# 1961–62 Yugoslav First League

The 1961–62 Yugoslav First League season was the 16th 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. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fourth title.

## Teams

At the end of the previous season RNK Split and Radnički Belgrade were relegated. They were replaced by FK Novi Sad and Borac Banja Luka.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1960–61 |
| Borac | Banja Luka | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0044th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | — |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0066th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0077th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0088th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 01010th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0099th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0055th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 31 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 25 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 24 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Velež | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
| 10 | Novi Sad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 19 | |
| 11 | Vardar (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 18 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BBL | DIN | HAJ | NSD | OFK | PAR | RSB | RIJ | SAR | VAR | VEL | VOJ |
| Borac Banja Luka | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–7 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Novi Sad | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| OFK Belgrade | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Partizan | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Red Star | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Rijeka | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Vardar | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Velež | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 4–1 |
| Vojvodina | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | |

## Winning squad

Champions:
* FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
player (league matches/league goals)
* Velibor Vasović (22/2)
* Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)
* Milan Galić (21/7)
* Fahrudin Jusufi (21/0)
* Vladica Kovačević (19/15)
* Milan Vukelić (17/6)
* Joakim Vislavski (17/3)
* Velimir Sombolac (17/0)
* Lazar Radović (16/2)
* Branislav Mihajlović (16/0)
* Zvezdan Čebinac (14/3)
* Milorad Milutinović (12/0)
* Radivoj Ognjanović (9/1)
* Dragoslav Jovanović (8/0)
* Ljubomir Mihajlović (6/0)
* Dragomir Slišković (4/1)
* Ivan Rajić (3/1)
* Miodrag Petrović (3/0)
* Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
* Bruno Belin (2/0)
* Mustafa Hasanagić (1/0)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dražan Jerković | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovačević | Partizan | 15 |
| 3 | Đorđe Pavlić | Vojvodina | 12 |
| 4 | Andon Dončevski | Vardar | 11 |
| 5 | Zvonko Bego | Hajduk Split | 10 |
| 6 | Josip Skoblar | OFK Belgrade | 9 |
| 6 | Dušan Maravić | Red Star | 9 |
| 6 | Spasoje Samardžić | OFK Belgrade | 9 |
| 9 | Salih Šehović | Sarajevo | 8 |
| 9 | Anton Rudinski | Red Star | 8 |