# 1981–82 Yugoslav First League

The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th 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 26 July 1981 and ended on 2 May 1982. Dinamo Zagreb led by Miroslav Blažević won their fourth title five points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 1980–81 season and two clubs promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League as winners of the two second level subdivisions 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.
Borac Banja Luka and Napredak Kruševac were relegated at the end of the previous season. Osijek and Teteks Tetovo were promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League.
| Team | City / town | Federal Republic | Position in 1980–81 |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 0066th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0055th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0022nd |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 01515th |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 01212th |
| Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | — |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0088th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 0033rd |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0077th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01313th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0044th |
| Teteks | Tetovo | SR Macedonia | — |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 01111th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0099th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 01010th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 01616th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01414th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 49 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 44 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 44 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Željezničar | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Partizan | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 37 | |
| 7 | Velež | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 36 | |
| 8 | Budućnost | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Olimpija | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 33 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 32 | |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 32 | |
| 12 | Rijeka | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 32 | |
| 13 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 31 | |
| 14 | Vardar | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 30 | |
| 15 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 16 | Osijek | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 29 | |
| 17 | Teteks (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 68 | −37 | 23 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | NK Zagreb (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 68 | −41 | 19 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | OFK | OLI | OSI | PAR | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | TET | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG | ŽEL |
| Budućnost | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| OFK Belgrade | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Olimpija | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Osijek | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Partizan | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Radnički Niš | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Red Star | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Rijeka | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Sarajevo | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Teteks | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Vardar | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Velež | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| NK Zagreb | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 |
| Željezničar | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Match awarded 0–3 to Velež.

## Winning squad

Champions: Dinamo Zagreb :
| Player | League | League |
| Player | Matches | Goals |
| Marko Mlinarić | 33 | 2 |
| Marijan Vlak | 32 | 0 |
| Snješko Cerin | 31 | 19 |
| Petar Bručić | 31 | 2 |
| Dragan Bošnjak | 30 | 2 |
| Džemal Mustedanagić | 29 | 0 |
| Velimir Zajec | 28 | 1 |
| Zvjezdan Cvetković | 26 | 3 |
| Milivoj Bračun | 26 | 0 |
| Stjepan Deverić | 25 | 11 |
| Zoran Panić | 23 | 8 |
| Zlatko Kranjčar | 17 | 12 |
| Ismet Hadžić | 16 | 0 |
| Emil Dragičević | 15 | 1 |
| Zlatan Arnautović | 9 | 4 |
| Borislav Cvetković | 9 | 1 |
| Željko Hohnjec | 9 | 1 |
| Marin Kurtela | 6 | 0 |
| Drago Dumbović | 6 | 0 |
| Milan Ćalasan | 4 | 0 |
| Zvonko Marić | 3 | 0 |
| Branko Devčić | 3 | 0 |
| Mladen Munjaković | 3 | 0 |
| Radimir Bobinac | 2 | 0 |
| Davor Braun | 2 | 0 |
| Čedomir Jovičević | 1 | 0 |
| Edward Krnčević | 1 | 0 |
| Coach: Miroslav Blažević |||
* 1 2 3 played only the second part of the season, after coming back from the mandatory army stint at the mid-season winter break

## Season statistics

* Widest winning margin: 7 goals:
** Dinamo Zagreb 7–0 NK Zagreb (13 September 1981)
** Hajduk Split 7–0 Teteks (31 March 1982)
* Most goals in a match: 9 goals:
** Rijeka 5–4 Radnički Niš (23 August 1981)
** Partizan 7–2 Sloboda (25 April 1982)

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Snješko Cerin | Dinamo Zagreb | 19 |
| 2 | Edin Bahtić | Željezničar | 17 |
| 3 | Dušan Savić | Red Star | 16 |
| 3 | Vasil Ringov | Vardar | 16 |
| 5 | Zlatko Vujović | Hajduk Split | 14 |
| 6 | Zlatko Kranjčar | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 |
| 6 | Predrag Pašić | FK Sarajevo | 12 |
| 6 | Vili Ameršek | Olimpija | 12 |
| 9 | Safet Sušić | Sarajevo | 11 |
| 9 | Dušan Bajević | Velež | 11 |