1987–88 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season	1987–88
Dates	2 August 1987 –; 12 June 1988
Champions	Red Star (16th title)
Relegated	Sutjeska; Priština
European Cup	Red Star
Cup Winners' Cup	Borac Banja Luka
UEFA Cup	Partizan; Velež; Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorer	Duško Milinković (16)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Yugoslav First League season was the 42nd 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. The season began on 2 August 1987 and ended on 12 June 1988. Red Star led by Velibor Vasović won their 16th title with a single points ahead of previous season's champions Partizan.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1986–87 season and two sides promoted from the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level groups East and West. 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.

Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vojvodina and Rad.

Rank in 1986–87	Team	City	SR	Stadium	Managers in 1987–88
0077th	Budućnost	Titograd	MNE	Pod Goricom	Stanko Poklepović
01212th	Čelik	Zenica	BIH	Bilino Polje	Josip Skoblar
0066th	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	CRO	Maksimir	Miroslav Blažević
0088th	Hajduk Split	Split	CRO	Poljud	Ivan Vutsov Petar Nadoveza
01111th	Osijek	Osijek	CRO	Gradski Vrt	Šaban Jasenica
0011st	Partizan	Belgrade	SRB	Stadion JNA	Fahrudin Jusufi
01414th	Priština	Pristina	SRB	Gradski	Josip Duvančić
—	Rad	Belgrade	SRB	Karaburma	Dragan Gugleta
01616th	Radnički Niš	Niš	SRB	Čair	Milan Živadinović
0033rd	Red Star	Belgrade	SRB	Marakana	Velibor Vasović
0044th	Rijeka	Rijeka	CRO	Kantrida	Mladen Vranković
01313th	Sarajevo	Sarajevo	BIH	Koševo	Denijal Pirić
01515th	Sloboda	Tuzla	BIH	Tušanj	Đorđe Gerum
01010th	Sutjeska	Nikšić	MNE	Kraj Bistrice	Nedeljko Gugolj
0055th	Vardar	Skopje	MKD	Gradski	Andon Dončevski
0022nd	Velež	Mostar	BIH	Pod Bijelim Brijegom	Enver Marić
—	Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SRB	FK Vojvodina	Ivan Brzić
0099th	Željezničar	Sarajevo	BIH	Grbavica	Blagoje Bratić

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	34	17	11	6	66	39	+27	45	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Partizan	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Velež	34	15	12	7	61	34	+27	42
4	Dinamo Zagreb	34	16	10	8	55	36	+19	42
5	Sloboda Tuzla	34	14	10	10	53	41	+12	38
6	Vardar	34	15	7	12	37	40	−3	37
7	Radnički Niš	34	14	4	16	48	46	+2	32	Qualification for Balkans Cup
8	Rijeka	34	9	14	11	33	39	−6	32
9	Budućnost	34	10	12	12	40	48	−8	32
10	Vojvodina	34	11	10	13	40	51	−11	32	Qualification for Intertoto Cup
11	Osijek	34	10	11	13	44	61	−17	31
12	Željezničar	34	8	14	12	38	44	−6	30
13	Hajduk Split	34	8	14	12	40	50	−10	30
14	Sarajevo	34	11	8	15	37	47	−10	30
15	Rad	34	11	8	15	44	56	−12	30	Qualification for Intertoto Cup
16	Čelik	34	12	5	17	39	45	−6	29
17	Sutjeska Nikšić (R)	34	10	9	15	42	49	−7	29	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18	Priština (R)	34	10	7	17	43	59	−16	27	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BUD	ČEL	DIN	HAJ	OSI	PAR	PRI	RAD	RNI	RSB	RIJ	SAR	SLO	SUT	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ŽEL
Budućnost		2–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1
Čelik	2–0		1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	5–0	3–0
Hajduk Split	1–2	3–2	0–2		2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	5–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–0
Osijek	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1		4–1	5–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	5–3	2–1	1–1	2–2
Partizan	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	6–1		3–1	5–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Priština	4–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–0		0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	5–2	0–3	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
Rad	1–1	3–2	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–0		3–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1
Radnički Niš	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–4	2–0	1–1		3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–2	5–1	1–0
Red Star	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	7–1	2–0	4–2		2–3	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0
Rijeka	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
Sarajevo	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	2–0
Sloboda Tuzla	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–0		1–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	4–0
Sutjeska	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–0		3–0	2–3	2–0	2–0
Vardar	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–0		1–0	2–0	1–1
Velež	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–3	5–0		1–0	2–0
Vojvodina	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–1		2–1
Željezničar	5–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–2	0–0	3–0

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade
Player	League
Player	Matches	Goals
Žarko Đurović	34	5
Goran Milojević	33	3
Bora Cvetković	32	9
Slobodan Marović	30	1
Miodrag Krivokapić	30	0
Dragan "Piksi" Stojković	28	15
Dragiša Binić	27	13
Slavko Radovanović	25	5
Robert Prosinečki	23	4
Goran Jurić	23	0
Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper)	23	0
Dejan Joksimović	17	3
Zlatko Krdžević	17	0
Dragić Komadina	16	1
Husref Musemić	15	4
Dragan Punišić	11	1
Branko Davidović (goalkeeper)	11	0
Refik Šabanadžović	10	1
Jovica Nikolić	10	0
Mitar Mrkela	5	0
Vladan Lukić	2	1
Slavoljub Janković	2	0
Head coach: Velibor Vasović

Top scorers

The top goalscorers in the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League were as follows:

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Duško Milinković	Rad	16
2	Mirko Mihić	Sloboda	15
	Dragan Stojković	Red Star
	Kujtim Shala	Priština
5	Haris Škoro	Dinamo Zagreb	14
6	Dragiša Binić	Red Star	13
	Semir Tuce	Velež
	Zvonimir Boban	Dinamo Zagreb
	Darko Pančev	Vardar
10	Radmilo Mihajlović	Željezničar	12
	Dragan Jakovljević	Sarajevo
	Vladislav Đukić	Priština (6) / Partizan (6)

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables