Prva savezna liga
Season1977–78
Dates14 August 1977 – 28 May 1978
ChampionsPartizan (8th title)
RelegatedČelik
Trepča
European CupPartizan
Cup Winners' CupRijeka
UEFA CupRed Star
Hajduk Split
Matches played272
Top goalscorerRadomir Savić (21)
Average attendance9,845

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1976–77 season and two sides promoted from the 1976–77 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.

Napredak and Željezničar were relegated from the 1976–77 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Trepča and NK Osijek.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1976–77
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 6th
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 9th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 13th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 2nd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 8th
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 15th
Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 12th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia —
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 4th
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 7th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 1st
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 5th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 16th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 3rd
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica  SR Serbia —
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 11th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 14th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 10th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Partizan (C) 34 22 10 2 55 19 +36 54 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Red Star Belgrade 34 21 7 6 58 26 +32 49 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Hajduk Split 34 14 11 9 49 37 +12 39
4 Dinamo Zagreb 34 12 13 9 54 49 +5 37
5 Rijeka 34 12 13 9 47 42 +5 37 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Sloboda Tuzla 34 15 5 14 47 46 +1 35
7 Velež 34 13 9 12 42 43 −1 35
8 Vojvodina 34 14 4 16 46 38 +8 32 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
9 Sarajevo 34 11 10 13 50 46 +4 32
10 Olimpija 34 13 6 15 44 44 0 32
11 Budućnost 34 12 7 15 41 51 −10 31
12 Borac Banja Luka 34 10 10 14 44 50 −6 30
13 Osijek 34 9 12 13 32 42 −10 30
14 Radnički Niš 34 9 12 13 31 42 −11 30
15 NK Zagreb 34 9 11 14 37 46 −9 29
16 OFK Belgrade 34 10 8 16 38 54 −16 28
17 Čelik (R) 34 9 10 15 34 50 −16 28 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 Trepça (R) 34 7 10 17 28 52 −24 24
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BOR BUD ČEL DIN HAJ OFK OLI OSI PAR RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO TRE VEL VOJ ZAG
Borac Banja Luka 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 0–1 1–1
Budućnost 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
Čelik 1–4 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–3 6–2 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–1
Hajduk Split 1–1 5–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1
OFK Belgrade 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–0
Olimpija 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–0
Osijek 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Partizan 3–0 1–0 5–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Radnički Niš 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–1
Red Star 2–0 4–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 4–1 1–3 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–0
Rijeka 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–3
Sarajevo 5–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 5–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–1
Sloboda Tuzla 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Trepça 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2
Velež 3–2 5–2 2–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Vojvodina 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
NK Zagreb 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: FK Partizan
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Momčilo Vukotić3411
Nenad Stojković343
Nikica Klinčarski342
Petar Borota (goalkeeper)340
Aleksandar Trifunović325
Borislav Đurović281
Boško Đorđević275
Jusuf Hatunić270
Milovan Jović246
Ilija Zavišić244
Xhevad Prekazi222
Ivan Golac191
Pavle Grubješić173
Slobodan Santrač1611
Vladimir Pejović150
Tomislav Kovačević140
Dragan Arsenović110
Rešad Kunovac80
Refik Kozić51
Novica Vulić40
Aranđel Todorović20
Miroslav Polak10
Head coach: Ante Mladinić

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radomir Savić Sarajevo 21
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić Velež 18
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Kustudić Rijeka 17
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Filipović Red Star 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaviša Žungul Hajduk Split
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mersad Kovačević Sloboda Tuzla 14
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Radović Rijeka 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Muhamed Ibrahimbegović Borac Banja Luka
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Mitošević Radnički Niš
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač Partizan / OFK Belgrade

Attendance

Club Average home attendance Average away attendance
FK Partizan 24,529 19,118
Red Star Belgrade 20,588 19,706
Dinamo Zagreb 17,647 14,735
NK Osijek 14,235 8,471
Hajduk Split 11,588 14,824
Budućnost Titograd 10,706 7,324
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica 8,882 8,559
Čelik Zenica 7,706 6,088
Borac Banja Luka 7,529 6,353
FK Vojvodina 7,471 8,235
FK Sarajevo 7,176 9,235
Radnički Niš 7,176 6,412
FK Velež 6,529 7,529
NK Rijeka 6,088 6,382
NK Olimpija 5,676 7,853
NK Zagreb 4,882 8,765
OFK Beograd 4,529 9,500
Sloboda Tuzla 4,265 8,118
  • Overall league attendance per match: 9,845 spectators

See also

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