1979–80 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League
Season 1979–80
Champions NK Zagreb (West Division)
OFK Belgrade (East Division)
Promoted NK Zagreb
OFK Belgrade
Relegated Kikinda
Novi Sad
Istra Pula
Famos Hrasnica
Rudar Trbovlje
Pobeda
Majdanpek
Šumadija Aranđelovac

The 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League season was the 34th 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 16 clubs each.

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Istra Pula, Jedinstvo Bihać, Rudar Trbovlje and Vrbas.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1978–79
Bosna Visoko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 6th
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 4th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 9th
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 7th
Istra Pula Pula  SR Croatia N/A
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Kikinda Kikinda Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 11th
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 10th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 2nd
Novi Sad Novi Sad Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 3rd
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 5th
Rudar Trbovlje Trbovlje  SR Slovenia N/A
Rudar Velenje Velenje  SR Slovenia 12th
Spartak Subotica Subotica Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 8th
Vrbas Titov Vrbas Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 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 NK Zagreb (C) (P) 30 17 9 4 68 28+40 43 Promotion to 1980–81 Yugoslav First League
2 Spartak Subotica 30 15 7 8 48 27+21 37
3 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 15 7 8 50 35+15 37
4 Iskra 30 15 2 13 51 48+3 32
5 Maribor 30 13 5 12 47 38+9 31
6 Vrbas 30 12 7 11 39 36+3 31
7 Leotar 30 13 5 12 34 32+2 31
8 Jedinstvo Bihać 30 12 7 11 38 380 31
9 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 12 7 11 37 370 31
10 Rudar 30 11 9 10 38 435 31
11 Bosna 30 12 6 12 37 381 30
12 Kikinda (R) 30 11 7 12 32 31+1 29 1980–81 Inter-Republic Leagues
13 Novi Sad (R) 30 9 7 14 38 5315 25
14 Istra Pula (R) 30 9 5 16 35 6126 23
15 Famos Hrasnica (R) 30 8 6 16 29 367 22
16 Rudar Trbovlje (R) 30 5 6 19 17 5740 16

Source: nkmaribor.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

OFK Belgrade were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Bor, Pobeda, Prishtina and OFK Titograd.

Due to suspicion of match fixing in the last round of the league, Football Association of Yugoslavia penalized the top three clubs and Galenika Zemun earned a promotion spot to the Yugoslav First League. However, after an appeal in summer 1980 that decision was retracted and OFK Belgrade was promoted.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1978–79
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia N/A
Bor Bor  SR Serbia N/A
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 7th
Dubočica Leskovac  SR Serbia 9th
Galenika Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia 4th
Majdanpek Majdanpek  SR Serbia 11th
Pobeda Prilep  SR Macedonia N/A
Prishtina Pristina Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo N/A
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 10th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 3rd
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia 6th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 5th
Šumadija Aranđelovac Aranđelovac  SR Serbia 8th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia 12th
OFK Titograd Titograd  SR Montenegro N/A
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo 2nd

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 OFK Belgrade (C) (P) 30 14 9 7 50 26+24 37 Promotion to 1980–81 Yugoslav First League
2 Radnički Kragujevac 30 14 9 7 54 31+23 37
3 Bor 30 16 5 9 42 32+10 37
4 Galenika Zemun 30 14 8 8 49 37+12 36
5 Trepča 30 12 10 8 34 28+6 34
6 Prishtina 30 11 11 8 27 25+2 33
7 Borac Čačak 30 12 8 10 38 29+9 32
8 Teteks 30 11 9 10 30 28+2 31
9 Rad 30 12 7 11 41 40+1 31
10 Sutjeska 30 12 3 15 41 443 27
11 Dubočica 30 7 13 10 24 317 27
12 Radnički Pirot 30 8 10 12 30 388 26
13 OFK Titograd 30 7 11 12 38 5012 25
14 Pobeda (R) 30 8 9 13 36 4913 25 1980–81 Inter-Republic Leagues
15 Majdanpek (R) 30 7 10 13 19 3819 24
16 Šumadija Aranđelovac (R) 30 6 6 18 29 5627 18

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

References

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