1978–79 Yugoslav Second League

The 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League season was the 33rd season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), 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 16 clubs each.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1978–79
ChampionsČelik (West Division)
Vardar (East Division)
PromotedČelik
Vardar
RelegatedRadnik Bijeljina
Segesta
Rudar Ljubija
Mercator
Liria
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
Budućnost Peć
Tikveš
← 1977–78

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1977–78 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the 1977–78 Yugoslav Third League. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Čelik Zenica were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Bosna, Mercator, Segesta and Spartak Subotica.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1977–78
Bosna Visoko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 0077th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Kikinda Kikinda SAP Vojvodina 0033rd
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 0044th
Mercator Ljubljana  SR Slovenia N/A
Novi Sad Novi Sad SAP Vojvodina 01212th
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin SAP Vojvodina 0022nd
Radnik Bijeljina Bijeljina  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Rudar Ljubija Prijedor  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Rudar Velenje Velenje  SR Slovenia 01111th
Segesta Sisak  SR Croatia N/A
Spartak Subotica Subotica SAP Vojvodina N/A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Čelik (C, P) 30 14 12 4 42 21 +21 40 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Maribor 30 12 10 8 46 34 +12 34
3 Novi Sad 30 12 10 8 47 36 +11 34
4 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 15 3 12 44 31 +13 33
5 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 13 6 11 45 36 +9 32
6 Bosna 30 13 6 11 45 48 −3 32
7 Iskra 30 14 3 13 38 29 +9 31
8 Spartak Subotica 30 13 4 13 42 41 +1 30
9 Famos Hrasnica 30 9 12 9 31 31 0 30
10 Leotar 30 10 9 11 43 35 +8 29
11 Kikinda 30 9 11 10 26 30 −4 29
12 Rudar 30 11 6 13 44 49 −5 28
13 Radnik (R) 30 8 11 11 20 28 −8 27 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14 Segesta (R) 30 9 9 12 43 53 −10 27
15 Rudar Ljubija (R) 30 12 3 15 34 51 −17 27
16 Mercator (R) 30 7 3 20 24 61 −37 17
Source: nkmaribor.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Veselin Zrilić Leotar 22
2 Nurif Nargilić Bosna 19
3 Slobodan Kustudić Rudar Velenje 14
4 Zoltan Dudaš Novi Sad 13
5 Rade Radulović Čelik 12
6 Fajko Orman Iskra 11
7 Mehmed Buza Čelik 9
Dušan Poljanšek Mercator 9
Vito Samardžija Rudar Ljublja 9
Ivica Tunjić Dinamo Vinkovci 9
Zoran Vještica Novi Sad 9
Savo Zolotić Mercator / Maribor 9

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1977–78 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the 1977–78 Yugoslav Third League. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Trepča were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Budućnost Peć, Galenika Zemun, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje and Tikveš.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1977–78
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 0088th
Budućnost Peć Peć SAP Kosovo N/A
Dubočica Leskovac  SR Serbia 0044th
Galenika Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia N/A
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje  SR Montenegro N/A
Liria Prizren SAP Kosovo 01212th
Majdanpek Majdanpek  SR Serbia 01111th
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 01010th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 0055th
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia 0099th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 0066th
Šumadija Aranđelovac Aranđelovac  SR Serbia 0077th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia 0022nd
Tikveš Kavadarci  SR Macedonia N/A
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica SAP Kosovo N/A
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0033rd

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vardar (C, P) 30 19 5 6 63 30 +33 43 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Trepča 30 17 8 5 27 18 +9 42
3 Radnički Kragujevac 30 15 8 7 46 30 +16 38
4 Galenika Zemun 30 12 12 6 55 36 +19 36
5 Sutjeska Nikšić 30 10 12 8 36 26 +10 32
6 Radnički Pirot[lower-alpha 1] 30 15 7 8 43 24 +19 31
7 Borac Čačak 30 11 8 11 30 31 −1 30
8 Šumadija Aranđelovac 30 9 11 10 35 38 −3 29
9 Dubočica 30 10 9 11 22 32 −10 29
10 Rad 30 7 14 9 26 29 −3 28
11 Majdanpek 30 9 10 11 28 32 −4 28
12 Teteks 30 11 6 13 30 36 −6 28
13 Liria (R) 30 10 8 12 35 44 −9 28 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R) 30 7 12 11 29 32 −3 26
15 Budućnost Peć (R) 30 3 8 19 14 44 −30 14
16 Tikveš (R) 30 4 4 22 27 64 −37 12
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Radnički Pirot were docked 6 points.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Risto Gligorovski Vardar 14
Dragan Pavlović Radnički Pirot 14
Milenko Radivojević Radnički Kragujevac 14
Vasil Ringov Vardar 14
5 Dragan Janićijević Borac Čačak 12
6 Simo Nikolić Galenika Zemun 11
Milodrag Panić Šumadija Aranđelovac 11
8 Miroljub Đorđević Radnički Pirot 10
Gezim Ljalja Galenika Zemun 10
Borče Micevski Vardar 10
Božidar Stefanović Dubočica 10

See also

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