| Season: | 1996–97 |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Nadan Vidošević Anđelko Gabrić |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2 Result: | Qualifying round |
| Season Topscorer: | Jurica Vučko (17) |
| Highest Attendance: | (13 April 1997) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 (Two matches) |
| Average Attendance: | 5,900[1] |
| Nextseason: | 1997–98 |
The 1996–97 season was the 86th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their sixth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1995–96 season meant it was their 6th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.
| Starting round | scope=col | Final position/round | scope=col | First match | scope=col | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row align=left | Prva HNL | Runners-up | 16 August 1996 | 1 June 1997 | ||
| scope=row align=left | Croatian Football Cup | 13 August 1996 | 23 October 1996 | |||
| scope=row align=left | UEFA Cup | 17 July 1996 | 20 August 1996 | |||
| scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row align=left | Prva HNL | |||||||||||||
| scope=row align=left | Croatian Football Cup | |||||||||||||
| scope=row align=left | UEFA Cup | |||||||||||||
| scope=row | Total |
| Team | Results | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | |
| 4 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 3 | ||
| 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 | ||
| 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 6 | ||
| 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 1 | ||
| 7 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 6 | ||
| 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 6 | ||
| 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 6 | ||
| 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 6 | ||
| 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 3 | ||
Source: 1996–97 Croatian First Football League article
See main article: 1996–97 Croatian First Football League.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Aug | H | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Skoko, Sedloski | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 2 | 25 Aug | A | 2 – 0 | 6,000 | Sarr (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 3 | 1 Sep | H | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Skoko (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 4 | 4 Sep | A | 2 – 1 | 3,000 | Butorović, Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 5 | 15 Sep | H | 7 – 0 | 3,000 | Vučko (3), Skoko, Sarr, Vulić, Madžar | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 6 | 22 Sep | A | 1 – 2 | 30,000 | Leko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 7 | 29 Sep | H | 0 – 0 | 10,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 8 | 13 Oct | H | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 9 | 19 Oct | A | 2 – 1 | 7,500 | Sarr, Skoko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 10 | 27 Oct | H | 4 – 0 | 5,000 | Skoko, Vučko (2), Lalić | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 11 | 3 Nov | A | 0 – 0 | 8,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 12 | 17 Nov | H | 5 – 1 | 2,000 | Čeko, Sarr, Vulić, Madžar | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 13 | 23 Nov | A | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Vučko, Leko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 14 | 1 Dec | H | 1 – 0 | 2,500 | Sarr | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 15 | 8 Dec | A | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Čeko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 16 | 3 Mar | A | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Vučko (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 17 | 9 Mar | H | 1 – 0 | 10,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 18 | 16 Mar | A | 1 – 0 | 3,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 19 | 23 Mar | H | 2 – 0 | 9,000 | Erceg, Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 20 | 6 Apr | A | 1 – 2 | 7,000 | Erceg | Slobodna Dalmacija | ||
| 21 | 13 Apr | H | 1 – 2 | 25,000 | Erceg | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 22 | 19 Apr | AR | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 23 | 26 Apr | A | 3 – 1 | 7,000 | Dalić, Skoko, Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 24 | 4 May | H | 0 – 0 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 25 | 7 May | A | 0 – 3 | 3,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 26 | 11 May | H | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Skoko (2) | Slobodna Dalmacija | ||
| 27 | 18 May | A | 2 – 2 | 7,000 | Horvat, Erceg | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 28 | 21 May | H | 4 – 0 | 500 | Skoko, Hrkovac (o.g.), Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 29 | 25 May | A | 0 – 2 | 2,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 30 | 1 Jun | H | 2 – 3 | 500 | Tudor, Deranja | HRnogomet.com |
Source: hajduk.hr
See main article: 1996–97 Croatian Football Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 13 Aug | A | 6 – 1 | 3,500 | Sarr (3), Dalić, Vulić, Sedloski | HRnogomet.com | ||
| R2 | 10 Sep | 3 – 0 | 1,000 | Vučko (2), Sarr | HRnogomet.com | |||
| QF | 16 Oct | A | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Čeko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QF | 23 Oct | 2 – 2 | 7,000 | Sarr, Skoko | Slobodna Dalmacija |
Source: hajduk.hr
See main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | 17 Jul | A  | Zimbru Chișinău | 4 – 0 | 6,000 | Skoko (3), Vučko | UEFA.com | |
| PR | 24 Jul | H | Zimbru Chișinău | 2 – 1 | 12,000 | Skoko, Butorović | UEFA.com | |
| QR | 6 Aug | H | Torpedo Moscow  | 1 – 0 | 20,000 | Leonchenko (o.g.) | UEFA.com | |
| QR | 20 Aug | A | Torpedo Moscow | 0 – 2 | 6,800 | UEFA.com |
Source: hajduk.hr
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Name | width=50 | League | width=50 | Europe | width=50 | Cup | width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC" | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jurica Vučko | 15 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||||||
| 2 |  Josip Skoko | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 3 |  Mass Sarr | 6 | – | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| 4 | Tomislav Erceg | 6 | – | – | 6 | ||||||
| 5 | Niko Čeko | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | Darko Butorović | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||
| Zlatko Dalić | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Ivan Leko | 2 | – | – | 2 | |||||||
| Vedran Madžar | 2 | – | – | 2 | |||||||
 Goce Sedloski | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Kazimir Vulić | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 12 | Zvonimir Deranja | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| Steve Horvat | 1 | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| Vik Lalić | 1 | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| Igor Tudor | 1 | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| Own goals | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |||||||
| TOTALS | 53 | 7 | 12 | 72 |