1995–96 FK Vardar season

Vardar
1995–96 season
ChairmanBorche Damev[1]
ManagerIlija Dimovski
Vancho Trpevski
StadiumGradski stadion Skopje
First League3rd
Macedonian CupRunners-up
UEFA CupFirst round

The 1995–96 season was the 48th season in Vardar’s history and their fourth in the Macedonian First League. Their 1st place finish in the 1994–95 season meant it was their 4th successive season playing in the First League.

In the championship Vardar was finished third, below Sileks and Sloga Jugomagnat and were lost in the final of the Macedonian Cup against Sloga Jugomagnat after penalty shoot-out, but qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final result First match Last match
1995–96 Macedonian First League – 3rd 20 August 1995 9 June 1996
1995–96 Macedonian Cup First round Runners-up 13 August 1995 23 May 1996
1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round First round 8 August 1995 28 September 1995

First League

Main article: 1995–96 Macedonian First Football League

Classification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sileks (C) 28 21 7 0 74 20 +54 70 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Sloga Jugomagnat 28 18 4 6 48 19 +29 58 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Vardar 28 17 6 5 60 22 +38 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
4 Pobeda 28 12 8 8 52 34 +18 44
5 Pelister 28 13 4 11 51 40 +11 43
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).
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHA–HAHAAHAHAHAHAH–AHAH
ResultWWWDDWWDWL–WWWLWWLWWWDDLW–LWDW
Position221222221333323333333333333333
Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
1 20 Aug H FCU 55 2 – 1
2 27 Aug A Tikvesh 1 – 0
3 10 Sep H Osogovo 6 – 0
4 17 Sep A Pobeda 1 – 1
5 24 Sep H Makedonija 1 – 1
6 1 Oct A Ljuboten 2 – 0
7 15 Oct H Balkan 3 – 0
8 22 Oct A Sileks 2 – 2
9 25 Oct H Ohrid 2 – 1
10 29 Oct A Pelister 1 – 2
11 5 Nov — Bye — —
12 8 Nov H Belasica 3 – 1
13 19 Nov A Rudar Probishtip 5 – 0
14 26 Nov H Sasa 4 – 1
15 3 Dec A Sloga Jugomagnat 0 – 1
16 10 Mar A FCU 55 2 – 1
17 17 Mar H Tikvesh 5 – 1
18 24 Mar A Osogovo 0 – 1
19 31 Mar H Pobeda 1 – 0
20 3 Apr A Makedonija 2 – 1
21 7 Apr H Ljuboten 2 – 0
22 14 Apr A Balkan 0 – 0
23 28 Apr H Sileks 2 – 2
24 5 May A Ohrid 0 – 1
25 8 May H Pelister 7 – 0
26 12 May — Bye — —
27 15 May A Belasica 1 – 2
28 19 May H Rudar Probishtip 3 – 1
29 5 Jun A Sasa 1 – 1
30 9 Jun H Sloga Jugomagnat 1 – 0

Sources: RSSSF.no, Google Groups

Macedonian Football Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Macedonian Football Cup
Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
R1 13 Aug H Pobeda Valandovo 13 – 0
R2 8 Nov H Balkan 7 – 2
R2 7 Dec A Balkan 3 – 0
QF 3 Mar A Makedonija 1 – 0
QF 20 Mar H Makedonija 3 – 1
SF 17 Apr H Pelister 3 – 0
SF 1 May A Pelister 1 – 1
Final 23 May N Sloga Jugomagnat 0 – 0
(3 – 5 p)

Source: Google Groups

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Cup
Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
PR 8 Aug H Samtredia Georgia (country) 1 – 0[2] Nikolovski
PR 22 Aug AR Georgia (country) Samtredia Georgia (country) 2 – 0[3] Serafimovski, Petreski
R1 14 Sep H Bordeaux France 0 – 2[4]
R1 28 Sep A France Bordeaux France 1 – 1[5] Serafimovski

References

  1. ^ "Клуб-Председатели". fkvardar.mk. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Vardar - FC Samtredia 1:0 (Europa League Qual. 1995/1996, Qualifier)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "FC Samtredia - Vardar 0:2 (Europa League Qual. 1995/1996, Qualifier)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Vardar - Girondins Bordeaux 0:2 (Europa League 1995/1996, 1. Round)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Girondins Bordeaux - Vardar 1:1 (Europa League 1995/1996, 1. Round)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 April 2018.