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1979–80 Yugoslav First League

The 1979–80 Yugoslav First League was won by Red Star Belgrade.

Yugoslav First League
Season1979–80
Dates15 July 1979 – 29 June 1980
ChampionsRed Star (13th title)
RelegatedOsijek
Čelik
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Zagreb
UEFA CupSarajevo
Radnički Niš
Napredak Kruševac
Matches played272
Top goalscorerSafet Sušić
Dragoljub Kostić
(17 goals each)

Teams edit

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1978–79 season and two sides promoted from the 1978–79 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.

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

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League
Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1978–79
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01111th
Budućnost Titograd Titograd   SR Montenegro 0066th
Čelik Zenica   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 0022nd
Hajduk Split Split   SR Croatia 0011st
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac   SR Serbia 01414th
Olimpija Ljubljana   SR Slovenia 01616th
Osijek Osijek   SR Croatia 01313th
Partizan Belgrade   SR Serbia 01515th
Radnički Niš Niš   SR Serbia 0077th
Red Star Belgrade   SR Serbia 0033rd
Rijeka Rijeka   SR Croatia 01010th
Sarajevo Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0044th
Sloboda Tuzla   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Vardar Skopje   SR Macedonia —
Velež Mostar   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Vojvodina Novi Sad   SR Serbia 01212th
Željezničar Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th

Events and incidents edit

Week 25: Death of Marshal Tito, three matches abandoned edit

Further information: Death and funeral of Josip Broz Tito

Hajduk v. Red Star Belgrade edit

The season's week 25 derby match, pitting reigning league champions Hajduk versus current league leaders Red Star, on 4 May 1980 at Poljud Stadium in Split was abandoned in the 41st minute due to the announcement of the death of Marshal Tito that was followed by a mass display of public grief within the stadium by fans and players alike.

Played on a Sunday afternoon, the televised contest was in the 41st minute when three men entered the pitch, signalling to the referee—Husref Muharemagić of Janja—to stop the match and gather players of both teams in the centre circle. With the contest halted, Split mayor Ante Skataretiko [sh] took to the stadium's public address system to formally announce to the 50,000+ crowd that the Yugoslav lifetime president Josip Broz Tito had died. The match score was tied at 1–1 at the time of abandonment with Pižon Petrović scoring on a penalty kick for 0-1 before Zlatko Vujović's 1-1 equalizer. Incidentally, the match was the first time Red Star Belgrade played a competitive match at the newly built Poljud Stadium that had opened the previous summer.[1]

Sudden scenes of mass crying at the stadium followed Skataretiko's announcement; some players—such as Hajduk's twenty-one-year-old striker Zlatko Vujović—collapsed down to the ground and weeped as the crowd launched into a rendition of "Druže Tito, mi ti se kunemo [sr]" ('Comrade Tito, We Give You Our Word'), a popular personality cult song professing loyalty and devotion to Comrade Tito.

The Yugoslav Football Association (FSJ) declared the match null and void, ordering a replay for Wednesday, 21 May 1980 at the same venue. Two and a half weeks later, Red Star won the derby replay 3–1.[2]

FK Sarajevo v. NK Osijek edit

Meanwhile, at Koševo Stadium during the FK Sarajevo vs. NK Osijek match, the news of Tito's death broke in the 43rd minute with the contest locked at 1-1.

Dinamo Zagreb v. FK Željezničar edit

The matches – along with a third between Dinamo and Zeljeznicar – were immediately abandoned, with the decision being made by the Yugoslav FA to declare the matches null and void, and order replays two and a half weeks later on Wednesday, 21 May 1980 at the same stadiums.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 19 10 5 54 26 +28 48 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Sarajevo 34 17 7 10 55 41 +14 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Radnički Niš 34 14 11 9 49 32 +17 39
4 Napredak Kruševac 34 13 13 8 41 27 +14 39
5 Hajduk Split 34 15 8 11 53 44 +9 38
6 Sloboda Tuzla 34 13 9 12 44 37 +7 35
7 Vardar 34 10 15 9 43 41 +2 35
8 Velež 34 13 8 13 44 39 +5 34 Qualification for Balkans Cup
9 Željezničar 34 9 15 10 41 47 −6 33
10 Rijeka 34 12 9 13 34 47 −13 33
11 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 34 34 0 32
12 Dinamo Zagreb 34 9 14 11 43 44 −1 32 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
13 Partizan 34 10 12 12 31 37 −6 32
14 Borac Banja Luka 34 11 8 15 34 42 −8 30
15 Olimpija 34 11 8 15 30 45 −15 30
16 Vojvodina 34 12 6 16 33 53 −20 30
17 Osijek (R) 34 10 9 15 28 34 −6 29 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Čelik (R) 34 5 12 17 22 43 −21 22
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

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

Winning squad edit

Champions: Red Star Belgrade
Player League
Matches Goals
  Srebrenko Repčić 33 7
  Cvijetin Blagojević 31 2
  Milan Jovin 31 1
  Dušan Savić 28 11
  Vladimir Petrović 28 5
  Miloš Šestić 28 4
  Zlatko Krmpotić 25 0
  Zoran Filipović 24 6
  Zdravko Borovnica 24 0
  Nedeljko Milosavljević 23 3
  Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper) 23 0
  Ivan Jurišić 19 0
  Dragan Miletović 18 0
  Dušan Nikolić 16 1
  Slavoljub Muslin 15 0
  Đorđe Milovanović 14 3
  Boško Đurovski 14 1
  Nikola Jovanović 14 0
  Aleksandar Stojanović (goalkeeper) 11 0
  Radomir Savić 9 3
  Srboljub Stamenković 1 0
  Zoran Mitić 1 0
  Borisav Mitrović 1 0
Head coach: Branko Stanković

Top scorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Safet Sušić Sarajevo 17
  Dragoljub Kostić Napredak Kruševac
3   Zlatko Kranjčar Dinamo Zagreb 14
4   Dušan Savić Red Star 13
5   Mersad Kovačević Sloboda Tuzla 12
  Dragan Okuka Velež
  Ranko Đorđić Čelik
8   Zlatko Vujović Hajduk Split 11
9   Vasil Ringov Vardar 10
  Milan Radović Rijeka
  Dragan Vujović Budućnost

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Skokić, E. "Sjećanje: Husref Muharemagić je bio sudija utakmice Hajduk – Zvezda na dan Titove smrti". TuzlaPress.ba. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ^ Hajduk-RedStar 1:3, re-play

External links edit

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