAC	DUB	HUM	INT	KOŠ	LOK	NIT	PRE	PRI	RIM	SLO	TRN	ŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka		3–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1
Dukla Banská Bystrica	3–0		0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–4	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	2–3	0–1	2–0
Bardejov	0–0	1–1		2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
DAC Dunajská Streda	2–1	1–0	2–3		2–1	4–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–0
ZTS Dubnica	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–0		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–5	0–1	1–0
Chemlon Humenné	0–0	3–6	3–0	1–0	3–0		0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1
Inter Bratislava	3–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–0
1. FC Košice	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	5–0	4–2	2–0	4–1	2–2	4–0
Lokomotíva Košice	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–2		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1
Nitra	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	0–4	0–0		0–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–1
Prešov	1–1	2–0	1–4	0–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0		2–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–2
Petrimex Prievidza	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–2		2–0	2–0	0–3	1–1
Rimavská Sobota	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–3	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–0
Slovan Bratislava	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–0		3–1	1–0
Spartak Trnava	5–2	2–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	4–0		3–1
Žilina	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jozef Kožlej	1.FC Kosice	22
2	Július Šimon	Trnava	14
3	Szilárd Németh	Slovan	12
4	Rolf Landerl	Inter	10
5	Ľubomír Luhový	Trnava	9
	Róbert Semeník	1.FC Kosice
	Jozef Pisár	Rimavska Sobota
	Ivan Lapšanský	B.Bystrica
	Milan Rimanovský	DAC D.Streda
	Jaroslav Timko	Trnava

See also

• 1996–97 Slovak Cup
• 1996–97 2. Liga (Slovakia)

References

• (RSSSF)