1972–73 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1972–73
Dates20 August 1972 – 24 June 1973
ChampionsRed Star (11th title)
RelegatedSpartak
Sutjeska
Top goalscorerVojin Lazarević
Slobodan Santrač
(25 goals each)

The 1972–73 Yugoslav First League season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Red Star winning the title.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1971–72 season and two sides promoted from the 1971–72 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Radnički Kragujevac and NK Maribor were relegated from the 1971–72 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Bor and Spartak Subotica.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1971–72
Bor Bor SR Serbia —
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01313th
Čelik Zenica SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb SR Croatia 0088th
Hajduk Split Split SR Croatia 01010th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade SR Serbia 0033rd
Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana SR Slovenia 0099th
Partizan Belgrade SR Serbia 0055th
Radnički Niš Niš SR Serbia 01414th
Red Star Belgrade SR Serbia 0022nd
Sarajevo Sarajevo SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01515th
Sloboda Tuzla SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Spartak Subotica Subotica SR Serbia —
Sutjeska Nikšić Nikšić SR Montenegro 01616th
Vardar Skopje SR Macedonia 01111th
Velež Mostar SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Vojvodina Novi Sad SR Serbia 0044th
Željezničar Sarajevo SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0011st

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 21 10 3 71 28 +43 52 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Velež 34 17 12 5 48 27 +21 46 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 OFK Belgrade 34 16 13 5 52 31 +21 45
4 Partizan 34 16 11 7 50 37 +13 43
5 Željezničar 34 18 6 10 59 41 +18 42
6 Sloboda Tuzla 34 8 18 8 34 32 +2 34
7 Sarajevo 34 12 10 12 48 50 −2 34
8 Dinamo Zagreb 34 11 11 12 39 47 −8 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9 Hajduk Split 34 14 3 17 50 50 0 31
10 Vardar[a] 34 10 11 13 35 50 −15 31
11 Radnički Niš 34 10 10 14 24 40 −16 30
12 Borac Banja Luka 34 9 11 14 30 26 +4 29
13 Vojvodina 34 10 9 15 39 46 −7 29
14 Čelik 34 9 10 15 27 44 −17 28
15 Bor 34 9 10 15 36 57 −21 28
16 Olimpija 34 9 8 17 35 43 −8 26
17 Spartak Subotica (R) 34 8 10 16 37 48 −11 26 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 34 9 7 18 32 49 −17 25
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Vardar was invited to the Balkans Cup.

Results

Home \ Away BOR BBL ČEL DIN HAJ OFK OLI PAR RNI RSB SAR SLO SPA SUT VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL
Bor 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–5 4–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–2
Borac Banja Luka 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 6–0 0–1 2–0 1–2
Čelik 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 7–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Hajduk Split 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 3–0 5–0 0–3 7–0 3–2
OFK Belgrade 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–3
Olimpija 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1
Partizan 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Radnički Niš 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Red Star 5–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 3–0
Sarajevo 3–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–4
Sloboda Tuzla 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3
Spartak Subotica 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–1
Sutjeska 5–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–2
Vardar 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1
Velež 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Vojvodina 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Željezničar 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 7–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions
Red Star Belgrade

Zoran Antonijević
Jovan Aćimović
Zoran Bingulac
Vladislav Bogićević
Kiro Dojčinovski
Ratomir Dujković
Milovan Đorić
Slobodan Janković
Živorad Jeftić
Nikola Jovanović
Stanislav Karasi
Mihalj Keri
Branko Klenkovski
Petar Krivokuća
Vojin Lazarević
Dušan Nikolić
Mile Novković
Miroslav Pavlović
Aleksandar Panajotović
Vladimir Petrović
Ognjan Petrović
Sead Sušić
Zoran Filipović
Dragan Džajić
[1]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vojin Lazarević Red Star 25
Slobodan Santrač OFK Belgrade
3 Dušan Bajević Velež 21
4 Petar Nadoveza Hajduk Split 19
5 Stanislav Karasi Red Star 17
6 Josip Bukal Željezničar 15
7 Salem Halilhodžić Velež 14
8 Nenad Bjeković Partizan 13
9 Zvonko Ivezić Vojvodina 12
10 Momčilo Vukotić Partizan 11

See also

  • 1972–73 Yugoslav Second League
  1. ^ Championship Winners, Red Star Belgrade official site Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
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