| Club: | Newcastle Breakers |
| Season: | 1996–97 |
| Stadium: | Breakers Stadium |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Jason Bennett Troy Halpin (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jason Bennett Robert Ironside (7) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,154 vs. Wollongong City (21 February 1997) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,370 vs. Collingwood Warriors (22 November 1996) National Soccer League |
| Average Attendance: | 4,177 |
| Largest Win: | 7–1 vs. Northern NSW Lions (12 September 1996) NSL Cup |
| Largest Loss: | 1–6 vs. Brisbane Strikers (19 October 1996) National Soccer League |
| Prevseason: | 1995–96 |
| Nextseason: | 1997–98 |
The 1996–97 season was the fifth season in the history of Newcastle Breakers. It was also the fifth season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Newcastle Breakers finished 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup quarter-finals by Marconi Fairfield.
Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1] [2]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 2 | DF | 23(1) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | |||
| 3 | MF | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 4 | DF | 4(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 5 | MF | 14(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 6 | MF | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 7 | |||
| 7 | MF | 16(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 8 | MF | 7(3) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 9 | FW | 18(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |||
| 10 | MF | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | |||
| 11 | MF | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 12 | DF | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 13 | DF | 9(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 14 | FW | 14(2) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 15 | MF | 12(2) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 16 | MF | 11(5) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 17 | DF | 21(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| 18 | FW | 6(8) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 19 | FW | 8(5) | 2 | 0(3) | 1 | 16 | 3 | |||
| 20 | GK | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 21 | MF | 0(1) | 0 | 0(3) | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| — | FW | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| — | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | National Soccer League | width=120 | NSL Cup | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | GK |  | Liam Baker | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||