North Macedonia 1996/97

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Notes
1	Sileks	62	26	19	5	2	83	23	Champions - Macedonian Cup Winners
2	Pobeda	54	26	17	3	6	55	26
3	Sloga Jugomagnat	46	26	13	7	6	42	25	Macedonian Cup Runners-up
4	Vardar *	40	26	11	10	5	32	15
5	Sasa	37	26	10	7	9	36	31
6	Bregalnica Štip	35	26	10	5	11	30	33
7	Makedonija	34	26	10	4	12	38	30
8	Balkan	33	26	8	9	9	31	26
9	Pelister	33	26	9	6	11	36	35
10	Belasica	33	26	9	6	11	32	41
11	Tikveš	32	26	8	8	10	33	39
12	Cementarnica 55	29	26	8	5	13	32	39
13	Shkëndija	29	26	8	5	13	27	48
14	Rudar Probištip	5	26	1	2	23	15	111

	* Vardar were deducted 3 points

		Champions League qual.
		UEFA Cup qual.
		Cup Winners' Cup
		Relegation