1987–88 Yugoslav First League
Top goalscorer | Duško Milinković (16) |
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← 1986–87 → |
The 1987–88 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.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides 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.
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 |
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Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 7th |
Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12th |
Dinamo Zagreb
|
Zagreb | SR Croatia | 6th |
Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 8th |
Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | 11th |
Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 1st |
Priština | Pristina | SR Serbia | 14th |
Rad | Belgrade | SR Serbia | — |
Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 16th |
Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 3rd |
Rijeka
|
Rijeka | SR Croatia | 4th |
Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13th |
Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15th |
Sutjeska | Nikšić | SR Montenegro | 10th |
Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 5th |
Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2nd |
Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | — |
Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Winning squad
Player | League | |
---|---|---|
Matches | Goals | |
Žarko Đurović | 34 | 5 |
Goran Milojević | 33 | 3 |
Bora Cvetković |
32 | 9 |
Slobodan Marović | 30 | 1 |
Miodrag Krivokapić | 30 | 0 |
Dragan "Piksi" Stojković | 28 | 15 |
Dragiša Binić | 27 | 13 |
Slavko Radovanović | 25 | 5 |
Robert Prosinečki | 23 | 4 |
Goran Jurić | 23 | 0 |
Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper) | 23 | 0 |
Dejan Joksimović | 17 | 3 |
Zlatko Krdžević | 17 | 0 |
Dragić Komadina | 16 | 1 |
Husref Musemić | 15 | 4 |
Dragan Punišić | 11 | 1 |
Branko Davidović (goalkeeper) | 11 | 0 |
Refik Šabanadžović | 10 | 1 |
Jovica Nikolić | 10 | 0 |
Mitar Mrkela | 5 | 0 |
Vladan Lukić | 2 | 1 |
Slavoljub Janković | 2 | 0 |
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) |