The 1996–97

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro () was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed as the First League of FR Yugoslavia following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, ef ...

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 Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

were the champions in the second consecutive year. The league top-scorer was

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

striker Zoran Jovičić with 21 goals. The relegated clubs were OFK Kikinda, FK Sloboda Užice and FK Mladost Bački Jarak.

Teams

1A League

1B League

IA league

Table

Results

First and second round

Third round

IB league

Table

Results

First and second round

Third round

IA/IB Playoff

Relegation playoff

Winning squad

Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach:

Ljubiša Tumbaković Ljubiša Tumbaković (, ; born 2 September 1952) is a Serbian professional football manager. He is the most successful coach in the history of Serbian powerhouse Partizan which he led to six national championship titles and three national cup w ...

) Players (league matches/league goals) *

Ivica Kralj Ivica Kralj (, ; born 26 March 1973) is a Montenegrin former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. During his playing career, Kralj was best known for his time at FK Partizan ...

(goalkeeper) * Nikola Damjanac (goalkeeper) * Viktor Trenevski *

Bratislav Mijalković Bratislav Mijalković (; born 10 September 1971) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career After starting out at his hometown club Radnički Pirot, Mijalković was transferred to Partizan in 1990. He spent six seaso ...

* Darko Tešović * Georgi Hristov * Ivan Tomić * Dražen Bolić * Mladen Krstajić * Predrag Pažin *

Đorđe Svetličić Đorđe Svetličić (; born 5 January 1974) is a Serbian former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career After starting out at FK Grafičar Beograd, Grafičar Beograd, Svetličić j ...

* Dejan Peković * Dejan Vukićević *

Damir Čakar Damir Čakar (; born 28 June 1973) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker. He is known for his powerful shots and set pieces. Club career Čakar started out at his local club ...

Dragan Ćirić Dragan Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћирић; born 15 September 1974) is a Serbian retired professional Association football, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielde ...

Niša Saveljić Niša Saveljić (; born 27 March 1970) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, Saveljić represented FR Yugoslavia in one World Cup (1998) and one European Championship (2000). Club career Born in ...

* Igor Taševski Source:

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Tables and results
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