1980–81 Yugoslav Second League

The 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League season was the 35th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 16 clubs each.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1980–81
ChampionsOsijek (West Division)
Teteks (East Division)
PromotedOsijek
Teteks
RelegatedMaribor
Vrbas
Bosna
Radnički Pirot
Lovćen
Rabotnički
Vlaznimi Đakovica

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including ten sides from the 1979–80 season, two clubs relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1979–80 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Čelik and Osijek were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing at the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were AIK Bačka Topola, GOŠK Jug, Jedinstvo Brčko and Svoboda.

At the end of season the bribery scandal involving Maribor emerged, and caused the club to be relegated from second tier to third by the decision of the Football Association of Yugoslavia disciplinary committee. The club had a secret fund that was used for bribing officials and opponents. Some club officials were keeping track of the bribery expenses in their black book, which was later confiscated by the authorities. As a result of the decision, 13th placed Jedinstvo Bihać was allowed to stay in the league.

Šmartno, the winner of Slovenian league in the third tier, withdrew from promotion as a result of financial difficulties and corruption allegations that resulted in Maribor's expulsion. The clubs from second to fourth place also did the same which led to 14th placed GOŠK Jug remain at the second level.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1979–80
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola SAP Vojvodina N/A
Bosna Visoko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01111th
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 0033rd
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
GOŠK Jug Dubrovnik  SR Croatia N/A
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0044th
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 0055th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia N/A
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin SAP Vojvodina 0099th
Rudar Velenje Velenje  SR Slovenia 01010th
Spartak Subotica Subotica SAP Vojvodina 0022nd
Svoboda Ljubljana  SR Slovenia N/A
Vrbas Titov Vrbas SAP Vojvodina 0066th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Osijek (C, P) 30 17 8 5 50 16 +34 42 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Iskra 30 16 4 10 40 29 +11 36
3 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 12 10 8 51 38 +13 34
4 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 12 9 9 47 38 +9 33
5 Spartak Subotica 30 11 10 9 49 47 +2 32
6 Čelik 30 12 7 11 42 34 +8 31
7 Jedinstvo Brčko 30 12 6 12 41 39 +2 30
8 AIK Bačka Topola 30 10 10 10 37 32 +5 30
9 Svoboda 30 9 12 9 32 27 +5 30
10 Maribor (R) 30 14 2 14 50 48 +2 30
11 Rudar 30 12 6 12 35 38 −3 30
12 Leotar 30 11 8 11 32 36 −4 30
13 Jedinstvo Bihać 30 11 7 12 32 29 +3 29 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14 GOŠK Jug 30 11 6 13 36 44 −8 28
15 Vrbas (R) 30 6 8 16 25 49 −24 20
16 Bosna (R) 30 6 3 21 20 75 −55 15
Source: nkmaribor.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 1978–79 season and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1979–80 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

There were no teams relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League and the four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Rabotnički, Sloboda Titovo Užice and Vlaznimi Đakovica.

Due to disturbances in the territory of Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, in the second part of the season Prishtina, Trepča and Vlaznimi Đakovica played their matches outside of the region. This resulted in a great number of postponed games at the end of the season. In the final round, Galenika Zemun played away against Teteks in a match that would have brought them promotion in case of victory due to better goal difference. The game ended as a goalless draw and Teteks won the promotion.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1979–80
Bor Bor  SR Serbia 0033rd
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 0077th
Dubočica Leskovac  SR Serbia 01111th
Galenika Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia 0044th
Lovćen Cetinje  SR Montenegro N/A
Prishtina Pristina SAP Kosovo 0066th
Rabotnički Skopje  SR Macedonia N/A
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 0099th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 0022nd
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia 01212th
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice  SR Serbia N/A
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 01010th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia 0088th
OFK Titograd Titograd  SR Montenegro 01313th
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica SAP Kosovo 0055th
Vlaznimi Đakovica Đakovica SAP Kosovo N/A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Teteks (C, P) 30 15 7 8 30 18 +12 37 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Galenika Zemun 30 13 9 8 38 24 +14 35
3 Rad 30 12 9 9 27 21 +6 33
4 Sutjeska Nikšić 30 11 11 8 27 24 +3 33
5 Radnički Kragujevac 30 10 11 9 41 29 +12 31
6 Borac Čačak 30 11 9 10 39 35 +4 31
7 Trepča 30 13 4 13 43 35 +8 30
8 Prishtina 30 9 12 9 27 22 +5 30
9 Sloboda Titovo Užice 30 11 8 11 33 32 +1 30
10 Bor 30 11 8 11 33 34 −1 30
11 Dubočica 30 11 8 11 29 32 −3 30
12 OFK Titograd 30 12 6 12 36 54 −18 30
13 Radnički Pirot (R) 30 11 7 12 45 36 +9 29 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14 Lovćen (R) 30 10 8 12 28 32 −4 28
15 Rabotnički (R) 30 11 6 13 31 43 −12 28
16 Vlaznimi Đakovica (R) 30 4 7 19 28 64 −36 15
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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See also

References
General
  • Almanah Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.
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