1987–88 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1987–88
Dates2 August 1987 –
12 June 1988
ChampionsRed Star (16th title)
RelegatedSutjeska
Priština
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupBorac Banja Luka
UEFA CupPartizan
Velež
Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorerDuško Milinković (16)

The 1987–88 Yugoslav First League season was the 42nd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 2 August 1987 and ended on 12 June 1988. Red Star led by Velibor Vasović won their 16th title with a single points ahead of previous season's champions Partizan.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1986–87 season and two sides promoted from the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level groups 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.

Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vojvodina and Rad.

Rank in
1986–87 		Team City SR Stadium Managers in 1987–88
0077th Budućnost Titograd MNE Pod Goricom Stanko Poklepović
01212th Čelik Zenica BIH Bilino Polje Josip Skoblar
0066th Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb CRO Maksimir Miroslav Blažević
0088th Hajduk Split Split CRO Poljud Ivan Vutsov
Petar Nadoveza
01111th Osijek Osijek CRO Gradski Vrt Šaban Jasenica
0011st Partizan Belgrade SRB Stadion JNA Fahrudin Jusufi
01414th Priština Pristina SRB Gradski Josip Duvančić
— Rad Belgrade SRB Karaburma Dragan Gugleta
01616th Radnički Niš Niš SRB Čair Milan Živadinović
0033rd Red Star Belgrade SRB Marakana Velibor Vasović
0044th Rijeka Rijeka CRO Kantrida Mladen Vranković
01313th Sarajevo Sarajevo BIH Koševo Denijal Pirić
01515th Sloboda Tuzla BIH Tušanj Đorđe Gerum
01010th Sutjeska Nikšić MNE Kraj Bistrice Nedeljko Gugolj
0055th Vardar Skopje MKD Gradski Andon Dončevski
0022nd Velež Mostar BIH Pod Bijelim Brijegom Enver Marić
— Vojvodina Novi Sad SRB FK Vojvodina Ivan Brzić
0099th Željezničar Sarajevo BIH Grbavica Blagoje Bratić

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 17 11 6 66 39 +27 45 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Partizan 34 17 10 7 62 37 +25 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Velež 34 15 12 7 61 34 +27 42
4 Dinamo Zagreb 34 16 10 8 55 36 +19 42
5 Sloboda Tuzla 34 14 10 10 53 41 +12 38
6 Vardar 34 15 7 12 37 40 −3 37
7 Radnički Niš 34 14 4 16 48 46 +2 32 Qualification for Balkans Cup
8 Rijeka 34 9 14 11 33 39 −6 32
9 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 40 48 −8 32
10 Vojvodina 34 11 10 13 40 51 −11 32 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
11 Osijek 34 10 11 13 44 61 −17 31
12 Željezničar 34 8 14 12 38 44 −6 30
13 Hajduk Split 34 8 14 12 40 50 −10 30
14 Sarajevo 34 11 8 15 37 47 −10 30
15 Rad 34 11 8 15 44 56 −12 30 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
16 Čelik 34 12 5 17 39 45 −6 29
17 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 34 10 9 15 42 49 −7 29 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Priština (R) 34 10 7 17 43 59 −16 27
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BUD ČEL DIN HAJ OSI PAR PRI RAD RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO SUT VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL
Budućnost 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Čelik 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–0
Hajduk Split 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 5–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0
Osijek 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 5–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–3 2–1 1–1 2–2
Partizan 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 6–1 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Priština 4–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 5–2 0–3 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
Rad 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Radnički Niš 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–2 5–1 1–0
Red Star 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 7–1 2–0 4–2 2–3 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0
Rijeka 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Sarajevo 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 4–1 2–0
Sloboda Tuzla 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 4–0
Sutjeska 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–0
Vardar 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Velež 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 5–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–3 5–0 1–0 2–0
Vojvodina 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Željezničar 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 3–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade
Player League
Matches Goals
Žarko Đurović 34 5
Goran Milojević 33 3
Bora Cvetković 32 9
Slobodan Marović 30 1
Miodrag Krivokapić 30 0
Dragan "Piksi" Stojković 28 15
Dragiša Binić 27 13
Slavko Radovanović 25 5
Robert Prosinečki 23 4
Goran Jurić 23 0
Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper) 23 0
Dejan Joksimović 17 3
Zlatko Krdžević 17 0
Dragić Komadina 16 1
Husref Musemić 15 4
Dragan Punišić 11 1
Branko Davidović (goalkeeper) 11 0
Refik Šabanadžović 10 1
Jovica Nikolić 10 0
Mitar Mrkela 5 0
Vladan Lukić 2 1
Slavoljub Janković 2 0
Head coach: Velibor Vasović

Top scorers

The top goalscorers in the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League were as follows:

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Duško Milinković Rad 16
2 Mirko Mihić Sloboda 15
Dragan Stojković Red Star
Kujtim Shala Priština
5 Haris Škoro Dinamo Zagreb 14
6 Dragiša Binić Red Star 13
Semir Tuce Velež
Zvonimir Boban Dinamo Zagreb
Darko Pančev Vardar
10 Radmilo Mihajlović Željezničar 12
Dragan Jakovljević Sarajevo
Vladislav Đukić Priština (6) / Partizan (6)

See also

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