Statistics of First League of FR Yugoslavia  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 classifiyed 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 happend 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

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 were the champions in the second consecutive year.

The league top-scorer was Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

 striker Zoran Jovičić

Zoran Jovicic (footballer)

Zoran Jovičić is a retired Serbian international football player.-References:* *...

 with 21 goals.

The relegated clubs were OFK Kikinda, FK Sloboda Užice

FK Sloboda Užice

FK Sloboda Užice is a football club from Užice, Serbia. In 2010 Sloboda merged with Sevojno Point, which had just been promoted to the Super Liga, and from then the club plays in the Super Liga, under the new name FK Sloboda Point Sevojno, until the name "Sloboda Užice" was restored as the club's...

 and FK Mladost Bački Jarak

FK Mladost Backi Jarak

FK Mladost is a football club based in Bački Jarak, Temerin, Serbia.-History:They had played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia during the 1990s but the club had afterwords collapsed due to financial problems and were relegated to the lower league divisions. The club itself has a relatevely vast...

.

IA league

Rank	Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Partizan FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...	33	26	6	1	88	17	+71	84
2	Red Star Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	33	25	3	5	79	30	+49	78
3	Vojvodina FK Vojvodina FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...	33	15	8	10	49	35	+14	53
4	Hajduk Kula	33	12	8	13	34	37	-3	44
5	Proleter Zrenjanin FK Proleter Zrenjanin FK Proleter Zrenjanin was a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.-Early period:...	33	12	6	15	48	46	+2	42
6	Čukarički Beograd FK Cukaricki Stankom FK Čukarički Stankom is a Serbian football club from Belgrade that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga.- History :...	33	11	8	14	35	46	-11	41
7	Zemun FK Zemun FK Zemun is a football club located in Zemun, a municipality of Belgrade, in Serbia.- History :Immediately after the end of the Second World War the sports activities in Zemun are restored...	33	10	11	12	40	37	+3	41
8	Mladost Lučani FK Mladost Lucani FK Mladost Lučani is a football club based in Lučani, Serbia.They played in the Serbian Superliga, the top division of Serbian football. They were the champions for the 2006-2007 season in Serbian First League and have been promoted to the Serbian Superliga...	33	12	5	16	45	59	-14	41
9	Rad FK Rad FK Rad is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. It plays at Stadion Kralj Petar I, which is located in the southern part of the city's Banjica neighbourhood....	33	10	10	13	33	38	-5	40
10	Budućnost Podgorica FK Buducnost Podgorica FK Budućnost is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. Its colours are blue and white. FK Buducnost is a part of the Budućnost sport society.-History:...	33	11	6	16	26	44	-18	39
11	Bečej FK Becej FK Bečej Old Gold is a football club based in Bečej, Serbia.-History:FK Bečej qualified for national top league for the first time in 1992, when they won promotion to the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia, the first season after the break up of former Yugoslavia. They managed to stay clear of...	33	11	5	17	34	48	-14	38
12	Borac Čačak FK Borac Cacak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia.It was founded in 1926. Borac plays at the Čačak Stadium which has a capacity of 5,000....	33	4	2	27	22	93	-71	14

IB league

Rank	Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Obilić Beograd FK Obilic Fudbalski klub Obilić is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Named after legendary Serbian medieval hero Miloš Obilić, the club currently competes in the Druga beogradska liga - grupa Dunav .The club's stadium is also named accordingly; to venerate the Serbian knight it is called the...	33	25	4	4	65	16	+49	79
2	Železnik Beograd FK Železnik FK Železnik was a football club from Belgrade, Serbia.Founded in 1930, the club merged into FK Voždovac in June 2005 and thus ceased activities.-History:...	33	20	4	9	54	34	+20	64
3	Loznica FK Loznica FK Loznica is a football club from Loznica, Serbia.-LSK:The first soccer ball arrived to the town of Loznica in 1919. It was brought from London by the local student Milisav Vasić, who was beside studying there, playing at Birmingham City F.C....	33	20	1	12	48	25	+23	61
4	Radnički Niš	33	16	8	9	66	36	+30	56
5	OFK Beograd OFK Beograd Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...	33	16	8	9	44	28	+16	56
6	Rudar Pljevlja	33	14	4	15	44	46	-2	46
7	Budućnost Valjevo FK Buducnost Valjevo FK Budućnost is a football club based in Valjevo, Serbia.-History:Football begin being played in the city of Valjevo since 1909, year when the first foot ball was brought into town. In 1919 begins the creation of the RFK Budućnost...	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 FK Sloboda Užice FK Sloboda Užice is a football club from Užice, Serbia. In 2010 Sloboda merged with Sevojno Point, which had just been promoted to the Super Liga, and from then the club plays in the Super Liga, under the new name FK Sloboda Point Sevojno, until the name "Sloboda Užice" was restored as the club's...	33	7	7	19	27	52	-25	28
12	Mladost Bački Jarak FK Mladost Backi Jarak FK Mladost is a football club based in Bački Jarak, Temerin, Serbia.-History:They had played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia during the 1990s but the club had afterwords collapsed due to financial problems and were relegated to the lower league divisions. The club itself has a relatevely vast...	33	5	11	17	23	56	-33	26
-	Priština	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Radnički Kragujevac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sartid 1913 Smederevo FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Smederevo.-History:...	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Champions

Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković

Ljubiša Tumbakovic

Ljubiša Tumbaković is a Serbian soccer manager. Tumbaković is the most successful coach in the history of Partizan Belgrade where he won six national championships and three national cups...

)

Players (league matches/league goals) Ivica Kralj

Ivica Kralj

Ivica Kralj is a former Montenegrin football goalkeeper.-Club career:He played for Partizan, Arsenal Tivat, Jastrebac Niš, Porto, Radnički Kragujevac, PSV Eindhoven, Rostov and Spartak Trnava....

 (goalkeeper) Nikola Damjanac

Nikola Damjanac

Nikola Damjanac is a retired Bosnian Serb football goalkeeper, and current player manager....

 (goalkeeper) Viktor Trenevski

Viktor Trenevski

Viktor Trenevski is a former Macedonian football player.- Club career :His career begin in Serbian club FK Partizan where he played for three seasons. After six months playing in Mexican club Puebla F.C., he returned to Macedonia...

 Bratislav Mijalković

Bratislav Mijalkovic

Bratislav Mijalković is a former Serbian football player.He played the last two editions of the Yugoslav First League for FK Partizan in 1991 and 1992...

 Darko Tešović

Darko Tešovic

Darko Tešović is a former Serbian football midfielder who played for several clubs in Serbia and Greece.-Club career:...

 Gjorgji Hristov Ivan Tomić

Ivan Tomic

Ivan Tomić is a former Serbian footballer.-Club career:He grew up with one of the teams of his city, FK Partizan....

 Dražen Bolić

Dražen Bolic

Dražen Bolić is a former Serbian footballer.Bolić played for FR Yugoslavia from 1995 to 2000. He spent 5 seasons with Virtus Lanciano but in the last season did not play and had a discipline problem.-External links:...

 Mladen Krstajić

Mladen Krstajic

Mladen Krstajić is a former Serbian footballer who currently works as a director of football for FK Partizan.-Early life:...

 Predrag Pažin

Predrag Pažin

Predrag Pažin is a naturalized Bulgarian former football player who has Bosnian Serb descent, and the current manager of Botev Kozloduy.Pazin had a decent spell at FK Partizan, before moving on to Levski Sofia in 1999...

 Đorđe Svetličić Dejan Peković

Dejan Peković

Dejan Peković is a Serbian former football forward.During his career he played for FK Budućnost Podgorica, FK Partizan, Belgian Standard Liège, Mexican Puebla F.C., Cypriot Apollon Limassol and Hungarian Lombard-Pápa TFC and Szombathelyi Haladás.With Partizan, he was twice the champion of the...

 Dejan Vukićević

Dejan Vukicevic

Dejan Vukićević is a former Montenegrin footballer and is now head coach of Vojvodina Novi Sad.-External sources:* at Playerhistory.* at Worldfootball.* at Partizan official site.* at BDFutbol....

 Damir Čakar

Damir Cakar

Damir Čakar is a former Montenegrin professional footballer.-External links:* at reprezentacija.rs*...

 Dragan Ćirić

Dragan Ciric

Dragan Ćirić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:...

 Niša Saveljić

Niša Saveljic

Niša Saveljić is a former Montenegrin professional footballer. He was capped 32 times for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 1 goal, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.-External links:...

 Igor Taševski

Igor Taševski

Igor Taševski is a former Serbian footballer, who played mainly as a central defender.-Football career:...

External links

• Tables and results at RSSSF