# 1988–89 NK Hajduk Split season

The 1988–89 season was the 78th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their 43rd in the Yugoslav First League. Their 13th place finish in the 1987–88 season meant it was their 43rd successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final result | First match | Last Match |
| 1988–89 Yugoslav First League | – | 3rd | 7 August | 4 June |
| 1988–89 Yugoslav Cup | First round | First round | 3 August | 3 August |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vojvodina (C) | 34 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 41 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 36 | Banned from European competition |
| 4 | Rad | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ In November 1987, UEFA banned Hajduk Split from European competitions for two seasons. The immediate catalyst for the punishment was crowd trouble during the club's 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup second round return leg at home 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 summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

## Matches
### Yugoslav First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance$^1$ | Hajduk Scorers |
| 1 | 7 Aug | H | Čelik | 2 – 0 | 7,944 | Tošić, Pejović |
| 2 | 14 Aug | A | Vojvodina | 0 – 2 | 3,889 | |
| 3 | 21 Aug | H | Partizan | 2 – 2 (0 – 2 p) | 20,725 | Karačić (2) |
| 4 | 28 Aug | A | Sarajevo | 1 – 0 | 1,835 | Štimac |
| 5 | 4 Sep | H | Sloboda | 1 – 0 | 8,336 | Krstović |
| 6 | 10 Sep | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 – 1 | 30,283 | Bokšić, Karačić, Jarni, Tipurić |
| 7 | 18 Sep | A | Napredak | 1 – 1 (3 – 1 p) | 7,709 | Jarni |
| 8 | 25 Sep | H | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 7,421 | |
| 9 | 2 Oct | A | Budućnost | 1 – 2 | 2,108 | Karačić |
| 10 | 9 Oct | H | Vardar | 4 – 1 | 5,145 | Krstović, Pejović, Tipurić, Karačić |
| 11 | 23 Oct | A | Rad | 1 – 0 | 1,549 | Pejović |
| 12 | 30 Oct | H | Red Star | 0 – 0 (4 – 2 p) | 30,051 | |
| 13 | 6 Nov | A | Željezničar | 0 – 0 (6 – 5 p) | 2,727 | |
| 14 | 27 Nov | H | Velež | 4 – 0 | 8,097 | Karačić (2), Tipurić, Krstović |
| 15 | 4 Dec | A | Rijeka | 0 – 0 (3 – 1 p) | 9,570 | |
| 16 | 14 Dec | H | Spartak Subotica | 1 – 0 | 6,589 | Bokšić |
| 17 | 18 Dec | A | Radnički Niš | 0 – 0 (5 – 4 p) | 2,908 | |
| 18 | 26 Feb | A | Čelik | 0 – 1 | 5,161 | |
| 19 | 5 Mar | H | Vojvodina | 0 – 0 (2 – 4 p) | 11,480 | |
| 20 | 12 Mar | A | Partizan | 0 – 1 | 14,347 | |
| 21 | 19 Mar | H | Sarajevo | 3 – 1 | 5,347 | Andrijašević (2), Krstović |
| 22 | 26 Mar | A | Sloboda | 1 – 3 | 2,371 | Alar |
| 23 | 2 Apr | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | 20,432 | |
| 24 | 9 Apr | H | Napredak Kruševac | 5 – 0 | 3,268 | Bokšić (2), Jarni, Tipurić, Karačić |
| 25 | 16 Apr | A | Osijek | 1 – 2 | 6,216 | Bokšić |
| 26 | 19 Apr | H | Budućnost | 2 – 1 | 1,744 | Karačić, Krstović |
| 27 | 3 May | A | Vardar | 1 – 1 (5 – 3 p) | 5,288 | Bilić |
| 28 | 7 May | H | Rad | 2 – 2 (4 – 5 p) | 4,977 | Alar, Vučević |
| 29 | 14 May | A | Red Star | 0 – 3 | 19,317 | |
| 30 | 21 May | H | Željezničar | 2 – 0 | 3,443 | Tipurić, Andrijašević |
| 31 | 24 May | A | Velež | 2 – 2 (4 – 5 p) | 2,895 | Bilić, Jarni |
| 32 | 28 May | H | Rijeka | 4 – 0 | 3,699 | Čelić (2), Jarni, Pejović |
| 33 | 31 May | A | Spartak Subotica | 1 – 0 | 3,227 | Bokšić |
| 34 | 4 Jun | H | Radnički Niš | 3 – 0 | 4,967 | Jarni, Boban, Čelić |
Sources: hajduk.hr

### Yugoslav Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers |
| R1 | 3 Aug | A | Liria Prizren | 0 – 0 (4 – 5 p) | 6,000 | |
Sources: hajduk.hr

## Player seasonal records
### Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Goals |
| 1 | Branko Karačić | 9 |
| 2 | Alen Bokšić | 7 |
| 3 | Robert Jarni | 6 |
| 4 | Radovan Krstović | 4 |
| 4 | Jerko Tipurić | 4 |
| 6 | Dragutin Čelić | 3 |
| 6 | Stjepan Andrijašević | 3 |
| 8 | Goran Alar | 2 |
| 8 | Slaven Bilić | 2 |
| 10 | Dražen Boban | 1 |
| 10 | Igor Štimac | 1 |
| 10 | Rade Tošić | 1 |
| 10 | Goran Vučević | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 50 |
Source: Competitive matches