| Competition: | A Group |
| Season: | 1996–97 |
| Dates: | 9 August 1996 – 1 June 1997 |
| Winners: | CSKA Sofia (28th title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | CSKA |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Neftochimic |
| League Topscorer: | Todor Pramatarov (26 goals) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 705 |
| Prevseason: | 1995–96 |
| Nextseason: | 1997–98 |
The 1996–97 A Group was the 49th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.
It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | (0) | ||
| 0 | (0) | ||
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | (2) | ||
| 21 | (1) | ||
| 14 | (0) | ||
| 3 | (0) | ||
| 25 | (3) | ||
| 20 | (0) | ||
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | (2) | ||
| 24 | (3) | ||
| 20 | (4) | ||
| 20 | (2) | ||
| 5 | (1) | ||
| 6 | (0) | ||
| Kostadin Vidolov* | 15 | (1) | |
| 5 | (0) | ||
| 1 | (0) | ||
| 14 | (3) | ||
| 26 | (3) | ||
| 12 | (1) | ||
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | (18) | ||
| 6 | (3) | ||
| 22 | (9) | ||
| 3 | (1) | ||
| 24 | (4) | ||
| 11 | (2) | ||
| Rumen Hristov* | 4 | (1) | |
| 4 | (0) | ||
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todor Pramatarov | 26 | |
| 2 | Hristo Marashliev | Levski Kyustendil (9) Spartak Varna (11) | 20 |
| 3 | Ivaylo Andonov | 18 | |
| 4 | Geno Dobrevski | 13 | |
| 5 | Mihail Mihaylov | 12 | |
| 6 | Emil Mitsanski | 11 | |
| Todor Zaytsev | Levski Sofia | ||
| 8 | Georgi Ivanov | 10 | |
| Iliya Gruev | Neftochimic | ||
| 10 | Boris Hvoynev | 9 | |
| Petar Zhabov | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Plamen Petrov | Levski Kyustendil | ||
| Marian Hristov | Levski Sofia | ||
| Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Maritsa | ||