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.
Season | 1988–89 |
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Dates | 6 August 1988 – 4 June 1989 |
Champions | Vojvodina (2nd title) |
Relegated | Napredak Kruševac (17th) Čelik Zenica (18th) |
European Cup | Vojvodina |
Cup Winners' Cup | Partizan |
UEFA Cup | Red Star Rad Dinamo Zagreb |
Top goalscorer | Davor Šuker (18) |
← 1987–88 1989–90 → |
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 |
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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 | |
4 | Rad | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Hajduk Split were banned from European competitions for two seasons (1988-89 and 1989-90) after crowd trouble during their 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup match against Marseille in early November 1987.
- Čelik were docked 6 points.
Player | League | |
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Matches | Goals | |
![]() | 34 | 0 |
![]() | 31 | 7 |
![]() | 31 | 4 |
![]() | 30 | 7 |
![]() | 28 | 1 |
![]() | 28 | 1 |
![]() | 28 | 1 |
![]() | 26 | 2 |
![]() | 25 | 6 |
![]() | 25 | 4 |
![]() | 24 | 4 |
![]() | 23 | 5 |
![]() | 20 | 1 |
![]() | 19 | 4 |
![]() | 15 | 2 |
![]() | 15 | 0 |
![]() | 14 | 1 |
![]() | 7 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 0 |
Head coach: Ljupko Petrović |
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Osijek | 18 |
2 | ![]() |
Rijeka | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Velež | 12 |
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Rad | ||
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Red Star | ||
6 | ![]() |
Budućnost | 10 |
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Radnički Niš | ||
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Sloboda Tuzla | ||
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Napredak Kruševac | ||
10 | ![]() |
Hajduk Split | 9 |
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Velež | ||
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||
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Željezničar |