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1978–79 Yugoslav First League

The 1978–79 Yugoslav First League season was the 33rd 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. Hajduk Split won the league title.

1. Federal League
Season1978–79
Dates12 August 1978 – 17 June 1979
ChampionsHajduk Split
(9th Yugoslav championship)
(7th Federal League title)
RelegatedNK Zagreb (17th)
OFK Beograd (18th)
European CupHajduk Split
Cup Winners' CupRijeka
UEFA CupDinamo Zagreb
Red Star
Matches played272
Goals scored761 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerDušan Savić (24)

A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the defending champions Partizan nearly relegated, finishing the season in 15th place, one point above the relegation zone. Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb both finished the season equal on 50 points, but Hajduk won the championship due to better goal difference.

The season began on 12 August 1978 and concluded on 17 June 1979. This was the third and last national title win for Hajduk under the guidance of manager Tomislav Ivić, who previously led the club to four consecutive Yugoslav Cup wins in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1976 (not contested in 1975). Striker Dušan Savić of Red Star won the Golden Boot with 24 goals scored, his second, having previously topped the scoring table four years earlier in the 1974–75 season.

Rijeka, which finished 10th in the league, defeated Partizan in the final of the 1978–79 Marshal Tito Cup under the guidance of Marijan Brnčić, and qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Other standout players this season were Hajduk's Vedran Rožić, Mišo Krstičević, and Slaviša Žungul, Dinamo Zagreb's forwards Snješko Cerin and Zlatko Kranjčar, Sarajevo's attacking midfielders Safet Sušić and Srebrenko Repčić, the Velež stalwart Vahid Halilhodžić.

The season was marked by controversy after Rijeka's 2–1 win over Dinamo at Kantrida in the first round. Dinamo claimed that Rijeka's player Edmond Tomić, who had joined the club in pre-season from Lirija Prizren, should have served a one-match suspension for two yellow cards received while playing for his former club. They appealed to the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ), which after two months of deliberation decided to award the match 3–0 to Dinamo. After more appeals and counter-appeals from both Rijeka and Dinamo, in the spring of 1979 FSJ ruled in favor of Rijeka. The case was then brought to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which four years later ruled Dinamo as champions.[1]

Teams

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A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1977–78 season and two sides promoted from the 1977–78 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.

Čelik Zenica and Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Napredak Kruševac and Željezničar Sarajevo.

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League
Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1977–78
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Budućnost Titograd   SR Montenegro 01111th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 0044th
Hajduk Split Split   SR Croatia 0033rd
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac   SR Serbia —
OFK Belgrade Belgrade   SR Serbia 01616th
Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana   SR Slovenia 01010th
Osijek Osijek   SR Croatia 01313th
Partizan Belgrade   SR Serbia 0011st
Radnički Niš Niš   SR Serbia 01414th
Red Star Belgrade   SR Serbia 0022nd
Rijeka Rijeka   SR Croatia 0055th
Sarajevo Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Sloboda Tuzla   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Velež Mostar   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Vojvodina Novi Sad   SR Serbia 0088th
NK Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 01515th
Željezničar Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hajduk Split (C) 34 20 10 4 62 28 +34 50 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 34 21 8 5 67 38 +29 50 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Red Star Belgrade 34 16 9 9 51 33 +18 41
4 Sarajevo 34 17 5 12 56 53 +3 39
5 Velež 34 15 8 11 50 41 +9 38
6 Budućnost 34 15 8 11 33 36 −3 38
7 Radnički Niš 34 11 13 10 38 34 +4 35
8 Sloboda Tuzla 34 11 10 13 34 34 0 32
9 Željezničar 34 14 4 16 45 52 −7 32
10 Rijeka 34 10 11 13 35 34 +1 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Borac Banja Luka 34 11 9 14 45 56 −11 31
12 Vojvodina 34 11 7 16 35 38 −3 29
13 Osijek 34 8 13 13 32 39 −7 29
14 Napredak Kruševac 34 9 11 14 43 51 −8 29
15 Partizan 34 9 11 14 39 47 −8 29
16 Olimpija 34 11 7 16 34 53 −19 29
17 NK Zagreb (R) 34 8 12 14 32 39 −7 28 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 OFK Belgrade (R) 34 5 12 17 30 55 −25 22
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 BBL BUD DIN HAJ NAP OFK OLI OSI PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO VEL VOJ ZAG ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
Budućnost 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Dinamo Zagreb 4–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–1
Hajduk Split 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–2
Napredak Kruševac 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1
OFK Belgrade 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Olimpija 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–1
Osijek 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
Partizan 3–0 4–2 3–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2
Radnički Niš 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Red Star 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–3 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–2
Rijeka 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
Sarajevo 5–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 5–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0
Sloboda Tuzla 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1
Velež 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 5–2
Vojvodina 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 7–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–4 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
NK Zagreb 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–2
Željezničar 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–4 2–1
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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Champions: Hajduk Split
Player League
Matches Goals
Boriša Đorđević 32 4
Šime Luketin 32 3
Vedran Rožić 32
Mišo Krstičević 31 8
Boro Primorac 30
Luka Peruzović 30
Dražen Mužinić 29
Ivica Šurjak 27 6
Zlatko Vujović 25 9
Nenad Šalov 25 1
Ivan Budinčević 21
Zoran Vujović 18 4
Slaviša Žungul 17 12
Davor Čop 16 2
Mićun Jovanić 16 2
Špiro Ćosić 11
Damir Maričić 9
Ivica Matković 4
Mario Boljat 3 1
Robert Juričko 2
Milorad Nižetić 2
Marijan Zovko 1
Ivan Gudelj 1
Ivan Katalinić 1
Head coach: Tomislav Ivić

Source: [2]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Dušan Savić Red Star 24
2   Vahid Halilhodžić Velež 16
3   Safet Sušić Sarajevo 15
4   Slobodan Santrač Partizan 14
5   Snješko Cerin Dinamo Zagreb 13
  Abid Kovačević Borac Banja Luka
  Zlatko Kranjčar Dinamo Zagreb
  Ivan Lukačević Osijek
9   Muhamed Ibrahimbegović Borac Banja Luka 12
  Vladimir Jocić Radnički Niš
  Miloš Kostić OFK Belgrade
  Srebrenko Repčić Sarajevo
  Slaviša Žungul Hajduk Split

See also

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  1. ^ ts/eZd (2 November 2008). "Neodigrana utakmica Rijeka – Dinamo, novi Slučaja Tomić?". ezadar.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ NogoNet - Nogomet na netu - 1.liga ||1978||79 ||
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