1988–89 Yugoslav First League

The 1988–89 Yugoslav First League season was the 43rd 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.

Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije
Season1988–89
Dates6 August 1988 –
4 June 1989
ChampionsVojvodina (2nd title)
RelegatedNapredak Kruševac (17th)
Čelik Zenica (18th)
European CupVojvodina
Cup Winners' CupPartizan
UEFA CupRed Star
Rad
Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorerDavor Šuker (18)

The season began on 6 August 1988 with its fall part completing on 18 December 1988. Following a two-month winter break, the season resumed on 26 February 1989 and ran until 4 June 1989.

New rule: "Šajber's penalties"

The season saw the introduction of a new way of awarding points when a league match ends in a draw. Two points were still being awarded for a win, while in case of a draw at the end of the ninety minutes — penalty kicks were taken and the shootout winner was awarded one point while the loser got nothing. The 1988-89 season was the very first to feature this tie-break method, and the Yugoslav FA's decision to implement it caused a lot of criticism and controversy. The biggest proponent of the new rule was the Yugoslav FA (FSJ) president Slavko Šajber and it was often derisively referred to in the media as 'Šajber's penalties'.

League table
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vojvodina (C) 34 18 5 1 10 50 38 +12 41 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Red Star Belgrade 34 18 2 5 9 55 30 +25 38 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Hajduk Split 34 15 6 4 9 50 29 +21 36 Banned from European competition[lower-alpha 1]
4 Rad 34 13 9 2 10 46 38 +8 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Dinamo Zagreb 34 16 2 7 9 42 29 +13 34
6 Partizan 34 15 3 4 12 52 37 +15 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Radnički Niš 34 14 3 4 13 42 35 +7 31
8 Osijek 34 13 5 2 14 49 50 −1 31
9 Vardar 34 13 3 4 14 46 51 −5 29
10 Rijeka 34 14 0 7 13 35 34 +1 28
11 Velež 34 13 2 2 17 42 43 −1 28
12 Sloboda Tuzla 34 11 6 6 11 35 42 −7 28
13 Sarajevo 34 11 6 4 13 35 42 −7 28
14 Budućnost 34 12 4 3 15 32 43 −11 28
15 Spartak Subotica 34 11 4 3 16 30 39 −9 26
16 Željezničar 34 12 1 3 18 34 49 −15 25
17 Napredak Kruševac (R) 34 11 1 4 18 42 59 −17 23 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Čelik[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 9 5 2 18 31 60 −29 17
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. In November 1987, UEFA banned Hajduk Split from European competitions for two seasons. The immediate catalyst for the punishment was crowd trouble during the club's 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup second round return leg at home against Marseille on 5 November 1987. However, repeated prior incidents at Hajduk's European home matches throughout early-to-mid 1980s (such as the 1983–84 UEFA Cup semifinal first leg infamous 'rooster incident' against Tottenham Hotspur) also contributed to the decision. Since Hajduk's 1987-88 Yugoslav League performance failed to qualify the club for 1988-89 European competition, the punishment was enacted for seasons when Hajduk did manage to qualify: 1989-90 and 1990-91.
  2. Čelik were docked 6 points.

Results

Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.

Home \ Away BUD ČEL DIN HAJ NAP OSI PAR RAD RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO SPA VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL
Budućnost 1–0 0–0(3–1) 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0[4–2) 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1(5–6) 1–1(5–6) 0–0(6–5) 1–0 1–0
Čelik 0–0(3–1) 0–0(2–4) 1–0 2–1 1–1(2–4) 1–4 1–1(5–4) 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1(4–2) 1–1(4–2) 3–1 1–0
Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–3 2–0 0–0(4–5) 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0(4–3) 2–0 3–0 1–1(1–3) 3–1
Hajduk Split 2–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 0–1 2–2(0–2) 2–2(4–5) 3–0 0–0(4–2) 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–0(2–4) 2–0
Napredak Kruševac 3–1 3–0 0–0(7–6) 1–1(1–3) 2–0 4–2 2–0 4–3 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–1(4–5) 1–0 1–2 3–0
Osijek 2–2(5–4) 6–2 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1(3–1) 0–0(4–3) 1–3 1–3 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1
Partizan 3–0 2–2(10–11) 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–1(3–5) 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 6–1 0–1 1–1(2–3) 0–1 1–0 4–1 4–0
Rad 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–0(4–3) 4–0 0–2 2–2(4–1) 4–0 3–0 3–1 1–1(3–2) 2–1
Radnički Niš 2–1 2–0 1–1(3–2) 0–0(4–5) 2–1 4–2 3–1 0–0(2–3) 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–0
Red Star 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2(4–5) 5–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0(3–4) 4–1 3–1 1–0
Rijeka 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0(1–3) 4–1 2–0 1–1(3–4) 0–1 0–0(4–5) 1–2 0–0(2–3) 1–0 0–0(5–6) 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
Sarajevo 4–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1(4–2) 0–0(4–3) 0–0(4–5) 0–0(1–4) 2–0 1–1(1–4) 1–2 1–1(4–2) 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0(1–2) 2–0
Sloboda Tuzla 2–1 2–0 0–0(4–3) 3–1 1–0 1–1(5–3) 1–0 1–2 2–2(5–3) 1–1(1–4) 0–0(5–4) 0–0(4–5) 0–0(3–5) 2–0 2–4 1–1(3–0) 1–0
Spartak Subotica 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2(1–3) 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–1(3–2) 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Vardar 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–1(3–5) 1–1(4–3) 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–2(2–4) 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 3–2 2–1 5–1
Velež 2–1 3–0 1–1(4–3) 2–2(5–4) 2–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–1 0–1
Vojvodina 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0(4–3) 1–2 4–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Željezničar 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–1(5–6) 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0(2–4) 1–0 0–0(4–3) 1–0 2–1 2–2(1–4) 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded 3–0 to Vardar.

Winning squad
Champions: FK Vojvodina
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Čedo Maras (goalkeeper)340
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budimir Vujačić317
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Siniša Mihajlović314
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Šestić307
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Kartalija281
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Mijić281
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Svetozar Šapurić281
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Milovac262
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Vorkapić256
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Punišić254
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaviša Jokanović244
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Joksimović235
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Popović201
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Mijucić194
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Dakić152
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Gaćeša150
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Tanjga141
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Marković70
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Milosavljević60
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Enes Muhić40
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marijan Zovko40
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovo Bosančić20
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Hajdić10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Vasić (goalkeeper)10
Head coach: Ljupko Petrović

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Šuker Osijek 18
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Mladenović Rijeka 13
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Semir Tuce Velež 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Arsenijević Rad
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Red Star
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Anto Drobnjak Budućnost 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Lukić Radnički Niš
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Mihić Sloboda Tuzla
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vasil Gunev Napredak Kruševac
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Karačić Hajduk Split 9
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Gudelj Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radmilo Mihajlović Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Edin Ćurić Željezničar

See also
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