1978–79 Yugoslav First League
Matches played | 272 |
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Goals scored | 761 (2.8 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dušan Savić (24) |
← 1977–78 → |
The 1978–79
A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the
The season began on 12 August 1978 and concluded on 17 June 1979. This was the third and last national title win for Hajduk under the guidance of manager Tomislav Ivić, who previously led the club to four consecutive Yugoslav Cup wins in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1976 (not contested in 1975). Striker Dušan Savić of Red Star was the top goalscorer with 24 goals. This was the second achievement for Savić, who previously topped the scoring table in the 1974–75 season. Rijeka entered the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, after defeating Partizan in the final of Yugoslav Cup with an aggregate score 2–1.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the
Čelik Zenica and Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica were relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Napredak Kruševac and Željezničar Sarajevo.
Locations of teams' home cities in the 1978–79 Yugoslav First LeagueTeam | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1977–78 |
---|---|---|---|
Borac Banja Luka | Banja Luka | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12th |
Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 11th |
Dinamo Zagreb
|
Zagreb | SR Croatia | 4th |
Hajduk Split | Split
|
SR Croatia | 3rd |
Napredak Kruševac | Kruševac | SR Serbia | — |
OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 16th |
Olimpija Ljubljana
|
Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 10th |
Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | 13th |
Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 1st |
Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 14th |
Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 2nd |
Rijeka
|
Rijeka | SR Croatia | 5th |
Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9th |
Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6th |
Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7th |
Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 8th |
NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 15th |
Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hajduk Split (C) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 50 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 41 | |
4 | Sarajevo | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 39 | |
5 | Velež | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 38 | |
6 | Budućnost | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 38 | |
7 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 35 | |
8 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 32 | |
9 | Željezničar | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 32 | |
10 | Rijeka | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
11 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 31 | |
12 | Vojvodina | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 29 | |
13 | Osijek | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 29 | |
14 | Napredak Kruševac | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 29 | |
15 | Partizan | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 29 | |
16 | Olimpija
|
34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 29 | |
17 | NK Zagreb (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 28 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
18 | OFK Belgrade (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Winning squad
Player | League | |
---|---|---|
Matches | Goals | |
Boriša Đorđević | 32 | 4 |
Šime Luketin | 32 | 3 |
Vedran Rožić | 32 | |
Mišo Krstičević | 31 | 8 |
Boro Primorac | 30 | |
Luka Peruzović | 30 | |
Dražen Mužinić | 29 | |
Ivica Šurjak | 27 | 6 |
Zlatko Vujović | 25 | 9 |
Nenad Šalov | 25 | 1 |
Ivan Budinčević | 21 | |
Zoran Vujović | 18 | 4 |
Slaviša Žungul | 17 | 12 |
Davor Čop | 16 | 2 |
Mićun Jovanić | 16 | 2 |
Špiro Ćosić | 11 | |
Damir Maričić | 9 | |
Ivica Matković |
4 | |
Mario Boljat | 3 | 1 |
Robert Juričko | 2 | |
Milorad Nižetić | 2 | |
Marijan Zovko | 1 | |
Ivan Gudelj | 1 | |
Ivan Katalinić | 1 | |
Head coach: Tomislav Ivić |
Source: [2]
Top scorers
See also
External links
- ^ ts/eZd (2 November 2008). "Neodigrana utakmica Rijeka – Dinamo, novi Slučaja Tomić?". ezadar.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ NogoNet - Nogomet na netu - 1.liga ||1978||79 ||