1962–63 Yugoslav First League

The 1962–63 Yugoslav First League season was the 17th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fifth title.

Prva savezna liga
Season1962–63
Dates19 August 1962 – 9 June 1963
ChampionsPartizan (5th title)
RelegatedSloboda
Budućnost
European CupPartizan
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Zagreb
Inter-Cities Fairs CupOFK Beograd
Trešnjevka
Top goalscorerMišo Smajlović (18)

Teams edit

Due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 clubs two teams were relegated at the end of the previous season (Vardar and Borac) and four were promoted - Budućnost, Radnički Niš, Željezničar and Sloboda.

TeamLocationFederal RepublicPosition
in 1961–62
BudućnostTitograd  SR Montenegro
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb  SR Croatia0033rd
Hajduk SplitSplit  SR Croatia0055th
Novi SadNovi Sad  SR Serbia01010th
OFK BelgradeBelgrade  SR Serbia0066th
PartizanBelgrade  SR Serbia0011st
Radnički NišNiš  SR Serbia
Red StarBelgrade  SR Serbia0044th
RijekaRijeka  SR Croatia0088th
SarajevoSarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina0077th
SlobodaTuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
VeležMostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina0099th
VojvodinaNovi Sad  SR Serbia0022nd
ŽeljezničarSarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Partizan (C)2616825822+3640Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2Dinamo Zagreb2614755235+1735Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3Željezničar2611784931+1829
4Velež2610883331+228
5OFK Belgrade2610884240+228Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6Radnički Niš26106104333+1026
7Red Star Belgrade2671182126−525
8Novi Sad2671092937−824
9Sarajevo2695122840−1223
10Rijeka26103132841−1323
11Hajduk Split2695122643−1723
12Vojvodina2694134340+322
13Sloboda Tuzla (R)2684142943−1420Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
14Budućnost (R)2658131938−1918
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ AwayBUDDINHAJNSDOFKPARRNIRSBRIJSARSLOVELVOJŽEL
Budućnost1–10–01–20–10–23–10–01–30–12–13–31–00–0
Dinamo Zagreb2–00–10–31–03–34–10–05–04–05–22–11–02–1
Hajduk Split1–21–42–11–01–12–12–00–22–01–22–02–10–0
Novi Sad0–01–20–01–22–22–11–12–21–03–20–01–01–0
OFK Belgrade2–13–31–01–11–33–32–26–15–32–10–13–22–0
Partizan3–01–14–15–12–10–01–22–02–04–04–14–31–1
Radnički Niš0–03–15–12–03–00–13–0[a]3–02–00–23–05–31–1
Red Star0–01–11–04–20–00–51–01–01–12–10–00–13–0
Rijeka2–00–24–02–12–20–20–01–01–23–01–02–01–0
Sarajevo1–02–02–23–11–21–12–10–01–02–10–00–31–2
Sloboda Tuzla1–05–12–10–00–00–21–20–01–01–01–13–10–2
Velež3–12–31–21–12–10–12–11–01–03–14–03–21–0
Vojvodina2–32–37–10–01–11–12–01–03–03–11–01–10–2
Željezničar6–01–12–04–15–22–12–23–26–12–34–21–12–3
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Radnički.

Winning squad edit

Champions:FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)

Player (league matches/league goals)

Source:[1]

Top scorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mišo SmajlovićŽeljezničar18
2 Slaven ZambataDinamo Zagreb17
3 Đorđe PavlićVojvodina16
Milan GalićPartizan
5 Vladimir KovačevićPartizan15
6 Dražan JerkovićDinamo Zagreb12
7 Josip SkoblarOFK Belgrade11
8 Mirko GašićŽeljezničar10
Silvester TakačVojvodina
Vinko ZadelRijeka
Vitomir SovrovićRadnički Niš

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FK PARTIZAN the Official Website". partizan.rs. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links edit