1976–77 Yugoslav First League
Football league season
Yugoslav First League
Season1976–77
Dates12 August 1976 – 19 June 1977
ChampionsRed Star (12th title)
RelegatedNapredak Kruševac
Željezničar
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupHajduk Split
UEFA CupDinamo Zagreb
Sloboda
Matches played272
Goals scored773 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerZoran Filipović (21)

1976–77 Yugoslav First League (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije, Prvenstvo 1976/77) competition was the 49th top league season since 1923 in various incarnations of Yugoslavia. It was won in dominating fashion by Red Star Belgrade with a 9-point margin over the second placed team (Dinamo Zagreb), which at the time set the record as largest ever points differential by which a team triumphed in the league.

This was Red Star's 12th league title.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1975–76 season and two sides promoted from the 1975–76 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 Vardar and FK Radnički Kragujevac were relegated from the 1975–76 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were NK Zagreb and FK Napredak Kruševac.

TeamLocationFederal RepublicPosition
in 1975–76
Borac Banja LukaBanja Luka SR Bosnia and Herzegovina01010th
BudućnostTitograd SR Montenegro01515th
ČelikZenica SR Bosnia and Herzegovina01313th
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb SR Croatia0033rd
Hajduk SplitSplit SR Croatia0022nd
NapredakKruševac SR Serbia—
OFK BelgradeBelgrade SR Serbia0088th
Olimpija LjubljanaLjubljana SR Slovenia01414th
PartizanBelgrade SR Serbia0011st
Radnički NišNiš SR Serbia01616th
Red StarBelgrade SR Serbia0044th
NK RijekaRijeka SR Croatia01111th
FK SarajevoSarajevo SR Bosnia and Herzegovina0077th
SlobodaTuzla SR Bosnia and Herzegovina0066th
VeležMostar SR Bosnia and Herzegovina0099th
VojvodinaNovi Sad SR Serbia0055th
NK ZagrebZagreb SR Croatia—
ŽeljezničarSarajevo SR Bosnia and Herzegovina01212th

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Red Star Belgrade (C)34201046737+3050Qualification for European Cup first round
2Dinamo Zagreb34151185236+1641Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3Sloboda Tuzla34141194332+1139
4Partizan34141193731+639
5Rijeka341310114329+1436Qualification for Balkans Cup and
Qualification for Intertoto Cup
6Borac Banja Luka34148125343+1036
7Radnički Niš34138134043−334
8Hajduk Split34129134135+633Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9Budućnost341111124447−333
10NK Zagreb34128144848032
11Velež341110134648−232
12Olimpija341012123642−632
13Čelik34119143338−531
14Vojvodina34814124050−1030Qualification for Intertoto Cup
15OFK Belgrade34912133951−1230
16Sarajevo341010144055−1530
17Napredak Kruševac (R)34108163855−1728Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18Željezničar (R)34810163353−2026
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayBORBUDČELDINHAJNAPOFKOLIPARRNIRSBRIJSARSLOVELVOJZAGŽEL
Borac Banja Luka5–01–03–12–05–11–15–02–01–01–41–06–21–01–13–11–12–1
Budućnost0–03–10–00–04–01–11–02–03–32–02–01–12–23–04–14–01–1
Čelik1–02–01–11–06–10–00–01–03–21–42–10–01–10–00–02–11–0
Dinamo Zagreb5–16–12–12–12–11–13–20–02–00–11–00–01–12–22–02–13–1
Hajduk Split1–04–01–13–03–03–10–00–21–21–20–01–14–02–12–11–04–0
Napredak Kruševac2–11–01–11–21–13–02–20–11–02–21–00–14–04–11–32–00–0
OFK Belgrade2–10–21–02–10–12–40–02–21–30–01–12–12–00–04–00–32–1
Olimpija0–01–10–12–12–12–02–14–22–14–40–02–20–00–23–21–11–0
Partizan0–01–03–11–01–00–03–21–00–02–11–13–01–12–01–11–04–0
Radnički Niš1–22–01–02–22–21–21–11–02–01–01–04–20–11–01–11–31–0
Red Star2–14–12–11–12–01–10–21–01–06–22–02–12–13–23–13–15–2
Rijeka6–11–03–01–01–11–02–00–01–11–11–15–12–02–12–02–03–1
Sarajevo2–00–21–22–23–11–12–22–00–11–00–21–01–11–12–03–25–0
Sloboda Tuzla1–03–11–00–00–05–03–02–13–02–02–22–11–03–00–03–02–0
Velež2–12–11–00–14–02–14–13–01–10–10–10–45–01–02–23–31–0
Vojvodina1–15–22–00–22–11–01–11–32–10–01–11–03–01–11–10–02–2
NK Zagreb4–30–02–10–21–03–02–10–22–00–12–24–00–12–03–33–23–0
Željezničar0–00–02–13–20–11–02–31–01–13–10–01–13–02–13–01–11–1
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Vladislav Bogićević347
Zoran Filipović3321
Slavoljub Muslin320
Dušan Nikolić302
Zoran Jelikić270
Branko Radović260
Dušan Savić2515
Boško Kajganić250
Dušan Lukić231
Nikola Jovanović230
Miloš Šestić228
Srboljub Stamenković194
Mile Novković181
Petar Baralić171
Milan Babić160
Sead Sušić137
Aleksandar Stojanović (goalkeeper)110
Zdravko Borovnica100
Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović100
Dragoslav Stepanović70
Bratislav Đorđević50
Milan Ćalasan30
Radivoje Ratković30
Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper)10
Aleksandar Panajotović10
Danilo Mandić10
Dušan Ajder10
Dejan Stanković10
Head coach: Gojko Zec

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran FilipovićRed Star21
2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko KovačićNK Zagreb20
3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag KustudićRijeka17
4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mehmed BuzaČelik16
5Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan SavićRed Star15
6Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Snješko CerinDinamo Zagreb14
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaviša ŽungulHajduk Split
8Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Pavle GrubješićPartizan13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Abid KovačevićBorac Banja Luka
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan BajevićVelež

See also

  • Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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