1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League 1996–97
League	Hong Kong First Division League
Sport	Football
Duration	7 September 1996–8 June 1997
League
League champions	South China
Runners-up	Instant-Dict
Hong Kong First Division League seasons
← 1995–96	1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League season is the 85th since its establishment. The first match was played on 7 September 1996 with South China won against Instant-Dict by 2–1.

1 First stage
2 Second stage
3 Final
4 References

First stage

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Instant-Dict	12	10	1	1	36	9	+27	31	To Grand Final
2	South China	12	10	1	1	32	16	+16	31
3	Uhlsport Rangers	12	5	0	7	12	18	-6	15
4	Golden	12	5	0	7	20	30	-10	15
5	Sing Tao	12	4	2	6	22	22	0	14
6	Happy Valley	12	3	2	7	17	21	-4	11
7	Eastern	12	1	2	9	10	33	-23	5

Second stage

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	South China	12	9	3	0	33	9	+24	30	To Grand Final
2	Instant-Dict	12	9	2	1	26	5	+21	29
3	Golden	12	6	2	4	17	17	0	20
4	Happy Valley	12	4	3	5	17	21	-4	15
5	Sing Tao	12	3	1	6	16	19	-3	12
6	Uhlsport Rangers	12	2	2	8	12	33	-21	8
7	Eastern	12	1	1	10	10	27	-17	4

Final

8 June 1997	Instant-Dict	2 –2 2 – 3 (AET)	South China
	Greer 11' Foster 40'		Tempest 23' Cheng Siu Chung 90' 106'

First Division League 1996–97 Winners
South China 35th Title

References

www.rsssf.com Hongkong 1996/97

Hong Kong First Division League seasons

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1950s	1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 · 2011–12

^†Suspended season

Hong Kong football league system - Level 1

Promotion to: None (Top Level)

Relegation to: Hong Kong Second Division League

1996–97 Hong Kong First Division League

Contents

First stage

Second stage

Final

References