1996–97 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	1996–97
Champions	Maribor; (1st title)
Relegated	Koper
Champions League	Maribor
UEFA Cup	Gorica
Cup Winners' Cup	Primorje
Intertoto Cup	Celje
Matches played	180
Goals scored	472 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Faik Kamberović; (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Primorje 7–0 Beltinci
Biggest away win	Rudar 1–6 Maribor
Highest scoring	Celje 6–2 Koper; Olimpija 6–2 Mura;
Longest winning run	7 games; Primorje
Longest unbeaten run	13 games; Primorje
Longest winless run	13 games; Beltinci
Longest losing run	4 games; Beltinci; Koper; Olimpija
Highest attendance	14,000; Maribor 5–1 Beltinci
Lowest attendance	150; Olimpija 2–0 Koper
Total attendance	304,900
Average attendance	1,693
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 4 August 1996 and ended on 1 June 1997. Each team played a total of 36 matches.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	21	8	7	71	34	+37	71	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Primorje	36	19	9	8	64	25	+39	66	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Gorica	36	18	11	7	52	33	+19	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Celje	36	12	11	13	55	61	−6	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5	Olimpija	36	11	12	13	54	52	+2	45
6	Korotan Prevalje	36	12	9	15	32	39	−7	45
7	Mura	36	9	16	11	36	45	−9	43
8	Rudar Velenje	36	10	12	14	43	53	−10	42
9	Beltinci (O)	36	7	11	18	37	69	−32	32	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Koper (R)	36	8	7	21	28	61	−33	31	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

7 June 1997

17:00 CEST

Beltinci	1–0	Drava Ptuj
Dzafič 81'

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Stevo Govedarević

12 June 1997

17:00 CEST

Drava Ptuj	0–0	Beltinci

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Drago Kos

Beltinci won 1–0 on aggregate.

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	GOR	KOP	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD
Beltinci		2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1
Celje	1–1		1–1	6–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2
Gorica	1–0	3–3		2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1
Koper	3–2	1–4	0–0		0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Korotan Prevalje	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1
Maribor	4–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	5–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Mura	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–0	1–3	1–1
Olimpija	1–1	2–1	3–4	3–1	0–1	1–0	6–2		1–1	1–2
Primorje	7–0	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1		2–0
Rudar Velenje	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–6	0–0	2–4	1–1

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	GOR	KOP	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD
Beltinci		3–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Celje	3–2		0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–5	0–0	2–0
Gorica	4–2	4–0		2–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Koper	1–0	2–1	2–2		0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2
Korotan Prevalje	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2
Maribor	5–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1		0–1	5–2	1–0	2–0
Mura	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–1
Olimpija	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1		2–2	4–1
Primorje	1–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1		2–2
Rudar Velenje	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–3

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Faik Kamberović	Celje	21
2	Ivica Vulič	Primorje	17
3	Štefan Škaper	Mura	14
	Aljoša Sivko	Celje
	Oskar Drobne	Maribor
	Dinko Vrabac	Primorje
7	Samo Vidovič	Rudar Velenje	11
8	Emir Dzafič	Beltinci	10
	Anton Žlogar	Primorje
	Milan Osterc	Gorica