1962–63 Yugoslav First League

The 1962–63 Yugoslav First League season was the 17th 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. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fifth title.

Prva savezna liga
Season1962–63
Dates19 August 1962 – 9 June 1963
ChampionsPartizan (5th title)
RelegatedSloboda
Budućnost
European CupPartizan
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Zagreb
Inter-Cities Fairs CupOFK Beograd
Trešnjevka
Top goalscorerMišo Smajlović (18)

Teams

Due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 clubs two teams were relegated at the end of the previous season (Vardar and Borac) and four were promoted - Budućnost, Radnički Niš, Željezničar and Sloboda.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1961–62
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro —
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0033rd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0055th
Novi Sad Novi Sad  SR Serbia 01010th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0066th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia —
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0044th
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 0088th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0022nd
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Partizan (C) 26 16 8 2 58 22 +36 40 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 26 14 7 5 52 35 +17 35 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Željezničar 26 11 7 8 49 31 +18 29
4 Velež 26 10 8 8 33 31 +2 28
5 OFK Belgrade 26 10 8 8 42 40 +2 28 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6 Radnički Niš 26 10 6 10 43 33 +10 26
7 Red Star Belgrade 26 7 11 8 21 26 −5 25
8 Novi Sad 26 7 10 9 29 37 −8 24
9 Sarajevo 26 9 5 12 28 40 −12 23
10 Rijeka 26 10 3 13 28 41 −13 23
11 Hajduk Split 26 9 5 12 26 43 −17 23
12 Vojvodina 26 9 4 13 43 40 +3 22
13 Sloboda Tuzla (R) 26 8 4 14 29 43 −14 20 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
14 Budućnost (R) 26 5 8 13 19 38 −19 18
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BUD DIN HAJ NSD OFK PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO VEL VOJ ŽEL
Budućnost 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0
Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 4–1 0–0 5–0 4–0 5–2 2–1 1–0 2–1
Hajduk Split 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0
Novi Sad 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0
OFK Belgrade 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 2–2 6–1 5–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–0
Partizan 3–0 1–1 4–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 4–3 1–1
Radnički Niš 0–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 5–3 1–1
Red Star 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–5 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0
Rijeka 2–0 0–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Sarajevo 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2
Sloboda Tuzla 1–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–2
Velež 3–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–2 1–0
Vojvodina 2–3 2–3 7–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2
Željezničar 6–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 5–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 6–1 2–3 4–2 1–1 2–3
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded 3–0 to Radnički.

Winning squad

Champions: FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)

Player (league matches/league goals)

Source:[1]

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mišo Smajlović Željezničar 18
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaven Zambata Dinamo Zagreb 17
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Đorđe Pavlić Vojvodina 16
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić Partizan
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Kovačević Partizan 15
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković Dinamo Zagreb 12
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar OFK Belgrade 11
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Gašić Željezničar 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvester Takač Vojvodina
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vinko Zadel Rijeka
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vitomir Sovrović Radnički Niš

See also

References
  1. "FK PARTIZAN the Official Website". partizan.rs. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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