# 1964–65 Yugoslav First League

The 1964–65 Yugoslav First League had an odd number of teams because FK Vardar was allowed to compete in the top league despite getting relegated the previous season. The state and FA authorities made this decision due to the major earthquake (6.1 Richter scale) that hit Skopje on 26 July 1963. The thinking was that having a team in top-flight would boost the citizens' morale.
After week 8 of fixtures on 13 September 1964, the league went on an almost two-month break in order to accommodate the October 1964 Yugoslav Olympic national team's participation at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where the team consisting entirely of players from the Yugoslav First League made it out of its round-robin group but lost in the quarterfinals to West Germany. The season resumed on 8 November 1964.

## Teams

At the end of the previous season only FK Novi Sad was relegated – in spite of finishing last, FK Vardar was allowed to stay in top flight due to the 1963 Skopje earthquake. Since NK Zagreb and Sutjeska Nikšić were promoted from Yugoslav Second League, the league was contested by 15 teams.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1963–64 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 01010th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0055th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 0088th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0099th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0044th |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | SR Montenegro | — |
| Trešnjevka | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 01111th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 01414th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01212th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0077th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | — |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 35 | |
| 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 35 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 34 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 33 | |
| 6 | NK Zagreb | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 29 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 7 | Radnički Niš | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 28 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 26 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Vojvodina | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 26 | |
| 10 | OFK Belgrade | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 24 | |
| 11 | Vardar | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 23 | Invitation for Balkans Cup |
| 12 | Hajduk Split | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 23 | |
| 13 | Velež | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 21 | |
| 14 | Trešnjevka | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 21 | |
| 15 | Sutjeska Nikšić (R) | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 19 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | HAJ | OFK | PAR | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SUT | TRE | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG | ŽEL |
| Dinamo Zagreb | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| OFK Belgrade | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Partizan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Radnički Niš | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Red Star | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Rijeka | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Sutjeska | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Trešnjevka | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Vardar | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Velež | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Vojvodina | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| NK Zagreb | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–3 |
| Željezničar | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |

## Winning squad

Champions:
* FK Partizan (Coach: Aleksandar Atanacković)
player (league matches/league goals)
* Vladica Kovačević (28/14)
* Josip Pirmajer (27/7)
* Ljubomir Mihajlović (26/0)
* Milan Galić (24/15)
* Ivan Ćurković (23/0) (goalkeeper)
* Mustafa Hasanagić (20/13)
* Radoslav Bečejac (20/2)
* Jovan Miladinović (19/0)
* Joakim Vislavski (18/5)
* Fahrudin Jusufi (18/0)
* Branko Rašović (17/0)
* Velibor Vasović (15/0)
* Velimir Sombolac (14/0)
* Milan Damjanović (11/0)
* Milan Vukelić (10/0)
* Lazar Radović (8/0)
* Bora Milutinović (6/0)
* Mane Bajić (5/1)
* Miodrag Petrović (5/1)
* Milutin Šoškić (4/0) (goalkeeper)
* Branislav Mihajlović (2/0)
* Jovan Ćurčić (1/0) (goalkeeper)
* Vojislav Simeunović (1/0)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zlatko Dračić | NK Zagreb | 23 |
| 2 | Tonči Gulin | Rijeka | 16 |
| 3 | Milan Galić | Partizan | 15 |
| 4 | Vladimir Kovačević | Partizan | 14 |
| 5 | Mustafa Hasanagić | Partizan | 13 |
| 5 | Mišo Smajlović | Željezničar | 13 |
| 5 | Jovan Anđelković | Radnički Niš | 13 |
| 8 | Zoran Prljinčević | Red Star | 12 |
| 9 | Bora Kostić | Red Star | 10 |