1972–73 Yugoslav First League

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Prva savezna liga

| season = 1972–73

| dates = {{Nowrap|20 August 1972 – 24 June 1973}}

| winners = Red Star (11th title)

| relegated = Spartak
Sutjeska

| continentalcup1 =

| continentalcup1 qualifiers =

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| continentalcup3 =

| continentalcup3 qualifiers =

| league topscorer = Vojin Lazarević
Slobodan Santrač
(25 goals each)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches =

| total goals =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1971–72

| nextseason = 1973–74

}}

The 1972–73 Yugoslav First League season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia ({{lang-sh-Latn|Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije}}), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Red Star winning the title.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1971–72 season and two sides promoted from the 1971–72 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions 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.

Radnički Kragujevac and NK Maribor were relegated from the 1971–72 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Bor and Spartak Subotica.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

!width="130"| Team

!width="100"| Location

!width="200"| Federal Republic

!width="90"| Position
in 1971–72

Bor

|Bor

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|{{N/A}}

Borac Banja Luka

|Banja Luka

|{{flag|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|style="text-align:center;" |01313th

Čelik

|Zenica

|{{flag|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|style="text-align:center;" |01212th

Dinamo Zagreb

|Zagreb

|{{flag|SR Croatia}}

|style="text-align:center;" |0088th

Hajduk Split

|Split

|{{flag|SR Croatia}}

|style="text-align:center;" |01010th

OFK Belgrade

|Belgrade

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|style="text-align:center;"|0033rd

Olimpija Ljubljana

|Ljubljana

|{{flag|SR Slovenia}}

|style="text-align:center;" |0099th

Partizan

|Belgrade

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|style="text-align:center;" |0055th

Radnički Niš

|Niš

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|style="text-align:center;"|01414th

Red Star

|Belgrade

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|style="text-align:center;"|0022nd

Sarajevo

|Sarajevo

|{{flag|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|style="text-align:center;"|01515th

Sloboda

|Tuzla

|{{flag|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|style="text-align:center;"|0077th

Spartak Subotica

|Subotica

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|{{N/A}}

Sutjeska Nikšić

|Nikšić

|{{flag|SR Montenegro}}

|style="text-align:center;"|01616th

Vardar

|Skopje

|{{flag|SR Macedonia}}

|style="text-align:center;"|01111th

Velež

|Mostar

|{{flag|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|style="text-align:center;"|0066th

Vojvodina

|Novi Sad

|{{flag|SR Serbia}}

|style="text-align:center;"|0044th

Željezničar

|Sarajevo

|{{flag|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="gold"|0011st

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=QR

|winpoints=2

|team1=RSB|name_RSB=Red Star Belgrade

|team2=VEL|name_VEL=Velež

|team3=OFKB|name_OFKB=OFK Belgrade

|team4=PAR|name_PAR=Partizan

|team5=ŽEL|name_ŽEL=Željezničar

|team6=SLO|name_SLO=Sloboda Tuzla

|team7=SAR|name_SAR=Sarajevo

|team8=ZAG|name_ZAG=Dinamo Zagreb

|team9=SPL|name_SPL=Hajduk Split

|team10=VAR|name_VAR=Vardar

|team11=RNI|name_RNI=Radnički Niš

|team12=BBL|name_BBL=Borac Banja Luka

|team13=VOJ|name_VOJ=Vojvodina

|team14=ČEL|name_ČEL=Čelik

|team15=BOR|name_BOR=Bor

|team16=OLI|name_OLI=Olimpija

|team17=SPA|name_SPA=Spartak Subotica

|team18=SNI|name_SNI=Sutjeska Nikšić

|win_RSB=21|draw_RSB=10|loss_RSB=3|gf_RSB=71|ga_RSB=28|status_RSB=C

|win_VEL=17|draw_VEL=12|loss_VEL=5|gf_VEL=48|ga_VEL=27

|win_OFKB=16|draw_OFKB=13|loss_OFKB=5|gf_OFKB=52|ga_OFKB=31

|win_PAR=16|draw_PAR=11|loss_PAR=7|gf_PAR=50|ga_PAR=37

|win_ŽEL=18|draw_ŽEL=6|loss_ŽEL=10|gf_ŽEL=59|ga_ŽEL=41

|win_SLO=8|draw_SLO=18|loss_SLO=8|gf_SLO=34|ga_SLO=32

|win_SAR=12|draw_SAR=10|loss_SAR=12|gf_SAR=48|ga_SAR=50

|win_ZAG=11|draw_ZAG=11|loss_ZAG=12|gf_ZAG=39|ga_ZAG=47

|win_SPL=14|draw_SPL=3|loss_SPL=17|gf_SPL=50|ga_SPL=50

|win_VAR=10|draw_VAR=11|loss_VAR=13|gf_VAR=35|ga_VAR=50

|win_RNI=10|draw_RNI=10|loss_RNI=14|gf_RNI=24|ga_RNI=40

|win_BBL=9|draw_BBL=11|loss_BBL=14|gf_BBL=30|ga_BBL=26

|win_VOJ=10|draw_VOJ=9|loss_VOJ=15|gf_VOJ=39|ga_VOJ=46

|win_ČEL=9|draw_ČEL=10|loss_ČEL=15|gf_ČEL=27|ga_ČEL=44

|win_BOR=9|draw_BOR=10|loss_BOR=15|gf_BOR=36|ga_BOR=57

|win_OLI=9|draw_OLI=8|loss_OLI=17|gf_OLI=35|ga_OLI=43

|win_SPA=8|draw_SPA=10|loss_SPA=16|gf_SPA=37|ga_SPA=48|status_SPA=R

|win_SNI=9|draw_SNI=7|loss_SNI=18|gf_SNI=32|ga_SNI=49|status_SNI=R

|note_VAR=Vardar was invited to the Balkans Cup.

|col_EC=green1|text_EC=Qualification for European Cup first round

|result1=EC

|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

|result2=UC|result3=UC

|col_ECWC=yellow1|text_ECWC=Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

|result8=ECWC

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

|result17=R|result18=R

|update=complete

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|source=[http://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeghist.html rsssf.org]

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=BOR|team2=BBL|team3=ČEL|team4=DIN|team5=HAJ

|team6=OFK|team7=OLI|team8=PAR|team9=RNI|team10=RSB

|team11=SAR|team12=SLO|team13=SPA|team14=SUT|team15=VAR

|team16=VEL|team17=VOJ|team18=ŽEL

|name_RSB=Red Star

|match_RSB_VEL=1–1

|match_RSB_OFK=3–3

|match_RSB_PAR=2–0

|match_RSB_ŽEL=3–0

|match_RSB_SLO=3–1

|match_RSB_SAR=4–1

|match_RSB_DIN=1–0

|match_RSB_HAJ=4–0

|match_RSB_VAR=3–2

|match_RSB_RNI=3–1

|match_RSB_BBL=2–0

|match_RSB_VOJ=3–1

|match_RSB_ČEL=5–1

|match_RSB_BOR=5–1

|match_RSB_OLI=1–0

|match_RSB_SPA=3–1

|match_RSB_SUT=3–2

|name_VEL=Velež

|match_VEL_RSB=1–1

|match_VEL_OFK=2–0

|match_VEL_PAR=0–3

|match_VEL_ŽEL=2–1

|match_VEL_SLO=1–1

|match_VEL_SAR=2–1

|match_VEL_DIN=0–0

|match_VEL_HAJ=1–0

|match_VEL_VAR=4–0

|match_VEL_RNI=4–0

|match_VEL_BBL=1–0

|match_VEL_VOJ=2–1

|match_VEL_ČEL=2–1

|match_VEL_BOR=3–0

|match_VEL_OLI=2–1

|match_VEL_SPA=2–1

|match_VEL_SUT=1–0

|name_OFK=OFK Belgrade

|match_OFK_RSB=1–1

|match_OFK_VEL=2–0

|match_OFK_PAR=1–0

|match_OFK_ŽEL=4–3

|match_OFK_SLO=2–1

|match_OFK_SAR=0–0

|match_OFK_DIN=4–2

|match_OFK_HAJ=2–0

|match_OFK_VAR=2–2

|match_OFK_RNI=1–0

|match_OFK_BBL=1–0

|match_OFK_VOJ=2–0

|match_OFK_ČEL=1–0

|match_OFK_BOR=3–1

|match_OFK_OLI=4–0

|match_OFK_SPA=1–1

|match_OFK_SUT=2–1

|name_PAR=Partizan

|match_PAR_RSB=1–1

|match_PAR_VEL=2–2

|match_PAR_OFK=1–0

|match_PAR_ŽEL=1–0

|match_PAR_SLO=1–0

|match_PAR_SAR=3–1

|match_PAR_DIN=2–1

|match_PAR_HAJ=2–1

|match_PAR_VAR=2–1

|match_PAR_RNI=2–1

|match_PAR_BBL=2–1

|match_PAR_VOJ=1–0

|match_PAR_ČEL=4–1

|match_PAR_BOR=2–2

|match_PAR_OLI=2–0

|match_PAR_SPA=3–1

|match_PAR_SUT=3–1

|name_ŽEL=Željezničar

|match_ŽEL_RSB=1–0

|match_ŽEL_VEL=2–0

|match_ŽEL_OFK=1–3

|match_ŽEL_PAR=0–0

|match_ŽEL_SLO=1–1

|match_ŽEL_SAR=1–1

|match_ŽEL_DIN=3–0

|match_ŽEL_HAJ=4–1

|match_ŽEL_VAR=3–0

|match_ŽEL_RNI=7–1

|match_ŽEL_BBL=1–0

|match_ŽEL_VOJ=1–0

|match_ŽEL_ČEL=3–0

|match_ŽEL_BOR=1–0

|match_ŽEL_OLI=0–1

|match_ŽEL_SPA=2–1

|match_ŽEL_SUT=2–1

|name_SLO=Sloboda Tuzla

|match_SLO_RSB=1–1

|match_SLO_VEL=0–0

|match_SLO_OFK=1–1

|match_SLO_PAR=2–1

|match_SLO_ŽEL=3–3

|match_SLO_SAR=3–0

|match_SLO_DIN=1–1

|match_SLO_HAJ=2–0

|match_SLO_VAR=0–0

|match_SLO_RNI=1–0

|match_SLO_BBL=1–2

|match_SLO_VOJ=0–0

|match_SLO_ČEL=0–0

|match_SLO_BOR=3–0

|match_SLO_OLI=1–0

|match_SLO_SPA=1–0

|match_SLO_SUT=2–0

|name_SAR=Sarajevo

|match_SAR_RSB=2–2

|match_SAR_VEL=2–2

|match_SAR_OFK=1–1

|match_SAR_PAR=3–0

|match_SAR_ŽEL=2–4

|match_SAR_SLO=0–0

|match_SAR_DIN=2–0

|match_SAR_HAJ=2–0

|match_SAR_VAR=3–1

|match_SAR_RNI=1–2

|match_SAR_BBL=0–0

|match_SAR_VOJ=3–2

|match_SAR_ČEL=4–0

|match_SAR_BOR=3–1

|match_SAR_OLI=3–2

|match_SAR_SPA=4–1

|match_SAR_SUT=2–1

|name_DIN=Dinamo Zagreb

|match_DIN_RSB=1–0

|match_DIN_VEL=1–1

|match_DIN_OFK=0–4

|match_DIN_PAR=0–1

|match_DIN_ŽEL=2–1

|match_DIN_SLO=1–1

|match_DIN_SAR=0–1

|match_DIN_HAJ=1–0

|match_DIN_VAR=1–0

|match_DIN_RNI=2–0

|match_DIN_BBL=1–0

|match_DIN_VOJ=2–1

|match_DIN_ČEL=0–0

|match_DIN_BOR=4–1

|match_DIN_OLI=7–3

|match_DIN_SPA=2–1

|match_DIN_SUT=4–3

|name_HAJ=Hajduk Split

|match_HAJ_RSB=2–0

|match_HAJ_VEL=0–3

|match_HAJ_OFK=1–0

|match_HAJ_PAR=3–2

|match_HAJ_ŽEL=3–2

|match_HAJ_SLO=4–0

|match_HAJ_SAR=2–1

|match_HAJ_DIN=1–1

|match_HAJ_VAR=5–0

|match_HAJ_RNI=2–0

|match_HAJ_BBL=1–1

|match_HAJ_VOJ=7–0

|match_HAJ_ČEL=3–0

|match_HAJ_BOR=4–0

|match_HAJ_OLI=2–1

|match_HAJ_SPA=2–2

|match_HAJ_SUT=3–0

|name_VAR=Vardar

|match_VAR_RSB=0–0

|match_VAR_VEL=1–0

|match_VAR_OFK=2–2

|match_VAR_PAR=1–1

|match_VAR_ŽEL=4–1

|match_VAR_SLO=2–1

|match_VAR_SAR=0–0

|match_VAR_DIN=4–1

|match_VAR_HAJ=1–2

|match_VAR_RNI=1–0

|match_VAR_BBL=1–0

|match_VAR_VOJ=2–1

|match_VAR_ČEL=2–0

|match_VAR_BOR=1–0

|match_VAR_OLI=0–0

|match_VAR_SPA=0–3

|match_VAR_SUT=0–0

|name_RNI=Radnički Niš

|match_RNI_RSB=1–1

|match_RNI_VEL=0–0

|match_RNI_OFK=2–0

|match_RNI_PAR=1–1

|match_RNI_ŽEL=0–0

|match_RNI_SLO=0–0

|match_RNI_SAR=0–0

|match_RNI_DIN=1–1

|match_RNI_HAJ=1–0

|match_RNI_VAR=1–0

|match_RNI_BBL=1–0

|match_RNI_VOJ=1–1

|match_RNI_ČEL=3–0

|match_RNI_BOR=1–0

|match_RNI_OLI=1–0

|match_RNI_SPA=0–2

|match_RNI_SUT=2–0

|name_BBL=Borac Banja Luka

|match_BBL_RSB=0–1

|match_BBL_VEL=0–1

|match_BBL_OFK=1–1

|match_BBL_PAR=0–0

|match_BBL_ŽEL=1–2

|match_BBL_SLO=1–0

|match_BBL_SAR=2–2

|match_BBL_DIN=3–0

|match_BBL_HAJ=2–0

|match_BBL_VAR=6–0

|match_BBL_RNI=3–0

|match_BBL_VOJ=2–0

|match_BBL_ČEL=0–0

|match_BBL_BOR=3–1

|match_BBL_OLI=1–1

|match_BBL_SPA=0–1

|match_BBL_SUT=0–0

|name_VOJ=Vojvodina

|match_VOJ_RSB=1–1

|match_VOJ_VEL=1–2

|match_VOJ_OFK=1–0

|match_VOJ_PAR=2–2

|match_VOJ_ŽEL=1–1

|match_VOJ_SLO=1–1

|match_VOJ_SAR=0–2

|match_VOJ_DIN=0–0

|match_VOJ_HAJ=3–0

|match_VOJ_VAR=1–1

|match_VOJ_RNI=2–0

|match_VOJ_BBL=0–0

|match_VOJ_ČEL=2–1

|match_VOJ_BOR=0–2

|match_VOJ_OLI=4–1

|match_VOJ_SPA=3–0

|match_VOJ_SUT=3–0

|name_ČEL=Čelik

|match_ČEL_RSB=0–2

|match_ČEL_VEL=1–1

|match_ČEL_OFK=0–0

|match_ČEL_PAR=2–2

|match_ČEL_ŽEL=1–2

|match_ČEL_SLO=1–0

|match_ČEL_SAR=3–0

|match_ČEL_DIN=4–1

|match_ČEL_HAJ=2–1

|match_ČEL_VAR=1–0

|match_ČEL_RNI=3–1

|match_ČEL_BBL=0–0

|match_ČEL_VOJ=0–2

|match_ČEL_BOR=0–0

|match_ČEL_OLI=1–0

|match_ČEL_SPA=2–0

|match_ČEL_SUT=2–0

|name_BOR=Bor

|match_BOR_RSB=0–5

|match_BOR_VEL=0–3

|match_BOR_OFK=2–2

|match_BOR_PAR=1–1

|match_BOR_ŽEL=1–2

|match_BOR_SLO=0–0

|match_BOR_SAR=4–1

|match_BOR_DIN=1–0

|match_BOR_HAJ=3–0

|match_BOR_VAR=1–1

|match_BOR_RNI=1–0

|match_BOR_BBL=0–0

|match_BOR_VOJ=2–1

|match_BOR_ČEL=0–0

|match_BOR_OLI=1–0

|match_BOR_SPA=4–1

|match_BOR_SUT=1–0

|name_OLI=Olimpija

|match_OLI_RSB=1–2

|match_OLI_VEL=1–1

|match_OLI_OFK=0–0

|match_OLI_PAR=2–0

|match_OLI_ŽEL=0–1

|match_OLI_SLO=2–2

|match_OLI_SAR=2–0

|match_OLI_DIN=0–0

|match_OLI_HAJ=4–0

|match_OLI_VAR=3–1

|match_OLI_RNI=0–1

|match_OLI_BBL=3–0

|match_OLI_VOJ=3–1

|match_OLI_ČEL=2–0

|match_OLI_BOR=1–1

|match_OLI_SPA=0–2

|match_OLI_SUT=1–0

|name_SPA=Spartak Subotica

|match_SPA_RSB=0–1

|match_SPA_VEL=2–1

|match_SPA_OFK=1–2

|match_SPA_PAR=1–1

|match_SPA_ŽEL=0–1

|match_SPA_SLO=1–1

|match_SPA_SAR=4–0

|match_SPA_DIN=2–2

|match_SPA_HAJ=1–0

|match_SPA_VAR=2–2

|match_SPA_RNI=1–1

|match_SPA_BBL=0–1

|match_SPA_VOJ=0–1

|match_SPA_ČEL=0–0

|match_SPA_BOR=1–1

|match_SPA_OLI=0–0

|match_SPA_SUT=2–1

|name_SUT=Sutjeska

|match_SUT_RSB=0–3

|match_SUT_VEL=0–0

|match_SUT_OFK=0–0

|match_SUT_PAR=2–1

|match_SUT_ŽEL=3–2

|match_SUT_SLO=2–2

|match_SUT_SAR=1–0

|match_SUT_DIN=0–0

|match_SUT_HAJ=2–0

|match_SUT_VAR=0–2

|match_SUT_RNI=0–0

|match_SUT_BBL=1–0

|match_SUT_VOJ=1–2

|match_SUT_ČEL=1–0

|match_SUT_BOR=5–3

|match_SUT_OLI=1–0

|match_SUT_SPA=3–1

|update=complete

|source=[http://datasoccer.it/jugoslavia/totris.asp?anno=1972%2F73&serie=A&numgirone=1&vai.x=148&vai.y=17 DataSoccer.it]

}}

Winning squad

Champions

Red Star Belgrade

Zoran Antonijević

Jovan Aćimović

Zoran Bingulac

Vladislav Bogićević

Kiro Dojčinovski

Ratomir Dujković

Milovan Đorić

Slobodan Janković

Živorad Jeftić

Nikola Jovanović

Stanislav Karasi

Mihalj Keri

Branko Klenkovski

Petar Krivokuća

Vojin Lazarević

Dušan Nikolić

Mile Novković

Miroslav Pavlović

Aleksandar Panajotović

Vladimir Petrović

Ognjan Petrović

Sead Sušić

Zoran Filipović

Dragan Džajić

[http://www.redstarbelgrade.com/historyDefault.aspx?sectionID=10&cultureID=1 Championship Winners, Red Star Belgrade official site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213050130/http://www.redstarbelgrade.com/historyDefault.aspx?sectionID=10&cultureID=1 |date=2009-12-13 }}

Top scorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="2"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Vojin Lazarević

|align="left"|Red Star

|rowspan="2"|25

align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Slobodan Santrač

|align="left"|OFK Belgrade

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Dušan Bajević

|align="left"|Velež

|21

rowspan="1"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Petar Nadoveza

|align="left"|Hajduk Split

|19

rowspan="1"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Stanislav Karasi

|align="left"|Red Star

|17

rowspan="1"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Josip Bukal

|align="left"|Željezničar

|15

rowspan="1"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Salem Halilhodžić

|align="left"|Velež

|14

rowspan="1"|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Nenad Bjeković

|align="left"|Partizan

|13

rowspan="1"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvonko Ivezić

|align="left"|Vojvodina

|12

rowspan="1"|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Momčilo Vukotić

|align="left"|Partizan

|11

See also