1980–81 Yugoslav First League

The 1980–81 Yugoslav First League season was the 35th 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. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's champions Red Star successfully defending their title, finishing the season two points clear of runners-up Hajduk Split.

Prva savezna liga
Season1980–81
Dates16 August 1980 –
14 June 1981
ChampionsRed Star (14th title)
RelegatedBorac Banja Luka
Napredak Kruševac
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupVelež Mostar
UEFA CupHajduk Split
Radnički Niš
Top goalscorerMilan Radović (26)

Teams

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A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1979–80 season and two sides promoted from the 1979–80 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.

Osijek and Čelik were relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted were NK Zagreb and OFK Belgrade, returning to the top level after being relegated in the 1978–79 season.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League
Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1979–80
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Budućnost Titograd   SR Montenegro 01111th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 01212th
Hajduk Split Split   SR Croatia 0055th
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac   SR Serbia 0044th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade   SR Serbia
Olimpija Ljubljana   SR Slovenia 01515th
Partizan Belgrade   SR Serbia 01313th
Radnički Niš Niš   SR Serbia 0033rd
Red Star Belgrade   SR Serbia 0011st
Rijeka Rijeka   SR Croatia 01010th
Sarajevo Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Sloboda Tuzla   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Vardar Skopje   SR Macedonia 0077th
Velež Mostar   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Vojvodina Novi Sad   SR Serbia 01616th
NK Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia
Željezničar Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 15 14 5 62 31 +31 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Hajduk Split 34 16 10 8 57 36 +21 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Radnički Niš 34 13 15 6 39 28 +11 41
4 Sloboda Tuzla 34 14 8 12 46 51 −5 36 Qualification for Balkans Cup
5 Dinamo Zagreb 34 12 11 11 44 38 +6 35
6 Budućnost 34 11 12 11 38 34 +4 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
7 Rijeka 34 12 10 12 50 47 +3 34
8 Partizan 34 9 16 9 43 41 +2 34
9 Velež 34 13 8 13 44 47 −3 34 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Vojvodina 34 13 8 13 37 40 −3 34
11 Vardar 34 11 11 12 41 48 −7 33
12 Olimpija 34 8 16 10 29 33 −4 32
13 Sarajevo 34 12 8 14 47 53 −6 32
14 Željezničar 34 11 10 13 42 51 −9 32
15 OFK Belgrade 34 8 14 12 34 39 −5 30
16 NK Zagreb 34 11 8 15 43 55 −12 30
17 Borac Banja Luka (R) 34 10 9 15 35 44 −9 29 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Napredak Kruševac (R) 34 9 8 17 45 60 −15 26
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BOR BUD DIN HAJ NAP OFK OLI PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO VAR VEL VOJ ZAG ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 5–2
Budućnost 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 4–1
Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 5–2 3–1 1–1 1–1
Hajduk Split 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0
Napredak Kruševac 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0
OFK Belgrade 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0
Olimpija 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Partizan 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0
Radnički Niš 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1
Red Star 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 9–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0
Rijeka 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Sarajevo 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–2
Sloboda Tuzla 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Vardar 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Velež 2–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–3
Vojvodina 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1
NK Zagreb 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 3–6 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–2
Željezničar 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–4 1–0 1–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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Champions: Red Star Belgrade
Player League
Matches Goals
  Rajko Janjanin 34 6
  Srebrenko Repčić 33 10
  Zlatko Krmpotić 32 1
  Miloš Šestić 31 7
  Milan Janković 30 5
  Zdravko Borovnica 29 12
  Ivan Jurišić 27 1
  Boško Đurovski 26 0
  Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović 23 6
  Dragan Miletović 23 0
  Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper) 17 0
  Milan Jovin 16 2
  Cvijetin Blagojević 16 2
  Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper) 16 0
  Milenko Rajković 14 0
  Ljubiša Stojanović 12 0
  Radomir Savić 12 0
  Zoran Jelikić 10 1
  Slavoljub Muslin 10 0
  Milko Đurovski 9 5
  Nedeljko Milosavljević 6 2
  Slobodan Goračinov 2 0
  Zdravko Čakalić 2 0
  Srboljub Stamenković 1 0
  Goran Živanović 1 0
  Slavko Radovanović 1 0
  Srboljub Marinković 1 0
Head coach: Branko Stanković

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Milan Radović Rijeka 26
2   Mojaš Radonjić Budučnost 16
3   Dragoljub Kostić Napredak Kruševac 15
4   Zvonko Živković Partizan 14
5   Abid Kovačević Dinamo Zagreb 13
  Slavko Kovačić NK Zagreb
  Davor Čop Napredak Kruševac
8   Zdravko Borovnica Red Star 12
  Dragan Vujović Budučnost
10   Zlatko Vujović Hajduk Split 11
  Vahid Halilhodžić Velež
  Vasil Ringov Vardar

See also

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