1964–65 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga

Season	1964–65
Champions	Partizan (6th title)
Relegated	Sutjeska
European Cup	Partizan
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Zagreb
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Red Star Belgrade Zagreb
Top goalscorer	Zlatko Dračić (23)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 Yugoslav First League had an odd number of teams because FK Vardar was allowed to compete in the top league despite getting relegated the previous season. The state and FA authorities made this decision due to the major earthquake (6.1 Richter Scale) that hit Skopje on 26 July 1963. The thinking was that having a team in top-flight would boost the citizens' morale.

Teams

At the end of the previous season only FK Novi Sad was relegated - in spite of finishing last, FK Vardar was allowed to stay in top flight due to the 1963 Skopje earthquake. Since NK Zagreb and Sutjeska Nikšić were promoted from Yugoslav Second League, the league was contested by 15 teams.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1963–64
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0033rd
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	01010th
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0022nd
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0055th
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	0088th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0011st
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	0099th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	N/A
Trešnjevka	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01111th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	01414th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01212th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0077th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	N/A
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	28	19	5	4	62	34	+28	43	1965–66 European Cup
2	Sarajevo	28	15	5	8	52	38	+14	35
3	Red Star	28	13	9	6	50	38	+12	35	1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Rijeka	28	14	6	8	47	30	+17	34
5	Željezničar	28	13	7	8	39	30	+9	33
6	NK Zagreb	28	12	5	11	47	42	+5	29	1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Radnički Niš	28	9	10	9	39	33	+6	28
8	Dinamo Zagreb	28	11	4	13	35	34	+1	26	01965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup0
9	Vojvodina	28	8	10	10	32	37	−5	26
10	OFK Belgrade	28	9	6	13	35	40	−5	24
11	Vardar	28	6	11	11	23	33	−10	23	1966–67 Balkans Cup
12	Hajduk Split	28	7	9	12	28	39	−11	23
13	Velež	28	9	3	16	37	53	−16	21
14	Trešnjevka	28	7	7	14	27	46	−19	21
15	Sutjeska Nikšić (R)	28	6	7	15	31	57	−26	19	01965–66 Yugoslav Second League0

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Topscorer: Zlatko Dračić (NK Zagreb) 23 Goals

Champions

• FK Partizan (Coach:Aleksandar Atanacković)

player (league matches/league goals)
Vladica Kovačević (28/14)
Josip Pirmajer (27/7)
Ljubomir Mihajlović (26/0)
Milan Galić (24/15)
Ivan Ćurković (23/0) (goalkeeper)
Mustafa Hasanagić (20/13)
Radoslav Bečejac (20/2)
Jovan Miladinović (19/0)
Joakim Vislavski (18/5)
Fahrudin Jusufi (18/0)
Branko Rašović (17/0)
Velibor Vasović (15/0)
Velimir Sombolac (14/0)
Milan Damjanović (11/0)
Milan Vukelić (10/0)
Lazar Radović (8/0)
Bora Milutinović (6/0)
Mane Bajić (5/1)
Miodrag Petrović (5/1)
Milutin Šoškić (4/0) (goalkeeper)
Branislav Mihajlović (2/0)
Jovan Ćurčić (1/0) (goalkeeper)
Vojislav Simeunović (1/0)

See also

• 1964–65 Yugoslav Second League
• 1964–65 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables