1976–77 Yugoslav First League

1976–77 Yugoslav First League (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije, Prvenstvo 1976/77) competition was the 49th top league season since 1923 in various incarnations of Yugoslavia. It was won in dominating fashion by Red Star Belgrade with a 9-point margin over the second placed team (Dinamo Zagreb), which at the time set the record as largest ever points differential by which a team triumphed in the league.

Yugoslav First League
Season1976–77
Dates12 August 1976 – 19 June 1977
ChampionsRed Star (12th title)
RelegatedNapredak Kruševac
Željezničar
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupHajduk Split
UEFA CupDinamo Zagreb
Sloboda
Matches played272
Goals scored773 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerZoran Filipović (21)

This was Red Star's 12th league title.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1975–76 season and two sides promoted from the 1975–76 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.

FK Vardar and FK Radnički Kragujevac were relegated from the 1975–76 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were NK Zagreb and FK Napredak Kruševac.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1975–76
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 01515th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01313th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0033rd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0022nd
Napredak Kruševac  SR Serbia N/A
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0088th
Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 01414th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 01616th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0044th
NK Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 01111th
FK Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0055th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia N/A
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 20 10 4 67 37 +30 50 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 34 15 11 8 52 36 +16 41 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Sloboda Tuzla 34 14 11 9 43 32 +11 39
4 Partizan 34 14 11 9 37 31 +6 39
5 Rijeka 34 13 10 11 43 29 +14 36 Qualification for Balkans Cup and
Qualification for Intertoto Cup
6 Borac Banja Luka 34 14 8 12 53 43 +10 36
7 Radnički Niš 34 13 8 13 40 43 −3 34
8 Hajduk Split 34 12 9 13 41 35 +6 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9 Budućnost 34 11 11 12 44 47 −3 33
10 NK Zagreb 34 12 8 14 48 48 0 32
11 Velež 34 11 10 13 46 48 −2 32
12 Olimpija 34 10 12 12 36 42 −6 32
13 Čelik 34 11 9 14 33 38 −5 31
14 Vojvodina 34 8 14 12 40 50 −10 30 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
15 OFK Belgrade 34 9 12 13 39 51 −12 30
16 Sarajevo 34 10 10 14 40 55 −15 30
17 Napredak Kruševac (R) 34 10 8 16 38 55 −17 28 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Željezničar (R) 34 8 10 16 33 53 −20 26
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Champions: Red Star Belgrade
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Vladislav Bogićević347
Zoran Filipović3321
Slavoljub Muslin320
Dušan Nikolić302
Zoran Jelikić270
Branko Radović260
Dušan Savić2515
Boško Kajganić250
Dušan Lukić231
Nikola Jovanović230
Miloš Šestić228
Srboljub Stamenković194
Mile Novković181
Petar Baralić171
Milan Babić160
Sead Sušić137
Aleksandar Stojanović (goalkeeper)110
Zdravko Borovnica100
Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović100
Dragoslav Stepanović70
Bratislav Đorđević50
Milan Ćalasan30
Radivoje Ratković30
Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper)10
Aleksandar Panajotović10
Danilo Mandić10
Dušan Ajder10
Dejan Stanković10
Head coach: Gojko Zec

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Zoran Filipović Red Star 21
2 Slavko Kovačić NK Zagreb 20
3 Miodrag Kustudić Rijeka 17
4 Mehmed Buza Čelik 16
5 Dušan Savić Red Star 15
6 Snješko Cerin Dinamo Zagreb 14
Slaviša Žungul Hajduk Split
8 Pavle Grubješić Partizan 13
Abid Kovačević Borac Banja Luka
Dušan Bajević Velež

See also
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