1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup

1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup

Country	Macedonia
Dates	11 August 1996 – 28 May 1997[1]
Teams	32
Defending champions	Sloga Jugomagnat
Champions	Sileks (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sloga Jugomagnat
Matches played	69
Goals scored	210 (3.04 per match)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup was the 5th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. FK Sloga Jugomagnat were the defending champions, having won their first title. The 1996–97 champions were FK Sileks who won their second title.

Competition calendar[]

Round	Legs	Dates played	Fixtures	Clubs
First round (round of 32)	Single	11 August 1996	16	32 → 16
Second round (group stage)	Home-away	4 September 1996 – 19 March 1997	48	16 → 4
Semi-finals	Double		4	4 → 2
Final	Single	28 May 1997	1	2 → 1

Source:^[1]

First round[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Balkan	6–1	Ljuboten
Sloga Jugomagnat	3–1	Borec
Demir Hisar	1–3	Tikvesh
Turnovo	1–1 (5–6 p)	Makedonija GP
Sasa	1–0	Vardar Negotino
Novaci	1–3	Shkëndija
Bashkimi	4–3	Cementarnica
Vardar Prdejci	0–2	Vardar
Dutlok 79	0–5	Bregalnica Shtip
Napredok	0–2	Pobeda
Skopje	0–0 (4–1 p)	Osogovo
Malesh	0–3	Sileks
Pitu Guli	1–4	Ohrid
Teteks	0–2	Pelister
Belasica	3–2	Rabotnichki
Debrca	0–1	Rudar Probishtip

Second round[]

The winners of the groups were advanced to the semifinals.

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SIL	BAL	SKO	BEL
1	Sileks	6	4	1	1	20	8	+12	13	Semi-finals		—	1–2	5–2	5–0
2	Balkan	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11			3–3	—	1–2	5–0
3	Skopje	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10			0–1	0–0	—	5–2
4	Belasica	6	0	0	6	3	26	−23	0			1–5	0–4	0–2	—

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLO	PEL	SKË	RUD
1	Sloga Jugomagnat	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13	16	Semi-finals		—	2–0	1–0	8–0
2	Pelister	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11			0–0	—	4–0	6–1
3	Shkëndija	6	0	3	3	4	10	−6	3			1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Rudar Probishtip	6	0	2	4	4	20	−16	2			1–2	0–2	1–1	—

Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POB	SAS	OHR	BAS
1	Pobeda	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	18	Semi-finals		—	2–1	4–0	2–0
2	Sasa	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			0–2	—	3–1	1–0
3	Ohrid	6	1	1	4	8	17	−9	4			1–4	2–3	—	4–3
4	Bashkimi	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2			0–3	0–0	0–0	—

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAK	VAR	BRE	TIK
1	Makedonija GP	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Semi-finals		—	0–0	2–1	3–1
2	Vardar	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7			0–0	—	1–1	2–0
3	Bregalnica Shtip	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5			0–1	3–1	—	1–1
4	Tikvesh	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5			0–1	2–2	3–1	—

Sources:^[1][2][3]

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sileks	1–0	Pobeda	1–0	0–0
Makedonija GP	1–1 (p)	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	0–1

Sources:^[3]

Final[]

See also[]

• 1996–97 Macedonian First Football League
• 1996–97 Macedonian Second Football League

References[]

External links[]

• 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup at rsssf.com