# 1995–96 FK Vardar season

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
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | – | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | – | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | – | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | – | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### 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

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score |
| 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

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Vardar Scorers |
| PR | 8 Aug | H | Samtredia | 1 – 0 | Nikolovski |
| PR | 22 Aug | AR | Samtredia | 2 – 0 | Serafimovski, Petreski |
| R1 | 14 Sep | H | Bordeaux | 0 – 2 | |
| R1 | 28 Sep | A | Bordeaux | 1 – 1 | Serafimovski |