1982–83 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League
Season 1982–83
Champions Čelik (West Division)
Prishtina (East Division)
Promoted Čelik
Prishtina
Relegated Solin
Maribor
Kozara
Liria
Radnički Kragujevac
Dubočica
OFK Titograd
Lovćen

The 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League season was the 37th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 18 clubs each, two more than in the previous season.

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West Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1981–82 season, one club relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1981–82 season. 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.

NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Maribor, Novi Sad, Radnik Bijeljina and Varteks.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1981–82
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola SAP Vojvodina 01010th
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0044th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0033rd
GOŠK Jug Dubrovnik  SR Croatia 01111th
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Kikinda Kikinda SAP Vojvodina 0066th
Kozara Bosanska Gradiška  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia N/A
Novi Sad Novi Sad SAP Vojvodina N/A
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin SAP Vojvodina 0088th
Radnik Bijeljina Bijeljina  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Solin Solin  SR Croatia 01313th
Spartak Subotica Subotica SAP Vojvodina 0022nd
Varteks Varaždin  SR Croatia N/A
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia N/A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Čelik (C) (P) 34 20 8 6 50 23 +27 48 Promotion to the 1983–84 Yugoslav First League
2 Iskra 34 20 7 7 58 34 +24 47
3 Jedinstvo Brčko 34 17 4 13 40 38 +2 38
4 Spartak Subotica 34 14 9 11 53 39 +14 37
5 Leotar 34 15 7 12 43 33 +10 37
6 GOŠK Jug 34 13 10 11 45 37 +8 36
7 Proleter Zrenjanin 34 13 10 11 41 40 +1 36
8 Kikinda 34 12 11 11 44 33 +11 35
9 Novi Sad 34 14 7 13 38 38 0 35
10 Varteks 34 14 7 13 48 49 −1 35
11 Borac Banja Luka 34 12 10 12 51 39 +12 34
12 NK Zagreb 34 12 8 14 47 50 −3 32
13 Jedinstvo Bihać 34 11 9 14 35 44 −9 31
14 AIK Bačka Topola 34 13 5 16 37 48 −11 31
15 Radnik Bijeljina 34 8 14 12 35 44 −9 30
16 Solin (R) 34 9 11 14 27 50 −23 29 01983–84 Inter-Republic Leagues0
17 Maribor (R) 34 7 12 15 25 42 −17 26
18 Kozara (R) 34 4 7 23 29 65 −36 15

Source: fsgzrenjanin.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.

East Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1981–82 season, one club relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1981–82 season. 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.

Teteks were relegated from the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Pelister, Radnički Pirot and Vlaznimi Đakovica.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1981–82
Bor Bor  SR Serbia 0066th
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 01010th
Dubočica Leskovac  SR Serbia 01313th
Liria Prizren SAP Kosovo 01212th
Lovćen Cetinje  SR Montenegro N/A
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac  SR Serbia 0088th
Pelister Bitola  SR Macedonia N/A
Prishtina Pristina SAP Kosovo 0099th
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 0077th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 01111th
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia N/A
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice  SR Serbia 0044th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 0055th
OFK Titograd Titograd  SR Montenegro 01414th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia N/A
Timok Zaječar  SR Serbia 0033rd
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica SAP Kosovo 0022nd
Vlaznimi Đakovica Đakovica SAP Kosovo N/A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Prishtina (C) (P) 34 20 9 5 65 30 +35 49 Promotion to the 1983–84 Yugoslav First League
2 Sutjeska 34 19 8 7 59 31 +28 46
3 Teteks 34 15 8 11 40 31 +9 38
4 Bor 34 16 6 12 49 42 +7 38
5 Pelister 34 15 6 13 52 36 +16 36
6 Trepča 34 14 7 13 45 33 +12 35
7 Rad 34 15 5 14 51 46 +5 35
8 Napredak Kruševac 34 15 5 14 45 48 −3 35
9 Borac Čačak 34 13 8 13 53 44 +9 34
10 Timok 34 11 12 11 28 23 +5 34
11 Sloboda Titovo Užice 34 10 14 10 24 27 −3 34
12 Radnički Pirot 34 12 10 12 38 43 −5 34
13 Vlaznimi Đakovica 34 11 12 11 29 34 −5 34
14 Liria (R) 34 12 9 13 25 34 −9 33 01983–84 Inter-Republic Leagues0
15 Radnički Kragujevac (R) 34 10 12 12 51 54 −3 32
16 Dubočica (R) 34 7 9 18 23 53 −30 23
17 OFK Titograd (R) 34 6 10 18 23 61 −38 22
18 Lovćen (R) 34 6 8 20 24 54 −30 20

Source: fsgzrenjanin.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.

See also

References

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