| Season | 1972–73 |
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| Champions | Red Star (11th title) |
| Relegated | Spartak Sutjeska |
| Top goalscorer | Vojin Lazarević Slobodan Santrač (25 goals each) |
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The 1972–73 Yugoslav First League season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: 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.
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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.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1971–72 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bor | Bor | SR Serbia | N/A |
| Borac Banja Luka | Banja Luka | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13th |
| Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 8th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 10th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 3rd |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 9th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 5th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 14th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 2nd |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7th |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia | N/A |
| Sutjeska Nikšić | Nikšić | SR Montenegro | 16th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 11th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 4th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1st |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| 1 | Red Star (C) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 52 | 1973–74 European Cup |
| 2 | Velež | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 46 | 1973–74 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 45 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 43 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 42 | |
| 6 | Sloboda | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 34 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 33 | 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 9 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | Vardar | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 31 | |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 30 | |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 29 | |
| 13 | Vojvodina | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 29 | |
| 14 | Čelik | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 28 | |
| 15 | Bor | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 28 | |
| 16 | Olimpija | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 26 | |
| 17 | Spartak Subotica (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 26 | 1973–74 Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Sutjeska (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 25 |
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.
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
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Cup began to be played in the July-November period.
| Home Club | Score | Visiting Club |
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| Hajduk Split |
1 - 1 | Crvena zvezda Beograd |
| Date | November 21, 1973 | |
| Locale | Stadion pod Marjanom, Split, Croatia | |
| Attendance | 25,000 (cap. unknown) | |
| Referee | V. Ljujić (Beograd) | |
| Hajduk (coach: Tomislav Ivić) |
Ivan Katalinić, Luka Peruzović, Vedran Rožić, Dragan Holcer, Ivan Buljan, Dražen Mužinić, Slaviša Žungul, Mićun Jovanić
(Vilson Xhoni), Branko Oblak (Mijac), Jurica Jerković, Ivica Šurjak |
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| Crvena Zvezda (coach: Miljan Miljanić) |
Olja Petrović, Nikola Jovanović, Vladislav Bogićević, Miroslav Pavlović, Kiril Dojčinovski, Baralić, Vladimir Petrović, Stanislav Karasi, Vojin Lazarević, Jovan Aćimović, Panajotović | |
| Notes | 0-1 Karasi (17'), 1-1 Žungul (57') | |
| Home Club | Score | Visiting Club |
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| Crvena Zvezda Beograd |
1 - 2 | Hajduk Split |
| Date | November 28, 1973 | |
| Locale | Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Attendance | 10,000 (cap. 51,328) | |
| Referee | Kurir (Split) | |
| Crvena Zvezda (Coach Miljan Miljanić) |
Olja Petrović, Nikola Jovanović (Zoran Antonijević), Vladislav Bogićević, Miroslav Pavlović, Kiril Dojčinovski,
Baralić, Vladimir Petrović, Stanislav Karasi, Vojin Lazarević, Jovan Aćimović, Panajotović |
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| Hajduk (Coach Tomislav Ivić) |
Rizah Mešković, Vilson Xhoni, Vedran Rožić, Luka Peruzović (Mario Boljat), Dragan Holcer, Ivan Buljan, Slaviša Žungul,
Dražen Mužinić, Branko Oblak (Matkovic), Jurica Jerković, Ivica Šurjak |
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| Notes | 0-1 Žungul (27'), 0-2 J.Jerković (67'), 1-2 Panajotović (87') | |
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