1980–81 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League
Season 1980–81
Champions Osijek (West Division)
Teteks (East Division)
Promoted Osijek
Teteks
Relegated Maribor
Vrbas
Bosna
Radnički Pirot
Lovćen
Rabotnički
Vlaznimi Đakovica

The 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League season was the 35th 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 ten sides from the 1979–80 season, two clubs relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1979–80 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.

Čelik and Osijek were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing at the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were AIK Bačka Topola, GOŠK Jug, Jedinstvo Brčko and Svoboda.

At the end of season the bribery scandal involving Maribor emerged, and caused the club to be relegated from second tier to third by the decision of the Football Association of Yugoslavia disciplinary committee. The club had a secret fund that was used for bribing officials and opponents. Some club officials were keeping track of the bribery expenses in their black book, which was later confiscated by the authorities. As a result of the decision, 13th placed Jedinstvo Bihać was allowed to stay in the league.

Šmartno, the winner of Slovenian league in the third tier, withdrew from promotion as a result of financial difficulties and corruption allegations that resulted in Maribor's expulsion. The clubs from second to fourth place also did the same which led to 14th placed GOŠK Jug remain at the second level.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1979–80
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina N/A
Bosna Visoko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 11th
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 3rd
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
GOŠK Jug Dubrovnik  SR Croatia N/A
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 4th
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 8th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 7th
Maribor Maribor  SR Slovenia 5th
Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia N/A
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 9th
Rudar Velenje Velenje  SR Slovenia 10th
Spartak Subotica Subotica Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 2nd
Svoboda Ljubljana  SR Slovenia N/A
Vrbas Titov Vrbas Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 6th

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Osijek (C) (P) 30 17 8 5 50 16+34 42 Promotion to 1981–82 Yugoslav First League
2 Iskra 30 16 4 10 40 29+11 36
3 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 12 10 8 51 38+13 34
4 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 12 9 9 47 38+9 33
5 Spartak Subotica 30 11 10 9 49 47+2 32
6 Čelik 30 12 7 11 42 34+8 31
7 Jedinstvo Brčko 30 12 6 12 41 39+2 30
8 AIK Bačka Topola 30 10 10 10 37 32+5 30
9 Svoboda 30 9 12 9 32 27+5 30
10 Maribor (R) 30 14 2 14 50 48+2 30
11 Rudar 30 12 6 12 35 38−3 30
12 Leotar 30 11 8 11 32 36−4 30
13 Jedinstvo Bihać 30 11 7 12 32 29+3 29 1981–82 Inter-Republic Leagues
14 GOŠK Jug 30 11 6 13 36 44−8 28
15 Vrbas (R) 30 6 8 16 25 49−24 20
16 Bosna (R) 30 6 3 21 20 75−55 15

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 twelve sides from the 1978–79 season and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1979–80 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.

There were no teams relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League and the four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Rabotnički, Sloboda Titovo Užice and Vlaznimi Đakovica.

Due to disturbances in the territory of Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, in the second part of the season Prishtina, Trepča and Vlaznimi Đakovica played their matches outside of the region. This resulted in a great number of postponed games at the end of the season. In the final round, Galenika Zemun played away against Teteks in a match that would have brought them promotion in case of victory due to better goal difference. The game ended as a goalless draw and Teteks won the promotion.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1979–80
Bor Bor  SR Serbia 3rd
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 7th
Dubočica Leskovac  SR Serbia 11th
Galenika Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia 4th
Lovćen Cetinje  SR Montenegro N/A
Prishtina Pristina Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo 6th
Rabotnički Skopje  SR Macedonia N/A
Rad Belgrade  SR Serbia 9th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac  SR Serbia 2nd
Radnički Pirot Pirot  SR Serbia 12th
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice  SR Serbia N/A
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 10th
Teteks Tetovo  SR Macedonia 8th
OFK Titograd Titograd  SR Montenegro 13th
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo 5th
Vlaznimi Đakovica Đakovica Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo N/A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Teteks (C) (P) 30 15 7 8 30 18+12 37 Promotion to 1981–82 Yugoslav First League
2 Galenika Zemun 30 13 9 8 38 24+14 35
3 Rad 30 12 9 9 27 21+6 33
4 Sutjeska 30 11 11 8 27 24+3 33
5 Radnički Kragujevac 30 10 11 9 41 29+12 31
6 Borac Čačak 30 11 9 10 39 35+4 31
7 Trepča 30 13 4 13 43 35+8 30
8 Prishtina 30 9 12 9 27 22+5 30
9 Sloboda Titovo Užice 30 11 8 11 33 32+1 30
10 Bor 30 11 8 11 33 34−1 30
11 Dubočica 30 11 8 11 29 32−3 30
12 OFK Titograd 30 12 6 12 36 54−18 30
13 Radnički Pirot (R) 30 11 7 12 45 36+9 29 1981–82 Inter-Republic Leagues
14 Lovćen (R) 30 10 8 12 28 32−4 28
15 Rabotnički (R) 30 11 6 13 31 43−12 28
16 Vlaznimi Đakovica (R) 30 4 7 19 28 64−36 15

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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