# 1982–83 Yugoslav First League

The 1982–1983 season of the Yugoslav First League, the then top football league in Yugoslavia was won by FK Partizan.

## Teams
### Changes from last season
#### Teams promoted from 1981–82 Yugoslav Second League

* Dinamo Vinkovci
* Galenika Zemun

#### Teams relegated to 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League

* 17th place: Teteks
* 18th place: NK Zagreb

### Overview

| Team | Home city | Federal Republic | Position in 1981–82 |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 0088th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
| Dinamo Vinkovci | Vinkovci | SR Croatia | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0011st |
| Galenika Zemun | Zemun | SR Serbia | |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 01515th |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 0099th |
| Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | 01616th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0066th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 01111th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 01212th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0044th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01313th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 01414th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0077th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 01010th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0055th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 45 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 40 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 35 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup |
| 7 | Olimpija | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Vardar | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Vojvodina | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 34 | |
| 10 | Željezničar | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 33 | |
| 11 | Sarajevo | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 32 | |
| 12 | Dinamo Vinkovci | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 31 | |
| 13 | Velež | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 31 | |
| 14 | Budućnost | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 31 | |
| 15 | Rijeka | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 30 | |
| 16 | Osijek | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 29 | |
| 17 | OFK Belgrade (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 28 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Galenika Zemun (R) | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 20 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | DVI | DZG | GAL | HAJ | OFK | OLI | OSI | PAR | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
| Budućnost | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Vinkovci | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 4–2 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Galenika Zemun | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Hajduk Split | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| OFK Belgrade | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Olimpija | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Osijek | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Partizan | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Radnički Niš | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Red Star | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Rijeka | 2–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sarajevo | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Vardar | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Velež | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Željezničar | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | |

## Winning squad

* PARTIZAN (coach Miloš Milutinović)
| Player | Apps | Goals |
| Ljubomir Radanović | 34 | 3 |
| Aleksandar Trifunović | 32 | 9 |
| Momčilo Vukotić | 32 | 5 |
| Slobodan Rojević | 32 | 1 |
| Dragan Mance | 30 | 15 |
| Miodrag Ješić | 27 | 1 |
| Miodrag Radović | 25 | 1 |
| Zvonko Živković | 23 | 9 |
| Zoran Dimitrijević | 23 | 2 |
| Nenad Stojković | 23 | 1 |
| Admir Smajić | 22 | 0 |
| Nikica Klinčarski | 21 | 2 |
| Zvonko Varga | 20 | 3 |
| Rade Zalad | 20 | 0 |
| Dževad Prekazi | 19 | 4 |
| Ranko Stojić | 16 | 0 |
| Sead Sarajlić | 11 | 0 |
| Zvonko Popović | 10 | 1 |
| Miloš Đelmaš | 6 | 0 |
| Novica Kostić | 2 | 0 |
| Stevica Kuzmanovski | 2 | 0 |
| Slobodan Pavković | 2 | 0 |
| Sead Mašić | 2 | 0 |
| Radomir Radulović | 1 | 0 |
| Zoran Lilić | 1 | 0 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sulejman Halilović | Dinamo Vinkovci | 18 |
| 2 | Dragan Mance | Partizan | 15 |
| 3 | Vladimir Skočajić | Velež | 14 |
| 4 | Zlatko Kranjčar | Dinamo Zagreb | 13 |
| 4 | Dušan Savić | Red Star | 13 |
| 6 | Dušan Mitošević | Radnički Niš | 12 |
| 7 | Dušan Bajević | Velež | 11 |
| 7 | Ivan Cvjetković | Sloboda Tuzla | 11 |
| 7 | Damir Desnica | Rijeka | 11 |
| 7 | Mersad Kovačević | Sloboda Tuzla | 11 |
| 7 | Dušan Pešić | Hajduk Split | 11 |

## Attendance

| Club | Average home attendance | Average away attendance |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 25,471 | 17,353 |
| FK Partizan | 22,000 | 20,412 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 15,765 | 16,412 |
| Hajduk Split | 15,353 | 12,765 |
| FK Vardar | 9,353 | 6,118 |
| FK Sarajevo | 7,529 | 7,059 |
| FK Željezničar | 6,765 | 7,000 |
| Radnički Niš | 6,765 | 6,588 |
| FK Vojvodina | 6,471 | 6,118 |
| Dinamo Vinkovci | 6,176 | 7,588 |
| NK Osijek | 5,824 | 5,647 |
| NK Rijeka | 5,059 | 5,529 |
| FK Velež | 5,000 | 8,529 |
| NK Olimpija | 4,824 | 7,059 |
| Budućnost Titograd | 4,529 | 5,118 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 3,824 | 5,000 |
| Galenika Zemun | 3,588 | 5,294 |
| OFK Beograd | 2,765 | 7,471 |
* Overall league attendance per match: 8,725 spectators