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Yugoslav Second League
Season	1978–79
Champions	Čelik (West Division); Vardar (East Division)
Promoted	Čelik; Vardar
Relegated	Radnik Bijeljina; Segesta; Rudar Ljubija; Mercator; Liria; Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje; Budućnost Peć; Tikveš
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League season was the 33rd 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.

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1977–78 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the 1977–78 Yugoslav Third League. 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 Zenica were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Bosna, Mercator, Segesta and Spartak Subotica.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1977–78
Bosna	Visoko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Dinamo Vinkovci	Vinkovci	SR Croatia	0077th
Famos Hrasnica	Hrasnica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0088th
Iskra	Bugojno	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0055th
Kikinda	Kikinda	SAP Vojvodina	0033rd
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	0044th
Mercator	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	—
Novi Sad	Novi Sad	SAP Vojvodina	01212th
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	0022nd
Radnik Bijeljina	Bijeljina	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01010th
Rudar Ljubija	Prijedor	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
Rudar Velenje	Velenje	SR Slovenia	01111th
Segesta	Sisak	SR Croatia	—
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Čelik (C, P)	30	14	12	4	42	21	+21	40	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Maribor	30	12	10	8	46	34	+12	34
3	Novi Sad	30	12	10	8	47	36	+11	34
4	Dinamo Vinkovci	30	15	3	12	44	31	+13	33
5	Proleter Zrenjanin	30	13	6	11	45	36	+9	32
6	Bosna	30	13	6	11	45	48	−3	32
7	Iskra	30	14	3	13	38	29	+9	31
8	Spartak Subotica	30	13	4	13	42	41	+1	30
9	Famos Hrasnica	30	9	12	9	31	31	0	30
10	Leotar	30	10	9	11	43	35	+8	29
11	Kikinda	30	9	11	10	26	30	−4	29
12	Rudar	30	11	6	13	44	49	−5	28
13	Radnik (R)	30	8	11	11	20	28	−8	27	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14	Segesta (R)	30	9	9	12	43	53	−10	27
15	Rudar Ljubija (R)	30	12	3	15	34	51	−17	27
16	Mercator (R)	30	7	3	20	24	61	−37	17

Source: nkmaribor.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Veselin Zrilić	Leotar	22
2	Nurif Nargilić	Bosna	19
3	Slobodan Kustudić	Rudar Velenje	14
4	Zoltan Dudaš	Novi Sad	13
5	Rade Radulović	Čelik	12
6	Fajko Orman	Iskra	11
7	Mehmed Buza	Čelik	9
	Dušan Poljanšek	Mercator	9
	Vito Samardžija	Rudar Ljublja	9
	Ivica Tunjić	Dinamo Vinkovci	9
	Zoran Vještica	Novi Sad	9
	Savo Zolotić	Mercator / Maribor	9

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1977–78 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the 1977–78 Yugoslav Third League. 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.

Trepča were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Budućnost Peć, Galenika Zemun, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje and Tikveš.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1977–78
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	0088th
Budućnost Peć	Peć	SAP Kosovo	—
Dubočica	Leskovac	SR Serbia	0044th
Galenika Zemun	Zemun	SR Serbia	—
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	Bijelo Polje	SR Montenegro	—
Liria	Prizren	SAP Kosovo	01212th
Majdanpek	Majdanpek	SR Serbia	01111th
Rad	Belgrade	SR Serbia	01010th
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	0055th
Radnički Pirot	Pirot	SR Serbia	0099th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	0066th
Šumadija Aranđelovac	Aranđelovac	SR Serbia	0077th
Teteks	Tetovo	SR Macedonia	0022nd
Tikveš	Kavadarci	SR Macedonia	—
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	—
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	0033rd

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (C, P)	30	19	5	6	63	30	+33	43	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Trepča	30	17	8	5	27	18	+9	42
3	Radnički Kragujevac	30	15	8	7	46	30	+16	38
4	Galenika Zemun	30	12	12	6	55	36	+19	36
5	Sutjeska Nikšić	30	10	12	8	36	26	+10	32
6	Radnički Pirot^[a]	30	15	7	8	43	24	+19	31
7	Borac Čačak	30	11	8	11	30	31	−1	30
8	Šumadija Aranđelovac	30	9	11	10	35	38	−3	29
9	Dubočica	30	10	9	11	22	32	−10	29
10	Rad	30	7	14	9	26	29	−3	28
11	Majdanpek	30	9	10	11	28	32	−4	28
12	Teteks	30	11	6	13	30	36	−6	28
13	Liria (R)	30	10	8	12	35	44	−9	28	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R)	30	7	12	11	29	32	−3	26
15	Budućnost Peć (R)	30	3	8	19	14	44	−30	14
16	Tikveš (R)	30	4	4	22	27	64	−37	12

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Radnički Pirot were docked 6 points.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Risto Gligorovski	Vardar	14
	Dragan Pavlović	Radnički Pirot	14
	Milenko Radivojević	Radnički Kragujevac	14
	Vasil Ringov	Vardar	14
5	Dragan Janićijević	Borac Čačak	12
6	Simo Nikolić	Galenika Zemun	11
6	Milodrag Panić	Šumadija Aranđelovac	11
8	Miroljub Đorđević	Radnički Pirot	10
	Gezim Ljalja	Galenika Zemun	10
	Borče Micevski	Vardar	10
	Božidar Stefanović	Dubočica	10

References

General

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