| Season | 1968–69 |
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| Champions | Red Star (9th title) |
| Relegated | Rijeka Proleter Zrenjanin |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Partizan Vojvodina NK Zagreb |
| Top goalscorer | Vojin Lazarević (22) |
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The 1968–69 Yugoslav First League season was the 23rd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Eighteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their ninth national title.
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Due to the expansion of the format from 16 to 18 teams at the end of the previous season no one was relegated. Bor and Čelik were promoted from the 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1967–68 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bor | Bor | SR Serbia | N/A |
| Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | N/A |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 3rd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 4th |
| Maribor | Maribor | SR Slovenia | 12th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 15th |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 11th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 2nd |
| Proleter Zrenjanin | Zrenjanin | SR Serbia | 8th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 9th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 1st |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 16th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 6th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 13th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 10th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5th |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star (C) | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 48 | 1969–70 European Cup |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 45 | 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Partizan | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 40 | 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 38 | |
| 6 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 38 | |
| 7 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 34 | |
| 8 | Velež | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 34 | |
| 9 | Čelik | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 33 | |
| 10 | Vardar | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 33 | |
| 11 | Sarajevo | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 33 | |
| 12 | Olimpija | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | Bor | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 31 | |
| 14 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 30 | |
| 15 | NK Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 29 | 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 16 | Maribor | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 28 | |
| 17 | Rijeka (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | 1969–70 Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Proleter Zrenjanin (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 23 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Partizan Beograd 1 - 0 Radnicki (?)
Buducnost Titograd 2 - 3 Partizan Beograd
Partizan Beograd 2 - 1 NK Rijeka
Dinamo Zagreb x - x X
Hajduk Split x - x X
X x - x X
Hajduk Split x - x X
Partizan Beograd 2 - 4 Dinamo Zagreb
| Home Club | Score | Visiting Club |
|---|---|---|
| Hajduk |
3 - 3 (aet) |
Dinamo |
| Date | May 31, 1969 | |
| Locale | Stadion JNA, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Attendance | 20,000 (cap. 30 887) | |
| Referee | M. Gugulovic (Nis) | |
| Hajduk (Coach Dušan Nenković) |
Ante Sirković, Miroslav Bošković, Aleksandar Ristić, Ivan Buljan, Dragan Holcer, Vinko Cuzzi, Miroslav Vardić, Ivan Hlevnjak, Džemaludin Mušović, Petar Nadoveza, Ivan Pavlica (Mladen Matijanić) | |
| Dinamo (Coach Ivica Horvat) |
Fahrija Dautbegović, Rudolf Cvek (Marijan Brnčić), Branko Gračanin, Rudolf Belin, Mladan Ramljak, Filip Blašković, Marijan Čerček (Marijan Novak), Denijal Pirić, Slaven Zambata, Josip Gucmirtl, Krasnodar Rora | |
| Notes | 1-0 Pavlica (16'), 1-1 Gucmirtl (23'), 1-2 Zambata (71'), 2-2 Bošković (74'), 3-2 Vardić (100'), 3-3 Zambata (110') | |
| Home Club | Score | Visiting Club |
|---|---|---|
| Dinamo |
3 - 0 |
Hajduk |
| Date | June 19, 1969 | |
| Locale | Stadion JNA, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Attendance | 15,000 (cap. 30 887) | |
| Referee | M. Gugulovic (Nis) | |
| Dinamo (Coach Ivica Horvat) |
Fahrija Dautbegović, Rudolf Cvek, Branko Gračanin, Rudolf Belin, Mladan Ramljak, Filip Blašković, Marijan Novak (Marijan Čerček), Daniel Pirić, Slaven Zambata, Gucmirtl, Krasnodar Rora (Drago Vabec) | |
| Hajduk (Coach Dusan Nenkovic) |
Radomir Vukčević, Cuzzi (Bonacic), Ristic, Ivan Buljan (Petar Nadoveza), Dragan Holcer, Feric, Miroslav Vardić, Ivan Hlevnjak, Džemaludin Mušović, Miroslav Bošković, Ivan Pavlica | |
| Notes | 1-0 R.Belin (18'), 2-0 Zambata (85'), 3-0 Vabec (90') | |
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