# 1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 36th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Notable events
### Dražen Petrović's league debut

The season saw the pro debut of fifteen-year-old Dražen Petrović. He appeared in 8 games for Šibenka throughout the season, scoring a total of 13 points. His scoring debut occurred on 29 December 1979 at home against OKK Beograd (Beko), a contest fifteen-year-and-two-month-old Petrović entered by coming on for Šibenka's veteran point guard Zoran Slavnić, who in addition to playing also shared the team's head coaching duties with Vojislav Vezović.

## Teams

| SR Serbia Beko Beograd Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Partizan Radnički Belgrade | SR Croatia Cibona Jugoplastika Šibenka Zadar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna | SR Macedonia Rabotnički | SR Slovenia Iskra Olimpija |

## Classification

| | Regular season ranking 1979-80 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt |
| 1. | Bosna | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2020 | 1904 | 34 |
| 2. | Jugoplastika | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2001 | 1846 | 30 |
| 3. | Cibona | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1973 | 1901 | 26 |
| 4. | Partizan | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1984 | 1949 | 24 |
| 5. | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1929 | 1933 | 22 |
| 6. | Zadar | 22 | 10 | 12 | 2041 | 2048 | 20 |
| 7. | Iskra Olimpija | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1955 | 2028 | 20 |
| 8. | Šibenka | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1980 | 1949 | 18 |
| 9. | Rabotnički | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1919 | 2061 | 18 |
| 10. | Radnički Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1881 | 1913 | 18 |
| 11. | Beko Beograd | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1892 | 1930 | 16 |
| 12. | Borac Čačak | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1992 | 2035 | 16 |
The winning roster of Bosna:
* Borislav Vučević
* Emir Mutapčić
* Predrag Benaček
* Boško Bosiočić
* Nihad Izić
* Ratko Radovanović
* Dragan Zrno
* Žarko Varajić
* Mirza Delibašić
* Sabahudin Bilalović
* Sabit Hadžić
* Miroljub Mitrović
Coach: Bogdan Tanjević

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOS | JUG | CIB | PAR | CZV | ZAD | OLI | ŠIB | RAB | RAD | OKK | BOR |
| Bosna | — | 72–79 | 99–85 | 106–100 | 98–88 | 120–101 | 103–95 | 83–82 | 97–85 | 72–73 | 88–85 | 118–103 |
| Jugoplastika | 73–75 | — | 84–86 | 89–79 | 90–77 | 91–97 | 92–73 | 124–93 | 114–89 | 101–77 | 99–85 | 81–75 |
| Cibona | 91–86 | 101–91 | — | 104–85 | 75–71 | 88–91 | 105–90 | 81–77 | 124–81 | 91–85 | 74–76 | 97–93 |
| Partizan | 73–72 | 72–80 | 81–82 | — | 92–90 | 107–98 | 107–95 | 101–99 | 92–82 | 91–80 | 88–89 | 101–88 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 90–93 | 88–92 | 102–80 | 89–80 | — | 90–88 | 90–85 | 106–89 | 89–88 | 95–85 | 97–77 | 99–87 |
| Zadar | 96–98 | 82–84 | 92–90 | 84–78 | 88–86 | — | 87–75 | 106–104 | 97–80 | 82–89 | 93–89 | 109–97 |
| Olimpija | 82–83 | 89–88 | 73–72 | 86–104 | 84–72 | 104–94 | — | 96–95 | 107–99 | 83–79 | 89–87 | 105–102 |
| Šibenka | 92–104 | 81–70 | 91–92 | 83–73 | 104–68 | 99–98 | 87–81 | — | 93–75 | 81–72 | 95–80 | 94–76 |
| Rabotnički | 83–92 | 90–89 | 75–73 | 99–102 | 100–90 | 106–97 | 101–94 | 89–85 | — | 88–75 | 75–72 | 93–89 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 92–90 | 92–107 | 100–99 | 89–104 | 101–85 | 87–81 | 85–86 | 81–79 | 80–79 | — | 89–85 | 89–97 |
| Beko Beograd | 80–86 | 85–93 | 81–87 | 81–94 | 77–84 | 88–89 | 107–96 | 96–88 | 100–73 | 104–90 | — | 86–85 |
| Borac Čačak | 76–87 | 88–90 | 97–96 | 84–80 | 80–83 | 98–91 | 89–87 | 97–89 | 110–87 | 103–91 | 78–82 | — |

## Scoring leaders

* Branko Skroče (Zadar) - ___ points (31.8ppg)
* Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (31.4ppg)

## Qualification in 1980-81 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Bosna (champions)
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup
* Cibona (Cup winners)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Jugoplastika (2nd)
* Partizan (4th)
* Crvena Zvezda (5th)
* Zadar (6th)

## Basketball Cup
### Bracket

| Eightfinals | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Kvarner | 98 | | | | |
| Jugoplastika | 88 | | | | |
| Jugoplastika | 88 | Kvarner | 102 | | |
| | | Zadar | 95 | | |
| Zadar | 81 | Zadar | 95 | | |
| Beko Beograd | 80 | | | | |
| Beko Beograd | 80 | | | Kvarner | 79 |
| | | | | Cibona | 85 |
| Cibona | 123 | | | Cibona | 85 |
| Libela Celje | 99 | | | | |
| Libela Celje | 99 | Cibona | 81 | | |
| | | Radnički LMK Belgrade | 79 | | |
| Radnički LMK Belgrade | 94 | Radnički LMK Belgrade | 79 | | |
| Elektrokosovo | 84 | | | | | | |
| Elektrokosovo | 84 | | | | | Cibona | 68 |
| | | | | | | Bosna | 62 |
| Bosna | 98 | | | | | Bosna | 62 |
| Rabotnički | 86 | | | | | | |
| Rabotnički | 86 | Bosna | 93 | | | | |
| | | Partizan | 87 | | | | |
| Partizan | 100 | Partizan | 87 | | | | |
| Budućnost | 87 | | | | | | |
| Budućnost | 87 | | | Bosna | | | |
| | | | | Borac Čačak | |
| Borac Čačak | 112 | | | Borac Čačak | |
| Slovan | 105 | | | | |
| Slovan | 105 | Borac Čačak | 89 | | |
| | | Vojvodina | 85 | | |
| Vojvodina | 90 | Vojvodina | 85 | | |
| Drina | 80 | | | | |