1982–83 Yugoslav Second League

The 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League season was the 37th season of the Second Federal League (Croatian: Druga savezna liga, Serbian: Друга савезна лига, Slovenian: Druga zvezna liga, Macedonian: Втора сојузна лига, Albanian: Liga e Dytë te Jugosllavisë), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 18 clubs each, two more than in the previous season.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1982–83
ChampionsČelik (West Division)
Prishtina (East Division)
PromotedČelik
Prishtina
RelegatedSolin
Maribor
Kozara
Liria
Radnički Kragujevac
Dubočica
OFK Titograd
Lovćen

West Division

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Teams

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A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1981–82 season, one club relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1981–82 season. 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 were relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Maribor, Novi Sad, Radnik Bijeljina and Varteks.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1981–82
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola   SAP Vojvodina 01010th
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0044th
Čelik Zenica   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0033rd
GOŠK-Jug Dubrovnik   SR Croatia 01111th
Iskra Bugojno   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Kikinda Kikinda   SAP Vojvodina 0066th
Kozara Bosanska Gradiška   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Leotar Trebinje   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Maribor Maribor   SR Slovenia
Novi Sad Novi Sad   SAP Vojvodina
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin   SAP Vojvodina 0088th
Radnik Bijeljina Bijeljina   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Solin Solin   SR Croatia 01313th
Spartak Subotica Subotica   SAP Vojvodina 0022nd
Varteks Varaždin   SR Croatia
NK Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Čelik (C, P) 34 20 8 6 50 23 +27 48 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Iskra 34 20 7 7 58 34 +24 47
3 Jedinstvo Brčko 34 17 4 13 40 38 +2 38
4 Spartak Subotica 34 14 9 11 53 39 +14 37
5 Leotar 34 15 7 12 43 33 +10 37
6 GOŠK-Jug 34 13 10 11 45 37 +8 36
7 Proleter Zrenjanin 34 13 10 11 41 40 +1 36
8 Kikinda 34 12 11 11 44 33 +11 35
9 Novi Sad 34 14 7 13 38 38 0 35
10 Varteks 34 14 7 13 48 49 −1 35
11 Borac Banja Luka 34 12 10 12 51 39 +12 34
12 NK Zagreb 34 12 8 14 47 50 −3 32
13 Jedinstvo Bihać 34 11 9 14 35 44 −9 31
14 AIK Bačka Topola 34 13 5 16 37 48 −11 31
15 Radnik 34 8 14 12 35 44 −9 30
16 Solin (R) 34 9 11 14 27 50 −23 29 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
17 Maribor (R) 34 7 12 15 25 42 −17 26
18 Kozara (R) 34 4 7 23 29 65 −36 15
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

East Division

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Teams

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A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1981–82 season, one club relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1981–82 season. 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.

Teteks were relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Pelister, Radnički Pirot and Vlaznimi Đakovica.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1981–82
Bor Bor   SR Serbia 0066th
Borac Čačak Čačak   SR Serbia 01010th
Dubočica Leskovac   SR Serbia 01313th
Liria Prizren   SAP Kosovo 01212th
Lovćen Cetinje   SR Montenegro
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac   SR Serbia 0088th
Pelister Bitola   SR Macedonia
Prishtina Pristina   SAP Kosovo 0099th
Rad Belgrade   SR Serbia 0077th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac   SR Serbia 01111th
Radnički Pirot Pirot   SR Serbia
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice   SR Serbia 0044th
Sutjeska Nikšić   SR Montenegro 0055th
OFK Titograd Titograd   SR Montenegro 01414th
Teteks Tetovo   SR Macedonia
Timok Zaječar   SR Serbia 0033rd
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica   SAP Kosovo 0022nd
Vlaznimi Đakovica Đakovica   SAP Kosovo

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Prishtina (C, P) 34 20 9 5 65 30 +35 49 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Sutjeska Nikšić 34 19 8 7 59 31 +28 46
3 Teteks 34 15 8 11 40 31 +9 38
4 Bor 34 16 6 12 49 42 +7 38
5 Pelister 34 15 6 13 52 36 +16 36
6 Trepča 34 14 7 13 45 33 +12 35
7 Rad 34 15 5 14 51 46 +5 35
8 Napredak Kruševac 34 15 5 14 45 48 −3 35
9 Borac Čačak 34 13 8 13 53 44 +9 34
10 Timok 34 11 12 11 28 23 +5 34
11 Sloboda Titovo Užice 34 10 14 10 24 27 −3 34
12 Radnički Pirot 34 12 10 12 38 43 −5 34
13 Vlaznimi Đakovica 34 11 12 11 29 34 −5 34
14 Liria (R) 34 12 9 13 25 34 −9 33 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
15 Radnički Kragujevac (R) 34 10 12 12 51 54 −3 32
16 Dubočica (R) 34 7 9 18 23 53 −30 23
17 OFK Titograd (R) 34 6 10 18 23 61 −38 22
18 Lovćen (R) 34 6 8 20 24 54 −30 20
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

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References

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General
  • Almanah Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.