1959–60 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1959–60 |
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| Champions | Red Star (6th title) |
| Relegated | Budućnost Sloboda |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Top goalscorer | Bora Kostić (19) |
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The 1959–60 Yugoslav First League season was the 14th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their sixth title.
Teams
At the end of the previous season Željezničar and Vardar were relegated. They were replaced by OFK Belgrade and Sloboda Tuzla.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1958–59 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | Titograd |  SR Montenegro |
9th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
5th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
7th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade |  SR Serbia |
N/A |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
2nd |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
4th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
1st |
| NK Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
8th |
| FK Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
10th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
N/A |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
3rd |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star (C) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 33 | 1960–61 European Cup |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 32 | 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Partizan | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 27 | |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 27 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 26 | |
| 6 | Sarajevo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 23 | |
| 7 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Rijeka | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 18 | |
| 9 | Radnički Beograd | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 17 | |
| 10 | Velež | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 17 | |
| 11 | Budućnost (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 12 | 1960–61 Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Sloboda Tuzla (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 49 | −34 | 11 |
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.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | OFK | PAR | RAB | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | VEL | VOJ |
| Budućnost | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Hajduk Split | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| OFK Belgrade | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Partizan | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |
| Radnički Beograd | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Red Star | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Rijeka | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–6 | |
| Sarajevo | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Sloboda Tuzla | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Velež | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Vojvodina | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
Source: TBD
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
