1963–64 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1963–64 |
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| Champions | Red Star (7th title) |
| Relegated | FK Novi Sad |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | OFK Beograd Vojvodina |
| Goals scored | 522 |
| Average goals/game | 2,87 |
| Top goalscorer | Asim Ferhatović (19) |
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The 1963–64 Yugoslav First League season was the 18th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their 7th title.
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Teams
At the end of the previous season Sloboda and Budućnost were relegated. They were replaced by Vardar and Trešnjevka.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1962–63 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
2nd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
11th |
| FK Novi Sad | Novi Sad |  SR Serbia |
8th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
5th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
1st |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia |
6th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
7th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
10th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9th |
| Trešnjevka | Zagreb | SR Croatia |
N/A |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia |
N/A |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
12th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3rd |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star (C) | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 36 | 1964–65 European Cup |
| 2 | OFK Belgrade | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 33 | 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 33 | 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 29 | |
| 5 | Partizan | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 26 | |
| 6 | Željezničar | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 26 | |
| 7 | Vojvodina | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 24 | 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 8 | Radnički Niš | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 24 | |
| 9 | Rijeka | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 24 | |
| 10 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 23 | |
| 11 | Trešnjevka | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 23 | |
| 12 | Velež | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 22 | |
| 13 | Novi Sad (R) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 21 | 1964–65 Yugoslav Second League 1 |
| 14 | Vardar | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 20 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Despite getting relegated based on the results, it was decided that FK Vardar would be allowed to remain in the top-flight Yugoslav First League the following season due to the devastating earthquake that hit Skopje in July 1963. The thinking on the part of Yugoslav politicians was that having a team in the top-tier league would be a boost to the morale of inhabitants of Skopje.
(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.
