1985–86 Yugoslav First League

June 2017 Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije 1985–86 Partizan OFK BelgradeVojvodina European Cup Red Star UEFA Cup PartizanHajduk SplitRijeka Cup Winners' Cup Velež Davor Čop (22) 11 August 1985 – 29 June 1986 8,507 1984–85 1986–87 The 1985–86 Yugoslav First League season was marked by scandal and controversy due to allegedly wide match-fixing during the last week of fixtures. Summary After the last week was played, FK Partizan was crowned champion due to better goal difference than second-placed Red Star Belgrade. However, after weeks of public pressure and huge public outcry, on 20 June 1986, the Yugoslav FA presidency headed by Slavko Šajber decided to impose extraordinary measures that included the following: voiding the already played week 34 matches of the 1985–86 season and ordering a replay of every single one (nine fixtures in total) docking 6 points from each of the 12 clubs suspected of being involved in match-fixing, meaning they would start the following league season with -6 points Each club agreed to play the replay except for Partizan. As a result their week 34 fixture was registered as a 3–0 defeat, and the club was thus stripped of the league title, which was now awarded to Red Star. Based on this decision, it was Red Star Belgrade who got to represent SFR Yugoslavia in the 1986–87 European Cup. What followed on domestic front was a series of appeals and lawsuits and the entire case eventually went all the way to the Yugoslav Constitutional Court. By the time Yugoslav Constitutional Court delivered its final ruling to the Court of Joint Labour of SR Serbia on 29 July 1987, the next league season was already completed with FK Vardar winning the title due to 12 teams starting the season with -6 points. The court's ruling was that there was no evidence of wrongdoing in the week 34 of the 1985–86 season and thus that season's title was given back to Partizan. That also meant that there was no merit for the 6-point docking in the 1986–87 and now that season's table was re-counted so that now Partizan became a new champion. Still, Vardar got to represent SFR Yugoslavia in the 1987–88 European Cup. League table main WDL 5 QR 2 PAR Partizan RSB Red Star Belgrade VEL Velež HAJ Hajduk Split RIJ Rijeka DIN Dinamo Zagreb ŽEL Željezničar VAR Vardar OSI Osijek SNI Sutjeska Nikšić PRI Priština SLO Sloboda Tuzla VIN Dinamo Vinkovci BUD Budućnost SAR Sarajevo ČEL Čelik OFK OFK Belgrade VOJ Vojvodina 21 7 6 65 29 C 21 7 6 73 38 13 11 10 64 50 15 7 12 55 44 12 13 9 42 31 11 14 9 53 43 15 5 14 58 63 14 6 14 52 59 12 9 13 39 42 14 4 16 55 61 13 6 15 37 47 11 9 14 47 59 11 8 15 51 54 13 4 17 47 52 11 8 15 41 46 11 8 15 39 49 12 6 16 48 63 R 6 8 20 33 69 R blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC green1 Qualification for European Cup first round EC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC red1 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. rsssf.org Results main FBR grey BUD ČEL DVI DZG HAJ OFK OSI PAR PRI RSB RIJ SAR SLO SUT VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL Partizan 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 Red Star 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 4–3 4–1 2–1 3–1 Velež 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 6–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–0 Hajduk Split 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 5–3 2–0 6–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 Rijeka 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 3–1 4–4 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 Željezničar 0–2 2–5 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 Vardar 2–2 1–2 1–5 3–2 4–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 Osijek 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 Sutjeska 1–4 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 5–5 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 Priština 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 Sloboda Tuzla 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–5 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 5–0 3–1 Dinamo Vinkovci 1–4 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 Budućnost 1–0 0–4 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 Sarajevo 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 Čelik 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 OFK Belgrade 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 4–2 2–1 5–0 0–0 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 Vojvodina 0–4 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–7 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–4 complete DataSoccer.it Winning squad + Champions: FK Partizan Player League MatchesGoals Yugoslavia Fahrudin Omerović (goalkeeper) 34 0 Yugoslavia Zvonko Varga 32 17 Yugoslavia Ljubomir Radanović 32 4 Yugoslavia Vladimir Vermezović 32 1 Yugoslavia Admir Smajić 30 2 Yugoslavia Slobodan Rojević 29 0 Yugoslavia Goran Stevanović 28 3 Yugoslavia Nebojša Vučićević 27 6 Yugoslavia Miloš Đelmaš 26 11 Yugoslavia Zvonko Živković 24 12 Yugoslavia Bajro Župić 24 0 Yugoslavia Milonja Đukić 23 1 Yugoslavia Vlado Čapljić 21 3 Yugoslavia Radoslav Nikodijević 17 0 Yugoslavia Miodrag Bajović 15 0 Yugoslavia Miodrag Radović 12 0 Yugoslavia Milinko Pantić 9 2 Yugoslavia Milorad Bajović 6 0 Yugoslavia Dragan Mancedied 3 September 1985 in a car accident 5 2 Yugoslavia Goran Bogdanović 5 0 Yugoslavia Jovica Kolb 4 1 Yugoslavia Isa Sadriu 4 0Head coach: Nenad Bjeković Match-fixing controversy As mentioned, week 34, the last week of 1985–86 Yugoslav First League season, featured some highly suspicious results. All the matches started at the same time on Sunday, 15 June 1986.http://wmd.hr/portal/hrvatska/hrvatska/namjestanje-utakmica-je-stari-zanat/ Namještanje utakmica je stari zanat 10 June 2010 novilist.hr hr 12 August 2011 30 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330161222/http://wmd.hr/portal/hrvatska/hrvatska/namjestanje-utakmica-je-stari-zanat/ dead Home teamScoreAway teamNotesPartizan4–0†ŽeljezničarIn order to become league champions, Partizan needed to beat Željezničar by at least the same margin that Red Star potentially beats Sarajevo by in their match. Since both matches were scheduled to start at the same time, Partizan came up with an impromptu pre-match ceremony for their famous striker Momčilo Vukotić who retired the previous year, meaning that their match versus Željezničar actually started 10 minutes later than Sarajevo-Red Star match.Sarajevo0–4†Red StarIn order to become league champion, Red Star needed to beat Sarajevo by a larger margin than Partizan potentially beats Željezničar by in their match. Red Star ended up winning away by a four goal margin.Vojvodina1–7†Dinamo ZagrebVojvodina was already mathematically relegated while Dinamo Zagreb needed to win, hopefully by a big margin, in order to have a chance at getting a third UEFA Cup spot through better goal difference. The game ended with a huge win for the visitors who scored 7 goals.Hajduk Split5–3†Dinamo VinkovciHajduk needed a win in their quest for the third UEFA Cup spot, while Dinamo Vinkovci's Davor Čop (former Hajduk's player) was in the middle of a scoring race and needed goals in order to become the league's top scorer. Hajduk won the game while Dinamo's Čop scored a hat-trick for the losing side.Sutjeska5–5†BudućnostBudućnost and Sutjeska both needed points to have a chance at avoiding relegation. The game ended in a high-scoring draw in which Sutjeska's player Miloš Bursać (Davor Čop's rival in Golden boot race) scored a hat-trick.Čelik1–1†RijekaRijeka needed points in their fight for the third UEFA Cup spot, while Čelik needed points to have chance at avoiding relegation. The game ended in a draw.Osijek2–1SlobodaVelež2–3†OFK BelgradeVelež already ensured a UEFA Cup spot, while OFK Belgrade needed a win to have a chance at avoiding relegation. The game ended with lowly visitors winning at the ground where even the top Yugoslav teams had trouble getting points all season long.Priština0–0Vardar † results of matches suspected being fixed Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1YUG Davor ČopDinamo Vinkovci222YUG Miloš BursaćSutjeska203YUG Zlatko VujovićHajduk Split184YUG Zvonko VargaPartizan175YUG Predrag JurićVelež15YUG Marinko StojakovićOFK Beograd7YUG Radmilo MihajlovićŽeljezničar148YUG Milko ĐurovskiRed Star13YUG Haris ŠkoroŽeljezničarYUG Muhidin TeskeredžićSarajevoYUG Miroslav ĆurčićVojvodina Attendance ClubAverage home attendanceAverage away attendanceRed Star Belgrade19,88216,471FK Priština15,0007,353FK Partizan13,76516,059Čelik Zenica12,4124,706Dinamo Zagreb12,35312,647FK Vardar9,9415,000FK Velež9,5296,471Hajduk Split8,88215,647FK Vojvodina7,2946,059Budućnost Titograd6,0596,412FK Željezničar5,94111,882NK Rijeka5,5886,412OFK Beograd5,5296,118FK Sarajevo5,4717,706Dinamo Vinkovci4,1766,176NK Osijek4,0005,706Sutjeska Nikšić3,8825,647Sloboda Tuzla3,4126,647 Overall league attendance per match: 8,507 spectators See also 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup References External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables Category:Yugoslav First League seasons Yugo Category:1985–86 in Yugoslav football