1979–80 Yugoslav Second League

The 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League season was the 34th 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
Season1979–80
ChampionsNK Zagreb (West Division)
OFK Belgrade (East Division)
PromotedNK Zagreb
OFK Belgrade
RelegatedKikinda
Novi Sad
Istra Pula
Famos Hrasnica
Rudar Trbovlje
Pobeda
Majdanpek
Šumadija Aranđelovac

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. 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.

NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Istra Pula, Jedinstvo Bihać, Rudar Trbovlje and Vrbas.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1978–79
Bosna Visoko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 0044th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Istra Pula Pula  SR Croatia N/A
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Kikinda Kikinda SAP Vojvodina 01111th
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 0022nd
Novi Sad Novi Sad SAP Vojvodina 0033rd
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin SAP Vojvodina 0055th
Rudar Trbovlje Trbovlje  SR Slovenia N/A
Rudar Velenje Velenje  SR Slovenia 01212th
Spartak Subotica Subotica SAP Vojvodina 0088th
Vrbas Titov Vrbas SAP Vojvodina N/A
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia N/A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 NK Zagreb (C, P) 30 17 9 4 68 28 +40 43 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Spartak Subotica 30 15 7 8 48 27 +21 37
3 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 15 7 8 50 35 +15 37
4 Iskra 30 15 2 13 51 48 +3 32
5 Maribor 30 13 5 12 47 38 +9 31
6 Vrbas 30 12 7 11 39 36 +3 31
7 Leotar 30 13 5 12 34 32 +2 31
8 Jedinstvo Bihać 30 12 7 11 38 38 0 31
9 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 12 7 11 37 37 0 31
10 Rudar 30 11 9 10 38 43 −5 31
11 Bosna 30 12 6 12 37 38 −1 30
12 Kikinda (R) 30 11 7 12 32 31 +1 29 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
13 Novi Sad (R) 30 9 7 14 38 53 −15 25
14 Istra Pula (R) 30 9 5 16 35 61 −26 23
15 Famos Hrasnica (R) 30 8 6 16 29 36 −7 22
16 Rudar Trbovlje (R) 30 5 6 19 17 57 −40 16
Source: nkmaribor.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. 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.

OFK Belgrade were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Bor, Pobeda, Prishtina and OFK Titograd.

Due to suspicion of match fixing in the last round of the league, Football Association of Yugoslavia penalized the top three clubs and Galenika Zemun earned a promotion spot to the Yugoslav First League. However, after an appeal in summer 1980 that decision was retracted and OFK Belgrade was promoted.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1978–79
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia N/A
Bor Bor  SR Serbia N/A
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 0077th
Dubočica Leskovac  SR Serbia 0099th
Galenika Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia 0044th
Majdanpek Majdanpek  SR Serbia 01111th
Pobeda Prilep  SR Macedonia N/A
Prishtina Pristina SAP Kosovo N/A
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 01010th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 0033rd
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia 0066th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 0055th
Šumadija Aranđelovac Aranđelovac  SR Serbia 0088th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia 01212th
OFK Titograd Titograd  SR Montenegro N/A
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica SAP Kosovo 0022nd

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 OFK Belgrade (C, P) 30 14 9 7 50 26 +24 37 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Radnički Kragujevac 30 14 9 7 54 31 +23 37
3 Bor 30 16 5 9 42 32 +10 37
4 Galenika Zemun 30 14 8 8 49 37 +12 36
5 Trepča 30 12 10 8 34 28 +6 34
6 Prishtina 30 11 11 8 27 25 +2 33
7 Borac Čačak 30 12 8 10 38 29 +9 32
8 Teteks 30 11 9 10 30 28 +2 31
9 Rad 30 12 7 11 41 40 +1 31
10 Sutjeska Nikšić 30 12 3 15 41 44 −3 27
11 Dubočica 30 7 13 10 24 31 −7 27
12 Radnički Pirot 30 8 10 12 30 38 −8 26
13 OFK Titograd 30 7 11 12 38 50 −12 25
14 Pobeda (R) 30 8 9 13 36 49 −13 25 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
15 Majdanpek (R) 30 7 10 13 19 38 −19 24
16 Šumadija Aranđelovac (R) 30 6 6 18 29 56 −27 18
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

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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