1996–97 Divizia D

The 1996–97 Divizia D was the 55th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a promotion play-off match played on a neutral venue. A special table was made and teams with the best 16 results were promoted to the third league.

Promotion play-off
The matches was played on 11 June 1997.




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County leagues

 * Alba (AB)
 * Arad (AR)
 * Argeș (AG)
 * Bacău (BC)
 * Bihor (BH)
 * Bistrița-Năsăud (BN)
 * Botoșani (BT)
 * Brașov (BV)
 * Brăila (BR)
 * Bucharest (B)
 * Buzău (BZ)


 * Caraș-Severin (CS)
 * Călărași (CL)
 * Cluj (CJ)
 * Constanța (CT)
 * Covasna (CV)
 * Dâmbovița (DB)
 * Dolj (DJ)
 * Galați (GL)
 * Giurgiu (GR)
 * Gorj (GJ)
 * Harghita (HR)


 * Hunedoara (HD)
 * Ialomița (IL)
 * Iași (IS)
 * Ilfov (IF)
 * Maramureș (MM)
 * Mehedinți (MH)
 * Mureș (MS)
 * Neamț (NT)
 * Olt (OT)
 * Prahova (PH)


 * Satu Mare (SM)
 * Sălaj (SJ)
 * Sibiu (SB)
 * Suceava (SV)
 * Teleorman (TR)
 * Timiș (TM)
 * Tulcea (TL)
 * Vaslui (VS)
 * Vâlcea (VL)
 * Vrancea (VN)

Dolj County
The 15th and 16th-placed teams of the Divizia D faces the 2nd placed teams from the two series of Dolj County Championship.
 * Relegation play-off

The matches was played on 7 June 1997 at Armata Ground in Craiova and Amărăștii de Jos.