# 1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia

The 1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the seventh season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Partizan won the championship (declared on 12 June 1999).
The championship was stopped on 14 May 1999, because of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, after 24 rounds.

## Teams

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Partizan | Belgrade | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
| Red Star | Belgrade | Red Star Stadium | 55,538 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | Karađorđe Stadium | 17,204 |
| Zemun | Zemun, Belgrade | Zemun Stadium | 10,000 |
| Rad | Belgrade | Stadion Kralj Petar I | 6,000 |
| Proleter | Zrenjanin | Stadion Karađorđev park | 13,500 |
| Hajduk Kula | Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 6,000 |
| Obilić | Belgrade | FK Obilić Stadium | 4,500 |
| Železnik | Belgrade | Železnik Stadium | 8,000 |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 |
| OFK Beograd | Karaburma, Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 20,000 |
| Sartid 1913 | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
| Spartak | Subotica | Subotica City Stadium | 13,000 |
| Radnički | Kragujevac | Čika Dača Stadium | 15,000 |
| Priština | Priština | Priština City Stadium | 25,000 |
| Budućnost Podgorica | Podgorica | Podgorica City Stadium | 12,000 |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | Čair Stadium | 18,000 |
| Milicionar | Belgrade | SC MUP Makiš | 4,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 11 | +48 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Obilić | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 9 | +52 | 64 | Excluded from European competitions |
| 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Rad | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 40 | |
| 6 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 35 | |
| 7 | Hajduk Kula | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 32 | |
| 8 | OFK Beograd | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 31 | |
| 9 | Sartid | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Radnički Kragujevac | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 30 | |
| 11 | Milicionar | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 29 | |
| 12 | Zemun | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 | |
| 13 | Železnik | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 26 | |
| 14 | Budućnost Podgorica | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 26 | |
| 15 | Mogren | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 20 | |
| 16 | Radnički Niš | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 19 | |
| 17 | Priština | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 18 | Withdrew from the league |
| 18 | Spartak Subotica | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 18 | |
* 1 2 Obilić was excluded from the UEFA competitions because was the club owner Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović was charged with war crimes. Their place was given to Vojvodina.
* ↑ Priština withdrew from the FR Yugoslavia football league system due to the situation in Kosovo, then was moved to the Kosovo football league system.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | HAJ | MIL | MOG | OBI | OFK | PAR | PRI | PRO | RAD | RDK | RNI | RSB | SAR | SPA | VOJ | ZEM | ŽEL |
| Budućnost Podgorica | | | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hajduk Kula | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Milicionar | 6–3 | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | | 4–5 | 1–7 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Mogren | | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Obilić | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 5–0 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 6–3 | 2–0 |
| OFK Beograd | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | | 5–2 |
| Partizan | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | | | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 4–1 |
| Priština | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| Proleter Zrenjanin | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Rad | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | | | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |
| Radnički Niš | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | |
| Red Star | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Sartid | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| Spartak Subotica | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | | 1–3 | | | 1–3 | 3–2 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | | | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| Zemun | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | | |
| Železnik | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | |

## Winning squad

Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković)
Players (league matches/league goals)
* Nikola Damjanac
* Vuk Rašović
* Branko Savić
* Igor Duljaj
* Zoltan Sabo
* Marjan Gerasimovski
* Darko Tešović
* Goran Trobok
* Milan Stojanoski
* Nenad Bjeković
* Dragan Stojisavljević
* Darko Ljubanović
* Đorđe Svetličić
* Mateja Kežman
* Radiša Ilić (goalkeeper)
* Goran Obradović
* Ivica Iliev
* Vladimir Ivić
* Goran Arnaut
* Mladen Krstajić
* Dragan Čalija
* Saša Ilić
* Ljubiša Ranković
* Predrag Pažin
* Dragoljub Jeremić
* Đorđe Tomić
* Aleksandar Vuković
* Srđan Baljak
* Dejan Živković
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## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dejan Osmanović | Hajduk Kula | 16 |
| 2 | Mihajlo Pjanović | Red Star | 14 |
| 3 | Zoran Ranković | Obilić | 13 |
| 3 | Saša Ilić | Partizan | 13 |
| 5 | Antal Puhalak | Spartak | 12 |
| 5 | Vladimir Ivić | Partizan | 12 |