1968–69 Yugoslav First League
Season | 1968–69 |
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Dates | 18 August 1968 – 7 July 1969 |
Champions | Red Star (9th title) |
Relegated | Rijeka Proleter Zrenjanin |
European Cup | Red Star |
Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Zagreb |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Partizan Vojvodina NK Zagreb |
Top goalscorer | Vojin Lazarević (22) |
← 1967–68 1969–70 → |
The 1968–69 Yugoslav First League season was the 23rd 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. Eighteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their ninth national title.
Teams[]
Due to the expansion of the format from 16 to 18 teams at the end of the previous season no one was relegated. Bor and Čelik were promoted from the 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League.
Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1967–68 |
---|---|---|---|
Bor | Bor | ![]() |
N/A |
Čelik | Zenica | ![]() |
N/A |
Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | ![]() |
3rd |
Hajduk Split | Split | ![]() |
4th |
Maribor | Maribor | ![]() |
12th |
OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | ![]() |
15th |
Olimpija | Ljubljana | ![]() |
11th |
Partizan | Belgrade | ![]() |
2nd |
Proleter Zrenjanin | Zrenjanin | ![]() |
8th |
Radnički Niš | Niš | ![]() |
9th |
Red Star | Belgrade | ![]() |
1st |
Rijeka | Rijeka | ![]() |
16th |
Sarajevo | Sarajevo | ![]() |
7th |
Vardar | Skopje | ![]() |
6th |
Velež | Mostar | ![]() |
14th |
Vojvodina | Novi Sad | ![]() |
13th |
NK Zagreb | Zagreb | ![]() |
10th |
Željezničar | Sarajevo | ![]() |
5th |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 48 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 45 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Partizan | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 40 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
4 | Vojvodina | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |
5 | Željezničar | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 38 | |
6 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 38 | |
7 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 34 | |
8 | Velež | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 34 | |
9 | Čelik | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 33 | |
10 | Vardar | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 33 | |
11 | Sarajevo | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 33 | |
12 | Olimpija | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 33 | |
13 | Bor | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 31 | |
14 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 30 | |
15 | NK Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 29 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
16 | Maribor | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 28 | |
17 | Rijeka (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
18 | Proleter Zrenjanin (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 23 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Results[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Red Star | 22 |
2 | ![]() |
Velež | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Red Star | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
Red Star | 16 |
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||
6 | ![]() |
Željezničar | 14 |
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Radnički Niš | ||
8 | ![]() |
Željeznicar | 12 |
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||
10 | ![]() |
Hajduk Split | 10 |
See also[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Yugoslav First League seasons
- 1968–69 in European association football leagues
- 1968–69 in Yugoslav football