1979–80 Yugoslav First League

Yugoslav First League
Season	1979–80
Dates	15 July 1979 – 29 June 1980
Champions	Red Star (13th title)
Relegated	Osijek; Čelik
European Cup	Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Sarajevo; Radnički Niš; Napredak Kruševac
Matches played	272
Top goalscorer	Safet Sušić; Dragoljub Kostić; (17 goals each)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Yugoslav First League was won by Red Star Belgrade.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1978–79 season and two sides promoted from the 1978–79 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.

NK Zagreb and OFK Belgrade were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vardar and Čelik.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1978–79
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01111th
Budućnost Titograd	Titograd	SR Montenegro	0066th
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0022nd
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0011st
Napredak Kruševac	Kruševac	SR Serbia	01414th
Olimpija	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	01616th
Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	01313th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	01515th
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	0077th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	01010th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Sloboda	Tuzla	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0088th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	—
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0055th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	01212th
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th

Events and incidents

Week 25: Death of Marshal Tito, three matches abandoned

Hajduk v. Red Star Belgrade

The season's week 25 derby match, pitting reigning league champions Hajduk versus current league leaders Red Star, on 4 May 1980 at Poljud Stadium in Split was abandoned in the 41st minute due to the announcement of the death of Marshal Tito that was followed by a mass display of public grief within the stadium by fans and players alike.

Played on a Sunday afternoon, the televised contest was in the 41st minute when three men entered the pitch, signalling to the referee—Husref Muharemagić of Janja—to stop the match and gather players of both teams in the centre circle. With the contest halted, Split mayor Ante Skataretiko [sh] took to the stadium's public address system to formally announce to the 50,000+ crowd that the Yugoslav lifetime president Josip Broz Tito had died. The match score was tied at 1–1 at the time of abandonment with Pižon Petrović scoring on a penalty kick for 0-1 before Zlatko Vujović's 1-1 equalizer. Incidentally, the match was the first time Red Star Belgrade played a competitive match at the newly built Poljud Stadium that had opened the previous summer.^[1]

Sudden scenes of mass crying at the stadium followed Skataretiko's announcement; some players—such as Hajduk's twenty-one-year-old striker Zlatko Vujović—collapsed down to the ground and weeped as the crowd launched into a rendition of "Druže Tito, mi ti se kunemo [sr]" ('Comrade Tito, We Give You Our Word'), a popular personality cult song professing loyalty and devotion to Comrade Tito.

The Yugoslav Football Association (FSJ) declared the match null and void, ordering a replay for Wednesday, 21 May 1980 at the same venue. Two and a half weeks later, Red Star won the derby replay 3–1.^[2]

FK Sarajevo v. NK Osijek

Meanwhile, at Koševo Stadium during the FK Sarajevo vs. NK Osijek match, the news of Tito's death broke in the 43rd minute with the contest locked at 1-1.

Dinamo Zagreb v. FK Željezničar

The matches – along with a third between Dinamo and Zeljeznicar – were immediately abandoned, with the decision being made by the Yugoslav FA to declare the matches null and void, and order replays two and a half weeks later on Wednesday, 21 May 1980 at the same stadiums.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	34	19	10	5	54	26	+28	48	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Sarajevo	34	17	7	10	55	41	+14	41	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Radnički Niš	34	14	11	9	49	32	+17	39
4	Napredak Kruševac	34	13	13	8	41	27	+14	39
5	Hajduk Split	34	15	8	11	53	44	+9	38
6	Sloboda Tuzla	34	13	9	12	44	37	+7	35
7	Vardar	34	10	15	9	43	41	+2	35
8	Velež	34	13	8	13	44	39	+5	34	Qualification for Balkans Cup
9	Željezničar	34	9	15	10	41	47	−6	33
10	Rijeka	34	12	9	13	34	47	−13	33
11	Budućnost	34	10	12	12	34	34	0	32
12	Dinamo Zagreb	34	9	14	11	43	44	−1	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
13	Partizan	34	10	12	12	31	37	−6	32
14	Borac Banja Luka	34	11	8	15	34	42	−8	30
15	Olimpija	34	11	8	15	30	45	−15	30
16	Vojvodina	34	12	6	16	33	53	−20	30
17	Osijek (R)	34	10	9	15	28	34	−6	29	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18	Čelik (R)	34	5	12	17	22	43	−21	22	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	BUD	ČEL	DIN	HAJ	NAP	OLI	OSI	PAR	RNI	RSB	RIJ	SAR	SLO	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka		3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	1–1
Budućnost	3–0		0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Čelik	1–0	3–0		2–2	1–3	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–3
Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	0–0	0–0		1–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–1	4–1
Hajduk Split	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1		3–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–3	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2
Napredak Kruševac	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–2		3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
Olimpija	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–2		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0
Osijek	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0
Partizan	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0		1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	3–0
Radnički Niš	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	5–1	3–0
Red Star	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0		3–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	7–1	2–1
Rijeka	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2		1–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Sarajevo	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–2	4–2	0–1	6–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
Sloboda Tuzla	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–2		5–2	2–0	2–0	3–1
Vardar	5–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	5–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0		0–1	2–0	1–1
Velež	2–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	5–1	2–2		2–1	3–0
Vojvodina	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1		2–1
Željezničar	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–0

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade
Player	League
Player	Matches	Goals
Srebrenko Repčić	33	7
Cvijetin Blagojević	31	2
Milan Jovin	31	1
Dušan Savić	28	11
Vladimir Petrović	28	5
Miloš Šestić	28	4
Zlatko Krmpotić	25	0
Zoran Filipović	24	6
Zdravko Borovnica	24	0
Nedeljko Milosavljević	23	3
Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper)	23	0
Ivan Jurišić	19	0
Dragan Miletović	18	0
Dušan Nikolić	16	1
Slavoljub Muslin	15	0
Đorđe Milovanović	14	3
Boško Đurovski	14	1
Nikola Jovanović	14	0
Aleksandar Stojanović (goalkeeper)	11	0
Radomir Savić	9	3
Srboljub Stamenković	1	0
Zoran Mitić	1	0
Borisav Mitrović	1	0
Head coach: Branko Stanković

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Safet Sušić	Sarajevo	17
1	Dragoljub Kostić	Napredak Kruševac	17
3	Zlatko Kranjčar	Dinamo Zagreb	14
4	Dušan Savić	Red Star	13
5	Mersad Kovačević	Sloboda Tuzla	12
	Dragan Okuka	Velež
	Ranko Đorđić	Čelik
8	Zlatko Vujović	Hajduk Split	11
9	Vasil Ringov	Vardar	10
	Milan Radović	Rijeka
	Dragan Vujović	Budućnost

References

^ Skokić, E. "Sjećanje: Husref Muharemagić je bio sudija utakmice Hajduk – Zvezda na dan Titove smrti". TuzlaPress.ba. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ Hajduk-RedStar 1:3, re-play

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables

[TuzlaPress-1] Skokić, E. "Sjećanje: Husref Muharemagić je bio sudija utakmice Hajduk – Zvezda na dan Titove smrti". TuzlaPress.ba. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[2] Hajduk-RedStar 1:3, re-play

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