1987–88 Yugoslav First League

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Prva savezna liga
Season 1987–88
Champions Red Star (16th title)
Relegated Sutjeska
Priština
European Cup Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup Borac Banja Luka
UEFA Cup Partizan
Velež
Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorer Duško Milinković (16)

The 1987–88 Yugoslav First League season was the 42nd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 2 August 1987 and ended on 12 June 1988. Red Star led by Velibor Vasović won their 16th title with a single points ahead of previous season's champions Partizan.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1986–87 season and two sides promoted from the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level groups East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vojvodina and Rad.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1986–87
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 0077th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0066th
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0088th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia 01111th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Priština Priština  SR Serbia 01414th
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia N/A
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia 01616th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0033rd
Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia 0044th
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01313th
Sloboda Tuzla  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01515th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 01010th
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0055th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia N/A
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star (C) 34 17 11 6 66 39 +27 45 1988–89 European Cup
2 Partizan 34 17 10 7 62 37 +25 44 1988–89 UEFA Cup
3 Velež 34 15 12 7 61 34 +27 42
4 Dinamo Zagreb 34 16 10 8 55 36 +19 42
5 Sloboda Tuzla 34 14 10 10 53 41 +12 38
6 Vardar 34 15 7 12 37 40 −3 37
7 Radnički Niš 34 14 4 16 48 46 +2 32 1988–89 Balkans Cup
8 Rijeka 34 9 14 11 33 39 −6 32
9 Budućnost 34 10 12 12 40 48 −8 32
10 Vojvodina 34 11 10 13 40 51 −11 32 1988 Intertoto Cup
11 Osijek 34 10 11 13 44 61 −17 31
12 Željezničar 34 8 14 12 38 44 −6 30
13 Hajduk Split 34 8 14 12 40 50 −10 30
14 Sarajevo 34 11 8 15 37 47 −10 30
15 Rad 34 11 8 15 44 56 −12 30 1988 Intertoto Cup
16 Čelik 34 12 5 17 39 45 −6 29
17 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 34 10 9 15 42 49 −7 29 01988–89 Yugoslav Second League0
18 Prishtina (R) 34 10 7 17 43 59 −16 27

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.

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Đurović (34/5)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Milojević (33/3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Cvetković (32/9)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Marović (30/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Krivokapić (30/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan "Piksi" Stojković (28/15)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić (27/13)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Radovanović (25/5)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki (23/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Jurić (23/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Stojanović (23/0) -goalkeeper-
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Joksimović (17/3)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Krdžević (17/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragić Komadina (16/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Husref Musemić (15/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Punišić (11/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Davidović (11/0) -goalkeeper-
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Refik Šabanadžović (10/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovica Nikolić (10/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mitar Mrkela (5/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladan Lukić (2/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Janković (2/0)

Top scorers

The top goalscorers in the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League were as follows:

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Milinković Rad 16
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Mihić Sloboda 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković Red Star 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kujtim Shala Priština 15
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Haris Škoro Dinamo Zagreb 14
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragiša Binić Red Star 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Semir Tuce Velež 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban Dinamo Zagreb 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Pančev Vardar 13
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radmilo Mihajlović Željezničar 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Jakovljević Sarajevo 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladislav Đukić Priština (6) / Partizan (6) 12

See also

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