1987–88 Yugoslav First League

The 1987–88 Yugoslav First League season was the 42nd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 2 August 1987 and ended on 12 June 1988. Red Star led by Velibor Vasović won their 16th title with a single points ahead of previous season's champions Partizan.

Prva savezna liga

Season	1987–88
Dates	2 August 1987 – 12 June 1988
Champions	Red Star (16th title)
Relegated	Sutjeska Priština
European Cup	Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup	Borac Banja Luka
UEFA Cup	Partizan Velež Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorer	Duško Milinković (16)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1986–87 season and two sides promoted from the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level groups 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.

Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vojvodina and Rad.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1986–87
Budućnost	Titograd	SR Montenegro	0077th
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01212th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0066th
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0088th
Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	01111th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0011st
Priština	Priština	SR Serbia	01414th
Rad	Belgrade	SR Serbia	—
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	01616th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	0044th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01313th
Sloboda	Tuzla	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01515th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	01010th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	0055th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0022nd
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	—
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	34	17	11	6	66	39	+27	45	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Partizan	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Velež	34	15	12	7	61	34	+27	42
4	Dinamo Zagreb	34	16	10	8	55	36	+19	42
5	Sloboda Tuzla	34	14	10	10	53	41	+12	38
6	Vardar	34	15	7	12	37	40	−3	37
7	Radnički Niš	34	14	4	16	48	46	+2	32	Qualification for Balkans Cup
8	Rijeka	34	9	14	11	33	39	−6	32
9	Budućnost	34	10	12	12	40	48	−8	32
10	Vojvodina	34	11	10	13	40	51	−11	32	Qualification for Intertoto Cup
11	Osijek	34	10	11	13	44	61	−17	31
12	Željezničar	34	8	14	12	38	44	−6	30
13	Hajduk Split	34	8	14	12	40	50	−10	30
14	Sarajevo	34	11	8	15	37	47	−10	30
15	Rad	34	11	8	15	44	56	−12	30	Qualification for Intertoto Cup
16	Čelik	34	12	5	17	39	45	−6	29
17	Sutjeska Nikšić (R)	34	10	9	15	42	49	−7	29	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18	Prishtina (R)	34	10	7	17	43	59	−16	27

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

Results

Home \ Away	BUD	ČEL	DIN	HAJ	OSI	PAR	PRI	RAD	RNI	RSB	RIJ	SAR	SLO	SUT	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ŽEL
Budućnost		2–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1
Čelik	2–0		1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	5–0	3–0
Hajduk Split	1–2	3–2	0–2		2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	5–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0
Osijek	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1		4–1	5–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	5–3	2–1	1–1	2–2
Partizan	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	6–1		3–1	5–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Prishtina	4–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–0		0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	5–2	0–3	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
Rad	1–1	3–2	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–0		3–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1
Radnički Niš	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–4	2–0	1–1		3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–2	5–1	1–0
Red Star	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	7–1	2–0	4–2		2–3	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0
Rijeka	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
Sarajevo	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	2–0
Sloboda Tuzla	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–0		1–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	4–0
Sutjeska	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–0		3–0	2–3	2–0	2–0
Vardar	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–0		1–0	2–0	1–1
Velež	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–3	5–0		1–0	2–0
Vojvodina	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1		2–1
Željezničar	5–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–2	0–0	3–0

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

Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade

Player	League
	Matches	Goals
Žarko Đurović	34	5
Goran Milojević	33	3
Bora Cvetković	32	9
Slobodan Marović	30	1
Miodrag Krivokapić	30	0
Dragan "Piksi" Stojković	28	15
Dragiša Binić	27	13
Slavko Radovanović	25	5
Robert Prosinečki	23	4
Goran Jurić	23	0
Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper)	23	0
Dejan Joksimović	17	3
Zlatko Krdžević	17	0
Dragić Komadina	16	1
Husref Musemić	15	4
Dragan Punišić	11	1
Branko Davidović (goalkeeper)	11	0
Refik Šabanadžović	10	1
Jovica Nikolić	10	0
Mitar Mrkela	5	0
Vladan Lukić	2	1
Slavoljub Janković	2	0
Head coach: Velibor Vasović

Top scorers

The top goalscorers in the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League were as follows:

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Duško Milinković	Rad	16
2	Mirko Mihić	Sloboda	15
	Dragan Stojković	Red Star
	Kujtim Shala	Priština
5	Haris Škoro	Dinamo Zagreb	14
6	Dragiša Binić	Red Star	13
	Semir Tuce	Velež
	Zvonimir Boban	Dinamo Zagreb
	Darko Pančev	Vardar
10	Radmilo Mihajlović	Željezničar	12
	Dragan Jakovljević	Sarajevo
	Vladislav Đukić	Priština (6) / Partizan (6)

See also

• 1987–88 Yugoslav Second League
• 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup
• 1987–88 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables