1967–68 Yugoslav First League
# 1967–68 Yugoslav First League

The 1967–68 Yugoslav First League season was the 22nd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Sixteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their eighth national title.

## Teams

At the end of the previous season Sutjeska and Čelik were relegated. They were replaced by Proleter Zrenjanin and Maribor.

| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1966–67 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0022nd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0077th |
| Maribor | Maribor | SR Slovenia | — |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 01313th |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 01414th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0033rd |
| Proleter Zrenjanin | Zrenjanin | SR Serbia | — |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 0099th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0055th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 01111th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0011st |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 0088th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01010th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 01212th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |

## League table

No team was relegated to Second League at the end of this season in order to increase the number of First League participating teams to 18 beginning with the 1968–69 campaign.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Partizan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 38 | |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 35 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 33 | |
| 6 | Vardar | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 29 | |
| 8 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 29 | |
| 9 | Radnički Niš | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 28 | |
| 10 | NK Zagreb | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Olimpija | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 27 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 12 | Maribor | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 27 | |
| 13 | Vojvodina | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 26 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 14 | Velež | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 26 | |
| 15 | OFK Belgrade | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 25 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 16 | Rijeka | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 23 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | HAJ | MAR | OFK | OLI | PAR | PRO | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG | ŽEL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dinamo Zagreb | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| Hajduk Split | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Maribor | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| OFK Belgrade | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
| Olimpija | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Partizan | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Proleter Zrenjanin | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Radnički Niš | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Red Star | 2–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Rijeka | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Sarajevo | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Vardar | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 |
| Velež | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Vojvodina | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| NK Zagreb | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 |
| Željezničar | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slobodan Santrač | OFK Belgrade | 22 |
| 2 | Vojin Lazarević | Red Star | 21 |
| 3 | Stevan Ostojić | Red Star | 15 |
| 4 | Petar Nadoveza | Hajduk Split | 14 |
| 5 | Edin Sprečo | Željezničar | 13 |
| 6 | Dragan Džajić | Red Star | 12 |
| 6 | Dušan Bajević | Velež | 12 |
| 6 | Josip Gucmirtl | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 |
