1982–83 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League

Season	1982–83
Champions	Čelik (West Division) Prishtina (East Division)
Promoted	Čelik Prishtina
Relegated	Solin Maribor Kozara Liria Radnički Kragujevac Dubočica OFK Titograd Lovćen
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League season was the 37th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Druga savezna liga'), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 18 clubs each, two more than in the previous season.

West Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1981–82 season, one club relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1981–82 season. 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.

NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Maribor, Novi Sad, Radnik Bijeljina and Varteks.

Topola

Banja
Luka

Bihać

Bijeljina

Brčko

Bugojno

Dubrovnik

Bosanska Gradiška

Kikinda

Maribor

Novi Sad

Solin

Subotica

Trebinje

Varaždin

Zagreb

Zenica

Zrenjanin

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1981–82
AIK Bačka Topola	Bačka Topola	SAP Vojvodina	10th
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	4th
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	3rd
GOŠK Jug	Dubrovnik	SR Croatia	11th
Iskra	Bugojno	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	5th
Jedinstvo Bihać	Bihać	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	9th
Jedinstvo Brčko	Brčko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	14th
Kikinda	Kikinda	SAP Vojvodina	6th
Kozara	Bosanska Gradiška	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	12th
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	7th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	N/A
Novi Sad	Novi Sad	SAP Vojvodina	N/A
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	8th
Radnik Bijeljina	Bijeljina	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
Solin	Solin	SR Croatia	13th
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	2nd
Varteks	Varaždin	SR Croatia	N/A
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	N/A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Čelik (C) (P)	34	20	8	6	50	23	+27	48	Promotion to 1983–84 Yugoslav First League
2	Iskra	34	20	7	7	58	34	+24	47
3	Jedinstvo Brčko	34	17	4	13	40	38	+2	38
4	Spartak Subotica	34	14	9	11	53	39	+14	37
5	Leotar	34	15	7	12	43	33	+10	37
6	GOŠK Jug	34	13	10	11	45	37	+8	36
7	Proleter Zrenjanin	34	13	10	11	41	40	+1	36
8	Kikinda	34	12	11	11	44	33	+11	35
9	Novi Sad	34	14	7	13	38	38	0	35
10	Varteks	34	14	7	13	48	49	−1	35
11	Borac Banja Luka	34	12	10	12	51	39	+12	34
12	NK Zagreb	34	12	8	14	47	50	−3	32
13	Jedinstvo Bihać	34	11	9	14	35	44	−9	31
14	AIK Bačka Topola	34	13	5	16	37	48	−11	31
15	Radnik	34	8	14	12	35	44	−9	30
16	Solin (R)	34	9	11	14	27	50	−23	29	01983–84 Inter-Republic Leagues0
17	Maribor (R)	34	7	12	15	25	42	−17	26
18	Kozara (R)	34	4	7	23	29	65	−36	15

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

East Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1981–82 season, one club relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1981–82 season. 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.

Teteks were relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Pelister, Radnički Pirot and Vlaznimi Đakovica.

Belgrade

Bitola

Bor

Cetinje

Čačak

Đakovica

Mitrovica

Kragujevac

Kruševac

Leskovac

Nikšić

Pirot

Pristina

Prizren

Titograd

Tetovo

Užice

Zaječar

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1981–82
Bor	Bor	SR Serbia	6th
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	10th
Dubočica	Leskovac	SR Serbia	13th
Liria	Prizren	SAP Kosovo	12th
Lovćen	Cetinje	SR Montenegro	N/A
Napredak Kruševac	Kruševac	SR Serbia	8th
Pelister	Bitola	SR Macedonia	N/A
Prishtina	Pristina	SAP Kosovo	9th
Rad	Belgrade	SR Serbia	7th
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	11th
Radnički Pirot	Pirot	SR Serbia	N/A
Sloboda Titovo Užice	Titovo Užice	SR Serbia	4th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	5th
OFK Titograd	Titograd	SR Montenegro	14th
Teteks	Tetovo	SR Macedonia	N/A
Timok	Zaječar	SR Serbia	3rd
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	2nd
Vlaznimi Đakovica	Đakovica	SAP Kosovo	N/A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Prishtina (C) (P)	34	20	9	5	65	30	+35	49	Promotion to 1983–84 Yugoslav First League
2	Sutjeska Nikšić	34	19	8	7	59	31	+28	46
3	Teteks	34	15	8	11	40	31	+9	38
4	Bor	34	16	6	12	49	42	+7	38
5	Pelister	34	15	6	13	52	36	+16	36
6	Trepča	34	14	7	13	45	33	+12	35
7	Rad	34	15	5	14	51	46	+5	35
8	Napredak Kruševac	34	15	5	14	45	48	−3	35
9	Borac Čačak	34	13	8	13	53	44	+9	34
10	Timok	34	11	12	11	28	23	+5	34
11	Sloboda Titovo Užice	34	10	14	10	24	27	−3	34
12	Radnički Pirot	34	12	10	12	38	43	−5	34
13	Vlaznimi Đakovica	34	11	12	11	29	34	−5	34
14	Liria (R)	34	12	9	13	25	34	−9	33	01983–84 Inter-Republic Leagues0
15	Radnički Kragujevac (R)	34	10	12	12	51	54	−3	32
16	Dubočica (R)	34	7	9	18	23	53	−30	23
17	OFK Titograd (R)	34	6	10	18	23	61	−38	22
18	Lovćen (R)	34	6	8	20	24	54	−30	20

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

• 1982–83 Yugoslav First League
• 1982–83 Yugoslav Cup

References

General

• Almanah Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.