The 1996–97 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the sixth season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment in 1992.
Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibalia Tomislav RadićVinkovciCroatia Zagreb Otto BarićZagrebStadion MaksimirHajduk Split Ivan BuljanSplitStadion PoljudHrvatski Dragovoljac Blaž SliškovićVelika GoricaStadion RadnikInker Zaprešić Đuro BagoZaprešićIstra Pula Ivica ŠangulinPulaMarsonia Miroslav BuljanSlavonski BrodMladost 127 Zlatko TothSuhopoljeStadion ParkOrijent Ilija LončarevićRijekaStadion KrimejaOsijek Milan ĐuričićOsijekStadion Gradski vrtRijeka Branko IvankovićRijekaStadion KantridaSegesta Zlatko KranjčarSisakŠibenik Vinko BegovićŠibenikStadion ŠubićevacVarteks Ivan MarkovićVaraždinStadion VarteksZadarkomerc Ante ČačićZadar Stadion StanoviNK Zagreb Krešimir GanjtoZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 1 On final match day of the season, played on 1 June 1997.
Prva A HNL
Results
Prva B HNL
Relegation play-offs
Group A
Group B
Replay
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Igor Cvitanović Croatia Zagreb202 Dragan Vukoja Hrvatski Dragovoljac193 Mark Viduka Croatia Zagreb184 Jurica Vučko Hajduk Split165 Silvio Marić Croatia Zagreb13 Davor Vugrinec Varteks7 Miljenko Mumlek Varteks128 Admir Hasančić Rijeka10 Neno Katulić Marsonia Dumitru Mitu Osijek Josip Skoko Hajduk Split
See also 1996–97 Croatian Second Football League 1996–97 Croatian Football Cup
External links 1996–97 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation