1996–97 FK Vardar season

Vardar
1996–97 season
ChairmanBorche Damev[1]
ManagerSlobodan Gorachinov
Dragi Kanatlarovski
StadiumGradski stadion Skopje
Stadion Nikola Mantov, Kochani
First League4th
Macedonian CupGroup stage
UEFA CupQualifying round

The 1996–97 season was the 49th season in Vardar’s history and their fifth in the Macedonian First League. Their 3rd-place finish in the 1995–96 season meant it was their 5th successive season playing in the First League.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final result First match Last match
1996–97 Macedonian First League – 4th 16 August 1996 1 June 1997
1996–97 Macedonian Cup First round Group stage 11 August 1996 19 March 1997
1996–97 UEFA Cup Preliminary round Qualifying round 17 July 1996 20 August 1996

First League

Main article: 1996–97 Macedonian First Football League

Classification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Pobeda 26 17 3 6 55 26 +29 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Sloga Jugomagnat 26 13 7 6 42 25 +17 46 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[a]
4 Vardar[b] 26 11 10 5 32 15 +17 40
5 Sasa 26 10 7 9 36 31 +5 37
6 Bregalnica Shtip 26 10 5 11 30 33 −3 35
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion, teams for UEFA competitions or relegation).
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Sileks, winners of 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup, was qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Sloga Jugomagnat earned a spot in the qualifying round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. ^ Vardar were deducted 3 points and fined 48,000 German marks for fielding a suspended player in the match against Sloga Jugomagnat in the 1st round.

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHHHHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLWLDWWWWWDWDWWWLLWDDDDDLDD
Position1413131212865343433233334444444
Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
1 16 Aug A Sloga Jugomagnat 0 – 3
(1 – 0)1
2 25 Aug H Tikvesh 4 – 0
3 1 Sep A Sileks 0 – 1
4 8 Sep H Pelister 0 – 0
5 15 Sep A Rudar Probishtip 5 – 0
6 22 Sep H Makedonija 3 – 0
7 29 Sep A Cementarnica 55 1 – 0
8 13 Oct H Balkan 1 – 0
9 20 Oct A Pobeda 2 – 1
10 27 Oct A Sasa 0 – 0
11 3 Nov H Belasica 3 – 0
12 17 Nov A Bregalnica Shtip 1 – 1
13 24 Nov H Shkëndija 3 – 1
14 2 Mar H Sloga Jugomagnat 1 – 0
15 9 Mar A Tikvesh 2 – 0 Shainovski, Todorovski[2]
16 16 Mar H Sileks 0 – 32
17 23 Mar A Pelister 0 – 1
18 6 Apr HR Rudar Probishtip 7 – 0
19 13 Apr A Makedonija 0 – 0
20 20 Apr HR Cementarnica 55 1 – 1
21 27 Apr A Balkan 0 – 0
22 4 May HR Pobeda 0 – 0
23 11 May HR Sasa 0 – 0
24 18 May AR Belasica 1 – 3
25 25 May HR Bregalnica Shtip 0 – 0
26 1 Jun AR Shkëndija 1 – 1

1 Match awarded to Sloga Jugomagnat because Vardar was fielded the suspended player.

2 Match abandoned after 86 minutes due to the crowd trouble. Sileks were awarded a 0–3 win, and Vardar was punished with the playing host games at the neutral venue in the rest of season.

Sources: RSSSF.no, Google Groups

Macedonian Football Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup

Group stage table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Makedonija G.P. 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 14 Semi-finals
2 Vardar 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
3 Bregalnica Shtip 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
4 Tikvesh 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5
Source: rsssf.org

Matches

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
R1 11 Aug A Vardar Prdejci 2 – 0
GS 4 Sep H Bregalnica Shtip 1 – 1
GS 16 Oct A Tikvesh 2 – 2
GS 6 Nov A Makedonija 0 – 0
GS 1 Dec A Bregalnica Shtip 1 – 3
GS 23 Feb H Tikvesh 2 – 0
GS 19 Mar HR Makedonija 0 – 0

Source: Google Groups

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup
Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
PR 17 Jul A Slovenia Gorica Slovenia 1 – 0[3] Trajchev
PR 24 Jul H Gorica Slovenia 2 – 1[4] Trajchev, Jakimovski
QR 6 Aug A Sweden Halmstad Sweden 0 – 0[5]
QR 20 Aug H Halmstad Sweden 0 – 1[6]

References

  1. ^ "Клуб-Председатели". fkvardar.mk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Dnevnik 10/03/1997". Google Groups. 9 March 1997. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ "ND HIT Gorica - Vardar 0:1 (Europa League Qual. 1996/1997, 1. Round)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Vardar - ND HIT Gorica 2:1 (Europa League Qual. 1996/1997, 1. Round)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Halmstads BK - Vardar 0:0 (Europa League Qual. 1996/1997, 2. Round)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Vardar - Halmstads BK 0:1 (Europa League Qual. 1996/1997, 2. Round)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2018.