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
Season1987–88
Dates2 August 1987 –
12 June 1988
ChampionsRed Star (16th title)
RelegatedSutjeska
Priština
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupBorac Banja Luka
UEFA CupPartizan
Velež
Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorerDuško Milinković (16)

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 N/A
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 N/A
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.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Champions: Red Star Belgrade
PlayerLeague
MatchesGoals
Žarko Đurović345
Goran Milojević333
Bora Cvetković329
Slobodan Marović301
Miodrag Krivokapić300
Dragan "Piksi" Stojković2815
Dragiša Binić2713
Slavko Radovanović255
Robert Prosinečki234
Goran Jurić230
Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper)230
Dejan Joksimović173
Zlatko Krdžević170
Dragić Komadina161
Husref Musemić154
Dragan Punišić111
Branko Davidović (goalkeeper)110
Refik Šabanadžović101
Jovica Nikolić100
Mitar Mrkela50
Vladan Lukić21
Slavoljub Janković20
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
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