1978–79 Yugoslav First League

1. Federal League 1978–79 Hajduk Split (9th Yugoslav championship)(7th Federal League title) NK Zagreb (17th)OFK Beograd (18th) European Cup Hajduk Split Cup Winners' Cup Rijeka UEFA Cup Dinamo ZagrebRed Star Dušan Savić (24) 12 August 1978 – 17 June 1979 272 761 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Yugoslav First League season was the 33rd season of the First Federal League (sh Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Hajduk Split won the league title. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the defending champions Partizan nearly relegated, finishing the season in 15th place, one point above the relegation zone. Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb both finished the season equal on 50 points, but Hajduk won the championship due to better goal difference. The season began on 12 August 1978 and concluded on 17 June 1979. This was the third and last national title win for Hajduk under the guidance of manager Tomislav Ivić, who previously led the club to four consecutive Yugoslav Cup wins in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1976 (not contested in 1975). Striker Dušan Savić of Red Star won the Golden Boot with 24 goals scored, his second, having previously topped the scoring table four years earlier in the 1974–75 season. Rijeka, which finished 10th in the league, defeated Partizan in the final of the 1978–79 Marshal Tito Cup under the guidance of Marijan Brnčić, and qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup. Other standout players this season were Hajduk's Vedran Rožić, Mišo Krstičević, and Slaviša Žungul, Dinamo Zagreb's forwards Snješko Cerin and Zlatko Kranjčar, Sarajevo's attacking midfielders Safet Sušić and Srebrenko Repčić, the Velež stalwart Vahid Halilhodžić. The season was marked by controversy after Rijeka's 2–1 win over Dinamo at Kantrida in the first round. Dinamo claimed that Rijeka's player Edmond Tomić, who had joined the club in pre-season from Lirija Prizren, should have served a one-match suspension for two yellow cards received while playing for his former club. They appealed to the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ), which after two months of deliberation decided to award the match 3–0 to Dinamo. After more appeals and counter-appeals from both Rijeka and Dinamo, in the spring of 1979 FSJ ruled in favor of Rijeka. The case was then brought to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which four years later ruled Dinamo as champions.http://www.ezadar.hr/clanak/neodigrana-utakmica-rijeka-dinamo-novi-slucaja-tomic Neodigrana utakmica Rijeka – Dinamo, novi Slučaja Tomić? ts/eZd 2 November 2008 ezadar.hr hr 21 March 2011 Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1977–78 season and two sides promoted from the 1977–78 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws. Čelik Zenica and Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Napredak Kruševac and Željezničar Sarajevo. Yugoslavia right 350 Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League Yugoslavia 44.766667 17.183333 Banja Luka left Yugoslavia 44.820556 20.462222 Belgrade right Yugoslavia 43.583333 21.316667 Kruševac Yugoslavia 46.051389 14.505556 Ljubljana Yugoslavia 43.33 17.80 Mostar Yugoslavia 43.30 21.90 Niš right Yugoslavia 45.255 19.845 Novi Sad Yugoslavia 45.544937 18.695705 Osijek left Yugoslavia 45.339202 14.380959 Rijeka Yugoslavia 43.8476 18.3564 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 43.519444 16.431667 Split Yugoslavia 42.47 19.28 Titograd Yugoslavia 44.538056 18.676111 Tuzla left Yugoslavia 45.818858 16.018078 Zagreb Team Location Federal Republic Positionin 1977–78Borac Banja LukaBanja LukaSR Bosnia and Herzegovina01212thBudućnostTitogradSR Montenegro01111thDinamo ZagrebZagrebSR Croatia0044thHajduk SplitSplitSR Croatia0033rdNapredak KruševacKruševacSR SerbiaOFK BelgradeBelgradeSR Serbia01616thOlimpija LjubljanaLjubljanaSR Slovenia01010thOsijekOsijekSR Croatia01313thPartizanBelgradeSR Serbia0011stRadnički NišNišSR Serbia01414thRed StarBelgradeSR Serbia0022ndRijekaRijekaSR Croatia0055thSarajevoSarajevoSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0099thSlobodaTuzlaSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0066thVeležMostarSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0077thVojvodinaNovi SadSR Serbia0088thNK ZagrebZagrebSR Croatia01515thŽeljezničarSarajevoSR Bosnia and Herzegovina League table main WDL 5 QR 2 HAJ Hajduk Split DIN Dinamo Zagreb RSB Red Star Belgrade SAR Sarajevo VEL Velež BUD Budućnost RNI Radnički Niš SLO Sloboda Tuzla ŽEL Željezničar RIJ Rijeka BOR Borac Banja Luka VOJ Vojvodina OSI Osijek NAP Napredak Kruševac PAR Partizan OLI Olimpija ZAG NK Zagreb OFK OFK Belgrade 20 10 4 62 28 C 21 8 5 67 38 16 9 9 51 33 17 5 12 56 53 15 8 11 50 41 15 8 11 33 36 11 13 10 38 34 11 10 13 34 34 14 4 16 45 52 10 11 13 35 34 11 9 14 45 56 11 7 16 35 38 8 13 13 32 39 9 11 14 43 51 9 11 14 39 47 11 7 16 34 53 8 12 14 32 39 R 5 12 17 30 55 R green1 Qualification for European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC 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 BBL BUD DIN HAJ NAP OFK OLI OSI PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO VEL VOJ ZAG ŽEL Borac Banja Luka 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 Budućnost 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb 4–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 Hajduk Split 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 Napredak Kruševac 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 OFK Belgrade 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 Olimpija 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 Osijek 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 Partizan 3–0 4–2 3–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 Radnički Niš 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 Red Star 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–3 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–2 Rijeka 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 Sarajevo 5–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 5–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 Sloboda Tuzla 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 Velež 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 5–2 Vojvodina 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 7–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–4 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 NK Zagreb 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 Željezničar 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–4 2–1 complete DataSoccer.it Winning squad + Champions: Hajduk Split Player League MatchesGoals Boriša Đorđević 324 Šime Luketin 323 Vedran Rožić 32 Mišo Krstičević 318 Boro Primorac 30Luka Peruzović 30 Dražen Mužinić 29 Ivica Šurjak 276 Zlatko Vujović 259 Nenad Šalov 251 Ivan Budinčević 21 Zoran Vujović 184 Slaviša Žungul 1712 Davor Čop 162 Mićun Jovanić 162 Špiro Ćosić 11 Damir Maričić 9 Ivica Matković 4 Mario Boljat 31 Robert Juričko 2 Milorad Nižetić 2 Marijan Zovko 1 Ivan Gudelj 1 Ivan Katalinić 1 Head coach: Tomislav IvićSource: https://archive.today/20070902094916/http://hr.nogonet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=352&Itemid=96 NogoNet - Nogomet na netu - 1.liga 197879 Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1YUG Dušan SavićRed Star242YUG Vahid HalilhodžićVelež163YUG Safet SušićSarajevo154YUG Slobodan SantračPartizan145YUG Snješko CerinDinamo Zagreb13YUG Abid KovačevićBorac Banja LukaYUG Zlatko KranjčarDinamo ZagrebYUG Ivan LukačevićOsijek9YUG Muhamed IbrahimbegovićBorac Banja Luka12YUG Vladimir JocićRadnički NišYUG Miloš KostićOFK BelgradeYUG Srebrenko RepčićSarajevoYUG Slaviša ŽungulHajduk Split See also 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup 1978–79 NK Hajduk Split season External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables Category:Yugoslav First League seasons Yugo Category:1978–79 in Yugoslav football