1996–97 First League of FR Yugoslavia

Football tournament edition First League of FR Yugoslavia 1996–97 Partizan15th domestic title Champions League Partizan UEFA Cup Vojvodina Cup Winners' Cup Red Star Intertoto Cup Hajduk Kula Proleter ZrenjaninČukarički Zoran Jovičić (21) 533 1995–96 1997–98 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 became 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 Serbia and Montenegro right 300 Location of teams in the 1996–97 First League8px Red: 1A League;8px Blue: 1B League. Serbia and Montenegro 44.920556 20.462222 Belgrade Black_pog.svg left Serbia and Montenegro 45.616667 20.033333 Bečej Red_pog.svg right Serbia and Montenegro 43.883333 20.35 Borac Red_pog.svg right Serbia and Montenegro 42.438056 19.258056 Budućnost P. Red_pog.svg bottom Serbia and Montenegro 44.266667 19.883333 Budućnost V. Blue_pog.svg top Serbia and Montenegro 45.6 19.533333 Hajduk Red_pog.svg left Serbia and Montenegro 45.833333 20.45 Kikinda Blue_pog.svg top Serbia and Montenegro 44.533333 19.225833 Loznica Blue_pog.svg top Serbia and Montenegro 45.368889 19.871667 Mladost BJ Blue_pog.svg top Serbia and Montenegro 43.866667 20.133333 Mladost L. Red_pog.svg bottom Serbia and Montenegro 45.366667 20.383333 Proleter Red_pog.svg Serbia and Montenegro 43.3246 21.903 Radnički Niš Blue_pog.svg bottom Serbia and Montenegro 43.36 19.36 Rudar Blue_pog.svg right Serbia and Montenegro 43.845113 19.898043 Sloboda Blue_pog.svg top Serbia and Montenegro 46.081781 19.676958 Spartak Blue_pog.svg bottom Serbia and Montenegro 42.78 18.94 Sutjeska Blue_pog.svg Serbia and Montenegro 45.246944 19.842222 Vojvodina Red_pog.svg bottom Serbia and Montenegro TransparentPlaceholder.png 46.18 23.2 Belgrade clubs: left Serbia and Montenegro TransparentPlaceholder.png 46.05 23.2 8px Čukarički8px Obilić8px OFK Beograd8px Partizan8px Rad8px Red Star8px Zemun8px Železnik left 1A League ClubCityStadiumCapacityPartizanBelgradePartizan Stadium32,710Red StarBelgradeRed Star Stadium55,538VojvodinaNovi SadKarađorđe Stadium17,204ZemunZemun, BelgradeZemun Stadium10,000RadBelgradeStadion Kralj Petar I6,000ProleterZrenjaninStadion Karađorđev park13,500Hajduk KulaKulaStadion Hajduk6,000Budućnost PodgoricaPodgoricaPodgorica City Stadium12,000BečejBečejStadion kraj Tise3,000BoracČačakČačak Stadium6,000Mladost LučaniLučaniMladost Stadium8,000ČukaričkiBelgradeStadion Čukarički7,000 1B League ClubCityStadiumCapacityMladost Bački JarakBački JarakStadion Livadice3,000SlobodaUžiceUžice City Stadium12,000LoznicaLoznicaStadion Lagator4,000ObilićBelgradeFK Obilić Stadium4,500SutjeskaNikšićGradski stadion (Nikšić)10,800OFK BeogradKaraburma, BelgradeOmladinski Stadium20,000SpartakSuboticaSubotica City Stadium13,000Radnički NišNišČair Stadium18,000ŽeleznikBelgradeŽeleznik Stadium8,000Budućnost ValjevoValjevoPark Pećina6,000OFK KikindaKikindaKikinda City Stadium6,000Rudar PljevljaPljevljaStadion pod Golubinjom10,000 IA league Table main WDL QR PAR Partizan RSB Red Star VOJ Vojvodina HAJ Hajduk Kula PRO Proleter Zrenjanin ČUK Čukarički ZEM Zemun MLA Mladost Lučani RAD Rad BUD Budućnost Podgorica BEČ Bečej BOR Borac Čačak 26 6 1 88 17 C 25 3 5 79 30 15 8 10 49 35 12 8 13 34 37 12 6 15 48 46 11 8 14 35 46 10 11 12 40 37 12 5 16 45 59 10 10 13 33 38 11 6 16 26 44 11 5 17 34 48 4 2 27 22 93 green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round AAA yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round BBB blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round CCC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage DDD DDD DDD red2 Qualification for IA/IB play-off EEE red1 Transfer to IB League FFF FFF complete Results First and second round main FBR grey 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 complete Soccerway Third round main FBR grey BEČ BOR BPO ČUK HAJ MLA PAR PRO RAD RSB VOJ ZEM Bečej null 2–0 1–0 null null 0–3 null null null 3–2 2–1 Borac Čačak 1–3 2–0 0–2 null null null 2–2 1–2 null null null Budućnost Podgorica null null 1–0 null null 1–1 1–1 null null 2–1 2–1 Čukarički null null null 1–1 2–1 null 2–0 1–1 4–1 null null Hajduk Kula 2–0 3–0 2–0 null 2–1 null null 1–0 1–3 null null Mladost Lučani 1–0 5–2 0–1 null null null null 1–1 2–5 null 2–2 Partizan null 4–0 null 1–1 2–0 7–0 3–1 null 2–1 null null Proleter Zrenjanin 2–0 null null null 2–1 1–0 null 4–1 0–0 null null Rad 3–1 null 3–0 null null 1–2 1–0 null null 1–0 0–0 Red Star 1–0 7–0 4–1 null null null null null 1–0 4–3 1–0 Vojvodina null 2–0 null 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 null null null Zemun null 2–0 null 0–1 3–1 null 1–1 2–1 null null 2–2 complete Soccerway IB league Table main WDL QR OBI Obilić ŽEL Železnik LOZ Loznica RNI Radnički Niš OFK OFK Beograd RUD Rudar Pljevlja BUD Budućnost Valjevo SUT Sutjeska KIK OFK Kikinda SSU Spartak Subotica SLO Sloboda Užice MBJ Mladost Bački Jarak 25 4 4 65 16 20 4 9 54 34 20 1 12 48 25 16 8 9 66 36 16 8 9 44 28 14 4 15 44 46 11 8 14 42 49 12 4 17 43 56 8 7 18 16 41 R 8 6 19 27 60 7 7 19 27 52 R 5 11 17 23 56 R green1 Transfer to IA League AAA AAA green2 Qualification for IA/IB play-off BBB red2 Qualification for relegation play-off CCC CCC red1 Relegation to Second League of FR Yugoslavia DDD DDD complete Results First and second round main FBR grey 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 complete Third round main FBR grey BVA KIK LOZ MBJ OBI OFK RNI RUD SLO SPA SUT ŽEL Budućnost Valjevo null null null 1–0 2–2 2–2 null 3–0 null 1–1 null Kikinda 0–0 null null 0–0 0–0 0–5 null 0–0 null null null Loznica 4–0 2–0 1–2 null 0–1 3–2 null null 1–0 null null Mladost Bački Jarak 2–1 0–0 null null null null null 3–1 0–0 1–1 null Obilić null null 1–0 5–1 null null 4–1 3–0 null 2–0 2–2 OFK Beograd null null null 3–0 0–3 null 4–0 4–0 null 3–0 1–2 Radnički Niš null null null 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 null 7–0 null Rudar Pljevlja 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 null null null null 0–1 null 0–1 Sloboda Užice null null 0–1 null null null null 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 Spartak Subotica 1–1 4–0 null null 2–1 0–1 1–1 null null null null Sutjeska null 2–0 0–2 null null null null 6–0 null 1–0 3–4 Železnik 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 null null 3–1 null null 1–1 null complete IA/IB Playoff Loznica 0–1 Budućnost Podgorica 0–0 0–1 Relegation playoff 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) FRY Ivica Kralj (goalkeeper) BIH Nikola Damjanac (goalkeeper) MKD Viktor Trenevski FRY Bratislav Mijalković FRY Darko Tešović MKD Georgi Hristov FRY Ivan Tomić FRY Dražen Bolić FRY Mladen Krstajić FRY Predrag Pažin FRY Đorđe Svetličić FRY Dejan Peković FRY Dejan Vukićević FRY Damir Čakar FRY Dragan Ćirić FRY Niša Saveljić FRY Igor Taševski Source:http://www.partizan.rs/arhivadetail.php?Jezik=sr&sec=6&sec1=4&god=1996 Partizan official website 2009-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20101217201444/http://partizan.rs/arhivadetail.php?Jezik=sr&sec=6&sec1=4&god=1996 2010-12-17 dead Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1FRY Zoran JovičićRed Star 212FRY Damir ČakarPartizan 203FRY Damir StojakVojvodina 164FRY Dragan MićićRed Star 145FRY Branko StojanovićMladost Lučani12FRY Darko PivaljevićMladost Lučani7MKD Milan StojanoskiProleter Zrenjanin 118FRY Ivan TomićPartizan10FRY Dejan StankovićRed Star References External links Tables and results at RSSSF Category:First League of Serbia and Montenegro seasons Yugo Category:1996–97 in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia football