1965–66 Yugoslav Second League

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The 1965–66

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 1964–65 season and five sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1964–65 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 1964–65 Yugoslav First League. The five clubs promoted to the second level were Bosna, Leotar, Segesta, Slovan and Zadar. At the winter break, Slovan abandoned competition due to lack of funding.

Visoko
Zadar
Zagreb
Zenica
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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1965–66 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1964–65
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Borovo Borovo Naselje  SR Croatia 01010th
Bosna
Visoko
  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Famos Hrasnica
Hrasnica
  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Istra Pula  SR Croatia 01414th
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Lokomotiva Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 01111th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 0033rd
Slavonija Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia 0066th
Rudar Kakanj Kakanj  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Segesta Sisak  SR Croatia —
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Slovan Ljubljana  SR Slovenia —
RNK Split Split  SR Croatia 01212th
Šibenik Šibenik  SR Croatia 0044th
Varteks Varaždin  SR Croatia 01313th
Zadar Zadar  SR Croatia —

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Čelik (C, P) 33 22 7 4 65 27 +38 51 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Sloboda Tuzla 33 20 9 4 72 31 +41 49
3 Borovo 33 17 8 8 72 31 +41 42
4 Maribor 33 16 9 8 53 31 +22 41
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 33 17 6 10 71 48 +23 40
6 Šibenik 33 16 4 13 53 51 +2 36
7 Istra Pula 33 15 5 13 50 48 +2 35
8 Slavonija 33 11 11 11 47 41 +6 33
9 Leotar 33 11 9 13 35 44 −9 31
10 Famos Hrasnica 33 11 8 14 56 50 +6 30
11 Bosna 33 11 8 14 47 52 −5 30
12 Borac Banja Luka 33 12 5 16 53 55 −2 29
13 Segesta 33 13 3 17 51 68 −17 29
14 Varteks 33 12 3 18 43 52 −9 27
15 Rudar Kakanj 33 8 9 16 38 57 −19 25
16 RNK Split (R) 33 5 11 17 32 62 −30 21 Relegation to Third Level
17 Zadar (R) 33 8 5 20 40 89 −49 21
18 Slovan (R) 17 2 4 11 14 57 −43 8
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

East Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1964–65 season, one club relegated from the

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.

Sutjeska were relegated from the 1964–65 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 15th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Radnički Sombor, Sloboda Titovo Užice and Sloga Kraljevo.

K. Mitrovica
Kraljevo
Nikšić
Niš
Novi Sad
Prilep
Pristina
Sombor
S. Mitrovica
Subotica
Titograd
Užice
Zrenjanin
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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1965–66 Yugoslav Second League East