1987–88 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season 198788
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)

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.

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 7th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 12th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 6th
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 8th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia 11th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 1st
Priština Priština  SR Serbia 14th
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia N/A
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 16th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 3rd
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 4th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 13th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 15th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 10th
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 5th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 2nd
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia N/A
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 9th

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star (C) 34 17 11 6 66 39+27 45 1988–89 European Cup
2 Partizan 34 17 10 7 62 37+25 44 1988–89 UEFA Cup
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 37 403 37
7 Radnički Niš 34 14 4 16 48 46+2 32 1988–89 Balkans Cup
8 Rijeka 34 9 14 11 33 396 32
9 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 40 488 32
10 Vojvodina 34 11 10 13 40 5111 32 1988 Intertoto Cup
11 Osijek 34 10 11 13 44 6117 31
12 Željezničar 34 8 14 12 38 446 30
13 Hajduk Split 34 8 14 12 40 5010 30
14 Sarajevo 34 11 8 15 37 4710 30
15 Rad 34 11 8 15 44 5612 30 1988 Intertoto Cup
16 Čelik 34 12 5 17 39 456 29
17 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 34 10 9 15 42 497 29 01988–89 Yugoslav Second League0
18 Prishtina (R) 34 10 7 17 43 5916 27

Source: rsssf.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.

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Đurović (34/5)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Milojević (33/3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Cvetković (32/9)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Marović (30/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Krivokapić (30/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan "Piksi" Stojković (28/15)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić (27/13)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Radovanović (25/5)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki (23/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Jurić (23/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Stojanović (23/0) -goalkeeper-
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Joksimović (17/3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Krdžević (17/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragić Komadina (16/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Husref Musemić (15/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Punišić (11/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Davidović (11/0) -goalkeeper-
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Refik Šabanadžović (10/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovica Nikolić (10/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mitar Mrkela (5/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladan Lukić (2/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Janković (2/0)

Top scorers

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

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

See also

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