1985–86 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League
Season 1985–86
Champions Spartak Subotica (West Division)
Radnički Niš (East Division)
Promoted Spartak Subotica
Radnički Niš
Relegated AIK Bačka Topola
Jedinstvo Bihać
Zadar
Koper
Bor
Zemun
Lovćen
Bregalnica Štip
1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League season was the 40th 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.

Contents

West Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1984–85 season, one club relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1984–85 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.

Iskra Bugojno were relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were AIK Bačka Topola, Famos Hrasnica, Koper and Zadar.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1984–85
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola SAP Vojvodina N/A
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
GOŠK Jug Dubrovnik  SR Croatia 0099th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Kikinda Kikinda SAP Vojvodina 01313th
Koper Koper  SR Slovenia N/A
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Novi Sad Novi Sad SAP Vojvodina 01111th
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin SAP Vojvodina 0044th
Rudar Ljubija Prijedor  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Spartak Subotica Subotica SAP Vojvodina 0033rd
RNK Split Split  SR Croatia 0066th
Šibenik Šibenik  SR Croatia 0022nd
Vrbas Titov Vrbas SAP Vojvodina 01212th
Zadar Zadar  SR Croatia N/A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Subotica (C) (P) 34 20 9 5 65 33 +32 49 Promotion to the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League
2 Iskra 34 18 8 8 49 27 +22 44
3 Leotar 34 18 8 8 55 39 +16 44
4 Proleter Zrenjanin 34 15 9 10 40 29 +11 39
5 Jedinstvo Brčko 34 16 4 14 51 50 +1 36
6 Rudar Ljubija 34 12 10 12 38 41 −3 34
7 Novi Sad 34 13 7 14 52 36 +16 33
8 Kikinda 34 12 9 13 42 31 +11 33
9 Šibenik 34 12 9 13 36 38 −2 33
10 Vrbas 34 13 6 15 40 43 −3 32
11 GOŠK Jug 34 12 8 14 31 35 −4 32
12 Borac Banja Luka 34 11 10 13 45 57 −12 32
13 RNK Split 34 12 8 14 38 58 −20 32
14 Famos Hrasnica 34 10 10 14 35 39 −4 30
15 AIK Bačka Topola (R) 34 12 6 16 36 47 −11 30 01986–87 Inter-Republic Leagues0
16 Jedinstvo Bihać (R) 34 11 7 16 38 46 −8 29
17 Zadar (R) 34 12 4 18 35 47 −12 28
18 Koper (R) 34 8 6 20 23 53 −30 22

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 1984–85 season, one club relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1984–85 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.

Radnički Niš were relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were AIK Bačka Topola, Famos Hrasnica, Koper and Zadar.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1984–85
Belasica Strumica  SR Macedonia 01111th
Bor Bor  SR Serbia 01212th
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 0088th
Bregalnica Štip Štip  SR Macedonia 01414th
Ivangrad Ivangrad  SR Montenegro 01010th
Lovćen Cetinje  SR Montenegro N/A
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac  SR Serbia 0077th
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar  SR Serbia 0022nd
Pelister Bitola  SR Macedonia 0033rd
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 0055th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia N/A
Radnički Niš Niš  SR Serbia N/A
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia 0044th
Red Star Gnjilane Gnjilane SAP Kosovo N/A
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice  SR Serbia 01313th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia N/A
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica SAP Kosovo 0099th
Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia 0066th

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Radnički Niš (C) (P) 34 22 8 4 65 21 +44 52 Promotion to the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League
2 Rad 34 19 13 2 53 20 +33 51
3 Radnički Kragujevac 34 13 10 11 37 34 +3 36
4 Novi Pazar 34 13 10 11 34 32 +2 36
5 Borac Čačak 34 14 6 14 46 39 +7 34
6 Pelister 34 11 12 11 45 40 +5 34
7 Teteks 34 13 8 13 37 33 +4 34
8 Sloboda Titovo Užice 34 11 12 11 32 28 +4 34
9 Trepča 34 13 8 13 42 39 +3 34
10 Ivangrad 34 13 8 13 29 45 −16 34
11 Napredak Kruševac 34 11 11 12 50 45 +5 33
12 Radnički Pirot 34 11 11 12 48 43 +5 33
13 Belasica 34 14 5 15 50 48 +2 33
14 Red Star Gnjilane 34 10 13 11 31 41 −10 33
15 Bor (R) 34 10 10 14 30 38 −8 30 01986–87 Inter-Republic Leagues0
16 Zemun (R) 34 10 8 16 42 54 −12 28
17 Lovćen (R) 34 8 9 17 34 63 −29 25
18 Bregalnica Štip (R) 34 3 12 19 20 62 −42 18

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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