1981–82 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1981–82 |
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| Champions | Dinamo Zagreb (4th title) |
| Relegated | Teteks NK Zagreb |
| European Cup | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Red Star |
| UEFA Cup | Hajduk Split Sarajevo |
| Top goalscorer | Snješko Cerin (19) |
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The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th 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 26 July 1981 and ended on 2 May 1982. Dinamo Zagreb led by Miroslav Blažević won their fourth title five points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1980–81 season and two sides promoted from the 1980–81 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.
Borac Banja Luka and Napredak Kruševac were relegated from the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Osijek and Teteks Tetovo.
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| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1980–81 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | Titograd |  SR Montenegro |
6th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
5th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
2nd |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade |  SR Serbia |
15th |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana |  SR Slovenia |
12th |
| Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia |
N/A |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
8th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia |
3rd |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
1st |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
7th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
13th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4th |
| Teteks | Tetovo |  SR Macedonia |
N/A |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia |
11th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
10th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia |
16th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
14th |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 49 | 1982–83 European Cup |
| 2 | Red Star | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 44 | 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 44 | 1982–83 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 39 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Partizan | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 37 | |
| 7 | Velež | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 36 | |
| 8 | Budućnost | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Olimpija | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 33 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 32 | |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 32 | |
| 12 | Rijeka | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 32 | |
| 13 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 31 | |
| 14 | Vardar | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 30 | |
| 15 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 16 | Osijek | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 29 | |
| 17 | Teteks (R) | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 68 | −37 | 25 | 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | NK Zagreb (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 68 | −41 | 19 |
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:
- DINAMO ZAGREB (coach Miroslav Blažević):
players (league matches/league goals):
Marko Mlinarić (33/2)
Marijan Vlak (32/0)
Snježan Cerin (31/19)
Petar Bručić (31/2)
Dragan Bošnjak (30/2)
Džemal Mustedanagić (29/0)
Velimir Zajec (28/1)
Zvjezdan Cvetković (26/3)
Milivoj Bračun (26/0)
Stjepan Deverić (25/11)
Zoran Panić (23/8)
Zlatko Kranjčar (17/12) played only the second part of the season, after coming back from the mandatory army stint at the mid-season winter break
Ismet Hadžić (16/0) played only the second part of the season, after coming back from the mandatory army stint at the mid-season winter break
Emil Dragičević (15/1)
Zlatan Arnautović (9/4)
Borislav Cvetković (9/1) played only the first part of the season, due to going away to serve the mandatory army stint at the mid-season winter break
Željko Hohnjec (9/1)
Marin Kurtela (6/0)
Drago Dumbović (6/0)
Milan Ćalasan (4/0)
Zvonko Marić (3/0)
Branko Devčić (3/0)
Mladen Munjaković (3/0)
Radimir Bobinac (2/0)
Davor Braun (2/0)
Čedomir Jovičević (1/0)
Edward Krnčević (1/0)
- League topscorer: Snješko Cerin (Dinamo Zagreb) - 19
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | OFK | OLI | OSI | PAR | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | TET | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG | ŽEL |
| Budućnost | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | |
| Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–32 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| OFK Belgrade | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |
| Olimpija | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Osijek | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Partizan | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Radnički Niš | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Red Star | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Rijeka | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Sarajevo | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |
| Teteks | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Vardar | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Velež | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
| NK Zagreb | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Željezničar | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Source:[citation needed]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Match awarded 0–3 to Velež.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
- Widest winning margin: 7 goals:
- Dinamo Zagreb 7–0 NK Zagreb (13 September 1981)
- Hajduk Split 7–0 Teteks (31 March 1982)
- Most goals in a match: 9 goals:
- Rijeka 5–4 Radnički Niš (23 August 1981)
- Partizan 7–2 Sloboda (25 April 1982)
