# 1989–90 Yugoslav First League

The 1989–90 Yugoslav First League season was the 44th 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.
Two points were awarded for a win, none for a loss, while in case of a draw a penalty shootout was taken with the winner of the shootout being awarded one point.
Red Star won the 17th title.
The season began on 29 July 1989 with its fall part completing on 17 December 1988. Following a two-month winter break, the season resumed on 18 February 1990 and ran until 16 May 1990.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 34 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 29 | +50 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 40 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 38 | Banned from European competition |
| 4 | Partizan | 34 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rad | 34 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 36 | |
| 6 | Rijeka | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 33 | |
| 7 | Željezničar | 34 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Olimpija | 34 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup |
| 9 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Budućnost | 34 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 29 | Qualification for Balkans Cup |
| 11 | Vojvodina | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 29 | |
| 12 | Spartak Subotica | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 | |
| 13 | Sarajevo | 34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 27 | |
| 14 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 27 | |
| 15 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 26 | |
| 16 | Osijek | 34 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 26 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup |
| 17 | Velež | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 25 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Vardar (R) | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 17 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
* ↑ In November 1987, UEFA banned Hajduk Split from European competitions for two seasons. The immediate catalyst for the punishment was crowd trouble during club's 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup match against Marseille on 5 November 1987, however, repeated prior incidents at Hajduk's European home matches throughout early-to-mid 1980s (such as the 1983–84 UEFA Cup semifinal first leg infamous 'rooster incident' against Tottenham Hotspur) also contributed to the decision. Since Hajduk's 1987–88 Yugoslav League performance failed to qualify the club for 1988–89 European competition, the punishment was enacted for seasons when Hajduk did manage to qualify: 1989–90 and 1990–91.

## Results

Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
| Home \ Away | BBL | BUD | DIN | HAJ | OLI | OSI | PAR | RAD | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | SPA | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
| Borac Banja Luka | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(5–4)}$ | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0$^{(5–4)}$ | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2$^{(1–3)}$ | 1–0 |
| Budućnost | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0$^{(3–4)}$ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0$^{(5–4)}$ | 0–0$^{(2–4]}$ | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0$^{(2–4)}$ | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 3–1 | 0–0$^{(4–3)}$ | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1$^{(4–3)}$ | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1$^{(5–6)}$ | 0–0$^{(4–3)}$ | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| Olimpija | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1$^{(1–3)}$ | 1–1$^{(6–5)}$ | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Osijek | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1$^{(1–3)}$ | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Partizan | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–4 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1$^{(3–5)}$ | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Rad | 2–0 | 2–2$^{(2–3)}$ | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(6–5)}$ | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0$^{(6–5)}$ | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Radnički Niš | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1$^{(5–6)}$ | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1$^{(3–5)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–3)}$ | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Red Star | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0$^{(2–3)}$ | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2$^{(4–3)}$ |
| Rijeka | 1–0 | 0–0$^{(5–4)}$ | 1–1$^{(4–1)}$ | 1–0 | 0–0$^{(3–2)}$ | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–3$^{(2–4)}$ | 6–1 | 0–0$^{(3–4)}$ | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0$^{(3–5)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(5–6)}$ | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(4–3)}$ | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0$^{(4–2)}$ | 1–0 |
| Vardar | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–3$^{(5–4)}$ | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Velež | 0–0$^{(3–4)}$ | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–0$^{(6–5)}$ | 5–1 |
| Vojvodina | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1$^{(5–3)}$ | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1$^{(5–4)}$ |
| Željezničar | 1–1$^{(4–3)}$ | 1–0 | 0–0$^{(2–0)}$ | 0–1 | 2–2$^{(5–4)}$ | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(4–2)}$ | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ Match awarded after it was not played due to the riots at the Maksimir stadium.

## Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade :
| Player | League | League |
| Player | Matches | Goals |
| Darko Pančev | 32 | 25 |
| Dragan "Piksi" Stojković | 31 | 10 |
| Robert Prosinečki | 31 | 5 |
| Duško Radinović | 29 | 2 |
| Ilija Najdoski | 29 | 1 |
| Dragi Kanatlarovski | 29 | 1 |
| Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper) | 29 | 0 |
| Slobodan Marović | 27 | 2 |
| Dejan Savićević | 25 | 10 |
| Vladan Lukić | 25 | 10 |
| Vlada Stošić | 24 | 4 |
| Mitar Mrkela | 23 | 2 |
| Goran Jurić | 21 | 0 |
| Zoran Vujović | 15 | 0 |
| Miodrag Belodedici | 14 | 1 |
| Miloš Drizić | 11 | 1 |
| Refik Šabanadžović | 10 | 0 |
| Zvonko Milojević (goalkeeper) | 4 | 0 |
| Slavoljub Janković | 2 | 0 |
| Zoran Pavlović | 2 | 0 |
| Zoran Dimitrijević | 2 | 0 |
| Ivan Adžić | 1 | 0 |
| Vladimir Jugović | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: Dragoslav Šekularac |||
* ↑ only played the second part of the season due to being suspended by UEFA for breach of contract with Steaua

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Darko Pančev | Red Star | 25 |
| 2 | Meho Kodro | Velež | 18 |
| 3 | Josip Višnjić | Radnički Niš | 16 |
| 4 | Aljoša Asanović | Hajduk Split | 14 |
| 5 | Boban Božović | Sarajevo | 13 |
| 6 | Davor Šuker | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 |
| 6 | Alen Bokšić | Hajduk Split | 12 |
| 6 | Dinko Vrabac | Olimpija | 12 |
| 9 | Siniša Mihajlović | Vojvodina | 11 |
| 9 | Željko Ivanović | Sloboda Tuzla | 11 |