1967–68 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1967–68
Dates20 August 1967 – 30 June 1968
ChampionsRed Star (8th title)
RelegatedNone
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupBor
Inter-Cities Fairs CupDinamo Zagreb
Olimpija
Vojvodina
OFK Belgrade
Top goalscorerSlobodan Santrač (22)

The 1967–68 Yugoslav First League season was the 22nd 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 Red Star winning their eighth national title.

Teams

At the end of the previous season Sutjeska and Čelik were relegated. They were replaced by Proleter Zrenjanin and Maribor.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1966–67
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0022nd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0077th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia —
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 01313th
Olimpija Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 01414th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0033rd
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin  SR Serbia —
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 0099th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0055th
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 01111th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0011st
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0088th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0044th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 01212th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th

League table

No team was relegated to Second League at the end of this season in order to increase the number of First League participating teams to 18 beginning with the 1968–69 campaign.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 30 16 11 3 64 30 +34 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Partizan 30 15 8 7 45 31 +14 38
3 Dinamo Zagreb 30 12 11 7 45 33 +12 35 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Hajduk Split 30 12 10 8 44 37 +7 34
5 Željezničar 30 12 9 9 44 34 +10 33
6 Vardar 30 10 10 10 31 37 −6 30
7 Sarajevo 30 13 3 14 46 39 +7 29
8 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 10 9 11 35 44 −9 29
9 Radnički Niš 30 13 2 15 36 48 −12 28
10 NK Zagreb 30 10 7 13 53 54 −1 27
11 Olimpija 30 9 9 12 33 46 −13 27 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12 Maribor 30 8 11 11 38 53 −15 27
13 Vojvodina 30 7 12 11 28 30 −2 26 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
14 Velež 30 9 8 13 33 40 −7 26
15 OFK Belgrade 30 9 7 14 38 46 −8 25 Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
16 Rijeka 30 8 7 15 37 48 −11 23
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

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

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač OFK Belgrade 22
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojin Lazarević Red Star 21
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Ostojić Red Star 15
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Nadoveza Hajduk Split 14
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Edin Sprečo Željezničar 13
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić Red Star 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Gucmirtl Dinamo Zagreb

See also