1967–68 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1967–68 |
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| Champions | Red Star (8th title) |
| Relegated | None |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Bor |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Dinamo Zagreb Olimpija Vojvodina OFK Belgrade |
| Top goalscorer | Slobodan Santrač (22) |
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The 1967–68 Yugoslav First League season was the 22nd 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. Sixteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their eighth national title.
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Teams
At the end of the previous season Sutjeska and Čelik were relegated. They were replaced by Proleter Zrenjanin and Maribor.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1966–67 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
2nd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
7th |
| Maribor | Maribor |  SR Slovenia |
N/A |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade |  SR Serbia |
13th |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia |
14th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
3rd |
| Proleter Zrenjanin | Zrenjanin | SR Serbia |
N/A |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia |
9th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
5th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
11th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1st |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia |
8th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
10th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
4th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia |
12th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6th |
League table
No team was relegated to Second League at the end of this season in order to increase the number of First League participating teams to 18 beginning with the 1968–69 campaign.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star (C) | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 43 | 1968–69 European Cup |
| 2 | Partizan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 38 | |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 35 | 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 33 | |
| 6 | Vardar | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 29 | |
| 8 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 29 | |
| 9 | Radnički Niš | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 28 | |
| 10 | NK Zagreb | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Olimpija | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 27 | 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 12 | Maribor | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 27 | |
| 13 | Vojvodina | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 26 | 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 14 | Velež | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 26 | |
| 15 | OFK Belgrade | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 25 | 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 16 | Rijeka | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 23 |
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.
