1996–97 FK Vardar season explained

Season:	1996–97
Chairman:	Borche Damev^[1]
Mgrtitle:	Manager
League Result:	4th
Cup1 Result:	Group stage
Cup2 Result:	Qualifying round
Nextseason:	1997–98

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

See main article: 1996–97 Macedonian First Football League.

Matches

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Vardar Scorers
1	16 Aug	A		0 – 3 (1 – 0)^1
2	25 Aug	H		4 – 0
3	1 Sep	A		0 – 1
4	8 Sep	H		0 – 0
5	15 Sep	A		5 – 0
6	22 Sep	H		3 – 0
7	29 Sep	A		1 – 0
8	13 Oct	H		1 – 0
9	20 Oct	A		2 – 1
10	27 Oct	A		0 – 0
11	3 Nov	H		3 – 0
12	17 Nov	A		1 – 1
13	24 Nov	H		3 – 1
14	2 Mar	H		1 – 0
15	9 Mar	A		2 – 0	Shainovski, Todorovski^[2]
16	16 Mar	H		0 – 3^2
17	23 Mar	A		0 – 1
18	6 Apr	HR		7 – 0
19	13 Apr	A		0 – 0
20	20 Apr	HR		1 – 1
21	27 Apr	A		0 – 0
22	4 May	HR		0 – 0
23	11 May	HR		0 – 0
24	18 May	AR		1 – 3
25	25 May	HR		0 – 0
26	1 Jun	AR		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

See main article: 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup.

Matches

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

Source: Google Groups

UEFA Cup

See main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Vardar Scorers
PR	17 Jul	A	Gorica	1 – 0^[3]	Trajchev
PR	24 Jul	H	Gorica	2 – 1^[4]	Trajchev, Jakimovski
QR	6 Aug	A	Halmstad	0 – 0^[5]
QR	20 Aug	H	Halmstad	0 – 1^[6]

Notes and References

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