1996–97 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League

Season	1996–97
Champions	Sileks 2nd domestic title
Relegated	Shkëndija Rudar
Champions League	Sileks
Cup Winners' Cup	Sloga Jugomagnat
UEFA Cup	Pobeda
Matches played	182
Goals scored	522 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vancho Micevski Miroslav Gjokić (16)
Biggest home win	Sileks 17–1 Rudar
Biggest away win	Rudar 1–7 Tikveš
Highest scoring	Sileks 17–1 Rudar
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Macedonian First League was the 5th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. FK Sileks defended their championship title, having won their second title in a row.

Participating teams

Skopje

Pelister

Pobeda

Bregalnica

Rudar

Sasa

Belasica

Sileks

Tikveš

Shkëndija

Skopje clubs:

Balkan
Cementarnica
Makedonija
Sloga Jugomagnat
Vardar

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Location of teams in 1996–97 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium
FK Balkan BISI	Skopje	Stadion Čair
FK Belasica	Strumica	Stadion Mladost
FK Bregalnica	Štip	Gradski stadion Štip
FK Cementarnica 55	Skopje	Stadion Cementarnica
FK Makedonija	Skopje	Stadion Gjorče Petrov
FK Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe
FK Pobeda	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delčev
FK Rudar	Probištip	Gradski stadion Probištip
FK Sasa	Makedonska Kamenica	Gradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica
FK Shkëndija	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo
FK Sileks	Kratovo	Gradski stadion Kratovo
FK Sloga Jugomagnat	Skopje	Stadion Čair
FK Tikveš	Kavadarci	Gradski stadion Kavadarci
FK Vardar	Skopje	Gradski stadion Skopje

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Sileks	26	19	5	2	83	23	+60	62	Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2	Pobeda	26	17	3	6	55	26	+29	54	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
3	Sloga Jugomagnat	26	13	7	6	42	25	+17	46	Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying Round
4	Vardar	26	11	10	5	32	15	+17	40*
5	Sasa	26	10	7	9	36	31	+5	37
6	Bregalnica	26	10	5	11	30	33	-3	35
7	Makedonija	26	10	4	12	38	30	+8	34
8	Balkan	26	8	9	9	31	26	+5	33
9	Pelister	26	9	6	11	36	35	+1	33
10	Belasica	26	9	6	11	32	41	-9	33
11	Tikveš	26	8	8	10	33	39	-6	32
12	Cementarnica	26	8	5	13	32	39	-7	29
13	Shkëndija	26	8	5	13	27	48	-21	29	Relegated to Second League
14	Rudar	26	1	2	23	15	111	-96	5

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
* Vardar 3 points deducted and fined 48 000 DEM for fielding a suspended player in the round 1 game against Sloga Jugomagnat

Results

	Clubs	BAL	BEL	BRE	CEM	MAK	PEL	POB	RUD	SAS	SHK	SIL	SLO	TIK	VAR
	Balkan		4:1	3:0	2:0	2:1	2:2	1:2	2:1	0:0	0:0	4:1	1:0	2:4	0:0
	Belasica	2:1		1:1	3:1	1:0	1:1	1:2	4:0	1:0	3:0	0:0	1:1	1:1	1:0
	Bregalnica	2:1	2:1		2:0	2:1	1:0	0:1	8:0	0:0	3:0	1:1	0:2	1:0	1:1
	Cementarnica	1:1	1:0	2:0		1:1	1:2	1:3	3:2	1:0	3:1	2:4	0:0	3:1	0:1
	Makedonija	1:1	0:1	2:0	3:1		3:0	3:1	7:0	2:0	2:0	1:2	2:2	3:0	0:0
	Pelister	0:3	4:1	2:0	0:2	2:0		0:1	4:1	3:1	0:0	0:0	1:1	3:0	1:0
	Pobeda	1:0	5:1	2:1	3:1	1:2	1:0		1:0	5:1	9:2	2:3	6:0	3:1	1:2
	Rudar	0:0	0:4	3:0*	0:3	1:2	2:7	0:1		1:5	1:1	0:4	0:3	1:7	0:1
	Sasa	2:0	4:0	2:0	2:0	1:0	3:2	2:2	6:0		2:0	0:0	0:2	1:0	0:0
	Shkëndija	2:1	1:0	1:2	2:1	1:0	2:1	0:1	3:0	2:0		1:4	2:0	2:2	1:1
	Sileks	2:0	7:2	3:0	2:1	4:1	5:0	2:0	17:1	6:2	6:2		2:0	0:0	1:0
	Sloga Jugomagnat	0:0	2:1	1:2	2:2	1:0	2:1	1:0	7:1	2:0	2:0	2:1		6:1	3:0*
	Tikveš	0:0	0:0	3:1	1:0	2:1	2:0	1:1	4:0	1:1	1:0	1:3	0:0		0:2
	Vardar	1:0	3:0	0:0	1:1	3:0	0:0	0:0	7:0	1:1	3:1	0:3*	1:0	4:0

*Match awarded

Top goalscorers

Player	Club	Goals
Vancho Micevski	Sileks	16
Miroslav Gjokić	Sileks

External links

• Macedonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Football Federation of Macedonia