1981–82 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season	1981–82
Dates	26 July 1981 –; 2 May 1982
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb (4th title)
Relegated	Teteks; NK Zagreb
European Cup	Dinamo Zagreb
Cup Winners' Cup	Red Star
UEFA Cup	Hajduk Split; Sarajevo
Top goalscorer	Snješko Cerin (19)
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th 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 26 July 1981 and ended on 2 May 1982. Dinamo Zagreb led by Miroslav Blažević won their fourth title five points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 1980–81 season and two clubs promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League as winners of the two second level subdivisions 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.

Borac Banja Luka and Napredak Kruševac were relegated at the end of the previous season. Osijek and Teteks Tetovo were promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League

Team	City / town	Federal Republic	Position in 1980–81
Budućnost	Titograd	SR Montenegro	0066th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0055th
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0022nd
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	01515th
Olimpija	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	01212th
Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	—
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0088th
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	0033rd
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0011st
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	0077th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01313th
Sloboda	Tuzla	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Teteks	Tetovo	SR Macedonia	—
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	01111th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	01010th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01616th
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01414th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	34	20	9	5	67	32	+35	49	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Red Star Belgrade	34	17	10	7	68	40	+28	44	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Hajduk Split	34	17	10	7	53	31	+22	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Sarajevo	34	16	7	11	57	54	+3	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Željezničar	34	16	6	12	52	37	+15	38
6	Partizan	34	14	9	11	40	31	+9	37
7	Velež	34	13	10	11	49	40	+9	36
8	Budućnost	34	13	8	13	47	44	+3	34
9	Olimpija	34	9	15	10	39	38	+1	33
10	Vojvodina	34	12	8	14	48	48	0	32
11	Radnički Niš	34	12	8	14	37	44	−7	32
12	Rijeka	34	11	10	13	39	54	−15	32
13	Sloboda Tuzla	34	9	13	12	36	44	−8	31
14	Vardar	34	12	6	16	43	51	−8	30
15	OFK Belgrade	34	9	12	13	33	41	−8	30
16	Osijek	34	9	11	14	36	37	−1	29
17	Teteks (R)	34	8	7	19	31	68	−37	23	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18	NK Zagreb (R)	34	7	5	22	27	68	−41	19	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BUD	DIN	HAJ	OFK	OLI	OSI	PAR	RNI	RSB	RIJ	SAR	SLO	TET	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ZAG	ŽEL
Budućnost		1–0	0–0	4–2	4–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–1
Dinamo Zagreb	1–0		0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	4–0	3–2	4–2	3–0	7–0	2–0
Hajduk Split	2–1	1–2		1–4	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–4	2–1	7–0	2–0	0–3^[a]	0–0	4–0	2–1
OFK Belgrade	1–3	0–0	2–2		0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	0–0
Olimpija	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0		0–0	3–1	2–2	0–3	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0
Osijek	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Partizan	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–4	1–0	0–0	7–2	4–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
Radnički Niš	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	2–4	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0
Red Star	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0		4–1	5–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–3	3–2	1–2
Rijeka	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	5–4	0–0		2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–1
Sarajevo	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	6–1		1–4	4–1	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Sloboda Tuzla	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–1		2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–4
Teteks	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	2–3	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Vardar	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–1		1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0
Velež	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–4	4–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	5–1	1–1
Vojvodina	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–3	4–0	0–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	1–1	4–3	0–3		4–1	2–0
NK Zagreb	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0		1–2
Željezničar	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	6–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	2–0

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Match awarded 0–3 to Velež.

Winning squad

Champions: Dinamo Zagreb
Player	League
Player	Matches	Goals
Marko Mlinarić	33	2
Marijan Vlak	32	0
Snješko Cerin	31	19
Petar Bručić	31	2
Dragan Bošnjak	30	2
Džemal Mustedanagić	29	0
Velimir Zajec	28	1
Zvjezdan Cvetković	26	3
Milivoj Bračun	26	0
Stjepan Deverić	25	11
Zoran Panić	23	8
Zlatko Kranjčar^[a]	17	12
Ismet Hadžić^[a]	16	0
Emil Dragičević	15	1
Zlatan Arnautović	9	4
Borislav Cvetković^[a]	9	1
Željko Hohnjec	9	1
Marin Kurtela	6	0
Drago Dumbović	6	0
Milan Ćalasan	4	0
Zvonko Marić	3	0
Branko Devčić	3	0
Mladen Munjaković	3	0
Radimir Bobinac	2	0
Davor Braun	2	0
Čedomir Jovičević	1	0
Edward Krnčević	1	0
Coach: Miroslav Blažević

^ ^a ^b ^c played only the second part of the season, after coming back from the mandatory army stint at the mid-season winter break

Season statistics

Widest winning margin: 7 goals:
- Dinamo Zagreb 7–0 NK Zagreb (13 September 1981)
- Hajduk Split 7–0 Teteks (31 March 1982)
Most goals in a match: 9 goals:
- Rijeka 5–4 Radnički Niš (23 August 1981)
- Partizan 7–2 Sloboda (25 April 1982)

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Snješko Cerin	Dinamo Zagreb	19
2	Edin Bahtić	Željezničar	17
3	Dušan Savić	Red Star	16
3	Vasil Ringov	Vardar	16
5	Zlatko Vujović	Hajduk Split	14
6	Zlatko Kranjčar	Dinamo Zagreb	12
	Predrag Pašić	FK Sarajevo	12
	Vili Ameršek	Olimpija	12
9	Safet Sušić	Sarajevo	11
9	Dušan Bajević	Velež	11

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables

[table_note_1_HAJ_VEL0.20015467293568-1] Match awarded 0–3 to Velež.

[YPA-2] yed only the second part of the season, after coming back from the mandatory army stint at the mid-season winter break

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