Yemeni League
Season1996–97
ChampionsAl Wahda Sana'a'
RelegatedAl Sha'ab Sana'a
Al-Wahda (Aden)
AFC CupAl Wahda Sana'a'
Goals scored367

The 1996–97 Yemeni League is the fifth edition of top-level football in Yemen. The season started in November 1996 and ended in June 1997. Al Wahda Sana'a' won the title.

Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the league, including teen sides from the 1994–95 season and two promoted teams from the 1994–95 ??? league. Al-Taliya Taizz and Al-Shurta Aden were relegated from 1994 to 1995 Yemeni League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. 1994–95 ??? League champions Al-Ittihad (Ibb) and runners-up Al Sha'ab Sana'a secured direct promotion to the Yemeni League.[1][2]

Stadia and locations

1996–97 Yemeni League is located in Yemen
Abyan
Abyan
Aden
Aden
Sana'a
Sana'a
Mukalla
Mukalla
Ibb
Ibb
Al Hudaydah
Al Hudaydah
Locations of teams in the 1996-97 Yemeni League
Club Location Stadium
Al-Ahli Sana'a Ali Muhesen Stadium
Al-Ahly Hudaida Al Hudaydah
Al-Ittihad Ibb
Al-Shaab Hadramout Mukalla
Al Sha'ab Sana'a Sana'a
Al-Shula Aden
Al-Tilal SC Aden
Al-Wahda (Aden) Aden
Al-Wahda Club (San'a') Sana'a
Al-Zohra Sana'a
Hassan Abyan Abyan
Shamsan Aden

League table

Pos.TeamPld.Pts.
1 Al-Wahda Club (San'a') (C) 22 42
2 Al-Tilal SC 22 39
3 Al-Ahly Hudaida 22 37
??? Al-Zohra Sana'a 22 ???
??? Shamsan Aden 22 ???
??? Al-Shaab Hadramout (Mukalla) 22 ???
??? Al-Shula 22 ???
??? Al-Ittihad (Ibb) 22 ???
??? Al-Ahli Club San'a' 22 ???
??? Hassan Abyan 22 ???
??? Al Sha'ab Sana'a (R) 22 ???
??? Al-Wahda (Aden) (R) 22 ???

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Jameel Al-Maktry Shamsan Aden 21
2 Omar Abdul Hafeez Al-Zohra Sana'a 15
3 Khalid Al-Akbari Al-Shaab Hadramout 11

References

  1. "Yemen 1994/95". RSSSF.
  2. 1 2 "Yemen 1996/97". RSSSF.
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