1971–72 Yugoslav First League
# 1971–72 Yugoslav First League

The 1971–72 Yugoslav First League season was the 26th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Željezničar Sarajevo winning the title.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Željezničar (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 49 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Partizan | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 39 | |
| 6 | Velež | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 38 | |
| 7 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 35 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 32 | |
| 9 | Olimpija | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 31 | |
| 10 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Vardar | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 30 | |
| 12 | Čelik | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 30 | |
| 13 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 30 | |
| 14 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 29 | |
| 15 | Sarajevo | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 28 | |
| 16 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 28 | |
| 17 | Radnički Kragujevac (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 24 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Maribor (R) | 34 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | ČEL | DIN | HAJ | MAR | OFK | OLI | PAR | RDK | RNI | RSB | SAR | SLO | SUT | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borac Banja Luka | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Čelik | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| NK Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Maribor | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| OFK Belgrade | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Olimpija | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Partizan | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Radnički Niš | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Red Star | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Sarajevo | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Sutjeska Nikšić | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Vardar | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Velež | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Vojvodina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
| Željezničar | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Winning squad

Champions: FK Željezničar Sarajevo :

| Player | League | League |
| - | - | - |
| Player | Matches | Goals |
| Josip Katalinski | 34 | 12 |
| Slobodan Janjuš (goalkeeper) | 34 | 0 |
| Enver Hadžiabdić | 34 | 0 |
| Božo Janković | 33 | 13 |
| Blagoje Bratić | 33 | 7 |
| Velija Bećirspahić | 33 | 1 |
| Josip Bukal | 32 | 14 |
| Edin Sprečo | 32 | 5 |
| Branimir Jelušić | 32 | 2 |
| Avdija Deraković | 31 | 1 |
| Dragan Kojović | 26 | 0 |
| Fahrija Hrvat | 15 | 0 |
| Miloš Radović | 8 | 0 |
| Slobodan Kojović | 6 | 0 |
| Željko Rodić | 4 | 0 |
| Nusret Kadrić | 2 | 0 |
| Hajrudin Saračević | 2 | 0 |
| Džemaludin Šerbo | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: Milan Ribar |||

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slobodan Santrač | OFK Belgrade | 33 |
| 2 | Dušan Bajević | Velež | 20 |
| 3 | Nenad Cvetković | Radnički Niš | 16 |
| 4 | Petar Nikezić | Vojvodina | 15 |
| 4 | Miodrag Kustudić | Vojvodina | 15 |
| 6 | Josip Bukal | Željezničar | 14 |
| 6 | Nenad Bjeković | Partizan | 14 |
| 8 | Božidar Janković | Željezničar | 13 |
| 8 | Salem Halilhodžić | Velež | 13 |
| 8 | Franjo Vladić | Velež | 13 |
| 8 | Pašo Bećirbašić | Borac Banja Luka | 13 |
| 8 | Vahidin Musemić | Sarajevo | 13 |
| 8 | Mladen Kranjc | Maribor | 13 |
