2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia

The 2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the ninth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Red Star Belgrade won the championship.

First League of FR Yugoslavia
Season2000–01
Dates12 August 2000 – 20 June 2001
ChampionsRed Star
23rd domestic title
RelegatedBudućnost Podgorica
Napredak Kruševac
Radnički Niš
Milicionar
Champions LeagueRed Star
UEFA CupPartizan
Obilić
Intertoto CupSartid
Matches played306
Goals scored869 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Divić (27)

Incidents

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Eternal derby abandoned

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The 115th edition of the Eternal derby match between Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan on Saturday, 14 October 2000 at the Marakana was abandoned after three minutes of play due to fan rioting. The incident began with Partizan fans, Grobari, pelting the pitch with flares at which point the match play got interrupted.[1] The rioting kept escalating with the southern stand seating being torn off by the Grobari and thrown onto the athletic track. At one point, the team captain Saša Ilić was seen in front of the stand pleading to no avail with the Partizan ultra supporters to stop rioting.[2] Dozens of Grobari eventually either jumped over or broke through the fence and began invading the pitch at which point the more numerous Red Star fans from the opposite end of the stadium stormed the pitch en masse, attacking the Partizan fans as well as Partizan players and coaching staff that were still on the pitch.[1]

What ensued was mass brawling and running battles among the two sets of fans that led to the more numerous Red Star ultras quickly overpowering their Partizan counterparts and pushing them back towards the southern stand. In addition to injuries to a number Partizan fans that invaded the pitch, several Partizan players and members of the club's coaching staff reported injuries as a result of being attacked by the Red Star fans. Partizan's twenty-year-old forward Ivica Iliev received head injuries with hematoma from being punched in the face while the team's head coach Ljubiša Tumbaković ended up with a laceration above his eye.[1]

Some thirty five minutes since the incident began, the match was officially called off.[1] According to press reports, 35 fans and 2 policemen were injured, none severely. Six fans, two of them unconscious, were transported to Belgrade's Urgentni centar.[3]

The match was replayed in full almost five months later, on Wednesday, 7 March 2001.[1]

Teams

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Proleter Zrenjanin, Hajduk Beograd, Mogren, Spartak Subotica, and Borac Čačak were relegated to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia.

The relegated teams were replaced by 1999–2000 Second League of FR Yugoslavia champions, Napredak Kruševac (East) and Zeta (West).

Club City Stadium Capacity
Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,710
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Stadium 55,538
Vojvodina Novi Sad Karađorđe Stadium 17,204
Zemun Zemun, Belgrade Zemun Stadium 10,000
Rad Belgrade Stadion Kralj Petar I 6,000
Hajduk Kula Kula Stadion Hajduk 6,000
Obilić Belgrade FK Obilić Stadium 4,500
Železnik Belgrade Železnik Stadium 8,000
OFK Beograd Karaburma, Belgrade Omladinski Stadium 20,000
Sartid Smederevo Smederevo City Stadium 17,200
Radnički Kragujevac Čika Dača Stadium 15,000
Čukarički Belgrade Stadion Čukarički 7,000
Sutjeska Nikšić Gradski stadion (Nikšić) 10,800
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 7,000
Budućnost Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica City Stadium 12,000
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac Mladost Stadium 10,000
Radnički Niš Niš Čair Stadium 18,000
Milicionar Belgrade SC MUP Makiš 4,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 28 4 2 93 20 +73 88 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Partizan 34 28 2 4 94 36 +58 86 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Obilić 34 19 6 9 53 37 +16 63
4 Sartid 34 17 3 14 49 47 +2 54 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 OFK Beograd 34 15 5 14 52 45 +7 50
6 Vojvodina 34 13 8 13 51 36 +15 47
7 Sutjeska 34 14 4 16 52 64 −12 46
8 Železnik 34 12 8 14 49 56 −7 44
9 Radnički Kragujevac 34 13 5 16 38 52 −14 44
10 Čukarički 34 13 4 17 42 50 −8 43
11 Zemun 34 11 9 14 38 46 −8 42
12 Hajduk Kula 34 12 6 16 45 51 −6 42
13 Zeta 34 11 9 14 38 50 −12 42
14 Rad 34 12 5 17 49 58 −9 41
15 Budućnost Podgorica (R) 34 11 5 18 29 48 −19 38 Relegation to Second League of FR Yugoslavia
16 Napredak Kruševac (R) 34 8 10 16 38 63 −25 34
17 Radnički Niš (R) 34 9 5 20 30 60 −30 32
18 Milicionar (R) 34 8 6 20 29 50 −21 30
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BUD ČUK HAJ MIL NAP OBI OFK PAR RAD RDK RNI RSB SAR SUT VOJ ŽEL ZEM ZET
Budućnost Podgorica 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0
Čukarički 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 0–4 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Hajduk Kula 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 4–4 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–2 2–0 6–0 2–0 1–0
Milicionar 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1
Napredak Kruševac 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–0 2–4 3–1 0–0 3–2 3–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0
Obilić 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1
OFK Beograd 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0
Partizan 2–0 6–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 4–2 4–1 4–1
Rad 4–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2
Radnički Kragujevac 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 5–0
Radnički Niš 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–2
Red Star 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 9–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 5–1 3–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 3–0
Sartid 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 4–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 3–0
Sutjeska 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–4 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
Vojvodina 4–0 1–0 4–1 6–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 4–0
Železnik 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Zemun 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
Zeta 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–1
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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Champions: Red Star Belgrade (Coach: Slavoljub Muslin)

Players (league matches/league goals)

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Petar Divić OFK Beograd
27
2   Dejan Osmanović Hajduk Kula
25
3   Mihajlo Pjanović Red Star
23
4   Vladimir Ivić Partizan
20
5   Damir Čakar Sutjeska 19
  Saša Ilić Partizan
  Borislav Stevanović Rad
8   Bojan Filipović Obilić 18
  Saša Marković Železnik
10   Goran Drulić Red Star
16

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "20 godina od krvavog derbija: Navijači na terenu, razbijene glave igračima Partizana i veliki Muslin!". Mondo.rs. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia: Brawl During Belgrade Soccer Match". Associated Press. 15 October 2000. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Sportska kupusara: Šibanja koja se pamte, Beograd 2000". strategija.org. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ^ Red Star official website
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