1967–68 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga

Season	1967–68
Dates	20 August 1967 – 30 June 1968
Champions	Red Star (8th title)
Relegated	None
European Cup	Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup	Bor
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Dinamo Zagreb Olimpija Vojvodina OFK Belgrade
Top goalscorer	Slobodan Santrač (22)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 Yugoslav First League season was the 22nd 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. Sixteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their eighth national title.

Teams

At the end of the previous season Sutjeska and Čelik were relegated. They were replaced by Proleter Zrenjanin and Maribor.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1966–67
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0022nd
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0077th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	—
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	01313th
Olimpija	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	01414th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SR Serbia	—
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	0099th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0055th
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	01111th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0011st
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	0088th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01010th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0044th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01212th
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th

League table

No team was relegated to Second League at the end of this season in order to increase the number of First League participating teams to 18 beginning with the 1968–69 campaign.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	30	16	11	3	64	30	+34	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Partizan	30	15	8	7	45	31	+14	38
3	Dinamo Zagreb	30	12	11	7	45	33	+12	35	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Hajduk Split	30	12	10	8	44	37	+7	34
5	Željezničar	30	12	9	9	44	34	+10	33
6	Vardar	30	10	10	10	31	37	−6	30
7	Sarajevo	30	13	3	14	46	39	+7	29
8	Proleter Zrenjanin	30	10	9	11	35	44	−9	29
9	Radnički Niš	30	13	2	15	36	48	−12	28
10	NK Zagreb	30	10	7	13	53	54	−1	27
11	Olimpija	30	9	9	12	33	46	−13	27	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12	Maribor	30	8	11	11	38	53	−15	27
13	Vojvodina	30	7	12	11	28	30	−2	26	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
14	Velež	30	9	8	13	33	40	−7	26
15	OFK Belgrade	30	9	7	14	38	46	−8	25	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
16	Rijeka	30	8	7	15	37	48	−11	23

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

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	HAJ	MAR	OFK	OLI	PAR	PRO	RNI	RSB	RIJ	SAR	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ZAG	ŽEL
Dinamo Zagreb		0–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	5–2	3–2
Hajduk Split	2–0		1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Maribor	2–0	1–1		2–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–2	5–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
OFK Belgrade	1–0	2–0	2–0		5–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	3–1	2–0	1–5	0–2
Olimpija	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0		2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Partizan	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	3–2		5–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1
Proleter Zrenjanin	2–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–1
Radnički Niš	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0
Red Star	2–2	3–2	6–1	6–0	6–1	2–2	1–1	3–2		2–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	5–2	2–0
Rijeka	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	1–3		3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3
Sarajevo	2–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	6–1	2–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	0–1	5–0	1–1
Vardar	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		4–2	2–1	3–4	0–2
Velež	1–2	0–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0		2–0	2–0	1–3
Vojvodina	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–0	2–0
NK Zagreb	2–2	0–1	5–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1		2–2
Željezničar	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Slobodan Santrač	OFK Belgrade	22
2	Vojin Lazarević	Red Star	21
3	Stevan Ostojić	Red Star	15
4	Petar Nadoveza	Hajduk Split	14
5	Edin Sprečo	Željezničar	13
6	Dragan Džajić	Red Star	12
	Dušan Bajević	Velež
	Josip Gucmirtl	Dinamo Zagreb

See also

• 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League
• 1967–68 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables