1975–76 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1975–76 |
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| Champions | Partizan (7th title) |
| Relegated | Vardar Radnički Kragujevac |
| European Cup | Partizan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Hajduk Split |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo Zagreb Red Star |
| Matches played | 272 |
| Goals scored | 705 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nenad Bjeković (24) |
| Average attendance | 11,670 |
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Contents
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1974–75 season and two sides promoted from the 1974–75 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.
FK Bor and Proleter Zrenjanin were relegated from the 1974–75 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Borac Banja Luka and Budućnost.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1974–75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borac Banja Luka | Banja Luka |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
N/A |
| Budućnost | Titograd |  SR Montenegro |
N/A |
| Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
11th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
5th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
1st |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade |  SR Serbia |
8th |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | Ljubljana |  SR Slovenia |
12th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
6th |
| Radnički Kragujevac | Kragujevac | SR Serbia |
15th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia |
10th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
3rd |
| NK Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
14th |
| FK Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
13th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7th |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia |
16th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
2nd |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9th |
Managers
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 50 | 1976–77 European Cup |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 22 | +35 | 49 | 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 44 | 1976–77 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Red Star | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 40 | |
| 5 | Vojvodina | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 34 | 1976 Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 33 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 33 | |
| 8 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 33 | |
| 9 | Velež | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 32 | |
| 10 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Rijeka | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 31 | |
| 12 | Željezničar | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 31 | |
| 13 | Čelik | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 30 | |
| 14 | Olimpija | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 30 | |
| 15 | Budućnost | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 30 | |
| 16 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 29 | |
| 17 | Vardar (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 28 | 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Radnički Kragujevac (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 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.
Results
Winning squad
Champions:
- PARTIZAN (coach: Tomislav Kaloperović)
players (league matches/league goals):
Momčilo Vukotić (33/7)
Rešad Kunovac (33/0)
Borislav Đurović (32/1)
Radmilo Ivančević (32/0)
Nenad Bjeković (31/24)
Ilija Zavišić (31/6)
Refik Kozić (30/0)
Ivan Golac (26/0)
Aranđel Todorović (25/2)
Boško Đorđević (23/5)
Predrag Tomić (23/1)
Vukan Perović (19/7)
Vladimir Pejović (19/0)
Dragan Arsenović (16/1)
Svemir Đorđić (14/1)
Nenad Stojković (14/0)
Pavle Grubješić (12/3)
Aleksandar Trifunović (8/0)
Radomir Antić (7/1)
Blagoj Istatov (3/0)
Sima Nikolić (3/0)
Xhevat Prekazi (3/0)
Nenad Cvetković (1/0)
Promoted from Yugoslav Second League for the next season:
| Club |
|---|
| Napredak Kruševac |
| NK Zagreb |
Attendance
| Club | Average home attendance | Average away attendance |
|---|---|---|
| Red Star Belgrade | 27,176 | 23,882 |
| FK Partizan | 22,647 | 24,412 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 18,176 | 13,912 |
| Hajduk Split | 17,941 | 23,647 |
| Budućnost Titograd | 12,529 | 8,176 |
| FK Vardar | 12,235 | 7,265 |
| Borac Banja Luka | 10,147 | 9,412 |
| NK Rijeka | 9,176 | 7,794 |
| Čelik Zenica | 9,176 | 7,382 |
| FK Sarajevo | 9,147 | 9,412 |
| FK Željezničar | 9,000 | 10,647 |
| Radnički Niš | 8,941 | 8,941 |
| FK Vojvodina | 8,529 | 11,294 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 8,029 | 7,912 |
| NK Olimpija | 7,265 | 8,765 |
| FK Velež | 7,235 | 11,324 |
| OFK Beograd | 6,382 | 8,441 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 6,324 | 7,441 |
- Overall league attendance per match: 11,670 spectators
