1974–75 Yugoslav First League Explained

Competition:Prva savezna liga
Season:1974–75
Winners:Hajduk Split
6th Federal League title
8th Yugoslav title overall
Relegated:FK Bor
Proleter Zrenjanin
Continentalcup1:European Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Hajduk Split
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Borac Banja Luka
Continentalcup3:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Vojvodina
Red Star
League Topscorer:Boško Đorđević
Dušan Savić
(20 goals each)
Matches:272
Total Goals:746
Average Attendance:10,859
Prevseason:1973–74
Nextseason:1975–76

The 1974–75 Yugoslav First League season was the 29th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Croatian: Prva savezna liga, Serbian: Прва савезна лига, Slovenian: Prva zvezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's champions Hajduk Split successfully defending their title, finishing the season three points clear of runners-up Vojvodina.

The season began on 17 August 1974 and concluded on 29 June 1975. This was the second national title win for Hajduk under the guidance of manager Tomislav Ivić, who had previously led the club to three consecutive Yugoslav Cup wins in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Over the subsequent seasons, Ivić would go on to win the 1976 cup and 1978–79 championship with Hajduk, becoming the most successful manager in club's history.

Strikers Boško Đorđević of Partizan and Dušan Savić of Red Star shared the title of top goalscorer with 20 goals each. Both players topped the scoring table for the first time in their careers, with Savić repeating the achievement in the 1978–79 season.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1973–74 season and two sides promoted from the 1973–74 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.

FK Borac Banja Luka and NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1973–74 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. Borac had completed a four-year stay at the highest level of Yugoslav football, while NK Zagreb had to return to second level after only one year in top flight.

The two clubs promoted to top level were FK Radnički Kragujevac and NK Rijeka. Radnički Kragujevac returned to the highest division as winners of YSL Division East after spending two years in second level, which had ended their previous 1969–1972 three-season spell. In comparison, Croatian side NK Rijeka returned as winners of YSL Division West after four years in second level, which had interrupted their earlier 1958–1969 eleven-year top level tenure. NK Rijeka would go on to remain in top flight until the 1990–91 season, when Croatian and Slovenian clubs abandoned the Yugoslav league amid the breakup of Yugoslavia.

TeamLocationPosition
in 1973–74
BorBor01616th
ČelikZenica0066th
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb0077th
Hajduk SplitSplit0011st
OFK BelgradeBelgrade0055th
Olimpija LjubljanaLjubljana01010th
PartizanBelgrade0044th
Proleter ZrenjaninZrenjanin01313th
Radnički KragujevacKragujevac
Radnički NišNiš01515th
Red StarBelgrade0033rd
RijekaRijeka
SarajevoSarajevo01414th
SlobodaTuzla0099th
VardarSkopje01111th
VeležMostar0022nd
VojvodinaNovi Sad01212th
ŽeljezničarSarajevo0088th

League table

Winning squad

Player
League
MatchesGoals
331
3215
329
307
300
300
292
272
241
236
183
161
Rizah Mešković (goalkeeper)160
Ivan Katalinić (goalkeeper)130
130
81
74
71
Vjeran Simunić (goalkeeper)70
40
40
31
Head coach: Tomislav Ivić

Top scorers

width=35Rankwidth=170Playerwidth=120Clubwidth=35Goals
1 Boško ĐorđevićPartizan20
Dušan SavićRed Star
3 Vahid HalilhodžićVelež16
4 Slaviša ŽungulHajduk Split15
5 Zoran FilipovićRed Star14
Franjo VladićVelež
Momčilo VukotićPartizan
8 Božo JankovićŽeljezničar12
9 Vančo BalevskiVardar11
Jovan GecaSloboda Tuzla
Zvonko IvezićVojvodina
Josip KatalinskiŽeljezničar
Safet SušićSarajevo
Slobodan VučekovićVojvodina

Attendance

Clubwidth=170Average home attendancewidth=170Average away attendance
Hajduk Split20,29423,294
Dinamo Zagreb19,52910,882
Red Star Belgrade17,76522,059
FK Partizan16,41219,529
FK Vojvodina12,70611,853
NK Rijeka10,9417,235
Radnički Kragujevac10,9416,912
FK Vardar10,1187,647
NK Olimpija9,2656,559
Radnički Niš8,8248,118
FK Sarajevo8,70610,741
FK Željezničar8,5299,882
FK Velež7,94112,417
Čelik Zenica7,6476,971
Proleter Zrenjanin7,5597,265
OFK Beograd7,1479,059
Sloboda Tuzla5,9417,882
FK Bor5,2067,706

See also

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