The 1961–62 Yugoslav First League season was the 16th 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. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fourth title.
| Season | 1961–62 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 August 1961 – 2 May 1962 |
| Champions | Partizan (4th title) |
| Relegated | Vardar Borac Banja Luka |
| European Cup | Partizan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | OFK Belgrade |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Vojvodina |
| Top goalscorer | Dražan Jerković (16) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → | |
Teams
At the end of the previous season RNK Split and Radnički Belgrade were relegated. They were replaced by FK Novi Sad and Borac Banja Luka.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1960–61 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borac | Banja Luka |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
— |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
3rd |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad |  SR Serbia |
— |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
6th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
1st |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
2nd |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
7th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
8th |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia |
10th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
5th |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 31 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 25 | |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 24 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Velež | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
| 10 | Novi Sad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 19 | |
| 11 | Vardar (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 18 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 |
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | BBL | DIN | HAJ | NSD | OFK | PAR | RSB | RIJ | SAR | VAR | VEL | VOJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borac Banja Luka | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–7 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | |
| Hajduk Split | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Novi Sad | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| OFK Belgrade | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Partizan | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | |
| Red Star | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Rijeka | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Vardar | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | |
| Velež | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| Vojvodina | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 |
Winning squad
Champions:
- FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
player (league matches/league goals)
- Velibor Vasović (22/2)
- Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)
- Milan Galić (21/7)
- Fahrudin Jusufi (21/0)
- Vladica Kovačević (19/15)
- Milan Vukelić (17/6)
- Joakim Vislavski (17/3)
- Velimir Sombolac (17/0)
- Lazar Radović (16/2)
- Branislav Mihajlović (16/0)
- Zvezdan Čebinac (14/3)
- Milorad Milutinović (12/0)
- Radivoj Ognjanović (9/1)
- Dragoslav Jovanović (8/0)
- Ljubomir Mihajlović (6/0)
- Dragomir Slišković (4/1)
- Ivan Rajić (3/1)
- Miodrag Petrović (3/0)
- Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
- Bruno Belin (2/0)
- Mustafa Hasanagić (1/0)
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dražan Jerković |
Dinamo Zagreb | 16 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovačević |
Partizan | 15 |
| 3 | Đorđe Pavlić |
Vojvodina | 12 |
| 4 | Andon Dončevski |
Vardar | 11 |
| 5 | Zvonko Bego |
Hajduk Split | 10 |
| 6 | Josip Skoblar |
OFK Belgrade | 9 |
| Dušan Maravić |
Red Star | ||
| Spasoje Samardžić |
OFK Belgrade | ||
| 9 | Salih Šehović |
Sarajevo | 8 |
| Anton Rudinski |
Red Star |
See also
External links
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