1966–67 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1966–67
Dates21 August 1966 – 2 July 1967
ChampionsSarajevo (1st title)
RelegatedSutjeska
Čelik
European CupSarajevo
Cup Winners' CupHajduk Split
Inter-Cities Fairs CupDinamo Zagreb
Partizan
Vojvodina
Top goalscorerMustafa Hasanagić (18)

The 1966–67 Yugoslav First League season was the 21st 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. Sixteen teams contested the competition, with Sarajevo winning their first national title.

Teams

At the end of the previous season Radnički Belgrade and NK Trešnjevka were relegated. They were replaced by Sutjeska and Čelik.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1965–66
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0022nd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 01313th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0066th
Olimpija Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 0088th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 01111th
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 0077th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0055th
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 0044th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro —
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 01010th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0033rd
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0011st
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 01414th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sarajevo (C) 30 18 6 6 51 29 +22 42 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 30 15 10 5 42 21 +21 40 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Partizan 30 14 10 6 52 28 +24 38
4 Vojvodina 30 12 9 9 40 39 +1 33
5 Red Star Belgrade 30 12 8 10 53 46 +7 32 Invitation for Mitropa Cup
6 Željezničar 30 14 4 12 43 42 +1 32
7 Hajduk Split 30 12 7 11 43 28 +15 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Vardar 30 13 5 12 41 44 −3 31 Invitation for Mitropa Cup
9 Radnički Niš 30 13 4 13 32 35 −3 30
10 Velež 30 9 10 11 35 41 −6 28
11 Rijeka 30 9 9 12 37 39 −2 27
12 NK Zagreb 30 10 7 13 34 48 −14 27
13 OFK Belgrade 30 8 7 15 36 37 −1 23
14 Olimpija 30 9 5 16 33 47 −14 23 Invitation for Balkans Cup
15 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 30 8 6 16 30 58 −28 22 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
16 Čelik[a] (R) 30 7 7 16 20 40 −20 17
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Čelik were docked 4 points.

Results

Home \ Away ČEL DIN HAJ OFK OLI PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SUT VAR VEL VOJ ZAG ŽEL
Čelik 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2
Dinamo Zagreb 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0
Hajduk Split 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 6–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–3
OFK Belgrade 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–0
Olimpija 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–2
Partizan 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 7–0 1–0
Radnički Niš 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–3 1–1
Red Star 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–3
Rijeka 2–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–2 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–0
Sarajevo 5–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–0
Sutjeska 0–1 0–5 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–5 2–1 2–1
Vardar 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Velež 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 5–3 1–1 1–0
Vojvodina 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
NK Zagreb 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 0–0 2–3
Željezničar 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–0 3–4 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–1
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: FK Sarajevo
Player League
Matches Goals
Boško Antić 30 14
Milenko Bajić 30 0
Mirsad Fazlagić 30 0
Fahrudin Prljača 29 5
Sead Jesenković 29 0
Boško Prodanović 28 10
Vahidin Musemić 25 16
Sreten Šiljkut 25 3
Ibrahim Sirćo (goalkeeper) 25 0
Fuad Muzurović 23 0
Stjepan Blažević 20 0
Ibrahim Biogradlić [a] 15 0
Dragan Vujanović 9 1
Asim Ferhatović [b] 8 0
Refik Muftić (goalkeeper) [c] 5 0
Sreten Dilberović 4 0
Anton Mandić 3 0
Svetozar Vujović [d] 2 0
Osman Maglajlija 1 0
Miodrag Makić 1 0
Head coach: Miroslav Brozović
  1. ^ played only the fall part of the season
  2. ^ retired from playing football during the first part of the season at the age of 33
  3. ^ went to serve the mandatory army stint shortly after the season began
  4. ^ went to serve the mandatory army stint shortly after the season began

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mustafa Hasanagić Partizan 18
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Bukal Željezničar 17
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahidin Musemić Sarajevo 16
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojin Lazarević Red Star 15
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boško Antić Sarajevo 14
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaven Zambata Dinamo Zagreb 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić Red Star
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač OFK Belgrade 12

See also