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1965–66 Yugoslav Second League

The 1965–66 Yugoslav Second League season was the 20th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 18 clubs each, two more than in the previous season.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1965–66
ChampionsČelik (West Division)
Sutjeska (East Division)
PromotedČelik
Sutjeska
RelegatedRNK Split
Zadar
Slovan
Sloga Kraljevo
Srem
Novi Sad

West Division

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Teams

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A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1964–65 season and five sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1964–65 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

There were no teams relegated from the 1964–65 Yugoslav First League. The five clubs promoted to the second level were Bosna, Leotar, Segesta, Slovan and Zadar. At the winter break, Slovan abandoned competition due to lack of funding.

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1965–66 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1964–65
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
Borovo Borovo Naselje   SR Croatia 01010th
Bosna Visoko   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Čelik Zenica   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Istra Pula   SR Croatia 01414th
Leotar Trebinje   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Lokomotiva Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 01111th
Maribor Maribor   SR Slovenia 0033rd
Slavonija Osijek Osijek   SR Croatia 0066th
Rudar Kakanj Kakanj   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Segesta Sisak   SR Croatia —
Sloboda Tuzla   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Slovan Ljubljana   SR Slovenia —
RNK Split Split   SR Croatia 01212th
Šibenik Šibenik   SR Croatia 0044th
Varteks Varaždin   SR Croatia 01313th
Zadar Zadar   SR Croatia —

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Čelik (C, P) 33 22 7 4 65 27 +38 51 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Sloboda Tuzla 33 20 9 4 72 31 +41 49
3 Borovo 33 17 8 8 72 31 +41 42
4 Maribor 33 16 9 8 53 31 +22 41
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 33 17 6 10 71 48 +23 40
6 Šibenik 33 16 4 13 53 51 +2 36
7 Istra Pula 33 15 5 13 50 48 +2 35
8 Slavonija 33 11 11 11 47 41 +6 33
9 Leotar 33 11 9 13 35 44 −9 31
10 Famos Hrasnica 33 11 8 14 56 50 +6 30
11 Bosna 33 11 8 14 47 52 −5 30
12 Borac Banja Luka 33 12 5 16 53 55 −2 29
13 Segesta 33 13 3 17 51 68 −17 29
14 Varteks 33 12 3 18 43 52 −9 27
15 Rudar Kakanj 33 8 9 16 38 57 −19 25
16 RNK Split (R) 33 5 11 17 32 62 −30 21 Relegation to Third Level
17 Zadar (R) 33 8 5 20 40 89 −49 21
18 Slovan (R) 17 2 4 11 14 57 −43 8
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

East Division

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Teams

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A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1964–65 season, one club relegated from the 1964–65 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1964–65 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Sutjeska were relegated from the 1964–65 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 15th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Radnički Sombor, Sloboda Titovo Užice and Sloga Kraljevo.

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1965–66 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1964–65
Bačka Bačka Palanka   SAP Vojvodina 0099th
Bor Bor   SR Serbia 01414th
Borac Čačak Čačak   SR Serbia 01010th
Budućnost Titograd   SR Montenegro 0033rd
Lovćen Cetinje   SR Montenegro —
Novi Sad Novi Sad   SAP Vojvodina 0066th
Pobeda Prilep   SR Macedonia 01212th
Prishtina Pristina   SAP Kosovo 0077th
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin   SAP Vojvodina 0022nd
Radnički Sombor Sombor   SAP Vojvodina —
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice   SR Serbia —
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo   SR Serbia —
Spartak Subotica Subotica   SAP Vojvodina 0088th
Srem Sremska Mitrovica   SAP Vojvodina 0055th
Sutjeska Nikšić   SR Montenegro —
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica   SAP Kosovo 01313th
Voždovački Belgrade   SR Serbia 01111th
Železničar Niš Niš   SR Serbia 0044th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sutjeska Nikšić (C, P) 34 16 10 8 70 45 +25 42 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Proleter Zrenjanin 34 16 10 8 61 39 +22 42
3 Pobeda 34 17 7 10 59 49 +10 41
4 Bor 34 16 6 12 48 39 +9 38
5 Radnički Sombor 34 15 7 12 57 54 +3 37
6 Voždovački 34 15 7 12 49 54 −5 37
7 Spartak Subotica 34 15 6 13 50 46 +4 36
8 Trepča 34 13 10 11 57 53 +4 36
9 Budućnost 34 13 8 13 45 37 +8 34
10 Prishtina 34 12 10 12 49 48 +1 34
11 Železničar Niš 34 12 9 13 50 51 −1 33
12 Sloboda Titovo Užice[a] 34 11 13 10 42 33 +9 32
13 Bačka 34 10 10 14 43 49 −6 30
14 Lovćen 34 11 8 15 42 66 −24 30
15 Borac Čačak 34 8 13 13 33 42 −9 29
16 Sloga Kraljevo[b] 34 10 12 12 48 48 0 28 Relegation to Third Level
17 Srem (R) 34 10 7 17 43 56 −13 27
18 Novi Sad (R) 34 7 5 22 45 82 −37 19
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sloboda Titovo Užice were docked 3 points due to suspected match fixing in the previous season.
  2. ^ Sloga Kraljevo were docked 4 points due to suspected match fixing in the previous season.

See also

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