1961–62 Yugoslav First League
The 1961–62 Yugoslav First League season was the 16th 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. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fourth title.
Season | 1961–62 |
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Dates | 20 August 1961 – 2 May 1962 |
Champions | Partizan (4th title) |
Relegated | Vardar Borac Banja Luka |
European Cup | Partizan |
Cup Winners' Cup | OFK Belgrade |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Vojvodina |
Top goalscorer | Dražan Jerković (16) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → |
Teams
At the end of the previous season RNK Split and Radnički Belgrade were relegated. They were replaced by FK Novi Sad and Borac Banja Luka.
Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1960–61 |
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Borac | Banja Luka | N/A | |
Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | 4th | |
Hajduk Split | Split | 3rd | |
Novi Sad | Novi Sad | N/A | |
OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | 6th | |
Partizan | Belgrade | 1st | |
Red Star | Belgrade | 2nd | |
Rijeka | Rijeka | 7th | |
Sarajevo | Sarajevo | 8th | |
Vardar | Skopje | 10th | |
Velež | Mostar | 9th | |
Vojvodina | Novi Sad | 5th | |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Partizan (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 31 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 25 | |
4 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 24 | |
5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 | |
6 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 22 | |
8 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 22 | |
9 | Velež | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
10 | Novi Sad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 19 | |
11 | Vardar (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 18 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
12 | Borac Banja Luka (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Winning squad
- FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
player (league matches/league goals)
Velibor Vasović (22/2)
Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)
Milan Galić (21/7)
Fahrudin Jusufi (21/0)
Vladica Kovačević (19/15)
Milan Vukelić (17/6)
Joakim Vislavski (17/3)
Velimir Sombolac (17/0)
Lazar Radović (16/2)
Branislav Mihajlović (16/0)
Zvezdan Čebinac (14/3)
Milorad Milutinović (12/0)
Radivoj Ognjanović (9/1)
Dragoslav Jovanović (8/0)
Ljubomir Mihajlović (6/0)
Dragomir Slišković (4/1)
Ivan Rajić (3/1)
Miodrag Petrović (3/0)
Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
Bruno Belin (2/0)
Mustafa Hasanagić (1/0)
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | |
2 | Partizan | 15 | |
3 | Vojvodina | 12 | |
4 | Vardar | 11 | |
5 | Hajduk Split | 10 | |
6 | OFK Belgrade | 9 | |
Red Star | |||
OFK Belgrade | |||
9 | Sarajevo | 8 | |
Red Star |