1969–70 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season 1969–70
Champions Red Star (10th title)
Relegated Vardar
NK Zagreb
European Cup Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup Olimpija
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Partizan
Željezničar
Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split
Top goalscorer Dušan Bajević
Slobodan Santrač
(20 goals each)

The 1969–70 Yugoslav First League season was the 24th 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 tenth national title.

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Match fixing attempt

Before the league fixture in Ljubljana between Olimpija Ljubljana and FK Sarajevo on November 17, 1969, Sarajevo's goalkeeper Refik Muftić reported to the authorities a bribery attempt by a man unknown to him who reportedly wanted him to throw the match in return for 2,000 Yugoslav new dinars. On advice from the police and club officials, and as part of the sting, Muftić took the money and also took his place between the posts. Sarajevo ended up winning 4-1 that day while Muftić had to leave the match early due to colliding with Olimpija player Radoslav Bečejac. In the end, Olimpija club board member Anton Franetič got arrested - in addition to his post at the club, he was also in the management of Ljubljana Credit Bank (Ljubljanska kreditne banka i štedionica). However, the whole thing was soon forgotten and swept under the carpet.[1]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star (C) 34 20 6 8 67 37 +30 46 1970–71 European Cup
2 Partizan 34 16 12 6 47 27 +20 44 01970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
3 Velež 34 17 9 8 64 44 +20 43
4 Željezničar 34 17 9 8 52 33 +19 43 01970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
5 OFK Belgrade 34 13 12 9 53 32 +21 38
6 Dinamo Zagreb 34 13 12 9 47 42 +5 38 01970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
7 Hajduk Split 34 16 5 13 51 37 +14 37
8 Radnički Niš 34 14 9 11 36 33 +3 37
9 Sloboda 34 11 13 10 35 34 +1 35
10 Maribor 34 13 7 14 40 51 −11 33
11 Vojvodina 34 11 10 13 38 42 −4 32
12 Sarajevo 34 9 12 13 32 42 −10 30
13 Čelik 34 10 10 14 35 48 −13 30
14 Bor 34 6 16 12 32 47 −15 28
15 Radnički Kragujevac 34 11 5 18 34 42 −8 27
16 Olimpija 34 13 4 17 43 52 −9 27 01970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup0
17 Vardar (R) 34 9 8 17 25 46 −21 26 01970–71 Yugoslav Second League0
18 NK Zagreb (R) 34 4 7 23 22 64 −42 15

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.

league topscorers:

Cup

Round One

Garnizon Krajlevo 2 - 3 Partizan

Round of Sixteen

Proleter Zrenjanin 0 - 0 Partizan Beograd (pen. Proleter)

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X

Olimpija Ljubljana x - x X

Finals (First Leg)

Home Club Score Visiting Club
Olimpija Ljubljana
2 - 2
(aet)
Crvena Zvezda
Date May 19, 1970
Locale Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance 6,000 (Cap. 8,231)
Referee G. Popov (Titov Veles)
Olimpija
(coach: Nedeljko Gugolj)
Zlatko Škorić, Velimir Sombolac, Atanas Djorlev, Jukic, Miloš Šoškić, Dragan Gugleta, Danilo Popivoda, Radoslav Bečejac, Pejovic (Zlatko Klampfer), Vili Ameršek, Branko Oblak
Crvena zvezda
(coach: Miljan Miljanić)
Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Đorić, Sava Karapandžić, Miroslav Pavlović, Kiro Dojčinovski, Branko Klenkovski, Zoran Antonijević, Stanislav Karasi, Vojin Lazarević, Trifun Mihajlović, Dragan Džajić
Notes 0-1 Lazarević (18'), 1-1 P.Amersek (23'), 1-2 T.Mihajlović (63'), 2-2 Becejac (88')

Finals (Second Leg)

Home Club Score Visiting Club
Crvena zvezda
1 - 0
(aet)
Olimpija Ljubljana
Date May 27, 1970
Locale Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance 30,000 (cap. 51,328)
Referee M. Gugulović (Nis)
Crvena zvezda
(coach: Miljan Miljanić)
Ratomir Dujković, Milovan Đorić, Sava Karapandžić, Miroslav Pavlović, Kiril Dojčinovski, Branko Klenkovski, Zoran Antonijević, Stanislav Karasi, Vojin Lazarević, Trifun Mihajlović, Dragan Džajić
Olimpija
(coach: Nedeljko Gugolj)
Zlatko Škorić, Dragan Rogić, Atanas Djorlev, Srbu, Miloš Šoškić, Zlatko Klampfer, Danilo Popivoda, Dragan Gugleta, Radoslav Bečejac, Vili Ameršek, Branko Oblak
Notes Džajić (118')

References

  1. ^ Golovi na sudu; Politika, 1 January 2008

See also

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