1968–69 Yugoslav First League

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.

Prva savezna liga

Season	1968–69
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 →

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	SR Serbia	N/A
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	3rd
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	4th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	12th
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	15th
Olimpija	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	11th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	2nd
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SR Serbia	8th
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	9th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	1st
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	16th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	7th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	6th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	14th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	13th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	10th
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	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.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vojin Lazarević	Red Star	22
2	Dušan Bajević	Velež	18
3	Stevan Ostojić	Red Star	17
4	Dragan Džajić	Red Star	16
	Slaven Zambata	Dinamo Zagreb
6	Fikret Mujkić	Željezničar	14
	Nenad Cvetković	Radnički Niš
8	Edin Sprečo	Željeznicar	12
	Rudolf Belin	Dinamo Zagreb
10	Petar Nadoveza	Hajduk Split	10

See also

• 1968–69 Yugoslav Second League
• 1968–69 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables