1980–81 Yugoslav First League

The 1980–81 Yugoslav First League season was the 35th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's champions Red Star successfully defending their title, finishing the season two points clear of runners-up Hajduk Split.

Prva savezna liga
Season1980–81
Dates16 August 1980 –
14 June 1981
ChampionsRed Star (14th title)
RelegatedBorac Banja Luka
Napredak Kruševac
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupVelež Mostar
UEFA CupHajduk Split
Radnički Niš
Top goalscorerMilan Radović (26)

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1979–80 season and two sides promoted from the 1979–80 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.

Osijek and Čelik were relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted were NK Zagreb and OFK Belgrade, returning to the top level after being relegated in the 1978–79 season.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League
Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1979–80
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 01111th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 01212th
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0055th
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac  SR Serbia 0044th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia N/A
Olimpija Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 01515th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 01313th
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 0033rd
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 01010th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0077th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 01616th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia N/A
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 15 14 5 62 31 +31 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Hajduk Split 34 16 10 8 57 36 +21 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Radnički Niš 34 13 15 6 39 28 +11 41
4 Sloboda Tuzla 34 14 8 12 46 51 −5 36 Qualification for Balkans Cup
5 Dinamo Zagreb 34 12 11 11 44 38 +6 35
6 Budućnost 34 11 12 11 38 34 +4 34 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
7 Rijeka 34 12 10 12 50 47 +3 34
8 Partizan 34 9 16 9 43 41 +2 34
9 Velež 34 13 8 13 44 47 −3 34 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Vojvodina 34 13 8 13 37 40 −3 34
11 Vardar 34 11 11 12 41 48 −7 33
12 Olimpija 34 8 16 10 29 33 −4 32
13 Sarajevo 34 12 8 14 47 53 −6 32
14 Željezničar 34 11 10 13 42 51 −9 32
15 OFK Belgrade 34 8 14 12 34 39 −5 30
16 NK Zagreb 34 11 8 15 43 55 −12 30
17 Borac Banja Luka (R) 34 10 9 15 35 44 −9 29 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Napredak Kruševac (R) 34 9 8 17 45 60 −15 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
Rajko Janjanin346
Srebrenko Repčić3310
Zlatko Krmpotić321
Miloš Šestić317
Milan Janković305
Zdravko Borovnica2912
Ivan Jurišić271
Boško Đurovski260
Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović236
Dragan Miletović230
Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper)170
Milan Jovin162
Cvijetin Blagojević162
Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper)160
Milenko Rajković140
Ljubiša Stojanović120
Radomir Savić120
Zoran Jelikić101
Slavoljub Muslin100
Milko Đurovski95
Nedeljko Milosavljević62
Slobodan Goračinov20
Zdravko Čakalić20
Srboljub Stamenković10
Goran Živanović10
Slavko Radovanović10
Srboljub Marinković10
Head coach: Branko Stanković

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Milan Radović Rijeka 26
2 Mojaš Radonjić Budučnost 16
3 Dragoljub Kostić Napredak Kruševac 15
4 Zvonko Živković Partizan 14
5 Abid Kovačević Dinamo Zagreb 13
Slavko Kovačić NK Zagreb
Davor Čop Napredak Kruševac
8 Zdravko Borovnica Red Star 12
Dragan Vujović Budučnost
10 Zlatko Vujović Hajduk Split 11
Vahid Halilhodžić Velež
Vasil Ringov Vardar

See also
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