1971–72 Yugoslav First League

The 1971–72 Yugoslav First League season was the 26th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: 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 Željezničar Sarajevo winning the title.

Yugoslav First League
Season1971–72
Dates22 August 1971 – 11 June 1972
ChampionsŽeljezničar Sarajevo
RelegatedRadnički Kragujevac
Maribor
Top goalscorerSlobodan Santrač (33)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Željezničar (C) 34 21 9 4 55 20 +35 51 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Red Star Belgrade 34 19 11 4 57 21 +36 49 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 OFK Belgrade 34 17 11 6 56 26 +30 45
4 Vojvodina 34 15 12 7 50 38 +12 42
5 Partizan 34 15 9 10 41 35 +6 39
6 Velež 34 14 10 10 58 32 +26 38
7 Sloboda Tuzla 34 12 11 11 34 33 +1 35
8 Dinamo Zagreb 34 11 10 13 47 40 +7 32
9 Olimpija 34 13 5 16 46 51 −5 31
10 Hajduk Split 34 12 7 15 45 56 −11 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Vardar 34 8 14 12 31 44 −13 30
12 Čelik 34 9 12 13 27 40 −13 30
13 Borac Banja Luka 34 12 6 16 31 46 −15 30
14 Radnički Niš 34 11 7 16 38 49 −11 29
15 Sarajevo 34 10 8 16 43 46 −3 28
16 Sutjeska Nikšić 34 9 10 15 25 39 −14 28
17 Radnički Kragujevac (R) 34 7 10 17 24 55 −31 24 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Maribor (R) 34 3 14 17 24 61 −37 20
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 ČEL DIN HAJ MAR OFK OLI PAR RDK RNI RSB SAR SLO SUT VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–3
Čelik 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1
Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 5–2 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–2
NK Hajduk Split 2–1 1–0 1–5 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–1
Maribor 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–6 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
OFK Belgrade 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–0
Olimpija 5–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Partizan 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–4
Radnički Kragujevac 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–6 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0
Radnički Niš 5–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 0–2
Red Star 1–0 1–1 5–1 5–2 3–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 3–1
Sarajevo 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 2–1 2–4 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Sloboda Tuzla 4–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3
Sutjeska Nikšić 1–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Vardar 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–0
Velež 3–0 7–1 1–0 4–1 6–2 3–1 6–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–3 3–0 0–0
Vojvodina 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–5 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–4 5–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
Željezničar 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 8–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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Champions: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Player League
Matches Goals
Josip Katalinski 34 12
Slobodan Janjuš (goalkeeper) 34 0
Enver Hadžiabdić 34 0
Božo Janković 33 13
Blagoje Bratić 33 7
Velija Bećirspahić 33 1
Josip Bukal 32 14
Edin Sprečo 32 5
Branimir Jelušić 32 2
Avdija Deraković 31 1
Dragan Kojović 26 0
Fahrija Hrvat 15 0
Miloš Radović 8 0
Slobodan Kojović 6 0
Željko Rodić 4 0
Nusret Kadrić 2 0
Hajrudin Saračević 2 0
Džemaludin Šerbo 2 0
Head coach: Milan Ribar

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Slobodan Santrač OFK Belgrade 33
2   Dušan Bajević Velež 20
3   Nenad Cvetković Radnički Niš 16
4   Petar Nikezić Vojvodina 15
  Miodrag Kustudić Vojvodina
6   Josip Bukal Željezničar 14
  Nenad Bjeković Partizan
8   Božidar Janković Željezničar 13
  Salem Halilhodžić Velež
  Franjo Vladić Velež
  Pašo Bećirbašić Borac Banja Luka
  Vahidin Musemić Sarajevo
  Mladen Kranjc Maribor

See also

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