1990–91 Yugoslav First League

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Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije
Season1990–91
Dates4 August 1990 –
16 June 1991
ChampionsRed Star
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupHajduk Split
UEFA CupDinamo Zagreb
Partizan
Goals scored883
Top goalscorerDarko Pančev (34)

The 1990–91

SR Slovenia
participated. In 1991, these states left Yugoslavia and created their respective leagues.

Two points were awarded for a win, while the tied matches were decided by a penalty shootout with the winner getting a point.

Partizan
Proleter Zrenjanin
Borac
Hajduk
Vojvodina
Rad
Osijek
Radnički Niš
Sarajevo
Velež
Zemun
Olimpija
Rijeka
Željezničar
Budućnost
Sloboda
Spartak
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Location of teams competing in the 1990-91 Yugoslav First League

Incidents

Ethnically motivated violent pitch invasion

The season featured a huge politically and ethnically motivated incident during the Hajduk Split vs. FK Partizan tie on Wednesday, 26 September 1990 at

brace
. The match was never resumed and eventually registered 0–3 in Partizan's favour.

Eternal derby: Red Star v. Partizan incidents

On Saturday, 27 April 1991, only three days after making the

Marakana
stadium's south stand by pelting the pitch and athletic track with construction material found in front of the stand.

The match play resumed before being interrupted several more times throughout the second half due to Partizan ultras continuing to riot despite increased police presence around the south stand and even, at one point, pleas of the team's striker Predrag Mijatović sent by the head coach Miloš Milutinović in an attempt of calming them. The match ended 3-1 for Red Star.

Dinamo v. Red Star match-fixing allegations

On Saturday, 18 May 1991, Dinamo Zagreb hosted champions-elect Red Star Belgrade at Maksimir Stadium. The match was of no competitive importance since Red Star had already clinched the league title as it prepared to travel to

ethnic conflicts, some of them deadly, had started taking place in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, and especially in light of the fact this was the first time the two teams met at Maksimir following the previous season's Dinamo–Red Star riot
in the stands, with that match being called off.

This time the match began as scheduled and finished without interruption with Red Star going 0–2 in front before Dinamo mounted a spirited come-back for a 3–2 win at full time. However, more than 20 years later, allegations appeared that the contest had been fixed via confessions from two of the match's protagonists.

Speaking to Globus magazine in September 2012, Robert Prosinečki, Red Star midfielder back in 1991, said his team "let Dinamo win that day".[1][2]

Prompted by Prosinečki's claims,

previous incident when Zvonimir Boban assaulted a policeman—our first away match versus Dinamo since then. I remember Franjo Tuđman being at the match and watching it from the luxury box with his cronies and the overall atmosphere within the stadium being extremely hostile such that no result but Dinamo's win was going to be acceptable. We got up 0-2, but towards the end of the first half Dinamo got a penalty on a scandalous and very obvious dive by Davor Šuker. Later, they managed to tie the score. At halftime I protested vehemently with the referee, a Montenegrin guy whose name I can't recall at the moment, and from what he told me it was apparent between the lines that it had already been decided we had to lose that match for political reasons. Because Tuđman is sitting in the stands and because he doesn't want a Serbian team winning in the middle of Zagreb right in front of his eyes at a time when he's creating an independent state. I got thrown out of the match, we conceded once more, we lost the match and that's the whole story".[3]

League table

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 36 25 4 2 5 88 35 +53 54 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dinamo Zagreb[a] 36 20 6 4 6 72 36 +36 46 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Partizan 36 18 5 3 10 62 36 +26 41
4 Proleter Zrenjanin 36 17 1 3 15 50 49 +1 35 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
5 Borac Banja Luka 36 14 7 4 11 42 38 +4 35
6 Hajduk Split[a] 36 15 3 6 12 49 38 +11 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Vojvodina 36 14 5 4 13 47 52 −5 33
8 Rad 36 14 4 3 15 42 34 +8 32
9 Osijek[a] 36 14 4 2 16 52 57 −5 32
10 Radnički Niš 36 14 4 1 17 35 49 −14 32
11 Sarajevo 36 13 5 5 13 37 48 −11 31
12 Velež 36 12 6 4 14 54 55 −1 30
13 Zemun 36 12 6 4 14 40 53 −13 30
14 Olimpija[a] 36 14 2 1 19 41 59 −18 30
15 Rijeka[a] 36 13 3 7 13 33 25 +8 29
16 Željezničar 36 11 7 6 12 35 41 −6 29
17 Budućnost 36 13 2 4 17 43 48 −5 28
18 Sloboda Tuzla 36 11 1 6 18 36 56 −20 23
19 Spartak Subotica 36 1 2 8 25 25 74 −49 4
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e After the season, Croatian and Slovenian clubs left the Yugoslav federation and formed their own leagues. Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka joined 1992 Prva HNL, while Olimpija joined 1991–92 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

Results

Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.

Home \ Away BBL BUD DIN HAJ OLI OSI PAR PRO RAD RNI RSB RIJ SAR SLO SPA VEL VOJ ZEM ŽEL
Borac Banja Luka 3–1 1–1(6–5) 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–0(3–4) 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–2(6–5) 0–0(4–3) 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
Budućnost 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1(2–4) 1–1(2–4) 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1(2–4) 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 6–0 1–1(4–3) 3–0 1–1(5–6) 0–0(4–3) 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 8–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–2(7–6) 2–0 2–1
Hajduk Split 1–1(3–4) 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–3[a] 3–0 4–2 3–0 1–1(3–5) 1–1(5–6) 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1(3–1) 1–1(2–4) 2–1 1–1(4–2)
Olimpija 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1(3–4) 0–6 2–1 1–0 1–3 5–0 1–3 4–2 2–1 3–0
Osijek 2–0 1–1(3–4) 2–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 4–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 5–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–1(2–1)
Partizan 2–2(4–3) 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–0(5–4) 3–1 1–1(3–5) 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1(4–2) 5–0 3–0 4–1 3–0
Proleter Zrenjanin 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–1(4–5) 2–0 2–2(2–3) 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 5–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1(7–6) 2–0 3–0
Rad 1–0 1–1(3–2) 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0(4–5) 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
Radnički Niš 2–0 1–0 1–1(5–4) 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–0(3–4) 0–4 1–0 2–0 1–1(5–3) 2–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 1–0
Red Star 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 6–0 2–1 4–1 4–3 4–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 3–1
Rijeka 0–0(9–10) 1–0 0–0(3–1) 0–0(1–3) 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0(6–5) 3–0 0–0(1–3) 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1(1–4)
Sarajevo 1–0 1–0 0–0(4–5) 1–1(4–2) 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1(2–4) 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–0(6–5) 4–1 0–0(4–3) 1–0 1–0 1–1(2–4)
Sloboda Tuzla 0–0(10–11) 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–5 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2(4–2) 0–0(6–7) 1–2 1–1(4–5) 1–0
Spartak Subotica 1–1(4–5) 2–3 0–0(2–4) 0–1 0–2 3–3(1–4) 0–1 0–1 0–0(5–6) 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1(2–4) 1–3 1–1(3–4) 1–2 0–0(5–4) 1–2
Velež 2–4 2–0 1–2 4–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 5–2 3–2 2–0 3–3(5–3) 1–0 0–0(5–4) 1–0 5–2 0–1 2–2(4–5) 1–1(3–4)
Vojvodina 1–1(7–6) 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–3 1–0 1–2 0–0(4–2) 2–1 1–0 1–1(4–5) 1–1(4–2) 4–3 2–0 3–0 1–1(2–4) 4–3 0–0(4–3)
Zemun 1–0 0–2 1–1(6–7) 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2(4–2) 1–0 2–1 2–2(2–4) 1–3 0–0(3–1) 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–3(4–5) 2–1 1–0
Željezničar 1–1(6–5) 0–0(1–3) 1–3 3–2 3–0 1–1[3–2) 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1(4–3) 1–1(4–2) 0–0(2–3) 1–0 3–1 1–1(2–3)
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded after it was abandoned due to the riots at the Poljud stadium.

Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade
Player League
Matches Goals
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vlada Stošić 35 4
Miodrag Belodedić
 34 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper) 33 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Pančev 32 34
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Jugović 32 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ilija Najdoski 32 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Radinović 30 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki 29 11
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić 27 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Marović 27 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Refik Šabanadžović 26 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Savićević 25 8
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Siniša Mihajlović [a] 14 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Momčilović 13 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Tošić 11 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Milojević 8 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Jurić [b] 8 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Vasilijević 7 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Joksimović 5 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Adžić 4 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladan Lukić 4 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Enes Bešić 3 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milić Jovanović (goalkeeper) 3 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaviša Čula 2 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Savić 2 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Đorđe Aćimović 1 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Ilić 1 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mitar Mrkela [c] 1 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milorad Ratković 1 0
Head coach: Ljupko Petrović
  1. ^ bought from FK Vojvodina January '91
  2. Celta de Vigo
    in December 1990
  3. ^ sold to FC Twente in early fall 1990

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Pančev Red Star 34
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Davor Šuker Dinamo Zagreb 22
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban Dinamo Zagreb 15
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Vorkapić Vojvodina 14
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Mijatović Partizan
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić Red Star 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Anto Drobnjak Budućnost
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Meho Kodro Velež
9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Gudelj Velež 12
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Slišković Željezničar 11
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki Red Star
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Vlaović Osijek
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Kuntić Spartak Subotica

See also

References

  1. ^ Robert Prosinečki: Štimac nema karizmu Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine;Globus, September 2012
  2. ^ Zvezda pustila Dinamo 1991.;Kurir, 28 September 2012
  3. ^ Ljupko Petrović: Zvezda je 1991. morala da pusti Dinamo zbog Tuđmana!;Blic, 28 September 2012

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