On 22 March, the second leg of the 1996/1997 football season began in the inter-district league – Group 1.
Before the first match took place, the BKS Bolesławiec footballers completed a full training cycle. Under the direction of their new coach, Henryk Kusojć, MSc, the team stayed at a conditioning camp in Karpacz from 23 January to 1 February. On the way back to Bolesławiec, the footballers played their first friendly match of the year against the III-league leaders, KemBud Jelenia Góra (2:3). Later, at home, training sessions were interspersed with frequent control matches against: Miedź Legnica (1:6), Cement Raciborowice (10:0 and 7:0), Arka Nowa Sól (3:3), Warta Bolesławiecka (7:2 and 4:0), Chrobry Nowogrodziec (2:1), Szprotavia Szprotawa (4:1), and Piast Iłowa (2:1).
After the friendly matches, coach H. Kusojć and his assistant Stanisław Zapiór selected a 19-man squad with which they would compete for the two places that earned promotion to the III league.
The current first-team squad consists of the following players (year of birth, height, weight in parentheses): Goalkeepers: Władysław Wężyk (1959 – 178/78), Wojciech Młocek (1976 – 175/72), Artur Wilas (1969 – 175/72). Defenders: Dariusz Czerkasiewicz (1971 – 187/82), Józef Pietrzak (1976 – 175/72), Krzysztof Kamuda (1969 – 170/69), Krzysztof Kozioł (1976 – 173/65), Adam Malczyk (1976 – 184/74), Marcin Szaja (1977 – 180/72), Sebastian Tylutki (1978 – 187/74). Midfielders: Piotr Bilski (1973 – 176/62), Mariusz Rutkowski (1970 – 176/75), Tomasz Fulczyński (1974 – 186/78), Krzysztof Lechowski (1973 – 178/70), Łukasz Popek (1978 – 180/73). Forwards: Dariusz Hałka (1968 – 170/72), Sebastian Dymek (1978 – 171/64), Rafał Stasiak (1976 – 183/70), Tomasz Jasiński (1976 – 178/70).