1996–97 First League of FR Yugoslavia

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First League of FR Yugoslavia
Season1996–97
ChampionsPartizan
15th domestic title
Champions LeaguePartizan
UEFA CupVojvodina
Cup Winners' CupRed Star
Intertoto CupHajduk Kula
Proleter Zrenjanin
Čukarički
Goals scored533
Top goalscorerZoran Jovičić (21)
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The 1996–97 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the fifth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment.

Overview

For the fourth season in a raw that the league was divided in 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classified from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by the top four from the B group. At the end of the season the same situation happened with four teams being replaced from A and B groups, adding the fact that the bottom three clubs from the B group were relegated into the Second League of FR Yugoslavia for the next season and replaced by the top three from that league.

At the end of the season FK Partizan were the champions in the second consecutive year.

The league top-scorer was Red Star Belgrade striker Zoran Jovičić with 21 goals.

The relegated clubs were OFK Kikinda, FK Sloboda Užice and FK Mladost Bački Jarak.

Teams

Bečej
Borac
Budućnost P.
Budućnost V.
Hajduk
Kikinda
Loznica
Mladost BJ
Mladost L.
Proleter
Radnički Niš
Rudar
Sloboda
Spartak
Sutjeska
Vojvodina
Belgrade clubs:
Belgrade clubs:
Čukarički Obilić OFK Beograd Partizan Rad Red Star Zemun Železnik
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Location of teams in the 1996–97 First League
Red: 1A League;
Blue: 1B League.

1A League

Club City Stadium Capacity
Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,710
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Stadium 55,538
Vojvodina Novi Sad Karađorđe Stadium 17,204
Zemun Zemun, Belgrade Zemun Stadium 10,000
Rad Belgrade
Stadion Kralj Petar I
 6,000
Proleter Zrenjanin Stadion Karađorđev park 13,500
Hajduk Kula Kula
Stadion Hajduk
 6,000
Budućnost Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica City Stadium 12,000
Bečej
 Bečej Stadion kraj Tise 3,000
Borac Čačak Čačak Stadium 6,000
Mladost Lučani Lučani
Mladost Stadium
 8,000
Čukarički Belgrade
Stadion Čukarički
 7,000

1B League

Club City Stadium Capacity
Mladost Bački Jarak Bački Jarak Stadion Livadice 3,000
Sloboda Užice
Užice City Stadium
 12,000
Loznica Loznica Stadion Lagator 4,000
Obilić Belgrade FK Obilić Stadium 4,500
Sutjeska Nikšić Gradski stadion (Nikšić) 10,800
OFK Beograd Karaburma, Belgrade
Omladinski Stadium
 20,000
Spartak Subotica Subotica City Stadium 13,000
Radnički Niš Niš Čair Stadium 18,000
Železnik Belgrade
Železnik Stadium
 8,000
Budućnost Valjevo Valjevo Park Pećina 6,000
OFK Kikinda Kikinda Kikinda City Stadium 6,000
Rudar Pljevlja Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 10,000

IA league

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Partizan (C) 33 26 6 1 88 17 +71 84 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Red Star 33 25 3 5 79 30 +49 78 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Vojvodina 33 15 8 10 49 35 +14 53 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Hajduk Kula 33 12 8 13 34 37 −3 44 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Proleter Zrenjanin 33 12 6 15 48 46 +2 42
6 Čukarički 33 11 8 14 35 46 −11 41
7 Zemun 33 10 11 12 40 37 +3 41
8 Mladost Lučani 33 12 5 16 45 59 −14 41
9 Rad 33 10 10 13 33 38 −5 40
10 Budućnost Podgorica 33 11 6 16 26 44 −18 39 Qualification for IA/IB play-off
11
Bečej
 33 11 5 17 34 48 −14 38 Transfer to IB League
12 Borac Čačak 33 4 2 27 22 93 −71 14
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away
BEČ
 BOR BPO ČUK HAJ MLA PAR PRO RAD RSB VOJ ZEM
Bečej
 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–3
Borac Čačak 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–10 3–2 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–2
Budućnost Podgorica 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1
Čukarički 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–1
Hajduk Kula 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2
Mladost Lučani 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0
Partizan 6–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0
Proleter Zrenjanin 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 6–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 2–1
Rad 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Red Star 1–0 5–0 2–0 8–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 5–1 3–1 0–0
Vojvodina 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–1
Zemun 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away
BEČ
 BOR BPO ČUK HAJ MLA PAR PRO RAD RSB VOJ ZEM
Bečej
 2–0 1–0 0–3 3–2 2–1
Borac Čačak 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–2
Budućnost Podgorica 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Čukarički 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1
Hajduk Kula 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–3
Mladost Lučani 1–0 5–2 0–1 1–1 2–5 2–2
Partizan 4–0 1–1 2–0 7–0 3–1 2–1
Proleter Zrenjanin 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0
Rad 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
Red Star 1–0 7–0 4–1 1–0 4–3 1–0
Vojvodina 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 0–1
Zemun 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

IB league

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Obilić 33 25 4 4 65 16 +49 79 Transfer to IA League
2 Železnik 33 20 4 9 54 34 +20 64
3 Loznica 33 20 1 12 48 25 +23 61 Qualification for IA/IB play-off
4 Radnički Niš 33 16 8 9 66 36 +30 56
5 OFK Beograd 33 16 8 9 44 28 +16 56
6 Rudar Pljevlja 33 14 4 15 44 46 −2 46
7 Budućnost Valjevo 33 11 8 14 42 49 −7 41
8 Sutjeska 33 12 4 17 43 56 −13 40
9 OFK Kikinda (R) 33 8 7 18 16 41 −25 31 Qualification for relegation play-off
10 Spartak Subotica 33 8 6 19 27 60 −33 30
11 Sloboda Užice (R) 33 7 7 19 27 52 −25 28 Relegation to Second League of FR Yugoslavia
12 Mladost Bački Jarak (R) 33 5 11 17 23 56 −33 26
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away BVA KIK LOZ MBJ OBI OFK RNI RUD SLO SPA SUT ŽEL
Budućnost Valjevo 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 6–2 4–1 2–1
Kikinda 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Loznica 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–0
Mladost Bački Jarak 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2
Obilić 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 3–0 2–0
OFK Beograd 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–2
Radnički Niš 7–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1
Rudar Pljevlja 2–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 6–0 2–0 3–0
Sloboda Užice 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0
Spartak Subotica 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–5 1–4 1–2 3–0 1–1
Sutjeska 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 4–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–1
Železnik 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away BVA KIK LOZ MBJ OBI OFK RNI RUD SLO SPA SUT ŽEL
Budućnost Valjevo 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–1
Kikinda 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–5 0–0
Loznica 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–0
Mladost Bački Jarak 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1
Obilić 1–0 5–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–2
OFK Beograd 3–0 0–3 4–0 4–0 3–0 1–2
Radnički Niš 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 7–0
Rudar Pljevlja 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Sloboda Užice 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2
Spartak Subotica 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Sutjeska 2–0 0–2 6–0 1–0 3–4
Železnik 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–1
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

IA/IB Playoff

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Loznica 0–1 Budućnost Podgorica 0–0 0–1

Relegation playoff

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kikinda 2–4
Radnički Kragujevac
 		1–2 1–2
Spartak Subotica 3–1 Palilulac Beograd 2–1 1–0

Winning squad

Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković)

Players (league matches/league goals)

Source:[1]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Jovičić Red Star
21
2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Damir Čakar Partizan
20
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Damir Stojak Vojvodina
16
4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Mićić Red Star
14
5 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Stojanović Mladost Lučani 12
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Pivaljević Mladost Lučani
7 North Macedonia Milan Stojanoski Proleter Zrenjanin
11
8 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Tomić Partizan 10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Stanković Red Star

References

  1. ^ "Partizan official website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

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