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in the

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. The season saw a Czech league attendance record for a single match, as 44,120 watched the game between

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and Slavia Prague.

League changes

Relegated to the

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* Svit Zlín (

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) * Uherské Hradiště (

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* Union Cheb (bankruptcy;

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) Promoted from the 1995–96 Czech 2. Liga * Bohemians Prague (

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) * Karviná ( 1st) *

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)

Stadia and locations

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

References

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ČMFS statistics
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