1968–69 Yugoslav First League

The 1968–69 Yugoslav First League season was the 23rd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Eighteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their ninth national title.

Prva savezna liga
Season1968–69
Dates18 August 1968 – 7 July 1969
ChampionsRed Star (9th title)
RelegatedRijeka
Proleter Zrenjanin
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Zagreb
Inter-Cities Fairs CupPartizan
Vojvodina
NK Zagreb
Top goalscorerVojin Lazarević (22)

Teams

Due to the expansion of the format from 16 to 18 teams at the end of the previous season no one was relegated. Bor and Čelik were promoted from the 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1967–68
Bor Bor  SR Serbia N/A
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0033rd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0044th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 01212th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 01515th
Olimpija Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 01111th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0022nd
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin  SR Serbia 0088th
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 0099th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 01616th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0066th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 01313th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 01010th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 18 12 4 75 30 +45 48 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 34 20 5 9 75 33 +42 45 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Partizan 34 13 14 7 55 40 +15 40 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Vojvodina 34 15 9 10 42 44 −2 39
5 Željezničar 34 15 8 11 51 38 +13 38
6 Hajduk Split 34 11 16 7 47 38 +9 38
7 Radnički Niš 34 12 10 12 35 36 −1 34
8 Velež 34 9 16 9 41 45 −4 34
9 Čelik 34 11 11 12 42 41 +1 33
10 Vardar 34 12 9 13 37 36 +1 33
11 Sarajevo 34 10 13 11 38 44 −6 33
12 Olimpija 34 11 11 12 32 41 −9 33
13 Bor 34 9 13 12 35 46 −11 31
14 OFK Belgrade 34 13 4 17 43 52 −9 30
15 NK Zagreb 34 11 7 16 41 59 −18 29 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
16 Maribor 34 7 14 13 33 57 −24 28
17 Rijeka (R) 34 9 5 20 31 52 −21 23 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Proleter Zrenjanin (R) 34 7 9 18 24 45 −21 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vojin Lazarević Red Star 22
2 Dušan Bajević Velež 18
3 Stevan Ostojić Red Star 17
4 Dragan Džajić Red Star 16
Slaven Zambata Dinamo Zagreb
6 Fikret Mujkić Željezničar 14
Nenad Cvetković Radnički Niš
8 Edin Sprečo Željeznicar 12
Rudolf Belin Dinamo Zagreb
10 Petar Nadoveza Hajduk Split 10

See also
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