1979–80 Yugoslav Second League

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Novi Sad
Istra Pula
Famos Hrasnica
Rudar Trbovlje
Pobeda
Majdanpek
Šumadija Aranđelovac
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The 1979–80

SFR Yugoslavia
, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 16 clubs each.

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the

double round robin
format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Istra Pula, Jedinstvo Bihać, Rudar Trbovlje and Vrbas.

Visoko
Zagreb
Zrenjanin
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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1978–79
Bosna
Visoko
  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 0044th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Istra Pula Pula  SR Croatia —
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Kikinda Kikinda Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 01111th
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 0022nd
Novi Sad
 Novi Sad Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 0033rd
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 0055th
Rudar Trbovlje Trbovlje  SR Slovenia —
Rudar Velenje Velenje  SR Slovenia 01212th
Spartak Subotica
 Subotica Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 0088th
Vrbas
Titov Vrbas
 Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina —
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia —

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 NK Zagreb (C, P) 30 17 9 4 68 28 +40 43 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Spartak Subotica 30 15 7 8 48 27 +21 37
3 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 15 7 8 50 35 +15 37
4 Iskra 30 15 2 13 51 48 +3 32
5 Maribor 30 13 5 12 47 38 +9 31
6 Vrbas 30 12 7 11 39 36 +3 31
7 Leotar 30 13 5 12 34 32 +2 31
8 Jedinstvo Bihać 30 12 7 11 38 38 0 31
9 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 12 7 11 37 37 0 31
10 Rudar 30 11 9 10 38 43 −5 31
11 Bosna 30 12 6 12 37 38 −1 30
12 Kikinda (R) 30 11 7 12 32 31 +1 29 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
13
Novi Sad
(R) 		30 9 7 14 38 53 −15 25
14 Istra Pula (R) 30 9 5 16 35 61 −26 23
15 Famos Hrasnica (R) 30 8 6 16 29 36 −7 22
16 Rudar Trbovlje (R) 30 5 6 19 17 57 −40 16
Source: nkmaribor.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 sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the

double round robin
format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

OFK Belgrade were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Bor, Pobeda, Prishtina and OFK Titograd.

Due to suspicion of match fixing in the last round of the league, Football Association of Yugoslavia penalized the top three clubs and Galenika Zemun earned a promotion spot to the Yugoslav First League. However, after an appeal in summer 1980 that decision was retracted and OFK Belgrade was promoted.

Mitrovica
Kragujevac
Leskovac
Majdanpek
Nikšić
Pirot
Prilep
Pristina
Tetovo
Titograd
Zemun
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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League East