# 1983–84 Yugoslav First League
## Teams
### Changes from last season
#### Teams promoted from 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League

* Čelik
* Priština

#### Teams relegated to 1983–84 Yugoslav Second League

* 17th place: OFK Belgrade
* 18th place: Galenika Zemun

### Overview

| Team | Home city | Federal Republic | Position in 1982–83 |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 01414th |
| Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0055th |
| Dinamo Vinkovci | Vinkovci | SR Croatia | 01212th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0022nd |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 0077th |
| Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | 01616th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Priština | Priština | SR Serbia | |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 01515th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01111th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 0088th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01313th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0099th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01010th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 44 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Partizan | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Željezničar | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Osijek | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 34 | |
| 7 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 33 | |
| 8 | Priština | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 33 | |
| 9 | Sarajevo | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 32 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 32 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Vinkovci | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 32 | |
| 12 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 31 | |
| 13 | Velež | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 31 | |
| 14 | Budućnost | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 31 | |
| 15 | Vardar | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 31 | |
| 16 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 31 | |
| 17 | Olimpija (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 28 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Čelik (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

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

## Winning squad

* Red Star Belgrade (coach Gojko Zec)
| Player | Apps | Goals |
| Tomislav Ivković | 34 | 0 |
| Marko Elsner | 32 | 0 |
| Miloš Šestić | 29 | 7 |
| Milko Đurovski | 27 | 13 |
| Boško Đurovski | 23 | 8 |
| Jovica Nikolić | 22 | 8 |
| Miroslav Šugar | 22 | 0 |
| Đorđe Milovanović | 21 | 3 |
| Milan Jovin | 21 | 0 |
| Mitar Mrkela | 20 | 2 |
| Zoran Banković | 19 | 3 |
| Ivan Jurišić | 19 | 0 |
| Dragan Miletović | 17 | 0 |
| Milan Janković | 16 | 2 |
| Ljubiša Stojanović | 15 | 1 |
| Ranko Đorđić | 14 | 3 |
| Rajko Janjanin | 14 | 0 |
| Goran Milojević | 14 | 0 |
| Žarko Đurović | 13 | 0 |
| Nedeljko Milosavljević | 12 | 0 |
| Dragić Komadina | 9 | 0 |
| Miodrag Krivokapić | 4 | 0 |
| Cvijetin Blagojević | 3 | 0 |
| Zlatko Krmpotić | 2 | 0 |
| Radoslav Žugić | 1 | 1 |
| Radomir Savić | 1 | 0 |
| Slavko Radovanović | 1 | 0 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Darko Pančev | Vardar | 19 |
| 2 | Snješko Cerin | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 |
| 3 | Sulejman Halilović | Dinamo Vinkovci | 15 |
| 4 | Nikola Nikić | Željezničar | 14 |
| 5 | Milko Đurovski | Red Star | 13 |
| 5 | Vasil Ringov | Vardar / Dinamo Zagreb | 13 |
| 7 | Zoran Batrović | Priština | 11 |
| 7 | Damir Desnica | Rijeka | 11 |
| 9 | Edin Bahtić | Željezničar | 10 |
| 9 | Ivan Cvjetković | Sloboda Tuzla | 10 |
| 9 | Mersad Kovačević | Sloboda Tuzla | 10 |

## Attendance

| Club | Average home attendance | Average away attendance |
| Red Star Belgrade | 23,588 | 20,588 |
| FK Priština | 18,647 | 7,647 |
| FK Partizan | 16,647 | 21,235 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 16,294 | 13,412 |
| Hajduk Split | 13,353 | 17,824 |
| FK Vardar | 11,000 | 7,765 |
| Čelik Zenica | 8,588 | 7,059 |
| FK Željezničar | 8,529 | 7,824 |
| FK Sarajevo | 7,765 | 7,765 |
| NK Olimpija | 7,706 | 5,765 |
| FK Velež | 7,353 | 10,412 |
| Radnički Niš | 6,706 | 7,529 |
| NK Rijeka | 6,471 | 7,647 |
| FK Vojvodina | 6,059 | 7,059 |
| Budućnost Titograd | 5,765 | 7,588 |
| NK Osijek | 5,000 | 7,235 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 4,941 | 7,059 |
| Dinamo Vinkovci | 4,000 | 7,000 |
* Overall league attendance per match: 9,912 spectators