1988–89 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije
Season 1988–89
Dates 6 August 1988 –
4 June 1989
Champions Vojvodina (2nd title)
Relegated Napredak Kruševac (17th)
Čelik Zenica (18th)
European Cup Vojvodina
Cup Winners' Cup Partizan
UEFA Cup Red Star
Rad
Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorer Davor Šuker (18)

The 1988–89 Yugoslav First League season was the 43rd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.

Šajber's penalties

Two points were awarded for a win, while in case of a draw at the end of the ninety minutes - penalty kicks were taken and the shootout winner was awarded one point while the loser got nothing. The 1988-89 season was the very first to feature this tie-break system, and the Yugoslav FA's decision to implement this caused a lot of criticism and controversy. Apparently, the biggest proponent of the new system was FA president Slavko Šajber and the system was often derisively referred to in the media as 'Šajber's penalties'.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
PW
PL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Vojvodina (C) 34 18 5 1 10 50 38+12 41 1989–90 European Cup
2 Red Star Belgrade 34 18 2 5 9 55 30+25 38 1989–90 UEFA Cup
3 Hajduk Split 34 15 6 4 9 50 29+21 36
4 Rad 34 13 9 2 10 46 38+8 35 1989–90 UEFA Cup 1
5 Dinamo Zagreb 34 16 2 7 9 42 29+13 34
6 Partizan 34 15 3 4 12 52 37+15 33 01989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup0
7 Radnički Niš 34 14 3 4 13 42 35+7 31
8 Osijek 34 13 5 2 14 49 501 31
9 Vardar 34 13 3 4 14 46 515 29
10 Rijeka 34 14 0 7 13 35 34+1 28
11 Velež 34 13 2 2 17 42 431 28
12 Sloboda Tuzla 34 11 6 6 11 35 427 28
13 Sarajevo 34 11 6 4 13 35 427 28
14 Budućnost 34 12 4 3 15 32 4311 28
15 Spartak Subotica 34 11 4 3 16 30 399 26
16 Željezničar 34 12 1 3 18 34 4915 24
17 Napredak Kruševac (R) 34 11 1 4 18 42 5917 24 01989–90 Yugoslav Second League0
18 Čelik (R) 34 9 5 2 18 31 6029 0172

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
If a match ended in a draw, penalties were taken, and only the winner of the penalty shoot-out was rewarded with a point
1 Hajduk Split were banned from European competitions for 2 years after crowd trouble during the 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup game against Marseille
2 Čelik were docked 6 points
(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.

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Čedo Maras (34/0) -goalkeeper-
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budimir Vujačić (31/7)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Siniša Mihajlović (31/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Šestić (30/7)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Kartalija (28/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Mijić (28/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Svetozar Šapurić (28/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Milovac (26/2)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Vorkapić (25/6)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Punišić (25/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slaviša Jokanović (24/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Joksimović (23/5)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Popović (20/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Mijucić (19/4)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Dakić (15/2)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Gaćeša (15/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Tanjga (14/1)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Marković (7/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Milosavljević (6/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Enes Muhić (4/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marijan Zovko (4/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovo Bosančić (2/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Hajdić (1/0)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Vasić (1/0) -goalkeeper-

See also

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