# 1962–63 Yugoslav First League

The 1962–63 Yugoslav First League season was the 17th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fifth title.

## Teams

Due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 clubs two teams were relegated at the end of the previous season (Vardar and Borac) and four were promoted - Budućnost, Radnički Niš, Željezničar and Sloboda.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1961–62 |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | — |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0055th |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 01010th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0066th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | — |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0088th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0077th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0099th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 35 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Željezničar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 29 | |
| 4 | Velež | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | |
| 5 | OFK Belgrade | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 28 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 6 | Radnički Niš | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 26 | |
| 7 | Red Star Belgrade | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 25 | |
| 8 | Novi Sad | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 24 | |
| 9 | Sarajevo | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 23 | |
| 10 | Rijeka | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 23 | |
| 11 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 23 | |
| 12 | Vojvodina | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 22 | |
| 13 | Sloboda Tuzla (R) | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 20 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Budućnost (R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 18 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | NSD | OFK | PAR | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
| Budućnost | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Novi Sad | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| OFK Belgrade | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Partizan | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| Radnički Niš | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 |
| Red Star | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Rijeka | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Velež | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Vojvodina | 2–3 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Željezničar | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
* ↑ Match awarded 3–0 to Radnički.

## Winning squad

Champions: FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
Player (league matches/league goals)
* Vladica Kovačević (26/14)
* Milutin Šoškić (26/0) (goalkeeper)
* Milan Galić (25/16)
* Fahrudin Jusufi (25/0)
* Velibor Vasović (24/2)
* Ljubomir Mihajlović (23/0)
* Milan Vukelić (18/2)
* Joakim Vislavski (16/7)
* Zvezdan Čebinac (16/0)
* Bora Milutinović (15/1)
* Velimir Sombolac (14/0)
* Mustafa Hasanagić (12/4)
* Anton Rudinski (8/6)
* Aleksandar Jončić (8/0)
* Ivan Rajić (6/1)
* Lazar Radović (5/2)
* Milorad Milutinović (5/0)
* Ilija Mitić (5/0)
* Dragomir Slišković (5/0)
* Branislav Mihajlović (4/1)
* Mane Bajić (4/0)
* Miodrag Petrović (3/1)
* Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
* Dragoslav Jovanović (2/0)
* Milan Damjanović (1/0)
* Zenun Brovina
* Dimitrije Davidović
* Poljan
* Jankulovski
* Milanović
Source:

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mišo Smajlović | Željezničar | 18 |
| 2 | Slaven Zambata | Dinamo Zagreb | 17 |
| 3 | Đorđe Pavlić | Vojvodina | 16 |
| 3 | Milan Galić | Partizan | 16 |
| 5 | Vladimir Kovačević | Partizan | 15 |
| 6 | Dražan Jerković | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 |
| 7 | Josip Skoblar | OFK Belgrade | 11 |
| 8 | Mirko Gašić | Željezničar | 10 |
| 8 | Silvester Takač | Vojvodina | 10 |
| 8 | Vinko Zadel | Rijeka | 10 |
| 8 | Vitomir Sovrović | Radnički Niš | 10 |