1988–89 Yugoslav Second League

The 1988–89 Yugoslav Second League season was the 43rd 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.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1988–89
ChampionsOlimpija Ljubljana
PromotedOlimpija Ljubljana
Borac Banja Luka
RelegatedRadnički Kragujevac
Bačka
Novi Pazar
Belasica

Teams

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including eight sides from the West and eight sides East Division from the 1987–88 season, two clubs relegated from the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League and two sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1987–88 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win, while in case of a draw - penalty kicks were taken and the winner of the shootout was awarded one point while the loser got nothing. The 1988-89 season was the first to feature this tie-break system, and the Yugoslav FA's decision to implement this caused a lot of criticism and controversy. Apparently, the biggest proponent of the new system was FA president Slavko Šajber and the system was often derisively referred to in the media as 'Šajber's penalties'.

Prishtina and Sutjeska were relegated from the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to the second level were Belasica and Bačka.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1988–89 Yugoslav Second League
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1987–88
Bačka BP Bačka Palanka SAP Vojvodina N/A
Belasica Strumica  SR Macedonia N/A
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0022nd in YSL East
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th in YSL West
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 0099th in YSL East
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 0033rd in YSL West
GOŠK Jug Dubrovnik  SR Croatia 0022nd in YSL West
Kikinda Kikinda SAP Vojvodina 0044th in YSL West
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th in YSL West
Liria Prizren SAP Kosovo 0055th in YSL East
Mačva Šabac Šabac  SR Serbia 0077th in YSL East
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar  SR Serbia 0066th in YSL East
Pelister Bitola  SR Macedonia 0033rd in YSL East
Prishtina Pristina SAP Kosovo N/A
Olimpija Ljubljana  SR Slovenia 01212th in YSL West
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin SAP Vojvodina 0066th in YSL West
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 0044th in YSL East
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice  SR Serbia 0088th in YSL East
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro N/A
Šibenik Šibenik  SR Croatia 0055th in YSL West

League table
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Olimpija (C, P) 38 21 4 3 10 63 37 +26 46 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Borac Banja Luka (P) 38 21 3 5 9 58 34 +24 45
3 Proleter Zrenjanin 38 18 7 3 10 68 42 +26 43
4 Kikinda 38 19 4 3 12 61 45 +16 42
5 Šibenik 38 19 4 2 13 57 45 +12 42
6 OFK Belgrade 38 18 4 4 12 71 49 +22 40
7 Borac Čačak 38 17 1 4 16 49 54 −5 35
8 Sutjeska Nikšić 38 15 3 3 17 47 48 −1 33
9 Liria 38 15 3 4 16 40 44 −4 33
10 Prishtina[lower-alpha 1] 38 18 2 3 15 42 40 +2 32
11 Mačva Šabac 38 12 8 2 16 37 47 −10 32
12 Pelister 38 14 4 3 17 38 49 −11 32
13 Sloboda Titovo Užice 38 14 4 1 19 37 48 −11 32
14 Dinamo Vinkovci 38 13 5 7 13 49 43 +6 31
15 Leotar 38 14 3 3 18 53 51 +2 31
16 GOŠK Jug 38 12 7 3 16 36 39 −3 31
17 Radnički Kragujevac (R) 38 12 3 7 16 43 54 −11 27 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
18 Bačka BP (R) 38 12 2 7 17 43 62 −19 26
19 Novi Pazar (R) 38 11 3 5 19 32 48 −16 25
20 Belasica (R) 38 11 0 2 25 34 76 −42 22
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. If a match ended in a draw, penalties were taken, and only the winner of the penalty shoot-out was rewarded with a point.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Prishtina were docked 6 points due to match fixing in the last round of the previous season

See also

References
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