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 —
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 —
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.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BOR BUD DIN HAJ NAP OFK OLI PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO VAR VEL VOJ ZAG ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 5–2
Budućnost 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 4–1
Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 5–2 3–1 1–1 1–1
Hajduk Split 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0
Napredak Kruševac 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0
OFK Belgrade 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0
Olimpija 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Partizan 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0
Radnički Niš 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1
Red Star 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 9–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0
Rijeka 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 5–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Sarajevo 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–2
Sloboda Tuzla 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Vardar 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Velež 2–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–3
Vojvodina 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1
NK Zagreb 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 3–6 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–2
Željezničar 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–4 1–0 1–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad
Champions: Red Star Belgrade
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Janjanin346
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Srebrenko Repčić3310
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Krmpotić321
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Šestić317
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Janković305
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Borovnica2912
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Jurišić271
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boško Đurovski260
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović236
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Miletović230
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper)170
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Jovin162
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Cvijetin Blagojević162
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper)160
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milenko Rajković140
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Stojanović120
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radomir Savić120
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Jelikić101
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Muslin100
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milko Đurovski95
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nedeljko Milosavljević62
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Goračinov20
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Čakalić20
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Srboljub Stamenković10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Živanović10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Radovanović10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Srboljub Marinković10
Head coach: Branko Stanković

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

See also
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