National Champions and Cup Winners 1996/97 or 1997


NB: the overview below refers to the seasons 1996/97 [autumn/fall or winter/fall] and 1997 [spring/fall]


Country			Champion			CupWinner				Modus	Member

Afghanistan  		--------			--------				---	AFC
Albania  		SK Tirana 			Partizani Tiranë 			s/f	UEFA
Algeria  		CS Constantine (Constantine)	USM Alger (Alger)			s/f	CAF
American Samoa   	not known			-------------				s/f	OFC
Andorra  		CE Principat			CE Principat				a/f	UEFA
Angola  		Petro Atlético (Luanda) 	Petro Atlético (Luanda)			s/f	CAF
Anguilla  		unavailable			-------------				---	CONCACAF
Antigua and Barbuda  	English Harbour	(English Harbour)-------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Argentina		River Plate (Buenos Aires)	-------------				a/f	CONMEBOL
Armenia  		FK Yerevan  14)
			Pyunik Yerevan 			Ararat Yerevan 				s/f/a	UEFA
Aruba  			SV Riverplate Modiki (Oranjestad) -------------				s/f	CONCACAF
Ascension Island  	Harts 				Volcano Club 				s/f     no member CAF
Australia  		Brisbane Strikers 		Collingwood Warriors 			a/f	OFC
Austria  		Austria Salzburg 		Sturm Graz 				a/f	UEFA
Azerbaijan  		Neftchi Baku 			Kepez Ganca 				a/f	UEFA
Bahamas  		Cavalier FC 			--------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Bahrain  		West Riffa 			Muharraq (Manama)			a/f	AFC
Bangladesh  		Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)	        --------------				s/f	AFC
Barbados  		Notre Dame SC (Bayville) 	Notre Dame SC (Bayville)  11)		s/f	CONCACAF
Belarus  		Dinamo (Minsk) 			Belshyna Babruysk 			s/f	UEFA
Belgium  		Lierse SK 			Germinal Ekeren 			a/f	UEFA
Belize  		Juventus (Orange Walk) 		--------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Benin  			Mogas 90 (Porto Novo) 		Energie Sport (Cotonou) 		s/f	CAF
Bermuda  		Devonshire Colts FC 		Boulevard Blazers   12)			a/f	CONCACAF 
Bhutan  		--------			--------				---	AFC
Bolivia  		Bolívar (La Paz)		Real Potosí 				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Bosnia-Hercegovina  										        no member UEFA 
 (Croatian Part)	Siroki (Brijeg)			Troglav Livno
 (Muslim Part)		Celik (Zenica) 			FC Sarajevo
 (Serbian Part)		Rudar (Ugljevik) 		Sloga (Trn) 
Botswana  		Botswana Defence Force (Lobatse) PG Notwane (Gaborone) 			a/f	CAF
Brazil  		Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro)	Grêmio Foot-ball Portoalegrense 	s/f     CONMEBOL 
British Virgin Islands  BDO Binder Stingers (Road Town) --------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Brunei  		--------			--------				---	AFC
Bulgaria  		CSKA (Sofia) 			CSKA (Sofia) 				a/f	UEFA
Burkina Faso  		Racing (Bobo Dioulasso) 	AS Fonctionnaires (Bobo-Dioulasso) 	s/f	CAF
Burundi  		Maniema 			Vital'O (Bujumbura) 			s/f	CAF
Cambodia 		Body Guards Club							---	AFC
Cameroon  		Cotonsport (Garoua)		Union Sportive (Douala) 		s/f	CAF
Canada  		Saint Catharines Wolves Roma	Kosova Albanians  13)			---	CONCACAF
Cape Verde Islands  	Sporting Clube (Praia) 		--------------				s/f	CAF
Cayman Islands  	Georgetown SC 			unknown			         	s/f	CONCACAF
Central African Rep. 	AS Tempête Mocaf (Bangui)	Union Sport CA (Bangui)			s/f	CAF
Channel Islands  	Sylvans SC St.Peters (Guernsey)	--------				---	no member UEFA
Chile  			Colo Colo (Santiago)		not held				s/f     CONMEBOL 
China  			Dalian Wanda 			Beijing Guoan 				s/f	AFC
Christmas Island 	unknown		            	unknown				        ---	no member AFC
Colombia  		América de Cali 		--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Comoros  		unknown	                                          		        ---	no member CAF
Congo-Brazzaville  	Munisport (Pointe-Noire) 	Vita Club Mokanda (Pointe-Noire)  1)	s/f	CAF
Congo-Kinshasa  	AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) 	AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 			s/f	CAF
Cook Islands  		Avatiu FC ?			Avatiu FC 				---	OFC
Costa Rica  		LD Alajuelense (Alajuela)	--------				a/f	CONCACAF
Croatia  		Croatia (Zagreb)		Croatia (Zagreb) 			a/f	UEFA 
Cuba  			FC Villa Clara 			--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Cyprus  		Anorthosis (Famagusta) 		APOEL (Nicosia) 			a/f	UEFA
Czech Republic  	AC Sparta (Praha) 		SK Slavia (Praha) 			a/f	UEFA
Denmark  		Brøndby IF 			FC København 				a/f	UEFA
Djibouti		unknown 			Force Nationale de Police (Djibouti) 	---	CAF
Dominica  		Harlem Bombers (Roseau) 	Harlem Bombers (Roseau) 		---	CONCACAF
Dominican Republic  	FC Santos (San Cristóbal) 	--------				---	CONCACAF
Dutch Antilles  	Union Deportivo Banda'bou	--------				---	CONCACAF
 (Curaçao) 		Union Deportivo Banda'bou 	--------				s/f	CONCACAF
 (Sint Maarten) 	--------			--------				---	CONCACAF
Ecuador  		Barcelona (Guayaquil) 		--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Egypt  			Al Ahly (Cairo) 		Ismaily (Ismailia) 			a/f	CAF
El Salvador  		Alianza F.C. (San Salvador) 	--------				a/f	CONCACAF
England  		Manchester United 		Chelsea  (London)   15)			a/f	UEFA
Eritrea  		Mdlaw Megbi (Asmara)		Red Sea FC (Asmara)  2)			---	CAF
Estonia  		FC Lantana Tallinn 		Tallinna Sadam 				a/f	UEFA
Ethiopia  		Ethio-Bunna (Addis Abeba)  3)	Wolaita Tussa (Awassa) 			---	CAF
Faroe Islands  		B 36 (Tórshavn) 		GÍ (Gøta)				s/f	UEFA
Fiji  			Ba FSC  28)			Labasa/Ba   29)				s/f	OFC
Finland  		HJK Helsinki			Haka Valkeakoski 			s/f	UEFA
France  		AS Monaco			OGC Nice 				a/f	UEFA
French Guyana  		US Sinnamary 			not known				a/f	CONCACAF
FYR Macedonia   	Sileks (Kratovo)		Sileks (Kratovo) 			a/f	UEFA
Gabon  			FC 105 (Libreville) 		Mbilinga FC (Port Gentil) 		a/f	CAF
Gambia 			Real (Banjul) 			Real (Banjul) 				s/f	CAF
Georgia  		Dinamo Tbilisi 			Dinamo Tbilisi 				a/f	UEFA
Germany  		FC Bayern München 		VfB Stuttgart 				a/f	UEFA
Ghana  			Hearts of Oak (Accra) 		Ghapoha (Tema) 				a/f	CAF
Gibraltar  		Glacis United FC 		unknown		                    		no member UEFA
Greece  		Olympiakos (Pireus)		AEK (Athinai) 				a/f	UEFA
Greenland  		B-67 				--------				---     no member CONCACAF
Grenada  		Seven Seas Rock City 		unknown			          	s/f	CONCACAF
Guadeloupe  		CS Bouillantais (Bouillante) 	unknown			        	s/f	CONCACAF
Guam  			Tumon Soccer Club 		--------				s/f      no member AFC
Guatemala  		Comunicaciones (C. de Guatemala) Amatitlán				a/f	CONCACAF
Guinea  		championship cancelled 		AS Kaloum Stars (Conakry) 		a/f	CAF
Guinea-Bissau  		Sporting Clube de Bissau 	----------------			s/f	CAF
Guyana  		Omai Gold Seekers 		Topp XX (Linden) 			a/s	CONCACAF
Haiti  			AS Capoise (Cap-Haïtien) 	--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Honduras  		CD Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)	Platense (Puerto Cortés) 		a/s	CONCACAF
Hongkong  		South China 			Instant-Dict   21)			s/f	AFC
Hungary  		MTK Hungária FC (Budapest)	MTK Hungária FC (Budapest)		a/f	UEFA
Iceland  		ÍBV (Vestmannæyjar) 		ÍBK (Keflavík) 				s/f	UEFA
India			JCT Mills (Phagwara)		Salgaocar Sports Club (Goa) 22)		s/f	AFC
Indonesia  		Persebaya (Surabaya)		no competition				s/f	AFC
Iran  			Esteghlal (Tehran)		Bargh (Shiraz)				a/f	AFC
Iraq  			Al-Quwa Al-Jawia (Baghdad) 	Al-Quwa Al-Jawia (Baghdad) 		s/f	AFC
Ireland  		Derry City 			Shelbourne Rovers 			a/f	UEFA
Isle of Man		Douglas High School Old Boys	Peel AFC		16)		---     no member UEFA
Israel  		Beitar Jerusalem 		Hapoel Beer-sheva 			a/f	UEFA
Italy  			Juventus FC (Torino)		AC Vicenza				a/f	UEFA
Ivory Coast  		ASEC (Abidjan)			ASEC (Abidjan)				s/f	CAF
Jamaica  		Seba United (Montego Bay)	Naggo's Head				s/f	CONCACAF
Japan  			Jubilo Iwata 			Kashima Antlers  20)			s/f	AFC
Jordan  		Al-Wahdat (Amman) 		Al-Wahdat (Amman) 			a/f	AFC
Kazakhstan  		Irtysh Pavlodar 		not played 				s/f	AFC
Kenya  			Utalii 				Eldoret KCC (Eldoret)			s/f	CAF
Kiribati 		unknown 			--------				---	no member OFC
Kuwait  		Al Arabi (Kuwait) 		Kazma (Kuwait)				s/f	AFC
Kyrgyzstan  		Dinamo Bishkek			Alga-PVO Bishkek 			---	AFC
Laos			Lao Army (Vientiane) 		Ministry of Communication  23)		---	AFC
Latvia  		Skonto (Riga)			Skonto (Riga)				s/f	UEFA
Lebanon  		Al Ansar (Beyrut) 		Al Nejmeh 				---	AFC
Lesotho  		RLDF (Maseru)			Bantu (Mafeteng)  4)			s/f	CAF
Liberia  		Invincible Eleven (Monrovia) 	-----------------			---	CAF
Libya  			no competition			no competition				s/f	CAF
Liechtenstein		no championship			FC Balzers				a/f	UEFA
Lithuania  		Kareda (Siauliai)		Zalgiris (Vilnius) 			a/f	UEFA
Luxembourg  		Jeunesse d'Esch			Jeunesse d'Esch 			a/f	UEFA
Macao  			not known 			--------				---	AFC
Madagascar  		DSA (Antanarivo)		------------- 				s/f	CAF	
Malawi  		Telecom Wanderers (Blantyre) 	Bata Bullets (Blantyre)   5)		s/f	CAF
Malaysia  		Sarawak 			Selangor				s/f 	AFC
Maldives  		New Radiant 			New Radiant 				s/f	AFC
Mali  			Djoliba AC (Bamako) 		Stade Malien (Bamako) 			w/f	CAF
Malta  			FC La Valletta			FC La Valletta				a/f	UEFA
Marshall Islands  	unknown 			unknown	            			---	AFC
Martinique  		Club Franciscain (Le François) 	unknown    				w/f	CONCACAF
Mauritania  		unknown 			ASC Sonalec (Nouakchott) 		s/f	CAF
Mauritius  		Sunrise Flacq United (Flacq) 	Fire Brigade SC (Beau Bassin-Rose Hill) a/f	CAF
Mayotte  		unknown 			-----------				s/f	CAF
Mexico  		Santos Laguna/Guadalajara	not held				w/f	CONCACAF
Micronesia 		unknown 			--------				---	no member OFC
Moldova  		Constructorul Chisinau 		Zimbru Chisinau 			a/f	UEFA
Mongolia 		Delger (Ulan Bathor)		Erchim 					---	AFC
Montserrat  		season abandoned following eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano 	---	CONCACAF
Morocco  		Raja Casablanca 		WAC Casablanca 			        a/f	CAF
Mozambique  		Ferroviário (Maputo) 		Costa do Sol (Maputo) 			a/f	CAF
Myanmar  		Finance and Revenues (Yangon) 	--------				---	AFC
Namibia  		unknown 			Black Africans Nashua (Windhoek) 	s/f	CAF
Nepal  			Three Star Club (Patan) 	Tribhuvan Army Club 			---	AFC
Netherlands  		P.S.V. (Eindhoven) 		Roda J.C. (Kerkrade)			a/f	UEFA
New Caledonia  		JS Baco 			CA Saint-Louis 				---	AFC
New Zealand  		Waitakere City 			Central United (Auckland)    30)	s/f	OFC
Nicaragua  		FC Diriangén (Diriamba)		--------				---	CONCACAF
Niger 			not clear			JS Ténéré (Niamey) 			s/f	CAF
Nigeria  		Eagle Cement (Port Harcourt)	BCC Lions (Gboko)			a/f	CAF
Niue			unknown 			unknown		             		---	no member OFC
North Korea 		unknown        			unknown			        	---	AFC
Northern Ireland  	Crusaders FC (Belfast) 		Glenavon (Lurgan) 			a/f	UEFA
Norway  		Rosenborg BK (Trondheim)	Vålerenga  (Oslo)			s/f	UEFA
Oman  			Oman Club (Muscat) 		Seeb 					a/f	AFC
Pakistan  		Allied Bank Limited (Karachi)	--------				---	AFC
Palestine  		Shabab al-Amaari 		Rafah SC 				---	AFC
Panama  		Tauro FC (Panama City) 		--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Papua New Guinea  	ICF University (Port Moresby) 	--------				s/f	OFC
Paraguay  		Olimpia (Asuncion)		--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Peru  			Alianza Lima 			--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Philippines 		Air Force Hawks			--------				s/f	AFC
Poland  		Widzew Lódz (Lódz)		Legia Warszawa (Warszawa)		a/f	UEFA
Portugal  		FC Porto 			Boavista FC (Porto) 			a/f	UEFA
Puerto Rico  		Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey) 26) --------				s/f	CONCACAF 
Qatar  			Al Arabi 			Al Ittihad 				a/f	AFC
Réunion  		SS Saint-Louisienne (Saint Louis) AS Les Marsouins (Saint Leu) 		s/f	CAF
Romania  		Steaua (Bucuresti)		Steaua (Bucuresti) 			a/f	UEFA
Russia  		Spartak Moskva 			Lokomotiv Moskva 			s/f	UEFA
Rwanda  		Rayon Sports (Butare) 		Rwanda FC (Kigali) 			---	CAF
Saint Helena  		unknown 			unknown		          		s/f	CAF
Saint Kitts and Nevis  	Newtown United FC (Basseterre) 	--------				---	CONCACAF
Saint Lucia  		Pioneers FC (Castries)		Mabouya Valley  27)			---	CONCACAF
Saint Martin 		unknown 			--------				---	CONCACAF
Saint Vincent/Gren.  	unknown		--------				        	---	CONCACAF
Samoa  			Kiwi FC 			Kiwi FC					---	OFC
San Marino  		SS Folgore Falciano (Falciano) 	SS Murata (Murata) 			a/f	UEFA
São Tomé e Príncipe  	no competition			no competition				s/f	CAF 
Saudi Arabia  		Al Ittihad (Jiddah) 		Al Ittihad (Jiddah) 			a/f	AFC
Scotland  		Glasgow Rangers (Glasgow)	FC Kilmarnock				a/f	UEFA	
Senegal  		AS Douanes (Dakar) 		AS Douanes (Dakar) 			a/f	CAF
Seychelles  		St. Michel United (Anse aux Pins) St. Michel United (Anse aux Pins) 	s/f	CAF
Sierra Leone  		unknown/no competition		unknown/no competition			s/f	CAF
Singapore  		Singapore Armed Forces 		Singapore Armed Forces 			s/f	AFC
Slovakia  		1.FC Kosice			SK Slovan Bratislava 			a/f	UEFA
Slovenia  		Maribor Branik (Maribor)	Maribor Branik (Maribor)		a/f	UEFA
Solomon Islands 	unknown	          		--------				---	OFC
South Africa  		Manning Rangers (Durban)	Kaizer Chiefs (J’burg) 	6)		a/f	CAF
South Korea  		Pusan Daewoo Royals 		Chunnam Dragons  24)			s/f	AFC
Spain  			Real Madrid CF 			FC Barcelona 				a/f	UEFA
Sri Lanka  		Saunders SC (Colombo)		Saunders SC (Colombo)			a/f	AFC
Sudan  			Al Merreikh (Omdurman)  	Mawrada (Omdurman)   7) 		a/f	CAF
Surinam  		Transvaal (Paramaribo) 		Robinhood (Paramaribo) 			a/f	CONCACAF
Swaziland  		Mbabane Highlanders (Mbabane)	Mbabane Highlanders			s/f	CAF	
Sweden  		Halmstads BK 			AIK Solna (Stockholm)			s/f	UEFA
Switzerland  		FC Sion 			FC Sion 				a/f	UEFA
Syria  			Teshrin (Latakia) 		Jaish (Damascus) 			a/f	AFC
Tahiti  		AS Vénus (Mahina) 		AS Dragon (Papeete) 			---	OFC
Taiwan 			Taipower (Taipei)		--------				---	AFC
Tajikistan  		Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube 		Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube 			s/f	AFC
Tanzania  		Young Africans (Dar es Salaam) 	Tanzania Stars 	8)			s/f	CAF
Thailand  		Royal Thai Air Force 		--------				s/f	AFC
Togo  			Dynamic (Lomé)  		no competition				a/f	CAF
Tonga  			unknown		         	--------				---	OFC
Trinidad and Tobago  	Defence Force (Chaguaramas) 	United Petrotrin (Pointe-à-Pierre) 	a/f	CONCACAF
Tunisia  		ES Sahel (Sousse) 		Espérance Sportive (Tunis) 		a/f	CAF
Turkey  		Galatasaray SK (Istanbul) 	Kocaelispor K (Izmit) 			a/f	UEFA
Turkmenistan  		Nisa Ashgabat)			Kopetdag Ashgabat)			---	AFC
Turks and Caicos Isl.   --------			--------				---	CONCACAF
Uganda  		Kampala City Council (Kampala)  Express Red Eagles (Kampala)	9) 	a/f	CAF
Ukraine  		Dynamo Kyiv 			Shahtar Donetsk 			a/f	UEFA
United Arab Emirates  	Al Wasl				Al Shabab  19)				a/f     AFC
United St. of America	D. C. United 			--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Uruguay  		Peñarol (Montevideo)		--------				s/f	CONMEBOL
US Virgin Islands  	no overall championship		--------				---	CONCACAF
(Saint Croix)		unknown 			--------
(St Thomas and St John) Saint John United SC (Cruz Bay) --------					
Uzbekistan  		MHSK (Tashkent) 		Pakhtakor (Tashkent)			s/f	AFC
Vanuatu  		Tafea FC 			--------				---	OFC
Venezuela  		Caracas FC 			Atlético Zulia FC 			a/f	CONMEBOL
Vietnam  		Cang Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) 	HCMC Customs  18)			a/f	AFC
Wales  			Barry Town AFC			Barry Town AFC 		        	a/f	UEFA
Wallis and Futuna 	AS Aka-Aka (Aka-Aka) 		--------				---	no member OFC
Yemen  			Al Wahda (Sana)			Al Ahli  (Hudayda)  17)			s/f	AFC
Yugoslavia  		Partizan Beograd 		Crvena zvezda Beograd 			a/f	UEFA
Zambia  		Power Dynamos (Kitwe)		Power Dynamos (Kitwe)			s/f	CAF
Zimbabwe  		Dynamos (Harare)		CAPS United (Harare) 			s/f	CAF



1)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
2)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
3) 	aka Coffee FC
4)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
5)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
6)	Rothmans Cup 
7)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
8)	play Cup Winner’s Cup 
9)	Kakungulu Cup 
10)	won both championships (apertura/clausura)
11)	FA Cup
12)	Bermuda Cup (? FA Cup)
13)	Canada Cup/CPSL
14)	transitional fall season
15)	FA Cup
16)	FA Cup
17)	play Cup-Winners Cup
18)	play Cup-Winners Cup
19)	Emir’s Cup
20)	Emperor’s Cup
21)	FA Cup
22)	FA Cup
23) 	Johnnie Walker Cup
24)	FA Cup
25)	winter/summer
26)	Torneo Nacional Superior 
27)	Black-Heart/Piton Shandy Cup
28)	Club Championship
29)	FACT title shared 
30)	Chatham-Cup


1994/95 and 1995

1997/98 and 1998


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