| Season | 1996–97 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Priština (East) Sartid Smederevo (West) |
1997–98 → | |
1996–97 Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Serbian:Druga liga SR Jugoslavije 1996/97) consisted of two groups of 18 teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priština(C, P) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 66 | Promotion toFirst League of FR Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Palilulac Beograd | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 66 | Qualification forpromotion play-off |
| 3 | Radnički Pirot | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 62 | |
| 4 | Napredak Kruševac | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 55 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Beograd | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 51 | |
| 6 | Zvezdara | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 49 | |
| 7 | Radnički Beograd | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 49 | |
| 8 | Novi Sad | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Pančevo | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 47 | |
| 10 | Beograd | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 47 | |
| 11 | Balkan Bukovica | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 47 | |
| 12 | Solunac Karađorđevo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 46 | |
| 13 | Bor | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 46 | |
| 14 | Jedinstvo Paraćin(R) | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 45 | Relegation toSerbian League |
| 15 | Cement Beočin(R) | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 45 | |
| 16 | Železničar Niš(R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 37 | |
| 17 | Sinđelić Niš(R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 51 | 75 | −24 | 33 | |
| 18 | Dubočica(R) | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 97 | −71 | 10 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sartid Smederevo(C, P) | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 77 | 20 | +57 | 82 | Promotion toFirst League of FR Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Radnički Kragujevac(P) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 28 | +46 | 75 | Qualification forpromotion play-off |
| 3 | Čelik Nikšić | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 77 | 36 | +41 | 70 | |
| 4 | Mladi Radnik | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 59 | |
| 5 | Rudar Kostolac | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 54 | |
| 6 | Badnjevac | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 50 | |
| 7 | Mačva Šabac | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 46 | |
| 8 | Polimlje | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Mladost Podgorica | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 45 | |
| 10 | Zastava Kragujevac | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Novi Pazar | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 42 | |
| 12 | Šumadija Aranđelovac | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 42 | |
| 13 | Mačva Bogatić | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 41 | |
| 14 | Mogren | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 41 | |
| 15 | Javor Ivanjica | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 41 | |
| 16 | Iskra Danilovgrad(R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 34 | Relegation toMontenegrin League |
| 17 | Arsenal Kragujevac(R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 29 | Relegation toSerbian League |
| 18 | HTP Igalo(R) | 34 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 87 | −67 | 19 | Relegation toMontenegrin League |