1969–70 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga

Season	1969–70
Champions	Red Star (10th title)
Relegated	Vardar NK Zagreb
European Cup	Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup	Olimpija
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Partizan Željezničar Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split
Top goalscorer	Dušan Bajević Slobodan Santrač (20 goals each)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Yugoslav First League season was the 24th 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. Eighteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their tenth national title.

Match fixing attempt

Before the league fixture in Ljubljana between Olimpija Ljubljana and FK Sarajevo on November 17, 1969, Sarajevo's goalkeeper Refik Muftić reported to the authorities a bribery attempt by a man unknown to him who reportedly wanted him to throw the match in return for 2,000 Yugoslav new dinars. On advice from the police and club officials, and as part of the sting, Muftić took the money and also took his place between the posts. Sarajevo ended up winning 4-1 that day while Muftić had to leave the match early due to colliding with Olimpija player Radoslav Bečejac. In the end, Olimpija club board member Anton Franetič got arrested - in addition to his post at the club, he was also in the management of Ljubljana Credit Bank (Ljubljanska kreditne banka i štedionica). However, the whole thing was soon forgotten and swept under the carpet.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star (C)	34	20	6	8	67	37	+30	46	1970–71 European Cup
2	Partizan	34	16	12	6	47	27	+20	44	01970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
3	Velež	34	17	9	8	64	44	+20	43
4	Željezničar	34	17	9	8	52	33	+19	43	01970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
5	OFK Belgrade	34	13	12	9	53	32	+21	38
6	Dinamo Zagreb	34	13	12	9	47	42	+5	38	01970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
7	Hajduk Split	34	16	5	13	51	37	+14	37
8	Radnički Niš	34	14	9	11	36	33	+3	37
9	Sloboda Tuzla	34	11	13	10	35	34	+1	35
10	Maribor	34	13	7	14	40	51	−11	33
11	Vojvodina	34	11	10	13	38	42	−4	32
12	Sarajevo	34	9	12	13	32	42	−10	30
13	Čelik	34	10	10	14	35	48	−13	30
14	Bor	34	6	16	12	32	47	−15	28
15	Radnički Kragujevac	34	11	5	18	34	42	−8	27
16	Olimpija	34	13	4	17	43	52	−9	27	01970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup0
17	Vardar (R)	34	9	8	17	25	46	−21	26	01970–71 Yugoslav Second League0
18	NK Zagreb (R)	34	4	7	23	22	64	−42	15

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.

league topscorers:

• Slobodan Santrač (OFK Beograd) - 20
• Dušan Bajević (FK Velež) - 20

See also

• Yugoslav Cup
• Yugoslav League Championship
• Football Association of Yugoslavia

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables