1984–85 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League

Season	1984–85
Champions	Čelik (West Division) OFK Belgrade (East Division)
Promoted	Čelik OFK Belgrade
Relegated	Olimpija Ljubljana Maribor Radnik Bijeljina Crvenka Vëllaznimi Gjakova OFK Titograd Kolubara Liria
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League season was the 39th 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.

West Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 1983–84 season, two clubs relegated from the 1983–84 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1983–84 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.

Čelik Zenica and Olimpija Ljubljana were relegated from the 1983–84 Yugoslav First League after finishing at the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Crvenka, Maribor, Rudar Ljubija and RNK Split.

Banja
Luka

Bihać

Bijeljina

Brčko

Crvenka

Dubrovnik

Kikinda

Ljubljana

Maribor

Novi Sad

Prijedor

Subotica

Split

Šibenik

Vrbas

Trebinje

Zenica

Zrenjanin

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1983–84
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	12th
Crvenka	Crvenka	SAP Vojvodina	N/A
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
GOŠK Jug	Dubrovnik	SR Croatia	5th
Jedinstvo Bihać	Bihać	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	11th
Jedinstvo Brčko	Brčko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	7th
Kikinda	Kikinda	SAP Vojvodina	9th
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	N/A
Novi Sad	Novi Sad	SAP Vojvodina	8th
Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	N/A
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	3rd
Radnik Bijeljina	Bijeljina	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	13th
Rudar Ljubija	Prijedor	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	2nd
RNK Split	Split	SR Croatia	N/A
Šibenik	Šibenik	SR Croatia	4th
Vrbas	Titov Vrbas	SAP Vojvodina	10th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Čelik (C) (P)	34	21	4	9	52	30	+22	46	Promotion to 1985–86 Yugoslav First League
2	Šibenik	34	18	7	9	50	30	+20	43
3	Spartak Subotica	34	19	4	11	51	36	+15	42
4	Proleter Zrenjanin	34	15	8	11	49	38	+11	38
5	Jedinstvo Brčko	34	17	4	13	57	48	+9	38
6	RNK Split	34	16	3	15	45	36	+9	35
7	Jedinstvo Bihać	34	15	5	14	42	36	+6	35
8	Borac Banja Luka	34	12	11	11	40	38	+2	35
9	GOŠK Jug	34	14	7	13	36	41	−5	35
10	Leotar	34	12	10	12	51	43	+8	34
11	Novi Sad	34	13	8	13	38	39	−1	34
12	Vrbas	34	13	7	14	39	49	−10	33
13	Kikinda	34	12	8	14	30	35	−5	32
14	Rudar Ljubija	34	13	5	16	37	47	−10	31
15	Olimpija (R)	34	10	10	14	42	45	−3	30	01985–86 Inter-Republic Leagues0
16	Maribor (R)	34	11	6	17	39	47	−8	28
17	Radnik (R)	34	7	10	17	23	46	−23	24
18	Crvenka (R)	34	7	5	22	30	67	−37	19

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 fourteen sides from the 1983–84 season and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1983–84 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.

There were no teams relegated from the 1983–84 Yugoslav First League and four clubs promoted to the second level were Bregalnica Štip, Liria, Novi Pazar and OFK Titograd.

Belgrade

Bitola

Bor

Čačak

Gjakova

Ivangrad

Mitrovica

Kruševac

Lazarevac

Novi Pazar

Pirot

Prizren

Strumica

Štip

Titograd

Užice

Zemun

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1984–85 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1983–84
Belasica	Strumica	SR Macedonia	6th
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	2nd
Bor	Bor	SR Serbia	12th
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	7th
Bregalnica Štip	Štip	SR Macedonia	N/A
Ivangrad	Ivangrad	SR Montenegro	11th
Kolubara	Lazarevac	SR Serbia	9th
Liria	Prizren	SAP Kosovo	N/A
Napredak Kruševac	Kruševac	SR Serbia	15th
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	SR Serbia	N/A
Pelister	Bitola	SR Macedonia	3rd
Rad	Belgrade	SR Serbia	13th
Radnički Pirot	Pirot	SR Serbia	14th
Sloboda Titovo Užice	Titovo Užice	SR Serbia	4th
OFK Titograd	Titograd	SR Montenegro	N/A
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	10th
Vëllaznimi Gjakova	Gjakova	SAP Kosovo	8th
Zemun	Zemun	SR Serbia	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	OFK Belgrade (C) (P)	34	18	8	8	53	33	+20	44	Promotion to 1985–86 Yugoslav First League
2	Novi Pazar	34	15	9	10	57	33	+24	39
3	Pelister	34	14	9	11	53	35	+18	37
4	Radnički Pirot	34	15	7	12	49	48	+1	37
5	Rad	34	13	9	12	34	33	+1	35
6	Zemun	34	11	12	11	44	39	+5	34
7	Napredak Kruševac	34	15	4	15	50	46	+4	34
8	Borac Čačak	34	11	12	11	35	36	−1	34
9	Trepča	34	11	12	11	48	51	−3	34
10	Ivangrad	34	13	8	13	33	36	−3	34
11	Belasica	34	9	16	9	28	32	−4	34
12	Bor	34	11	12	11	38	51	−13	34
13	Sloboda Titovo Užice	34	13	7	14	37	33	+4	33
14	Bregalnica Štip	34	11	11	12	23	31	−8	33
15	Template:Fb team Vëllaznimi Gjakova (R)	34	14	5	15	35	46	−11	33	01985–86 Inter-Republic Leagues0
16	OFK Titograd (R)	34	11	9	14	33	40	−7	31
17	Kolubara (R)	34	12	7	15	33	40	−7	31
18	Liria (R)	34	6	9	19	26	57	−31	21

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

• 1984–85 Yugoslav First League
• 1984–85 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.