Albania Table at winter break: 1.Flamurtari Vlorë 17 12 1 4 34-16 37 2.SK Tirana 17 10 4 3 34- 8 34 3.Vllaznia Shkodër 17 11 0 6 24-16 33 4.Apolonia Fier 17 9 4 4 22-15 31 5.Partizani Tiranë 17 9 4 4 19-15 31 6.Shkumbini Peqin 17 8 2 7 17-17 26 7.KS Laçi 17 7 4 6 19-19 25 8.FK Lushnja 17 6 6 5 18-14 24 9.Bylis Ballshi 17 6 4 7 18-16 22 10.Besa Kavajë 17 6 4 7 15-14 22 11.Teuta Durrës 17 6 3 8 14-13 21 12.Albania Tabak 17 7 0 10 11-19 21 13.Tomori Berat 17 5 5 7 10-18 20 14.SK Elbasani 17 6 2 9 16-25 20 15.Shqiponja Gjirokastër 17 5 4 8 13-20 19 16.Olimpik Tiranë 17 5 1 11 21-24 16 17.Albpetrol Patos 17 4 4 9 12-27 16 18.Skënderbeu Korçë 17 4 2 11 12-33 14 Competition was interrupted due to civil strife in the country. During the interruption, Albania Tabak changed name back to Sopoti Librazhd and Shqiponja withdrew. Remaining matches to be played in three groups of six (according to the above table). Final Tables: Group 1 1.SK Tirana 22 14 4 4 40- 9 46 2.Vllaznia Shkodër 22 14 1 7 30-20 43 3.Flamurtari Vlorë 22 14 3 5 42-23 41 [*] 4.Partizani Tiranë 22 12 4 6 28-20 40 5.Apolonia Fier 22 9 4 9 25-26 31 6.Shkumbini Peqin 22 9 3 10 23-27 30 [*] Flamurtari 4 points deducted for incidents in last round Group 2 7.FK Lushnja 22 10 6 6 32-20 36 8.Teuta Durrës 22 10 3 9 23-16 33 9.Sopoti Librazhd 22 10 1 11 17-23 31 10.KS Laçi 22 7 6 9 22-29 27 11.Besa Kavajë 22 7 4 11 18-21 25 12.Tomori Berat 22 6 6 10 15-28 24 Group 3 13.SK Elbasani 21 9 2 10 27-28 29 14.Bylis Ballshi 21 7 4 10 23-26 25 15.Skënderbeu Korçë 21 7 3 11 21-38 24 16.Olimpik Tiranë 21 7 2 12 27-28 23 17.Albpetrol Patos 21 4 4 13 15-39 16 18.Shqiponja Gjirokastër 17 5 4 8 13-20 19 [withdrew]
Andorra Final Table: 1.CE Principat 22 20 1 1 115- 12 61 2.Veterans d'Andorra 22 19 2 1 84- 25 59 3.FC Encamp Dicoansa 22 12 5 5 66- 25 41 4.Santa Coloma 22 10 3 9 57- 31 33 5.Aldosa 22 10 3 9 34- 37 33 6.Sporting Engordany 22 8 6 8 51- 39 30 7.UE Sant Julia 22 9 3 10 38- 52 30 8.Deportivo Massana 22 6 7 9 32- 43 25 9.Inter d'Escaldes 22 7 4 11 31- 48 25 10.Les Bons 22 6 4 12 37- 66 22 11.Gimnastic Valira 22 4 4 14 31- 84 16 12.Spordany Juvenil 22 0 0 22 23-137 0
Argentina Apertura Final Table: 1.River Plate 19 15 1 3 52-22 46 Champions 2.Independiente 19 11 4 4 34-22 37 3.Lanús 19 10 7 2 23-12 37 4.Racing Club 19 9 5 5 31-24 32 5.Rosario Central 19 8 7 4 35-28 31 6.Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 19 7 6 6 21-20 27 7.San Lorenzo 19 8 3 8 24-24 27 8.Colón 19 6 8 5 26-24 26 9.Newell's Old Boys 19 7 5 7 24-26 26 10.Boca Juniors 19 7 4 8 36-33 25 11.Estudiantes 19 7 4 8 27-28 25 12.Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 6 7 6 18-19 25 13.Vélez Sársfield 19 6 5 8 29-33 23 14.Ferro Carril Oeste 19 5 7 7 32-34 22 15.Platense 19 5 6 8 25-30 21 16.Unión (SF) 19 5 5 9 24-27 20 17.Huracán (Corrientes) 19 3 7 9 32-39 19 18.Deportivo Español 19 2 10 7 18-25 16 19.Huracán (BA) 19 3 7 9 21-36 16 20.Banfield 19 3 4 12 14-38 13 Clausura Final Table: 1.River Plate 19 12 5 2 37-20 41 Champions 2.Colón 19 9 8 2 36-28 35 3.Newell's Old Boys 19 10 5 4 23-20 35 4.Independiente 19 10 4 5 38-21 34 5.Vélez Sársfield 19 9 5 5 25-18 32 6.San Lorenzo 19 9 3 7 32-22 30 7.Rácing Club 19 7 6 6 24-22 27 8.Platense 19 6 8 5 21-22 26 9.Boca Juniors 19 6 7 6 34-32 25 10.Ferro Carril Oeste 19 5 9 5 24-22 24 11.Lanús 19 6 6 7 22-21 24 12.Unión (SF) 19 6 6 7 31-36 24 13.Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 19 6 5 8 19-25 23 14.Huracán (BA) 19 5 7 7 22-33 22 15.Huracán (Corrientes) 19 4 9 6 21-28 21 16.Estudiantes 19 5 4 10 22-26 19 17.Deportivo Español 19 4 7 8 19-25 19 18.Rosario Central 19 4 6 9 24-27 18 19.Banfield 19 4 4 11 20-32 16 20.Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 2 8 9 21-35 14 Relegated: Banfield and Huracán (Corrientes). Promoted: Argentinos Juniors and Gimnasia y Tiro (Salta).
Armenia
Final Table:
1.Pyunik Yerevan 22 19 2 1 67- 9 59
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2.Ararat Yerevan 22 17 1 4 54-18 52
3.FC Yerevan 22 16 2 4 58-24 50
4.Shirak Gyumri 22 15 2 5 57-11 47
5.Tsement Ararat 22 13 3 6 49-26 42
6.Van Yerevan 22 11 1 10 41-34 34
7.Kotaik Abovian 22 8 4 10 41-27 28
8.Karabagh Yerevan 22 7 4 11 23-29 25
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9.Homenmen Yerevan 22 7 1 14 30-59 22
10.Arabkir Yerevan 22 4 0 18 20-89 12
11.Zankezour Goris 22 2 3 17 9-77 9
12.CSKA Yerevan 22 1 1 20 10-56 4 [*]
[*] CSKA went into bankruptcy after the fall season. All remaining
fixtures were awarded 3-0 to the opponents.
Promoted: Dvin Artashat, Lori Vanadzor.
Armenia is changing back to the spring/fall rhythm starting from 1998;
in fall 1997 a short championship with only 10 clubs will be played.
Topscorer:
24 - A.Avetisyan (Pyunik)
Austria
Final Table:
1.SV Austria Salzburg 36 19 12 5 54-25 69 Champions
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2.SK Rapid Wien 36 18 12 6 69-36 66 UEFA Cup
3.SK Sturm Graz 36 14 13 9 50-31 55 CWC
4.FC Tirol Innsbruck 36 16 7 13 49-40 55 UEFA Cup
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Grazer AK 36 11 14 11 39-42 47 UIC
6.FK Austria Wien 36 12 10 14 41-51 46 UIC
7.LASK Linz 36 9 17 10 38-47 44 [*]
8.SV Ried im Innkreis 36 12 6 18 44-59 42 UIC
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9.FC Linz 36 6 13 17 30-47 31 [*]
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10.SCN FC Admira/Wacker 36 6 10 20 35-71 28 [*] Relegation Playoff
[*] LASK and FC Linz are to merge into LASK Linz at the end of the season;
because of that, Admira/Wacker will play the relegation playoff against
Vorwärts Steyr. Admira/Wacker themselves are to merge with VfB
Mödling (into "VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling"); what happens with
the place of Mödling in the second division is still unclear and
depends on the result of the relegation playoff.
Topscorers:
21 Wagner (Rapid)
13 Janeschitz (Tirol), Vastic (Sturm)
12 Glieder (Austria Salzburg)
11 Drechsel (Ried), Kühbauer (Rapid), Oerlemans (Ried),
Rosenegger (Admira/Wacker)
Promoted: SC Austria Lustenau.
Promotion/Relegation Matches:
First Leg [Jun 10]
Vorwärts 2-2 Admira/Wacker
[30' M.Hubich, 44' Bradaric; 39' E.Aigner, 87' Halper]
Second Leg [Jun 13]
Admira/Wacker 5-1 Vorwärts
[9', 30', 48', 50' and 82' (p) Rosenegger; 60' Balinski]
Azerbaijan Final Table: 1.Neftchi Baku 30 23 5 2 98- 20 74 2.Garabag Agdam 30 23 2 5 61- 25 71 3.Khazri Buzovna 30 20 6 4 59- 23 66 4.Turan Tovuz 30 19 7 4 48- 13 64 5.Kepez Ganca 30 18 4 8 59- 26 58 6.Khazar Sumgait 30 18 4 8 58- 30 58 7.Farid Baku 30 13 8 9 45- 31 47 8.Pambygchi Barda 30 11 5 14 41- 47 38 9.Baky Fehlesi 30 10 7 13 37- 41 37 10.Vilyash Masally 30 9 6 15 38- 52 33 11.OIK Baku 30 7 6 17 26- 50 27 12.Shamkir 30 8 2 20 30-106 26 13.Kur-Nur Mingechaur 30 7 4 19 30- 59 25 Relegation Playoffs 14.Polis Akademy Baku 30 5 7 18 23- 49 22 Relegation Playoffs 15.Pambygchi Neftchala 30 5 6 19 27- 68 21 Relegated 16.U-18 Milli komandasi 30 4 1 25 38- 78 13 Relegated Champions are Garabag Agdam thanks to "youth points" from the U-15 and U-16 Championships. Promoted: Azal Baku and Chinar PA.
Belgium Thanks to Michel Britte and Riku Soininen. Final Table: 1.Lierse SK 34 21 10 3 70-38 73 Champions Cup 2.Club Brugge 34 22 5 7 69-34 71 UEFA Cup 3.Excelsior Mouscron 34 17 10 7 60-38 61 UEFA Cup 4.Anderlecht 34 16 10 8 59-36 58 UEFA Cup 5.Lommel 34 16 9 9 50-48 57 6.Antwerp 34 16 5 13 51-49 53 7.Standard 34 16 2 16 55-55 50 8.Racing Genk 34 13 9 12 49-43 48 9.Harelbeke 34 12 11 11 50-42 47 10.Germinal Ekeren 34 13 7 14 56-57 46 CWC 11.Sint Truiden 34 10 9 15 46-56 39 12.Lokeren 34 10 8 16 41-57 38 13.Sporting Charleroi 34 10 7 17 44-58 37 14.AA Gent 34 10 6 18 44-58 36 15.Eendracht Aalst 34 8 12 14 44-55 36 16.RWDM 34 8 11 15 32-43 35 -------------------------------------------- 17.KV Mechelen 34 7 10 17 33-55 31 Relegated 18.Cercle Brugge 34 6 9 19 36-67 27 Relegated Promoted: SK Beveren and VC Westerlo.
Bermuda Thanks to Mikael Jönsson. Final Table: 1.Devonshire Colts 18 13 2 3 42-11 41 Champions 2.Vasco Volcanoes 18 9 7 2 36-23 34 3.Dandy Town Hornets 18 9 4 5 34-21 31 4.Boulevard Blazers 18 8 5 5 32-23 29 5.North Village Red Devils 18 7 8 3 27-19 29 6.Southampton Rangers 18 6 6 6 28-25 24 7.Devonshire Cougars 18 6 3 9 26-47 21 8.PHC Zebras 18 5 4 9 32-33 19 9.St Davids Islanders 18 4 3 11 22-30 15 Relegated 10.St George's Colts 18 0 4 14 12-60 4 Relegated Promoted: Hotels International and Somerset Trojans.
Bosnia Hercegovina "Muslim" championship 1996/97 Source: EFY 97/98 1.Celik Zenica 30 17 7 6 57-23 58 2.Sarajevo 30 16 9 5 53-21 57 3.Bosna Visoko 30 16 6 8 58-28 54 4.Lukavac 30 15 5 10 43-36 50 5.Jedinstvo Bihac 30 15 3 12 49-33 48 6.Zenica 30 12 11 7 39-29 47 7.Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 30 13 5 12 45-42 44 8.Rudar Kakanj 30 13 5 12 37-34 44 9.Sloboda Tuzla 30 12 7 11 45-33 43 10.Velez Mostar 30 13 4 13 44-41 43 11.Gradina Srebrenik 30 11 8 11 40-44 41 12.Zmaj od Bosne Tuzla 30 12 5 13 29-33 41 13.Rudar Breza 30 12 5 13 26-38 41 14.Travnik 30 10 3 17 33-55 33 --------------------------------------------- 15.Turbina Jablanica 30 9 5 16 38-55 32 16.Rudar Hadzici 30 1 1 28 12-103 4 Promoted: Drina Zvornik Zivinice and Olimpik Sarajevo. Cup final: Sarajevo - Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 2-0 Republic "Srpska" 1996/97 Thanks to Dragan Krsmanovic, Dragoljub Jovanovic and Ranko Arezina. Championship Finals Rudar (Ugljevik) - Sloga (Trn) 2-0 Sloga (Trn) - Rudar (Ugljevik) 1-0 Rudar won on aggregate 2-1
Bulgaria Thanks to Julian Dontchev. "A PFG" 1996/97 Final Table: 1. CSKA (Sofia) 30 22 5 3 65-19 71 Champions 2. Neftohimik (Burgas) 30 20 7 3 70-20 67 UEFA Cup 3. Slavia (Sofia) 30 17 6 7 61-23 57 4. FC Levski (Sofia) 30 14 11 5 58-30 53 CWC 5. Botev (Plovdiv) 30 14 3 13 41-41 45 6. Minjor (Pernik) 30 12 8 10 28-35 44 7. Lokomotiv (Sofia) 30 13 4 13 59-47 43 8. Levski (Kjustendil) 30 13 3 14 51-52 42 [2 1 0 1 4-3 3] 9. Spartak (Varna) 30 13 3 14 40-41 42 [2 1 0 1 3-4 3] UIC 10. Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 30 12 5 13 38-41 41 11. Spartak (Pleven) 30 12 3 15 35-46 39 [2 1 0 1 4-4 3 2ag] 12. Dobrudzha (Dobritch) 30 11 6 13 44-48 39 [2 1 0 1 4-4 3 1ag] 13. Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 30 10 5 15 37-53 35 ------------------------------------------------ 14. Maritsa (Plovdiv) 30 8 8 14 38-45 32 Relegated 15. Montana (Montana) 30 8 4 18 32-54 28 Relegated 16. Rakovski (Ruse) 30 0 1 29 8-110 1 Relegated Promoted: Litex (Lovetch), Olympic (Galata), and Metalurg (Pernik).
Colombia
Thanks to Jaime Andres Nieto, Onassis Pertuz and Mikael Jönsson.
NB: the originally planned 1996/97 season was prolonged in order to
switch back to a spring/fall rhythm. Therefore, a Torneo Adecuación
was played in fall 1997, and the winners played the winners of the
originally planned season for the title.
1996/97
Final Table (Reclasificación):
1.América Cali 46 29 10 7 70-37 99 (2 BP)
2.Atl. Nacional 46 24 14 8 73-37 87 (1 BP)
3.Dep. Cali 46 23 13 10 77-54 82,5 (0,5 BP)
4.Dep. Tolima 46 18 16 12 61-54 70
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5.Dep. Indep. Medellín 46 18 16 12 49-44 70
6.Un. Magdalena 46 20 9 17 55-61 69
7.Atl. Junior 46 18 11 17 65-58 65,25 (0,25 BP)
8.Atl. Bucaramanga 46 17 13 16 59-59 64
9.Dep. Tuluá 46 15 18 13 50-49 63
10.Once Caldas 46 15 15 16 63-48 60
11.Indep. Santa Fe 46 14 14 18 47-52 56
12.Envigado FC 46 13 15 18 55-55 54
13.Dep. Quindío 46 11 15 20 57-85 48
14.Dep. Pereira 46 8 16 22 58-82 40
15.Millonarios 46 8 13 25 45-65 37
16.Cúcuta Dep. 46 5 16 25 36-80 31
Qualified for Gran Final: América, Nacional, Cali, Tolima.
Relegated: Cúcuta.
Promoted: Unicosta.
Gran Final
Final Table:
1.América Cali 6 2 3 1 9- 4 10 (1 BP)
2.Dep. Tolima 6 2 3 1 6- 3 9
3.Atl. Nacional 6 3 0 3 8-11 9
4.Dep. Cali 6 1 2 3 5-10 5
América Cali qualify to play off for the 1996/97 championship
with the winners of the Torneo Adecuación 1997.
1997 (Torneo Adecuación)
First Stage
Group A:
1.Dep. Quindío 16 9 0/4 3 24-16 31 [1,00]
2.Atl. Bucaramanga 16 7 1/4 4 22-17 27 [0,75]
3.Dep. Tolima 16 4 6/2 4 11-13 26 [0,50]
4.Atl. Junior 16 6 2/2 6 23-22 24 [0,25]
5.Once Caldas 16 2 7/4 3 18-22 24
6.América Cali 16 6 1/3 6 20-20 23
7.Indep. Santa Fe 16 5 2/4 5 19-20 23
8.Dep. Indep. Medellín 16 3 0/2 11 16-27 11
Group B:
1.Dep. Cali 16 9 3/0 4 29-19 33 [1,00]
2.Millonarios 16 8 4/1 2 21-11 33 [0,75]
3.Un. Magdalena 16 8 1/2 5 26-22 28 [0,50]
4.Atl. Nacional 16 7 0/3 6 22-21 24 [0,25]
5.Envigado FC 16 4 5/2 5 13-15 24
6.Dep. Tuluá 16 4 3/4 5 15-16 22
7.Dep. Pereira 16 3 2/4 7 17-20 17
8.Dep. Unicosta 16 2 4/0 10 14-29 14
[between square brackets bonus points gained for final points totals]
Cuadrangulares Semifinales
Cuadrangular A:
1.Dep. Cali 22 12 5/0 5 39-26 47.00 [1,00] Qualified
2.Atl. Bucaramanga 22 10 1/5 6 35-28 37.75 [0,75] Qualified
3.Indep. Santa Fe 22 6 3/6 7 27-31 30.00
4.Dep. Indep. Medellín 22 3 2/4 13 26-39 17.00
Cuadrangular B:
1.Millonarios 22 11 5/1 4 34-22 44.75 [0,75] Qualified
2.América Cali 22 8 2/5 7 31-28 33.00
3.Dep. Tolima 22 5 7/3 7 18-25 32.50 [0,50]
4.Dep. Unicosta 22 4 5/1 12 24-39 23.00
Cuadrangular C:
1.Atl. Nacional 22 11 1/3 7 37-29 38.25 [0,25] Qualified
2.Once Caldas 22 6 7/5 4 31-29 37.00 Qualified
3.Dep. Quindío 22 9 1/5 7 29-27 35.00 [1,00] Qualified
4.Dep. Pereira 22 5 2/4 11 25-35 23.00
Cuadrangular D:
1.Atl. Junior 22 10 2/3 7 32-26 37.25 [0,25] Qualified
2.Dep. Tuluá 22 7 5/4 6 25-25 35.00 Qualified
3.Un. Magdalena 22 9 1/3 9 33-31 32.50 [0,50]
4.Envigado FC 22 5 6/3 8 18-24 30.00
[Eight with most points overall qualify for the two Cuadrangulares Final]
[Dep. Pereira were relegated.]
Cuadrangulares Final
Group A:
1.Dep. Quindío 6 3 1/1 1 8- 5 12
2.Once Caldas 6 3 0/1 2 7- 6 10
3.Atl. Nacional 6 2 1/0 3 6- 8 8
4.Dep. Cali 6 2 0/0 4 9-11 6
Group B:
1.Atl. Bucaramanga 6 2 3/1 0 9- 3 13
2.Millonarios 6 2 3/1 0 9- 5 13
3.Dep. Tuluá 6 0 1/3 2 6-10 5
4.Atl. Junior 6 1 0/2 3 5-11 5
Third Place Playoff
Millonarios 2-1 Caldas
Caldas 3-0 Millonarios
Millonarios third and qualified for Copa Conmebol 1998 (on better season record)
Adecuación Final
Bucaramanga 2-1 Quindio
Quindio 1-1 Bucaramanga [3-2 pen]
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1996/97
Bucaramanga 0-1 America
America 2-0 Bucaramanga
Costa Rica
Thanks to Juan Ulloa Rojas and Mikael Jönsson.
First Stage
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Final Table:
1.LD Alajuelense 32 21 5/ 2 4 72-29 75 (A) -> C
2.Herediano 32 20 5/ 2 5 64-24 72 (A) -> D
3.CD Saprissa 32 15 6/ 5 6 54-34 62 (B) -> C
4.Cartaginés 32 16 4/ 6 6 42-29 62 (B) -> D
5.AD Belén 32 10 5/ 8 9 32-28 48 (A) -> D
6.Carmelita 32 9 5/ 6 12 31-36 43 (A) -> C
7.Puntarenas 32 8 5/ 9 10 33-42 43 (B) -> D
8.ADM Pérez Zeledón 32 10 5/ 2 15 43-46 42 (B) -> C
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9.AD San Carlos 32 6 6/ 6 14 29-54 36 (A)
10.Goicoechea 32 6 5/ 4 17 29-55 32 (B)
11.Ramonense 32 6 4/ 5 17 31-61 31 (B)
12.Turrialba 32 5 5/ 5 17 32-54 30 (A)
Top-8 qualify for championship playoff.
Note: within both groups, each team played the others 4 times, while
they played those of the other group only 2 times.
Second Stage
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Final Tables:
Group C
1.LD Alajuelense 6 4 0/ 0 2 6- 2 12
2.CD Saprissa 6 3 0/ 1 2 5- 4 10
3.ADM Pérez Zeledón 6 2 2/ 0 2 6- 5 10
4.Carmelita 6 1 0/ 1 4 2- 8 4
Group D
1.Cartaginés 6 3 1/ 1 1 8- 6 12
2.Herediano 6 3 0/ 1 2 9- 4 10
3.AD Belén 6 1 2/ 2 1 8- 9 9
4.Puntarenas 6 1 1/ 0 4 5-11 5
Semifinals:
First Leg [Jun 22]
Cartagines 1-0 Saprissa
Second Leg [Jun 25]
Saprissa 2-0 Cartagines
First Leg [Jun 25]
Herediano 1-1 Alajuelense
Second Leg [Jun 29]
Alajuelense 3-1 Herediano
Final:
First Leg [Jul 2]
Saprissa 3-1 Alajuelense
Second Leg [Jul 6]
Alajuelense 1-0 Saprissa
Saprissa win second stage.
Championship Playoff
====================
First Leg [Jul 13]
Saprissa 2-3 Alajuelense
Second Leg [Jul 16]
Alajuelense 1-1 Saprissa
Alajuelense 1996/97 Costa Rica champions.
Relegated: Turrialba. Promoted: Santa Bárbara.
Croatia
Thanks to Boris Herceg and Zvonimir Miletic.
Final Table:
1.Croatia Zagreb 30 26 3 1 90-23 81 CL
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2.Hajduk Split 30 18 6 6 53-22 60 UEFA
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3.Hrvatski dragovoljac Zagreb* 30 13 10 7 51-37 49
4.Rijeka 30 13 7 10 44-32 46
5.Zagreb 30 13 6 11 43-39 45 CWC+
6.Varteks Varazdin 30 12 6 12 34-35 42
7.Sibenik 30 11 8 11 35-30 41 {2 1 1 0 3-1 4}
8.Osijek 30 12 5 13 40-38 41 {2 0 1 1 1-3 1}
9.Mladost 127 Suhopolje 30 10 10 10 37-36 40 [2 1 0 1 5-4 3]
10.Zadarkomerc 30 11 7 12 39-45 40 [2 1 0 1 4-5 3]
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11.Segesta Sisak 30 9 12 9 35-34 39 playoff
12.Marsonia Slavonski Brod 30 11 5 14 38-50 38 playoff
13.Cibalia Vinkovci 30 11 0 19 35-56 33 playoff
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14.Orijent Rijeka 30 5 11 14 28-53 26 relegated
15.Istra Pula 30 6 7 17 25-54 25 relegated
16.Inker Zapresic 30 6 3 21 22-65 21 relegated
+ Zagreb - losing finalists, Croatia won the double
* Hrvatski dragovoljac played home games in the fall season in Petrinja,
and in the spring half of the championship in Velika Gorica
The league will be reduced to 12 clubs for the 97/98 season. The bottom
3 are relegated while the teams on places 11-13 will play off with the
first 3 teams from 1/B for 2 places. The playoffs will consist of two
groups, each team playing the others once, the winners of each group
earning a place in the first division 1997/98.
Group 1 (Dinamo Stadium, Zagreb): Group 2 (Stadium NK Zagreb, Zagreb):
June 10: June 11:
Segesta - Slaven Belupo 1:1 Marsonia - Dubrovnik 4:0
June 12: June 13:
Cibalia - Segesta 1:1 Dubrovnik - Samobor 1:2
June 14: June 15:
Slaven Belupo - Cibalia 1:1 Samobor - Marsonia 2:1
1. Segesta 2 0 2 0 2-2 2 1. Samobor 2 2 0 0 4-2 6
2. Cibalia 2 0 2 0 2-2 2 ---------------------------------
3. Slaven Belupo 2 0 2 0 2-2 2 2. Marsonia 2 1 0 1 5-2 3
3. Dubrovnik 2 0 0 2 1-6 0
Group 1 replay (Stadium NK Zagreb, Zagreb):
June 17:
Slaven Belupo - Segesta 0:0
June 19:
Segesta - Cibalia 0:0
June 21:
Cibalia - Slaven Belupo 0:2
1. Slaven Belupo 2 1 1 0 2-0 4
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2. Segesta 2 0 2 0 0-0 2
3. Cibalia 2 0 1 1 0-2 1
Cyprus Division A With thanks to Nicos Nicolaou. Final Table: 1.Anorthosis 26 20 5 1 58-14 65 [Famagusta] Champions 2.Apollon 26 16 4 6 43-22 52 [Limassol] 3.Omonia 26 14 4 8 39-30 46 [Nicosia] 4.A.E.K. 26 11 8 7 49-37 41 [Larnaca] 5.A.P.O.E.L. 26 12 4 10 57-43 40 [Nicosia] 6.Ethnikos 26 11 4 11 48-36 37 [Achna] 7.E.N.P. 26 9 8 9 48-48 35 [Paralimni] 8.Nea Salamis 26 8 10 8 42-36 34 [Famagusta] 9.Anagennisi 26 9 5 12 27-42 32 [Dherinia] 10.A.P.O.P. 26 9 4 13 29-44 31 [Paphos] 11.Alki 26 8 6 12 41-49 30 [Larnaca] -------------------------------------- 12.Aris 26 7 7 12 33-41 28 [Limassol] Relegated 13.Olympiakos 26 8 3 15 28-47 27 [Nicosia] Relegated 14.A.P.E.P. 26 3 2 21 22-75 11 [Kyperounda] Relegated Promoted: AEL (Limassol), Evagoras (Paphos) and Ethnikos (Ashia).
Czech Republic Thanks to Jiri Novotny and Petr Lisonek. Final Table: 1.AC Sparta Praha 30 19 8 3 61-20 65 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.SK Slavia Praha 30 18 7 5 59-24 61 3.FK Jablonec nad Nisou 30 17 5 8 40-29 56 4.FC Boby Brno 30 14 10 6 44-35 52 5.FC Slovan WSK Liberec 30 12 10 8 33-30 46 6.SK Ceske Budejovice 30 11 11 8 38-40 44 7.FC Petra Drnovice 30 12 7 11 53-44 43 8.FC Sigma Olomouc MZ 30 10 10 10 36-30 40 9.KC Kaucuk Opava 30 10 10 10 34-35 40 10.FC Banik Ostrava 30 8 13 9 33-35 37 11.FC Viktoria Plzen 30 7 11 12 33-37 32 12.FK Viktoria Zizkov 30 6 11 13 17-33 29 13.FK Teplice 30 6 10 14 21-37 28 14.SK Hradec Kralove 30 5 13 12 22-39 28 ----------------------------------------------------- 15.FC Karvina 30 6 7 17 25-50 25 Relegated 16.SK Bohemians Praha 30 4 7 19 22-53 19 Relegated Promoted: FC Dukla Praha and AFK Lazne Bohdanec.
Denmark Thanks to Jesper Lauridsen. Superligaen Final Table: 1.Brøndby 33 20 8 5 64-39 68 2.Vejle 33 14 12 7 57-38 54 3.AGF 33 14 10 9 75-51 52 4.Herfølge 33 15 7 11 46-42 52 5.AaB 33 12 11 10 46-40 47 6.Silkeborg 33 10 15 8 51-55 45 7.OB 33 11 8 14 59-61 41 8.FC København 33 10 11 12 35-43 41 9.Lyngby 33 10 10 13 50-61 40 10.AB 33 8 12 13 56-62 36 ----------------------------------------- 11.Viborg 33 6 11 16 31-58 29 12.Hvidovre 33 5 11 17 39-59 26 Promoted: Ikast and Aarhus Fremad.
Egypt Thanks to Wael Abdel Wadood and Amro Hassanin. Final Table: 1.Al-Ahly 30 20 9 1 59-20 69 Champions 2.Zamalek 30 18 6 6 49-30 60 3.Mansoura 30 13 10 7 44-30 49 4.Ismaily 30 12 9 9 39-39 45 5.Ittihad 30 11 10 9 34-38 43 6.Canal 30 11 7 12 31-31 40 7.Masry 30 9 12 9 39-35 39 8.Ittihad Osman 30 10 9 11 33-40 39 9.Aswan 30 9 11 10 32-37 38 10.Baladeya 30 7 16 7 25-28 37 11.Mokawloon 30 8 12 10 27-23 36 12.Suez 30 7 12 11 24-32 33 ---------------------------------------- 13.Shebin 30 7 12 11 26-35 33 Relegated 14.Chrome 30 8 9 13 36-48 33 Relegated 15.Marikh 30 7 5 18 27-45 26 Relegated 16.Aluminium 30 5 7 18 30-44 22 Relegated Promoted: El Shams, Ghazl Mahalla, Ghazl Suez, Minia.
El Salvador Thanks to Mikael Jönsson. Final Table: 1.Aguila 36 18 13 5 67- 33 67 2.Alianza 36 18 10 8 61- 40 64 3.Deportivo FAS 36 16 12 8 66- 45 60 4.Luis Angel Firpo 36 14 11 11 54- 52 53 5.Atlético Arabe Marte 36 14 10 12 64- 65 52 [from San Salvador] 6.AD El Tránsito 36 13 9 14 54- 63 48 ------------------------------------------------ 7.El Roble 36 11 12 13 57- 61 45 8.Dragón 36 11 12 13 49- 52 45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Municipal Limeño 36 10 11 15 49- 55 41 ------------------------------------------------ 10.Once Lobos 36 1 8 27 46-101 11 Relegated Promoted: Atlético Arabe Marte [from Soyapango] Repechaje Mun Limeno 0-0 5-0 Real Independiente Championship Playoff Preliminary Round Aguila 1-1 1-1 ADET [Aguila 4-2 pen] FAS 3-2 2-5 LA Firpo Marte 1-0 1-2 Alianza Marte also through as lucky loser Semifinals Alianza 2-0 0-0 Aguila LA Firpo 1-0 2-2 Marte Final LA Firpo 0-0 2-3 Alianza Third Place Playoff Marte 2-1 Aguila
England Final Table: 1.Manchester United 38 21 12 5 76-44 75 2.Newcastle United 38 19 11 8 73-40 68 3.Arsenal 38 19 11 8 62-32 68 4.Liverpool 38 19 11 8 62-37 68 5.Aston Villa 38 17 10 11 47-34 61 6.Chelsea 38 16 11 11 58-55 59 7.Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 15 9 50-51 57 8.Wimbledon 38 15 11 12 49-46 56 9.Leicester City 38 12 11 15 46-54 47 10.Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 7 18 44-51 46 11.Leeds United 38 11 13 14 28-38 46 12.Derby County 38 11 13 14 45-58 46 13.Blackburn Rovers 38 9 15 14 42-43 42 14.West Ham United 38 10 12 16 39-48 42 15.Everton 38 10 12 16 44-57 42 16.Southampton 38 10 11 17 50-56 41 17.Coventry City 38 9 14 15 38-54 41 ---------------------------------------------- 18.Sunderland 38 10 10 18 35-53 40 19.Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 51-60 39 [*] 20.Nottingham Forest 38 6 16 16 31-59 34 [*] Middlesbrough 3 points deducted. Promoted: Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley, Crystal Palace.
Estonia Estonia Master League 1996/97 With thanks to Heigo Niilop (heigo@talinvest.ee). Fall Season Final Table: 1.FC Lantana Tallinn 14 11 2 1 30- 9 35 2.FC Flora Tallinn 14 9 2 3 27- 9 29 3.FC Marlekor Tallinn 14 6 4 4 20-17 22 4.Lelle SK 14 5 6 3 20-16 21 5.Trans Narva 14 5 5 4 20-19 20 6.Sadam Tallinn 14 5 1 8 24-26 16 -------------------------------------------------------- 7.Jõhvi EP 14 4 1 9 10-20 13 8.Vall Tallinn 14 0 1 13 9-44 1 [Lelle SK is the new name for Tervis Pärnu; during the season, FC Tevalte/Marlekor changed to FC Marlekor.] First six qualify for championship playoff in Spring, final two play off against relegation. Championship Playoff Final Table: 1.FC Lantana Tallinn 10 7 2 1 22- 6 41 (18) 2.FC Flora Tallinn 10 7 2 1 25- 7 38 (15) 3.Sadam Tallinn 10 5 1 4 13- 9 24 ( 8) 4.Lelle SK 10 3 0 7 6-21 20 (11) 5.FC Marlekor Tallinn 10 2 2 6 7-19 19 (11) 6.Trans Narva 10 2 1 7 8-19 17 (10) Promotion/Relegation Playoff: [Meistriliiga üleminek] 1.EP Jõhvi 10 8 1 1 28- 5 25 2.Vall Tallinn 10 7 1 2 29-15 22 3.Pärnu JK 10 4 1 5 9-27 13 4.FC Lelle 10 4 0 6 22-18 12 5.Tallinna JK 10 2 2 6 11-19 8 6.Kalev Sillamäe 10 1 3 6 6-21 6 EP Jõhvi and Vall Tallinn remain in Master League 1997/98. Name changes after season: Lelle SK moved to Viljandi and are now Tulevik Viljandi. Vall Tallinn had financial problems, sold its Master League place to FC Lelle (2nd level), who were then renamed Lelle SK. Marlekor Tallinn changed sponsor and now are TVMK Tallinn.
France
Thanks to Jérôme Faugeras.
Final Table:
Pd W D L F A Pts
1.AS Monaco 38 23 10 5 69-30 79 CC
2.Paris Saint-Germain 38 18 13 7 57-31 67 CC (qual. round)
3.FC Nantes 38 16 16 6 61-32 64 UC
4.Girondins de Bordeaux 38 16 15 7 59-42 63 UC
5.FC Metz 38 17 11 10 40-30 62 UC
6.AJ Auxerre 38 17 10 11 49-32 61 UIC
7.SC Bastia 38 17 10 11 54-47 61 UIC
8.Olympique Lyonnais 38 16 12 10 59-50 60 UIC
9.RC Strasbourg 38 19 3 16 52-49 60 UC (League Cup winner)
10.Montpellier-Herault 38 12 15 11 40-40 51 UIC
11.Olympique de Marseille 38 12 13 13 43-48 49
12.En avant Guingamp 38 11 13 14 32-36 46
13.RC Lens 38 12 9 17 40-52 45
14.Le Havre AC 38 10 13 15 34-43 43
15.AS Cannes 38 9 14 15 25-41 41
16.Stade Rennais 38 10 10 18 40-58 40
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17.SM Caen 38 7 16 15 35-46 37 relegated
18.AS Nancy-Lorraine 38 9 10 19 33-51 37 relegated
19.Lille OSC 38 8 11 19 32-58 35 relegated
20.OGC Nice 38 5 8 25 30-68 23 relegated, CWC
Promoted: Berrichonne Chateauroux and Toulouse FC.
Georgia With thanks to Mikhail Dryomin. Final Table: 1.Dinamo Tbilisi 30 26 3 1 101-23 81 Champions --------------------------------------------------- 2.Kolkheti 1913 Poti 30 20 4 6 75-28 64 UEFA Cup 3.Dinamo Batumi 30 18 8 4 71-22 62 CWC 4.Merani 91 Tbilisi 30 18 6 6 53-28 60 5.Torpedo Kutaisi 30 14 4 12 70-58 46 6.Odishi Zugdidi 30 13 1 16 51-57 40 7.Margveti Zestafoni 30 12 2 16 44-66 38 8.Dila Gori 30 10 7 13 30-39 37 9.Sioni Bolnisi 30 10 6 14 30-39 36 10.Gorda Rustavi 30 11 2 17 44-57 35 11.Samgurali Tskhaltubo 30 10 5 15 35-54 35 12.TSU Tbilisi 30 8 10 12 37-40 34 [was Shevardeni 1906] 13.Guria Lanchkhuti 30 10 3 17 33-63 33 --------------------------------------------------- 15.Kakheti Telavi 30 10 1 19 29-66 26 Relegated [*] 14.Samtredia 30 9 4 17 31-57 26 Relegated [*] 16.Iveria Khashuri 30 5 6 19 24-61 21 Relegated [*] 5 points deducted. [Metalurgi Rustavi reverted to the old name of Gorda; during the winter break Shevardeni 1906 Tbilisi were renamed TSU Tbilisi] Promoted: Lokomotive Tbilisi, Magaroeli Chiatura, Morkinali Tbilisi.
Germany Thanks to Frank Ballesteros. Final Table: 1.Bayern München 34 20 11 3 68-34 71 2.Bayer Leverkusen 34 21 6 7 69-41 69 3.Borussia Dortmund 34 19 6 9 63-41 63 4.VfB Stuttgart 34 18 7 9 78-40 61 5.VfL Bochum 34 14 11 9 54-51 53 6.Karlsruher SC 34 13 10 11 55-44 49 7.1860 München 34 13 10 11 56-56 49 8.Werder Bremen 34 14 6 14 53-52 48 9.MSV Duisburg 34 12 9 13 44-49 45 10.1. FC Köln 34 13 5 16 62-62 44 11.Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 7 15 46-48 43 12.Schalke 04 34 11 10 13 35-40 43 13.Hamburger SV 34 10 11 13 46-60 41 14.Arminia Bielefeld 34 11 7 16 46-54 40 15.Hansa Rostock 34 11 7 16 35-46 40 --------------------------------------------------- 16.Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 9 6 19 26-57 33 17.SC Freiburg 34 8 5 21 43-67 29 18.Sankt Pauli 34 7 6 21 32-69 27 Promoted: 1.FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg, Hertha BSC.
Greece Thanks to Constantinos Tsioras. Final Table: 1. Olympiakos Pireaus 34 26 6 2 72-14 84 Champions League 2. AEK Athens 34 22 6 6 75-28 72 Cup Winners Cup 3. OFI Heraklion 34 20 6 8 51-28 66 UEFA Cup 4. PAOK Thessaloniki 34 19 9 6 53-28 66 UEFA Cup 5. Panathinaikos 34 20 4 10 60-25 64 6. Kavala 34 16 7 11 42-43 55 7. Paniliakos Pyrgos 34 13 6 15 39-49 45 8. Ionikos Nikea 34 12 8 14 40-47 44 9. Apollon Athens 34 12 6 16 39-42 42 10. Veria 34 11 8 15 33-33 41 11. Kalamata 34 10 11 13 34-50 41 12. Athinaikos Vyron 34 11 7 16 41-59 40 13. Iraklis Thessaloniki 34 11 6 17 41-54 39 14. Skoda Xanthi 34 10 9 15 53-59 39 15. Panahaiki Patra 34 9 12 13 31-38 39 ------------------------------------------------- 16. Aris Thessaloniki 34 9 11 14 32-48 35 17. Edessaikos Edessa 34 7 7 20 38-61 28 18. Kastoria 34 1 5 28 13-81 8 Promoted: Panionios, Proodeftiki, Ethnikos.
Guatemala Thanks to Mikael Jönsson. First Stage Final Table: 1.Aurora FC 22 10 9 3 33-18 39 2.Comunicaciones 22 11 4 7 40-25 37 [Seven Up] 3.Municipal 22 10 7 5 22-15 37 [Bancafé Mirinda] 4.Tally Juca 22 9 5 8 30-30 32 5.Deportivo Suchitepéquez 22 8 8 6 27-31 32 6.Azucareros 22 7 9 6 25-19 30 7.Deportivo Zacapa 22 7 9 6 35-30 30 8.Escuintla 22 7 9 6 22-22 30 9.Xelaju MC 22 8 5 9 28-28 29 10.Deportivo Amatitlán 22 8 5 9 31-34 29 11.Sacachispas 22 4 7 11 13-30 19 12.Deportivo Izabal JC 22 2 5 15 14-38 11 Hexagonal Final Final Table: 1.Comunicaciones 10 7 3 0 23- 8 24 [Seven Up] 2.Municipal 10 5 2 3 12-12 17 [Bancafé Mirinda] 3.Tally Juca 10 4 2 4 16-14 14 4.Azucareros 10 3 4 3 21-20 13 5.Aurora FC 10 1 5 4 16-18 8 6.Deportivo Suchitepéquez 10 0 4 6 4-20 4 Championship Playoff Comunicaciones 2-0 3-1 Aurora Liguilla de Descenso Final Table: 1.Deportivo Zacapa 10 6 4 0 19- 9 22 2.Xelaju MC 10 5 4 1 17- 8 19 3.Deportivo Amatitlán 10 4 2 4 12-14 14 4.Sacachispas 10 2 4 4 12-14 10 5.Escuintla 10 2 3 5 13-16 9 6.Deportivo Izabal JC 10 2 1 7 11-23 7 Relegated Promoted: Coban Imperial (champions Division One) Repechaje: Deportivo Coatepequez 0-1 1-1 Escuintla Antigua GFC 0-2 0-0 Sacachispas Deportivo Chimaltenango 3-0 0-1 Deportivo Amatitlán Escuintla and Sacachispas remain in first division; Amatitlán are relegated. Chimaltenango are promoted (along with Coban).
Honduras Thanks to Irvin Jerez and Mikael Jönsson. Final Table: 1.Olimpia 27 15 6 6 40-25 51 2.Victoria 27 13 8 6 35-24 47 3.Platense 27 13 8 6 28-20 47 4.Motagua 27 11 9 7 37-25 42 5.Marathon 27 10 7 10 31-29 37 6.Real España 27 8 10 9 24-24 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Universidad 27 6 10 11 17-27 28 8.Vida 27 7 7 13 21-33 28 9.Real Maya 27 5 11 11 20-27 26 ------------------------------------- 10.Independiente 27 5 8 14 24-43 23 Relegated Olimpia winners regular season. NB: apparently Independiente's relegation was revoked. Promoted: Palestino. Second Stage First Round [May 3,4; May 10,11] Real Espana 1-1 2-1 Olimpia Marathon 2-0 0-2 Victoria [Victoria through on league standing] Motagua 2-2 1-2 Platense Liguilla Final Table: 1.Platense 4 3 0 1 8- 3 9 2.Victoria 4 2 1 1 5- 6 7 3.Real España 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1 Championship Final First Leg [Jun 22] Platense 1-1 Olimpia Second Leg [Jun 29] Olimpia 3-0 Platense Olimpia 1996/97 Champions.
Hongkong Thanks to Mikael Jönsson. First Stage Table: 1.Instant Dict 12 10 1 1 36- 9 31 2.South China 12 10 1 1 32-16 31 3.Uhlsport Rangers 12 5 0 7 12-18 15 4.Golden 12 5 0 7 20-30 15 5.Sing Tao 12 4 2 6 22-22 14 6.Happy Valley 12 3 2 7 17-21 11 7.Eastern 12 1 2 9 10-33 5 Second Stage Table: 1.South China 12 9 3 0 33- 9 30 2.Instant Dict 12 9 2 1 26- 5 29 3.Golden 12 6 2 4 17-17 20 4.Happy Valley 12 4 3 5 17-21 15 5.Sing Tao 12 3 1 6 16-19 12 6.Uhlsport Rangers 12 2 2 8 12-33 8 7.Eastern 12 1 1 10 10-27 4 Grand Final South China 3-2 Instant-Dict [asdet]
Hungary
Thanks to Endre Zsoldos.
Final Table:
1. MTK 34 26 7 1 87-25 85 Champions
2. UTE 34 23 7 4 75-35 76 UEFA Cup
3. FTC 34 22 8 4 69-37 74 UEFA Cup
4. Vasas 34 19 7 8 50-33 64
5. Debrecen 34 14 10 10 55-38 52
6. BVSC 34 14 7 13 43-36 49 CWC
7. Kispest-Honvéd 34 12 9 13 42-44 45
8. Videoton 34 10 12 12 45-44 42
9. Györ 34 10 12 12 44-51 42
10. Haladás 34 10 10 14 39-42 40
11. Vác 34 10 10 14 40-48 40
12. Siófok 34 10 10 14 36-53 40
13. Zalaegerszeg 34 11 7 16 34-51 40
14. Békéscsaba 34 10 6 18 37-62 36
15. III. ker. TVE 34 8 11 15 45-55 35 Playoffs
16. Stadler 34 7 7 20 27-50 28 Playoffs
17. Pécs 34 6 8 20 31-68 26 Relegated
18. Csepel 34 5 10 19 43-70 25 Relegated
Note: Fehérvár '96, formerly Parmalat FC, have changed back to
the old name Videoton FC.
Automatically promoted: Tiszakécske, Gázszer FC.
Playoff for NB I/A
1997.06.04 III. ker. TVE - Diósgyör 1-0 (0-0)
G: A. Szabó
Dunaferr - Stadler 2-2 (1-1)
G: Popovics, Lengyel; Eremeev, Yasinsky
1997.06.07 Diósgyör - III. ker. TVE 2-0 (1-0)
G: Szamosi (o.g.), Farkas
Stadler - Dunaferr 2-1 (0-0)
G: S. Nagy, Yasinsky; Lengyel
Diósgyör promoted, III. ker. TVE relegated.
India
First Stage
Final Tables:
Group A:
1.JCT Mills 5 3 2 0 9- 3 11 (Phagwara)
2.East Bengal 5 3 2 0 6- 2 11 (Calcutta)
3.Salgaocar 5 2 3 0 2- 0 9 (Goa)
4.Indian Bank 5 2 0 3 3- 5 6 (Chennai)
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5.Mohammedan Sporting 5 1 0 4 3- 6 3 (Calcutta)
6.Indian Telephone Industries 5 0 1 4 3-10 1 (Bangalore)
Group B:
1.Dempo SC 5 4 0 1 7- 1 12 (Goa)
2.Air India 5 3 1 1 7- 6 10 (Mumbai)
3.Churchill Brothers 5 2 1 2 7- 6 7 (Goa)
4.Mahindra & Mahindra 5 2 1 2 6- 7 7 (Mumbai)
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5.Mohun Bagan 5 1 3 1 6- 5 6 (Calcutta)
6.Kerala Police 5 0 0 5 3-11 0
Second Stage
Final Table:
1.JCT Mills 14 9 3 2 26- 8 30 (Phagwara)
2.Churchill Brothers 14 8 5 1 20-10 29 (Goa)
3.East Bengal 14 7 4 3 19-11 25 (Calcutta)
4.Dempo SC 14 4 6 4 19-17 18 (Goa)
5.Indian Bank 14 3 6 5 14-18 15 (Chennai)
6.Air India 14 3 6 5 11-16 15 (Mumbai) [*]
7.Salgaocar 14 3 4 7 8-13 13 (Goa) [*]
8.Mahindra & Mahindra 14 1 0 13 10-34 3 (Mumbai)
[*] Salgaocar v Air India (Feb 23) awarded as a 0-0 defeat against
both teams.
Iraq Final Table: 1.Air Force 30 22 3 5 63-24 69 2.Al Zawra 30 20 7 3 78-26 67 3.Al Talaba 30 17 9 4 58-16 60 4.Al Najaf 30 18 5 7 52-26 59 5.Al Shorta 30 12 10 8 48-33 46 [aka Police] 6.Al Mosul 30 12 7 11 40-48 43 7.Samurra 30 10 9 11 35-45 39 8.Al Mina 30 9 10 11 22-32 37 9.Al Naft 30 9 9 12 33-35 36 [aka Petrol] 10.Al Sinaa 30 8 8 14 22-42 32 11.Al Koot 30 8 7 15 34-43 31 12.Salaheddine 30 7 10 13 26-40 31 13.Al Sleikh 30 7 7 16 27-46 28 14.Al Karkh 30 6 9 15 24-51 27 15.Al Kazmia 30 6 8 16 20-35 26 16.Al Ramadi 30 5 10 15 19-59 25 [+] Zawra's goal difference reported as 78-24 but that doesn't add up. Topscorer: Ali Hashern (Al Najaf) 19. Air Force also won the Cup.
Ireland Final Table: 1.Derry City 33 19 10 4 58-27 67 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Bohemians 33 16 9 8 43-32 57 3.Shelbourne 33 15 9 9 52-36 54 4.Cork City 33 15 12 9 38-24 54 5.Saint Patrick's Athletic 33 13 14 6 45-33 53 6.Sligo Rovers 33 12 11 10 43-43 47 7.Shamrock Rovers 33 10 13 10 43-46 43 8.University College Dublin 33 12 7 14 34-39 43 9.Finn Harps 33 10 9 14 41-43 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.Dundalk 33 9 9 15 32-50 36 Relegation Playoff ------------------------------------------------- 11.Bray Wanderers 33 5 8 20 30-59 23 Relegated 12.Home Farm Everton 33 3 10 20 26-53 19 Relegated Promoted: Kilkenny City and Drogheda United. Playoff: Dundalk 3-0 0-1 Waterford United Dundalk remain in premier division.
Israel Thanks to Michael Medved. Final Table: 1 Betar Jerusalem 30 21 6 3 62-20 69 Champions 2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 18 6 6 57-37 60 UEFA Cup 3 Hapoel Beersheba 30 19 3 8 44-25 60 CWC 4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 14 10 6 39-22 52 5 Maccabi Haifa 30 13 9 8 48-34 48 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 13 7 10 47-34 46 7 Hapoel Haifa 30 12 7 11 34-33 43 8 Hapoel Kfar Sava 30 11 7 12 34-39 40 9 Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion 30 11 7 12 35-47 40 10 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 30 10 8 12 32-40 38 11 Hapoel Beit She'an 30 9 7 14 29-34 34 12 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 9 7 14 30-41 34 13 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 8 9 13 29-32 33 14 Maccabi Herzliya 30 9 5 16 19-28 32 15 Hapoel Zafririm Holon 30 4 9 17 17-43 21 Relegated 16 Hapoel Taibe 30 4 3 23 19-66 15 Relegated Promoted: Hapoel Ashkelon and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod.
Italy Final Table: 1.Juventus 34 17 14 3 51-24 65 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Parma 34 18 9 7 41-26 63 3.Inter 34 15 14 5 51-35 59 4.Lazio 34 15 10 9 54-37 55 5.Udinese 34 15 9 10 53-41 54 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.Sampdoria 34 14 11 9 60-46 53 7.Bologna 34 13 10 11 50-44 49 8.Vicenza 34 12 11 11 43-38 47 9.Fiorentina 34 10 15 9 46-41 45 10.Atalanta 34 11 11 12 44-46 44 11.Milan 34 11 10 13 43-45 43 12.Roma 34 10 11 13 46-47 41 Napoli 34 9 14 11 38-45 41 14.Piacenza 34 7 16 11 29-45 37 ------------------------------------------ Cagliari 34 9 10 15 45-55 37 16.Perugia 34 10 7 17 48-62 37 17.Verona 34 6 9 19 38-64 27 18.Reggiana 34 2 13 19 28-67 19 Perugia relegated on worst head-to-head w.r.t. Cagliari and Piacenza. Relegation Playoff: Cagliari 1-3 Piacenza Promoted: Brescia, Empoli, Lecce, Bari.
Lebanon Thanks to Mohamed S. Chbaro (mochbaro@intracom.net.lb). Final Table: 1.Al Ansar 26 20 5 1 59- 7 65 2.Al Nejmeh 26 18 4 4 52-22 58 3.Homenetmen 26 15 4 7 55-30 49 4.Homenmen 26 15 3 8 47-35 48 5.Al Safa 26 10 8 8 30-22 38 6.Akha'a Ahly 26 10 8 8 29-30 38 7.Riyada wal-Adab 26 8 9 9 19-20 33 8.Tadamon Tyre 26 9 5 12 25-35 32 9.Shabab Sahel 26 7 7 12 20-32 28 10.Al Borj 26 7 7 12 19-31 28 11.La Sagesse 26 6 6 14 30-42 24 [aka Hikma] 12.Racing Club 26 5 7 14 18-38 22 13.Salam Zghorta 26 3 11 12 23-48 20 Relegated 14.Shabibé Al-Mazraa 26 2 10 14 19-53 16 Relegated Promoted: Ahly Sidon and Ahed.
Lithuania Thanks to Almantas Lauzadis (almis@perkunas.omnitel.ne). I LYGA GROUP A Final Table: 1.Kareda Siauliai 28 19 7 2 61-12 64 Champions 2.Zalgiris Vilnius 28 17 5 6 56-19 56 3.FK Inkaras Kaunas 28 15 8 5 41-19 53 4.FBK Kaunas 28 12 5 11 33-31 41 5.Ekranas Panevezys 28 8 10 10 28-32 34 6.FK Panerys Vilnius 28 6 8 14 20-40 25 7.Atlantas Klaipeda 28 4 6 18 21-66 18 8.Zalgiris-Volmeta Vilnius 28 3 7 18 19-60 16 Zalgiris-Volmeta Vilnius renamed Gelezinis Vilkas Vilnius after end of season. All teams qualified for 1997/98 16-team first division. I LYGA GROUP B Final Table: 9.Lok-Vilbana Vilnius 26 15 8 3 44-13 53 10.Ranga-Politechnika Kaunas 26 14 8 4 27- 9 50 11.Mastis Telsiai 26 13 4 9 29-24 43 12.Banga Gargzdai 26 12 6 8 35-22 42 13.Tauras Taurage 26 10 2 14 24-33 32 14.Inter-AE Visaginas 26 7 4 15 26-37 25 15.Panerys 2 Vilnius 26 3 3 20 14-61 12 Relegated 16.FK Ukmerge 14 5 3 6 13-13 18 Retired All teams except Panerys 2 and Ukmerge join first division 1997/98. Promoted from the II LYGA: Nevezis-Lifosa Kedainiai and Suduva Marijampole. Suduva Marijampole, however, withdrew and were replaced by Vienybe Ukmerge.
Luxembourg Final Table: 1.Jeunesse d'Esch 22 17 5 0 56-11 56 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.CS Grevenmacher 22 15 5 2 56-20 50 UEFA Cup 3.Union Luxembourg 22 10 8 4 44-23 38 CWC 4.Avenir Beggen 22 11 5 6 45-27 38 5.FC Wiltz 71 22 11 3 8 32-40 36 6.Sporting Mertzig 22 8 8 6 45-39 32 7.CS Hobscheid 22 7 5 10 23-42 26 8.CA Spora Luxembourg 22 6 5 11 33-40 23 9.F'91 Dudelange 22 6 4 12 27-43 22 10.US Rumelange 22 5 3 14 33-59 18 ---------------------------------------------- 11.FC Rodange 91 22 4 4 14 25-42 16 Relegated 12.Aris Bonnevoie 22 2 5 15 22-55 11 Relegated Promoted: Red Boys Differdange and CS Petange.
Macedonia
Thanks to Lars Aarhus and Andrej Trajkovski.
1.Sileks Kratovo 26 19 5 2 81-24 62
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2.Pobeda Prilep 26 17 3 6 57-25 54
3.Sloga Skopje 26 12 6 8 42-30 42
4.Vardar Skopje 26 11 10 5 34-15 40 (*)
5.Sasa Make. Kamenica 26 10 8 8 35-28 38
6.Bregalnica Stip 26 10 5 11 29-35 35
7.Makedonija Skopje 26 10 4 12 37-31 34
8.Belasica Strumica 26 9 6 11 32-43 33
9.Tikves Kvadarci 26 8 8 10 34-38 32
10.Balkan Skopje 26 7 10 9 29-25 31
11.Pelister Bitola 26 8 7 11 33-34 31
12.Cementarnica Skopje 26 9 4 13 33-40 31 [ex-FCU Skopje]
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13.Shkendija Tetovo 26 8 5 13 27-47 29 Relegated
14.Rudar Probistip 26 2 3 21 18-106 9 Relegated
(*) Vardar 3 points deducted and fined 48.000 DM for fielding a
suspended player in the round 1 game against Sloga.
Promoted: SK Skopje, Borec Veles.
Malta Final Table: 1.Valletta 27 21 4 2 80-22 67 Champions 2.Birkirkara 27 18 6 3 46-21 60 3.Floriana 27 16 5 6 56-28 53 4.Sliema Wanderers 27 14 4 9 58-30 46 5.Hamrun Spartans 27 12 3 12 46-40 39 6.Hibernians 27 10 7 10 39-38 37 7.Pieta Hotspurs 27 11 3 13 35-41 36 8.Naxxar Lions 27 5 7 15 18-45 22 ----------------------------------------------------- 9.Rabat Ajax 27 5 3 19 32-73 18 Relegated 10.Lija Athletic 27 2 0 25 22-94 6 Relegated Promoted: Xghajra Tornadoes and Tarxien Rainbows.
Mexico Winter 1996 Group 1 1.Atlante 17 12 2 3 30-11 38 2.Puebla 17 9 4 4 32-22 31 3.Neza 17 8 0 9 30-36 24 4.Cruz Azul 17 5 5 7 26-26 20 5.Veracruz 17 4 6 7 14-21 18 Group 2 1.Necaxa 17 8 5 4 24-19 29 2.Leon 17 5 8 4 24-19 23 3.America 17 4 5 8 24-27 17 4.Pachuca 17 3 6 8 25-36 15 5.Morelia 17 3 3 11 20-31 12 Group 3 1.Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 33-19 31 2.Toluca 17 9 3 5 26-15 30 3.Atlas 17 6 8 3 28-26 26 4.U.N.A.M. 17 4 6 7 23-27 18 Group 4 1.Santos 17 10 4 3 21-15 34 2.Monterrey 17 5 4 8 15-21 19 3.U.A.G. 17 5 3 9 20-30 18 4.Celaya 17 5 2 10 19-33 17 Playoffs First Round Leon 1-2 1-2 Neza Monterrey 1-5 2-1 Atlas Quarterfinals Toluca 1-2 0-0 Puebla Neza 4-0 5-2 Atlante Necaxa 2-0 1-2 Guadalajara Atlas 1-1 1-3 Santos Semifinals Neza 0-2 1-3 Santos Necaxa 3-2 4-1 Puebla Final Necaxa 1-0 2-4 Santos Summer 1997 Group 1 1.Neza 17 9 3 5 40-32 30 2.Atlante 17 8 4 5 23-19 28 3.Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 21-24 25 4.Puebla 17 4 8 5 15-18 20 5.Veracruz 17 2 4 11 17-31 10 Group 2 1.America 17 11 4 2 27-12 37 2.Necaxa 17 8 4 5 33-20 28 3.Morelia 17 6 7 4 26-23 25 4.Leon 17 5 8 4 21-18 23 5.Pachuca 17 5 2 10 24-32 17 Group 3 1.Guadalajara 17 9 7 1 27-16 34 2.U.N.A.M. 17 8 3 6 25-26 27 3.Toluca 17 5 6 6 26-21 21 4.Atlas 17 4 4 9 23-36 16 Group 4 1.Santos 17 8 2 7 27-28 26 2.U.A.G. 17 5 5 7 26-24 20 3.Monterrey 17 5 3 9 25-38 18 4.Celaya 17 2 6 9 20-28 12 Playoffs First Round U.A.G. 2-0 0-4 Morelia Quarterfinals Morelia 1-0 4-1 America Santos 1-1 0-5 Guadalajara Atlante 2-0 1-3 Necaxa [Necaxa qualify on league record] U.N.A.N. 1-3 2-1 Neza Semifinals Morelia 1-0 0-1 Guadalajara [Guadalajara qualify on league record] Necaxa 2-1 1-3 Neza Final Neza 1-1 1-6 Guadalajara Promoted: U.A.N.L. (Tigres). Relegated: Pachuca.
Moldova
Thanks to Miron Goihman.
Final Table:
1.Constructorul Chisinau 30 26 3 1 82- 10 81 Champions
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2.Zimbru Chisinau 30 22 4 4 112- 21 70 CWC
3.Tiligul Tiraspol 30 20 8 2 73- 12 68 UEFA Cup
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4.Nistru Otaci 30 19 6 5 58- 21 63
5.Olimpia Balti 30 18 6 6 75- 34 60
6.Speranta Nisporeni 30 11 9 10 34- 36 42
7.Locomotiva Basarabeasca 30 12 5 13 44- 58 41 [4 2 1 1 7-6 7] [2 1 1 0 5-4 4]
8.Dinamo Bender 30 12 5 13 42- 45 41 [4 2 1 1 7-6 7] [2 0 1 1 4-5 1]
9.Unisport Chisinau 30 12 5 13 40- 44 41 [4 1 0 3 3-5 3]
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10.Codru Calarasi 30 12 4 14 43- 48 40
11.FC Agro Chisinau 30 11 3 16 53- 47 36
12.CSA Victoria Cahul 30 7 8 15 33- 61 29 [+]
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13.MHM-93 Chisinau 30 6 7 17 32- 53 25 Relegated
14.Ciuhur Ocnita 30 6 6 18 20- 97 24 Relegated
15.Spumante Cricova 30 3 4 23 21- 44 13 [*]
16.Attila Ungheni 30 1 1 28 10-141 4 Relegated
[+] Victoria are exempt from relegation (because of the bus accident
in round 9 on the way to Balti).
[*] Spumante were expelled from the championship after their second
failure to show up for a match (in round 21 at Attila).
Promoted: Sindicat Moldova-Gaz (Chisinau) and Roma (Balti).
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs [Jun 25]
FC Agro (Chisinau) 5-2 Raut (Orhei)
Codru (Calarasi) 1-2 Stimold-MIF (Chisinau) [aet]
Codru relegated, Stimold-MIF promoted.
Morocco Final Table: 1.Raja Casablanca 30 15 10 5 45-24 55 Champions 2.WA Casablanca 30 14 11 5 47-21 53 3.RS Settat 30 15 8 7 32-18 53 4.JS Massira 30 14 9 7 43-30 51 [play in El Ayoun] 5.DH El Jadida 30 13 5 12 27-29 44 6.COD Meknes 30 10 11 9 24-21 41 7.FAR Rabat 30 9 14 7 23-23 41 8.MC Oujda 30 10 8 12 29-42 38 9.SC Chabab Mohammedia 30 9 9 12 26-28 36 10.KAC Marrakesh 30 9 9 12 17-20 36 11.Hassania US Agadir 30 7 13 10 21-25 34 12.Wydad Fes 30 7 13 10 24-30 34 13.SA Salé 30 7 11 12 29-35 32 14.OC Khouribga 30 8 8 14 27-34 32 --------------------------------------------- 15.US Sidi Kacem 30 6 13 11 25-33 31 Relegated 16.Moghreb Tetouan 30 6 10 14 27-53 28 Relegated Promoted: MAS Fes and Ittihad Tanger.
Netherlands Final Table: 1.PSV 34 24 5 5 90-26 77 Champions ----------------------------------------------------- 2.Feyenoord 34 22 7 5 67-34 73 Champions Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.FC Twente 34 20 5 9 60-33 65 UEFA Cup 4.Ajax 34 17 10 7 55-31 61 UEFA Cup 5.Vitesse 34 15 10 9 53-41 55 UEFA Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.Roda JC 34 16 7 11 56-47 55 CWC 7.SC Heerenveen 34 13 11 10 58-47 50 8.De Graafschap 34 13 6 15 52-55 45 9.NAC 34 10 10 14 41-54 40 10.FC Groningen 34 9 12 13 43-56 39 11.Fortuna Sittard 34 9 12 13 36-52 39 12.FC Utrecht 34 8 14 12 42-52 38 13.Sparta 34 11 5 18 40-56 38 14.FC Volendam 34 9 11 14 36-55 38 15.Willem II 34 9 8 17 34-51 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.RKC Waalwijk 34 9 7 18 39-61 34 Relegation Playoff 17.NEC 34 7 11 16 35-61 32 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------------------- 18.AZ 34 6 7 21 27-52 25 Relegated Promoted: MVV. Promotion/Relegation Playoffs Group A Final Table: 1.RKC Waalwijk 6 5 0 1 19- 6 15 2.FC Zwolle 6 3 1 2 6- 9 10 3.Emmen 6 2 1 3 8-10 7 4.ADO Den Haag 6 0 2 4 3-11 2 [RKC Waalwijk remain in eredivisie.] Group B Final Table: 1.NEC 6 5 0 1 19- 5 15 2.Go Ahead Eagles 6 5 0 1 17- 8 15 3.Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 2 0 4 8-15 6 4.VVV 6 0 0 6 6-22 0 [NEC remain in eredivisie.]
New Zealand 1.Napier City Rovers 18 12 0/2 4 42-18 50 2.Central United 18 12 1/0 5 47-26 50 3.Waitakere City 18 10 1/1 6 39-21 43 4.North Shore United 18 9 3/1 5 40-29 43 ---------------------------------------------- 5.Miramar Rangers 18 8 4/2 4 35-26 42 6.Nelson Suburbs 18 9 0/0 9 25-33 36 7.Melville United 18 5 2/1 10 31-43 25 8.Wellington United 18 5 0/5 8 31-46 25 9.Woolston 18 3 2/1 12 17-39 17 10.Mount Maunganui 18 1 3/3 11 14-40 13 [4 points for win, 1 point for draw, followed by penalty shootout for additional point] Playoffs Major Semi Final Napier City Rovers 3-0 Central United Minor Semi Final Waitakere City 2-1 North Shore United Preliminary Final Central United 1-3 Waitakere City [aet] Grand Final Napier City Rovers 1-3 Waitakere City Waitakere City are 1996/97 League Champions.
Northern Ireland Final Table: 1.Crusaders 28 12 10 6 39-26 46 Champions 2.Coleraine 28 10 13 5 37-31 43 3.Glentoran 28 10 11 7 36-30 41 4.Portadown 28 10 8 10 36-32 38 5.Linfield 28 10 8 10 35-33 38 6.Glenavon 28 8 11 9 35-34 35 7.Cliftonville 28 7 9 12 23-38 30 8.Ards 28 5 10 13 33-50 25 Relegation Playoff Promoted: Ballymena United and Omagh Town. Promotion/Relegation Playoff Ards 1-0 1-0 Bangor First division extended to 10 clubs.
Oman Final Table: 1.Oman Club 22 15 4 3 46-16 49 Champions 2.Sur 22 11 5 6 35-33 38 3.Al Ittihad 22 11 3 8 33-25 36 4.Zofar 22 8 6 8 40-27 30 5.Al Seeb 22 7 8 7 23-29 29 6.Al Nasr 22 6 10 6 31-27 28 7.Al Uruba 22 6 10 6 24-21 28 8.Sohar 22 7 6 9 20-29 27 ------------------------------------------ 9.Al Suwaiq 22 6 7 9 25-22 25 Relegated 10.Al Bustan 22 6 6 10 20-30 24 Relegated 11.Fanja 22 5 9 8 15-18 24 Relegated 12.Ruwi 22 3 8 11 10-29 17 Relegated Note: goal difference incorrect. Topscorer: Said Faraj (Zofar) 19.
Panama First Stage =========== Thanks to Mikael Jönsson (mikael.joensson@tordata.se) and Javier Aizpurua (jaizpuru@ns.ulat.ac.pa). Final Table: 1.Tauro FC 22 14 4 4 43-22 46 [Panama City] 2.FC Eurokickers 22 10 7 5 34-25 37 [Panama City] 3.CD Plaza Amador 22 10 7 5 29-22 37 [Panama City] 4.Arabe Unido 22 10 5 7 38-21 35 [Colón] 5.San Francisco 22 9 7 6 38-32 34 [Chorrera] 6.Panama Viejo 22 7 9 6 22-25 30 [Panama City] -------------------------------------------------- 7.Los Bravos del Projusa 22 8 5 9 27-24 29 [Santiago] 8.Atlético Nacional 22 7 8 7 27-24 29 [Panama City] 9.Ejecutivo Jr. 22 8 5 9 31-30 29 [San Miguelito] 10.Pan de Azucar 22 6 9 7 29-33 27 [Panama City] 11.Chiriqui FC 22 5 6 11 30-28 21 [David] ================================================== 12.Cosmos 22 2 1 19 11-52 7 Tauro FC qualified for Concacaf Cup 1997. Cosmos relegated; Sporting 89 (San Miguelito) promoted. Second Stage ============ Hexagonal between the best 6 of first stage. Final Table: 1.Plaza Amadora 5 4 1 0 6- 2 13 2.Eurokickers 5 3 0 2 5- 4 9 3.San Francisco 5 2 2 1 6- 3 8 4.Tauro FC 5 1 3 1 7- 2 6 ------------------------------------------- 5.Arabe Unido 5 1 2 2 4- 5 5 6.Panama Viejo 5 0 0 5 0-12 0 [Top 4 qualified for semifinals] Semifinals ========== [Jan 17] Plaza Amadora 1-2 Tauro [Jan 19] Eurokickers 2-1 San Francisco [Jan 25] Eurokickers 1-2 San Francisco, Euro 5-4 on pen [Jan 26] Plaza Amadora 1-2 Tauro Final (Feb 2, 1997) ===== Tauro 1-0 Eurokickers 9' Patricio Guevara Topscorer: Patricio Guevara 22 goals
Poland
First Division 1996/97
With thanks to Piotr Dabrowski.
Final Table:
1 Widzew Lodz 34 25 6 3 74 21 81 Champions
2 Legia Warszawa 34 24 5 5 66 27 77 CWC
3 Odra Wodzislaw 34 16 7 11 51 44 55 UEFA Cup
4 GKS Katowice 34 14 11 9 47 40 53
5 Amica Wronki 34 14 10 10 41 40 52
6 LKS Lodz 34 13 10 11 55 45 49 [2 1 0 1 3-3 3]
7 Zaglebie Lubin 34 13 10 11 44 38 49 [2 1 0 1 3-3 3]
8 Polonia Warszawa 34 13 9 12 40 44 48
9 Stomil Olsztyn 34 12 8 14 45 46 44 [4 3 0 1 8-2 9]
10 Rakow Czestochowa 34 11 11 12 35 39 44 [4 2 1 1 5-5 7]
11 Lech Poznan 34 11 11 12 40 40 44 [4 0 1 3 1-7 1]
12 Wisla Krakow 34 11 9 14 33 42 42
13 Gornik Zabrze 34 11 8 15 40 45 41
14 Ruch Chorzow 34 9 13 12 41 41 40 [2 2 0 0 4-0 6]
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15 GKS Belchatow 34 11 7 16 36 43 40 [2 0 0 2 0-4 0]
16 Hutnik Krakow 34 8 11 15 34 46 35
17 Slask Wroclaw 34 6 6 22 24 56 24 [withdrew]
18 Sokol Tychy 34 5 6 23 18 67 21 [withdrew]
Sokol Tychy have withdrawn from the league (April 23) after 26
rounds; all remaining matches were awarded 0-3 against them.
Slask Wroclaw have withdrawn from the league (early June) after
31 matches; all remaining matches were awarded 0-3 against them.
NB: the round 12 games Lech-Legia and Slask-Widzew were interrupted
by spectators, who threw stones on the pitch and fought with the
police. The Polish federation has decided that the next home games
of Lech and Slask should be played behind closed doors or at least
100 kms away. Meanwhile, the Poznan mayor has closed the Lech stadium
for the rest of the season.
Topscorers:
18 - Miroslaw Trzeciak (LKS Lodz)
17 - Jacek Dembinski (Widzew Lodz), Cezary Kucharski (Legia Warszawa)
15 - Slawomir Wojciechowski (GKS Katowice
14 - Mariusz Srutwa (Ruch Chorzow)
12 - Slawomir Majak (Widzew Lodz), Piotr Reiss (Lech Poznan),
Krzysztof Zagorski (Odra Wodzislaw).
Promoted: Groclin-Dyskobolia Grodzisk, Pogon Szczecin, Petrochemia Plock,
and KSZO Ostrowiec.
Portugal I. Divisão Thanks to João Miguel Fernandes. Final Table: 1.FC Porto 34 27 4 3 80-24 85 2.Sporting CP 34 22 6 6 55-19 72 3.SL Benfica 34 17 7 10 49-30 58 4.Sp. Braga 34 15 10 9 39-40 55 5.Vit. Guimarães 34 15 8 11 51-46 53 6.Salgueiros 34 14 10 10 49-48 52 7.Boavista FC 34 12 13 9 62-39 49 8.Marítimo 34 13 8 13 39-38 47 8.Estrela Amadora 34 12 11 11 39-38 47 10.Desp. Chaves 34 12 10 12 39-45 46 11.Sp. Farense 34 10 12 12 34-34 42 12.Vit. Setúbal 34 10 10 14 38-42 40 13.Belenenses 34 10 10 14 37-50 40 14.Leça 34 9 9 16 33-42 36 15.Rio Ave 34 8 11 15 35-42 35 ------------------------------------------- 16.Espinho 34 9 6 19 27-56 33 17.U. Leiria 34 8 6 20 25-53 30 18.Gil Vicente 34 4 7 23 29-74 19 Promoted: Campomaiorense, Varzim, Académica (Coimbra).
Qatar Final Table: 1.Al Arabi 16 10 4 2 28-13 34 Champions 2.Al Rayyan 16 9 5 2 21-12 32 3.Al Ittihad 16 8 5 3 22-14 29 4.Al Wakra 16 8 3 5 23-16 27 5.Al Saad 16 7 6 3 19- 9 27 6.Al Shamal 16 5 4 7 22-36 19 7.Qatar 16 4 3 9 19-19 15 8.Al Ahli 16 1 6 9 18-31 9 9.Al Taawon 16 0 4 12 10-32 4 No teams are relegated.
Romania Divizia Nationala Final Table: 1.Steaua Bucuresti 34 23 4 7 87-40 73 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.FC National Bucuresti 34 21 5 8 69-36 68 CWC 3.Dinamo Bucuresti 34 18 5 11 56-34 59 UEFA Cup 4.Otelul Galati 34 17 7 10 54-39 58 UEFA Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.FCM Bacau 34 16 5 13 43-41 53 6.Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 34 15 7 12 51-50 52 7.FC Arges Dacia Pitesti 34 14 8 12 46-37 50 8.Rapid Bucuresti 34 13 9 12 45-41 48 9.FC Petrolul Ploiesti 34 13 7 14 48-43 46 10.FC Farul Constanta 34 14 4 16 46-52 46 11.Universitatea Craiova 34 12 7 15 48-52 43 12.Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti 34 12 6 16 36-52 42 13.Gloria Bistrita 34 11 8 15 38-45 41 14.Jiul Petrosani 34 12 5 17 33-61 41 15.Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 34 11 6 17 52-67 39 16.CF Chindia Târgoviste 34 11 5 18 32-55 38 ----------------------------------------------------- 17.Politehnica Timisoara 34 10 5 19 45-65 35 Relegated 18.FC Brasov 34 9 5 20 42-61 32 Relegated Promoted: Foresta Falticeni and CSM Resita.
San Marino Girone A Final Table: 1.Folgore 22 15 3 4 42-24 48 2.Fiorita 22 11 5 6 37-17 38 3.Cailungo 22 9 8 5 38-19 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.Tre Penne 22 9 8 5 25-20 35 5.Tre Fiori 22 8 10 4 42-24 34 6.Cosmos 22 7 9 6 28-24 30 7.Juvenes 22 4 6 12 19-37 18 8.Dogana 22 0 4 18 11-73 4 Girone B Final Table: 1.Virtus 22 14 5 3 35-16 47 2.Faetano 22 11 5 6 39-22 38 3.Libertas 22 11 4 7 41-25 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.Murata 22 10 6 6 43-17 36 5.Domagnano 22 7 9 6 21-20 30 6.Pennarossa 22 8 5 9 34-33 29 7.Montevito 22 2 8 12 23-43 14 8.San Giovanni 22 1 3 18 12-76 6 Championship Playoffs First Round [nrs 2 vs nrs 3] Fiorita 0-0 Libertas [aet, Fiorita 5-4 pen] Faetano 4-3 Cailungo [aet] Second Round [nrs 1 vs winners 1st Round] Virtus 2-3 Fiorita Faetano 2-2 Folgore [et, Faetano 6-5 pen] Third Round [losers 1st round vs losers 2nd round] Folgore 3-1 Libertas [Libertas eliminated with 2 losses] Cailungo 3-2 Virtus [Virtus eliminated with 2 losses] Fourth Round [winners 2nd round against each other] Fiorita 2-2 Faetano [aet, Fiorita 7-6 pen, Fiorita to final] Fifth Round [winners 3rd round against each other] Folgore 2-1 Cailungo [Cailungo eliminated with 2 losses] Sixth Round [winners 5th round vs losers 4th round] Folgore 2-0 Faetano [Faetano eliminated with 2 losses, Folgore to final] Final Folgore 2-1 Fiorita
Saudi Arabia Thanks to Mohammed Qayed. Final Table: 1.Al-Ittihad 22 14 2 6 54-24 44 2.Al-Nasr 22 12 3 7 37-31 39 3.Al-Hilal 22 10 6 6 23-19 36 4.Al-Shabab 22 10 5 7 31-23 35 ----------------------------------------- 5.Al-Ahli 22 7 9 6 28-28 30 6.Al-Reyadh 22 7 8 7 33-30 29 7.Al-Ittifaq 22 9 2 11 35-36 29 8.Al-Wahda 22 8 4 10 37-49 28 9.Al-Najma 22 6 8 8 28-30 26 10.Al-Ta'ee 22 7 5 10 27-34 26 ----------------------------------------- 11.Al-Ansar 22 7 4 11 23-34 25 12.Al-Qadesya 22 5 4 13 26-44 19 Relegated: Al-Ansar and Al-Qadeseya. Promoted: Al-Sho'ala and Al-Ta'awan. Championship Playoff Al-Shabab 2-4 2-2 Al-Ittihad Al-Nasr 2-2 1-3 Al-Hilal Third Place Al-Nasr 4-0 Al-Shabab Championship Final Al-Ittihad 2-0 Al-Hilal
Scotland Premier Division Final Table: 1.Rangers 36 25 5 6 85-33 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Celtic 36 23 6 7 78-32 75 3.Dundee United 36 17 9 10 46-33 60 4.Heart of Midlothian 36 14 10 12 46-43 52 5.Dunfermline Athletic 36 12 9 15 52-65 45 6.Aberdeen 36 10 14 12 45-54 44 7.Kilmarnock 36 11 6 19 41-61 39 8.Motherwell 36 9 11 16 44-55 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Hibernian 36 9 11 16 38-55 38 ----------------------------------------------- 10.Raith Rovers 36 6 7 23 29-73 25 Relegation Playoff [May 17 and 22] Hibernian 1-0 Airdrieonians Airdrieonians 2-4 Hibernian Promoted: Saint Johnstone.
Slovakia Thanks to Jiri Novotny. Final Table: 1.1.FC Kosice 30 21 7 2 61-19 70 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.FC Spartak Trnava 30 21 6 3 66-24 69 3.SK Slovan Bratislava 30 15 5 10 49-33 50 4.ASK Inter Slovnaft Bratislava 30 13 9 8 38-35 48 5.FC Dukla Banska Bystrica 30 13 5 12 48-37 44 6.FC Tatran Presov 30 12 7 11 37-38 43 7.BSC JAS Bardejov 30 11 7 12 34-36 40 8.MFK Petrimex Prievidza 30 10 7 13 41-43 37 9.MSK Zilina 30 11 4 15 30-34 37 10.FK Lokomotiva Kosice 30 8 13 9 27-31 37 11.FC Chemlon Humenné 30 11 3 16 34-44 36 12.FC Tauris Rimavska Sobota 30 11 3 16 31-46 36 13.Artmedia Petrzalka 30 9 8 13 29-49 35 14.FC DAC Dunajska Streda 30 9 7 14 29-45 34 ------------------------------------------------------ 15.ZTS Kerametal Dubnica 30 8 8 14 29-43 32 Relegated 16.FC Nitra 30 5 5 20 22-48 20 Relegated Promoted: MSK Ruzomberok, OD Trencin.
Slovenia Final Table: 1.Maribor Branik 36 21 8 7 71-34 71 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Primorje Ajdovscina 36 19 9 8 64-25 66 CWC 3.HIT Nova Gorica 36 18 11 7 52-33 65 UEFA Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.Publikum Celje 36 12 11 13 55-61 47 5.Olimpija Ljubljana 36 11 12 13 54-52 45 6.Nova Oprema KS Prevalje 36 12 9 15 32-39 45 7.Mura Murska Sobota 36 9 16 11 36-45 43 8.Rudar Velenje 36 10 12 14 43-53 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.NK Beltinci 36 7 11 18 37-69 32 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------------------- 10.NK Koper 36 8 7 21 28-61 31 Relegated Promoted: Set Vevce. Relegation Playoff: Beltinci 1-0 Drava Draga 0-1 Beltinci
South Africa Thanks to Charl Gerber (gerber@stb.dfs.co.za). NSL Premiership 1996/1997 Final Table: 1. Manning Rangers 34 23 5 6 53-28 74 Champions 2. Kaizer Chiefs 34 18 12 4 56-23 66 3. Orlando Pirates 34 18 10 6 43-27 64 4. Umtata Bucks 34 16 9 9 45-29 57 5. Hellenic 34 16 7 11 46-31 56 6. Mamelodi Sundowns 34 13 11 10 35-30 50 7. Jomo Cosmos 34 11 16 7 32-27 49 8. Cape Town Spurs 34 14 6 14 40-45 48 9. Supersport United 34 10 16 8 40-35 46 10. Bloemfontein Celtic 34 13 5 16 38-39 44 11. Moroka Swallows 34 11 10 13 33-35 43 12. Wits University 34 11 8 15 27-31 41 13. Qwa Qwa Stars 34 10 8 16 39-49 38 14. Amazulu 34 9 10 15 34-46 37 15. Vaal Professionals 34 10 6 18 38-49 36 16. Real Rovers 34 8 12 14 35-46 36 ------------------------------------------------- 17. Warriors 34 10 5 19 32-50 35 Relegated 18. Witbank Aces 34 4 7 23 26-72 19 Relegated Promotion Playoff: 1.African Wanderers 6 3 3 0 8- 5 12 Promoted 2.Santos 6 2 4 0 11- 4 10 Promoted ------------------------------------------------- 3.Tembisa Classic 6 1 2 3 9- 8 5 4.Black Leopards 6 0 3 3 4-15 3
Spain Thanks to Juan Pedro Adrados (inmae26@fresno.csic.es). Final Table: 1.Real Madrid 42 27 11 4 85-36 92 Champion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Barcelona 42 28 6 8 102-48 90 Champions' League - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Deportivo La Coruña 42 21 14 7 57-30 77 UEFA Cup 4.Betis 42 21 14 7 81-46 77 Cup Winners' Cup 5.Atlético Madrid 42 20 11 11 76-64 71 UEFA Cup 6.Athletic Bilbao 42 16 16 10 72-57 64 UEFA Cup 7.Valladolid 42 18 10 14 57-46 64 UEFA Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Real Sociedad 42 18 9 15 50-47 63 9.Tenerife 42 15 11 16 69-57 56 10.Valencia 42 15 11 16 63-59 56 11.Compostela 42 13 14 15 52-65 53 12.Espanyol 42 14 9 19 51-57 51 13.Racing Santander 42 11 17 14 52-54 50 14.Zaragoza 42 12 14 16 58-66 50 15.Sporting Gijon 42 13 11 18 45-63 50 16.Celta 42 12 13 17 51-54 49 17.Oviedo 42 12 12 18 49-65 48 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18.Rayo Vallecano 42 13 6 23 43-62 45 Relegation Playoff --------------------------------------------------- 19.Extremadura 42 11 11 20 35-64 44 Relegated 20.Sevilla 42 12 7 23 50-69 43 Relegated 21.Hercules 42 12 5 25 40-77 41 Relegated 22.Logroñés 42 9 6 27 33-85 33 Relegated Promoted: Mérida and Salamanca. Promotion Playoff First leg [Jun 25] Mallorca 1-0 Rayo Vallecano Second leg [Jun 29] Rayo Vall 2-1 Mallorca Mallorca promoted on away goal, Rayo Vallecano relegated.
Syria
Final Table:
1.Teshrine (Lataqiya) 26 18 6 2 51-23 60 Champions
2.Army Club 26 18 3 5 45-20 57
3.Al Karama 26 15 4 7 49-23 49
4.Hottine 26 13 6 7 50-36 39 [*]
5.Al Wathba 26 11 3 12 37-32 36
6.Al Hurriya 26 10 6 10 38-35 36
7.Jabla 26 9 9 8 35-32 36
8.Al Yaqza 26 9 4 13 29-47 31
9.Al Shorta 26 7 9 10 33-28 30
10.Al Wahda 26 7 9 10 27-27 30 Relegated
11.Al Ittihad 26 8 5 13 27-34 29
12.Al Majd 26 8 5 13 24-42 29
13.Al Jihad 26 7 4 15 18-41 25
14.Al Futuwa 26 2 7 17 15-58 13 Relegated
[*] Hottine 6 points deducted on disciplinary grounds
Relegated: Al Wahda (Damascus) and Al Futuwa, for having least points
in a combined senior, u-16 and u-14 ranking (each 57).
Promoted: Al Shola and Al Mayadine.
Switzerland Fall Season NL A Final Table: 1.Neuchâtel Xamax 22 12 8 2 37-21 44 2.Grasshopper-Club 22 10 9 3 42-27 39 3.FC Sion 22 9 10 3 33-21 37 4.FC Aarau 22 9 8 5 21-14 35 5.Lausanne-Sports 22 9 7 6 35-32 34 6.FC Sankt Gallen 22 7 9 6 21-26 30 7.FC Zürich 22 6 9 7 24-25 27 8.FC Basel 22 5 10 7 32-33 25 ------------------------------------------- 9.Servette FC 22 5 9 8 24-25 24 10.FC Luzern 22 4 11 7 28-33 23 11.FC Lugano 22 2 9 11 14-32 15 12.BSC Young Boys 22 3 3 16 17-39 12 Spring Season NL A Final Table: 1.FC Sion 14 9 3 2 18-10 49 2.Neuchâtel Xamax 14 6 6 2 22-14 46 3.Grasshopper-Club 14 7 4 3 37-18 45 4.Lausanne-Sports 14 8 2 4 20-16 43 5.FC Aarau 14 3 4 7 17-22 31 6.FC Sankt Gallen 14 3 4 7 13-26 28 7.FC Zürich 14 1 7 6 9-18 24 8.FC Basel 14 3 2 9 16-28 24 NL A/B Final Table: 1.Servette FC 14 7 4 3 18-10 25 2.Etoile Carouge FC 14 7 3 4 15-13 24 3.FC Luzern 14 6 5 3 16-12 23 4.SC Kriens 14 6 4 4 22-16 22 ------------------------------------------- 5.BSC Young Boys 14 5 5 4 19-17 20 6.FC Solothurn 14 3 5 6 9-17 14 7.FC Lugano 14 2 5 7 11-17 11 8.FC Schaffhausen 14 2 5 7 13-21 11
Tunisia Final Table: 1.Etoile du Sahel 26 20 4 2 45-16 64 Champions 2.Esperance ST 26 18 7 1 53-15 61 3.CS Sfaxien 26 13 6 7 27-19 45 4.CA Bizertin 26 11 10 5 25-16 43 5.Club Africain 26 11 8 7 34-27 41 6.Olympique Beja 26 10 7 9 38-30 37 7.AS Marsa 26 10 7 9 28-23 37 8.Stade Tunisien 26 8 10 8 28-30 34 9.JS Kairouan 26 7 10 9 22-26 31 10.Olympique Kef 26 6 10 10 25-39 28 11.ES Zarzis 26 6 8 12 17-26 26 12.CO Transports 26 4 8 14 23-49 20 ---------------------------------------- 13.OC Kerkenah 26 3 5 18 13-37 14 Relegated 14.Stade Soussien 26 1 8 17 24-49 11 Relegated Promoted: CS Hamam Lif and CO Medenine.
Turkey Thanks to Bilgen Yasal. Final Table: 1.Galatasaray Istanbul 34 25 7 2 90-30 82 2.Besiktas Istanbul 34 22 8 4 88-26 74 3.Fenerbahce Istanbul 34 22 7 5 79-25 73 4.Trabzonspor 34 22 6 6 73-33 72 5.Bursaspor 34 17 8 9 55-37 59 6.Istanbulspor 34 16 7 11 56-44 55 7.Kocaelispor 34 12 12 10 37-35 48 8.Gaziantepspor 34 13 8 13 38-50 47 9.Samsunspor 34 12 9 13 49-52 45 10.Antalyaspor 34 13 6 15 38-49 45 11.Genclerbirligi Ankara 34 11 6 17 37-49 39 12.Ankaragucu 34 10 8 16 39-52 38 13.Vanspor 34 10 7 17 31-50 37 14.Altay Izmir 34 9 10 15 30-60 37 15.Canakkale Dardanelspor 34 10 6 18 35-65 36 ----------------------------------------------------- 16.Sariyer Istanbul 34 9 7 18 41-54 34 Relegated 17.Denizlispor 34 5 5 24 36-81 20 Relegated 18.Zeytinburnuspor Istanbul 34 2 5 27 26-86 11 Relegated Promoted: Kardemir Demir Celik Karabukspor, Kayserispor and Sekerspor.
Ukraine Final Table: 1.Dynamo Kyiv 30 23 4 3 69-20 73 Champions 2.Shahtar Donetsk 30 19 5 6 72-28 62 CWC 3.Vorskla Poltava 30 17 7 6 50-26 58 UEFA Cup 4.Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 14 13 3 48-19 55 UEFA Cup 5.Karpaty L'viv 30 15 7 8 36-23 52 6.Tavria Simferopil' 30 13 5 12 36-46 44 7.Chornomorets Odesa 30 12 6 12 36-31 42 8.Metalurh Zaporozhzhye 30 12 5 13 48-44 41 9.Nyva Ternopil' 30 11 6 13 34-37 39 10.Zirka-NIBAS Kyrovohrad 30 11 3 16 31-55 36 11.CSKA Kyiv 30 9 8 13 33-35 35 12.Kryvbas Kryvy Ryh 30 9 6 15 24-48 33 13.Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 30 8 7 15 33-49 31 14.Torpedo Zaporozhzhye 30 8 5 17 25-56 29 -------------------------------------------------------- 15.Kremin' Kreminchuk 30 7 3 20 28-57 24 Relegated 16.Nyva Vynnitsa 30 4 6 20 19-48 18 Relegated Promoted: Metalurh Donetsk and Metalurh Mariupil'.
United Arab Emirates Thanks to Mohammed Qayed. First Stage Final Table (goal differences unknown): 1.Al Wahda 18 11 6 1 39 2.Al Nasr 18 11 4 3 37 3.Sharjah 18 9 4 5 31 4.Al Ain 18 8 6 4 30 5.Al Shabab 18 7 6 5 27 6.Al Wasl 18 6 4 8 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Khaleej 18 5 6 7 21 8.Bani Yas 18 5 1 9 16 9.Kalba Union 18 4 3 11 15 10.Al Sha'ab 18 2 4 12 10 Top-6 enter second phase; Wahda obtains three bonus points. Bottom-4 enter second phase second division. Second Phase Championship Playoff Final Table: 1.Al Wasl 10 6 1 3 14- 7 19 2.Al Nasr 10 4 4 2 12- 7 16 3.Al Wahda 10 4 1 5 12-16 16 [*] 4.Al Shabab 10 4 2 4 11-11 14 5.Al Ain 10 2 5 3 11-12 11 6.Sharjah 10 3 1 6 9-16 10 [*] Al Wahda 3 bonus points as winners first stage Promotion Playoff Final Table: 1.Kalba Union 18 10 6 2 30-13 36 2.Al Ahli 18 9 7 2 30- 9 33 3.Jazeera 18 8 5 5 22-19 32 [*] 4.Bani Yas 18 8 7 3 17-10 31 -------------------------------------- 5.Khaleej 18 8 5 5 18-17 29 6.Al Sha'ab 18 6 6 6 24-27 24 7.Ahli Fujeira 18 5 6 7 18-16 21 8.Ras Al Khaima 18 5 4 9 16-26 16 9.Al Rams 18 3 3 12 13-30 12 10.Oruba 18 1 5 12 13-34 8 [*] Jazeera rewarded 3 points as First Phase champions Khaleej and Al Sha'ab relegated, Al Ahli and Jazeera promoted.
Venezuela
Thanks to Mikael Jönsson.
Apertura
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Final Table:
1.Minervén del Callao 22 13 4 5 33-15 43
2.Atlético Zulia 22 13 4 5 31-20 43
3.Unión Atlético Táchira 22 12 5 5 35-19 41
4.Caracas FC 22 11 5 6 28-20 38
5.Mineros de Guayana 22 11 5 6 31-24 38
6.Estudiantes de Mérida 22 9 4 9 21-23 31
7.Trujillanos 22 7 9 6 25-20 30
8.Deportivo Chacao 22 8 4 10 28-32 28
9.Llaneros de Guanare 22 5 7 10 22-32 22
10.El Vígia 22 5 6 11 17-26 21
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11.Valencia FC 22 4 6 12 15-29 18
12.Nacional 22 3 3 16 15-40 12
Apertura Playoff
Dec 22
Minervén 1-0 Zulia
Dec 29
Zulia 1-0 Minervén [Zulia win 4-2 on pen]
Atlético Zulia winners Apertura 1996/97 ("Copa de Venezuela").
Clausura
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Final Table:
1.Caracas FC 18 11 3 4 36-18 36
2.Unión Atlético Táchira 18 10 5 3 32-18 35
3.Estudiantes de Mérida 18 8 5 5 21-14 29
4.Trujillanos 18 6 7 5 19-17 25
5.Mineros de Guayana 18 7 4 7 30-29 25
6.Atlético Zulia 18 5 9 4 28-28 24
7.Minervén del Callao 18 6 5 7 20-19 23
8.Deportivo Chacao 18 6 5 7 20-28 23
9.Llaneros de Guanare 18 4 9 5 23-25 21
10.El Vigía 18 0 2 16 7-40 2
Caracas winners Clausura. Caracas and Zulia to play off for the
championship; both are qualified for Copa Libertadores 1998.
Tachira and Estudiantes are qualified for Copa Conmebol.
Relegated: Valencia FC.
Promoted: Carabobo FC.
Championship Playoff
May 21
Zulia 1-3 Caracas
[Gutierrez; Rey, Mirando (2)]
May 26
Caracas 5-0 Zulia
[Giraldo (2), Castellan (3)]
Caracas champions 1996/97.
Wales
Thanks to Malcolm Codd (malcolm@dinahbil.demon.co.uk.).
Final Table:
1.Barry Town 40 33 6 1 129-26 105
2.Inter Cable-Tel 40 26 6 8 80-32 84
3.Ebbw Vale 40 23 9 8 87-40 78
4.Caernarfon Town 40 23 9 8 81-58 78
5.Newtown 40 22 5 13 74-49 71
6.Llansantffraid 40 19 12 9 78-54 69
7.Conwy United 40 20 8 12 66-44 68
8.Bangor City 40 20 5 15 82-62 65
9.Cwmbran Town 40 19 8 13 71-61 65
10.Porthmadog 40 18 8 14 64-60 62
11.Connah's Quay Nomads 40 16 9 15 62-64 57
12.Cemaes Bay 40 13 10 17 62-72 49
13.Aberystwyth Town 40 13 8 19 67-82 47
14.Caersws 40 11 9 20 53-77 42
15.Flint Town United 40 11 8 21 48-76 41
16.Carmarthen Town 40 11 7 22 41-79 40
17.Welshpool Town 40 10 9 21 50-80 39
18.Ton Pentre 40 12 3 25 59-99 39 [*]
19.Rhyl 40 10 8 22 51-71 38
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20.Holywell Town 40 7 8 25 52-81 29
21.Briton Ferry Athletic 40 5 1 34 39-129 16
[*] Ton Pentre have decided to play in Division 2 South from next
season.
Promoted: Haverfordwest County and Rhayader Town.
Yugoslavia With thanks to Srdjan Perovic (tapk2@central.susx.ac.uk). Final Table: 1.Partizan Beograd 33 26 6 1 88-17 84 Champions 2.Crvena zvezda Beograd 33 25 3 5 79-30 78 CWC 3.Vojvodina Novi Sad 33 15 8 10 49-35 53 UEFA Cup 4.Hajduk Kula 33 12 8 13 34-37 44 5.Proleter Zrenjanin 33 12 6 15 48-49 42 6.FK Cukaricki 33 11 8 14 35-46 41 [6 4 1 1 9- 6 13] 7.FK Zemun 33 10 11 12 40-37 41 [6 1 3 2 7- 6 6] 8.Mladost Lucani 33 12 5 16 45-59 41 [6 1 2 3 6-10 5] 9.Rad Beograd 33 10 10 13 33-38 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.Buducnost Podgorica 33 11 6 16 26-44 39 Relegation Playoff ----------------------------------------------------- 11.FK Becej 33 11 5 17 34-48 38 Relegated 12.Borac Cacak 33 4 2 27 22-93 14 Relegated Promoted: FK Obilic and FK Zeleznik. Relegation Playoff Loznica 0-0 0-1 Buducnost
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