1996–97 First League of FR Yugoslavia

First League of FR Yugoslavia

Season	1996–97
Champions	Partizan 15th domestic title
Champions League	Partizan
UEFA Cup	Vojvodina
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Red Star
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Hajduk Kula Proleter Zrenjanin Čukarički
Goals scored	533
Top goalscorer	Zoran Jovičić (21)
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Statistics of First League of FR Yugoslavia (Serbian: Пpвa caвeзнa лигa, Prva savezna liga) for the 1996–97 season.

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.

First League

IA league

Rank	Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Partizan	33	26	6	1	88	17	+71	84
2	Red Star	33	25	3	5	79	30	+49	78
3	Vojvodina	33	15	8	10	49	35	+14	53
4	Hajduk Kula	33	12	8	13	34	37	-3	44
5	Proleter Zrenjanin	33	12	6	15	48	46	+2	42
6	Čukarički Beograd	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
11	Bečej	33	11	5	17	34	48	-14	38
12	Borac Čačak	33	4	2	27	22	93	-71	14

IB league

Rank	Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Obilić Beograd	33	25	4	4	65	16	+49	79
2	Železnik Beograd	33	20	4	9	54	34	+20	64
3	Loznica	33	20	1	12	48	25	+23	61
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 Nikšić	33	12	4	17	43	56	-13	40
9	OFK Kikinda	33	8	7	18	16	41	-25	31
10	Spartak Subotica	33	8	6	19	27	60	-33	30
11	Sloboda Užice	33	7	7	19	27	52	-25	28
12	Mladost Bački Jarak	33	5	11	17	23	56	-33	26
-	Priština	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Radnički Kragujevac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sartid 1913 Smederevo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Champions

Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković)

Players (league matches/league goals)

• Ivica Kralj (goalkeeper)
• Nikola Damjanac (goalkeeper)
• Viktor Trenevski
• Bratislav Mijalković
• Darko Tešović
• Gjorgji Hristov
• Ivan Tomić
• Dražen Bolić
• Mladen Krstajić
• Predrag Pažin
• Đorđe Svetličić
• Dejan Peković
• Dejan Vukićević
• Damir Čakar
• Dragan Ćirić
• Niša Saveljić
• Igor Taševski

External links

• Tables and results at RSSSF

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