1996–97 1.Lig

1.Lig
Season	1996–97
Champions	Galatasaray; 11th title
Relegated	Sarıyer; Denizlispor; Zeytinburnuspor
Champions League	Galatasaray; Beşiktaş
Cup Winners' Cup	Kocaelispor
UEFA Cup	Fenerbahçe; Trabzonspor
Intertoto Cup	İstanbulspor; Samsunspor; Antalyaspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	878 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hakan Şükür; (38 goals)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1996/1997 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. Sarıyer G.K., Denizlispor and Zeytinburnuspor relegated to Second League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	25	7	2	90	30	+60	82	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Beşiktaş	34	22	8	4	88	26	+62	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	34	22	7	5	79	25	+54	73	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Trabzonspor	34	22	6	6	73	33	+40	72	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Bursaspor	34	17	8	9	55	37	+18	59
6	İstanbulspor	34	16	7	11	56	44	+12	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
7	Kocaelispor	34	12	12	10	37	35	+2	48	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Gaziantepspor	34	13	8	13	38	50	−12	47
9	Samsunspor	34	12	9	13	49	52	−3	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
10	Antalyaspor	34	13	6	15	38	49	−11	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
11	Gençlerbirliği	34	11	6	17	37	49	−12	39
12	MKE Ankaragücü	34	10	8	16	39	52	−13	38
13	Vanspor	34	10	7	17	31	50	−19	37
14	Altay	34	9	10	15	30	60	−30	37
15	Çanakkale Dardanelspor	34	10	6	18	35	65	−30	36
16	Sarıyer (R)	34	9	7	18	41	54	−13	34	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
17	Denizlispor (R)	34	5	5	24	36	81	−45	20
18	Zeytinburnuspor (R)	34	2	5	27	26	86	−60	11

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

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ANT	BJK	BUR	ÇDA	DEN	FNB	GAL	GAZ	GEN	İST	KOC	AGÜ	SAM	SAR	TRA	VAN	ZEY
Altay		2–1	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–8	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–3	2–1	0–0
Antalyaspor	1–1		3–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–5	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0
Beşiktaş	3–0	4–0		2–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	7–0	4–1
Bursaspor	3–0	0–0	2–0		3–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	6–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1
Çanakkale Dardanelspor	3–1	3–2	0–5	0–0		3–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	4–0
Denizlispor	1–0	1–5	0–4	2–3	0–1		0–1	2–3	3–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	2–6	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	3–2
Fenerbahçe	5–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	7–0		3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	4–1
Galatasaray	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–4		6–1	1–1	6–1	0–0	5–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–0
Gaziantepspor	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–3		2–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1
Gençlerbirliği	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–2	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
İstanbulspor	5–0	1–0	4–3	1–1	4–2	5–0	1–1	2–3	3–0	0–3		0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	5–1
Kocaelispor	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1		2–1	2–5	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–1
MKE Ankaragücü	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–3		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	4–1
Samsunspor	0–0	2–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–4		2–2	0–2	0–0	2–0
Sarıyer	0–0	1–1	1–6	1–2	8–0	2–1	1–4	0–4	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1		1–1	2–0	1–0
Trabzonspor	1–0	2–0	3–3	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–3	0–0	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2		4–0	6–1
Vanspor	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–2		1–1
Zeytinburnuspor	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–5	2–5	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–5	2–1

Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	38
2	Elvir Bolić	Fenerbahçe	24
3	Oktay Derelioğlu	Beşiktaş	22
4	Elvir Baljić	Bursaspor	21
4	Hami Mandıralı	Trabzonspor	21
6	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Beşiktaş	19
7	Jay-Jay Okocha	Fenerbahçe	16
7	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	16
9	Gheorghe Hagi	Galatasaray	14
10	Saffet Akyüz	İstanbulspor	13
10	Saffet Sancaklı	Fenerbahçe	13

References

Turkey - List of final tables (RSSSF)