1987–88 Yugoslav First League

The 1987–88 Yugoslav First League season was the 42nd 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. The season began on 2 August 1987 and ended on 12 June 1988. Red Star led by Velibor Vasović won their 16th title with a single points ahead of previous season's champions Partizan.

Prva savezna liga
Season1987–88
Dates2 August 1987 –
12 June 1988
ChampionsRed Star (16th title)
RelegatedSutjeska
Priština
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupBorac Banja Luka
UEFA CupPartizan
Velež
Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorerDuško Milinković (16)

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1986–87 season and two sides promoted from the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level groups 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.

Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vojvodina and Rad.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1986–87
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 0077th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0066th
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0088th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia 01111th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Priština Pristina  SR Serbia 01414th
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia —
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 01616th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0033rd
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 0044th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01313th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01515th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 01010th
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0055th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia —
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 17 11 6 66 39 +27 45 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Partizan 34 17 10 7 62 37 +25 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Velež 34 15 12 7 61 34 +27 42
4 Dinamo Zagreb 34 16 10 8 55 36 +19 42
5 Sloboda Tuzla 34 14 10 10 53 41 +12 38
6 Vardar 34 15 7 12 37 40 −3 37
7 Radnički Niš 34 14 4 16 48 46 +2 32 Qualification for Balkans Cup
8 Rijeka 34 9 14 11 33 39 −6 32
9 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 40 48 −8 32
10 Vojvodina 34 11 10 13 40 51 −11 32 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
11 Osijek 34 10 11 13 44 61 −17 31
12 Željezničar 34 8 14 12 38 44 −6 30
13 Hajduk Split 34 8 14 12 40 50 −10 30
14 Sarajevo 34 11 8 15 37 47 −10 30
15 Rad 34 11 8 15 44 56 −12 30 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
16 Čelik 34 12 5 17 39 45 −6 29
17 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 34 10 9 15 42 49 −7 29 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Prishtina (R) 34 10 7 17 43 59 −16 27
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BUD ČEL DIN HAJ OSI PAR PRI RAD RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO SUT VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL
Budućnost 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Čelik 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–0
Hajduk Split 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 5–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0
Osijek 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 5–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–3 2–1 1–1 2–2
Partizan 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 6–1 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Prishtina 4–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 5–2 0–3 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
Rad 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Radnički Niš 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–2 5–1 1–0
Red Star 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 7–1 2–0 4–2 2–3 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0
Rijeka 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Sarajevo 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 4–1 2–0
Sloboda Tuzla 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 4–0
Sutjeska 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–0
Vardar 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Velež 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 5–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–3 5–0 1–0 2–0
Vojvodina 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Željezničar 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 3–0 0–2 0–0 3–0
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 Žarko Đurović345
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Milojević333
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Cvetković329
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Marović301
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Krivokapić300
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan "Piksi" Stojković2815
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić2713
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Radovanović255
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki234
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Jurić230
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper)230
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Joksimović173
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Krdžević170
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragić Komadina161
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Husref Musemić154
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Punišić111
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Davidović (goalkeeper)110
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Refik Šabanadžović101
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovica Nikolić100
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mitar Mrkela50
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladan Lukić21
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Janković20
Head coach: Velibor Vasović

Top scorers

The top goalscorers in the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League were as follows:

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Milinković Rad 16
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Mihić Sloboda 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Red Star
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kujtim Shala Priština
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Haris Škoro Dinamo Zagreb 14
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić Red Star 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Semir Tuce Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Pančev Vardar
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radmilo Mihajlović Željezničar 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Jakovljević Sarajevo
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladislav Đukić Priština (6) / Partizan (6)

See also
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