The 1972–73 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 29th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.
| 1972–73 Yugoslav First Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| League | Yugoslav First Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| 1972-73 | |
| Season champions |  Radnički Belgrade |
The league expanded from 12 to 14 teams. In addition to regular promotion (winners of the Yugoslav Second Basketball League's east and west divisions, respectively, Kombinat Servo Mihalj Zrenjanin and KK Bosna), the extra two new teams were added via a 4-team round-robin play-in tournament consisting of the bottom two 1971–72 Yugoslav First Basketball League teams (KK Željezničar Karlovac and Oriolik Slavnoski Brod) as well as the second placed teams from the Yugoslav Second Basketball League's east and west divisions, respectively (Mladost Zemun and Željezničar Sarajevo).[1] Held in Sombor during early May 1972, the league expansion play-in tournament was won by Željezničar Karlovac and Željezničar Sarajevo.[1]
ClassificationEdit
| Regular season ranking 1972-73 | Pt | G | V | P | PF | PS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Radnički Belgrade | 44 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2449 | 2257 |
| 2. | Crvena Zvezda | 40 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2405 | 2223 |
| 3. | Partizan | 32 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2336 | 2197 |
| 4. | Borac Čačak | 32 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2443 | 2322 |
| 5. | Olimpija | 28 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2345 | 2242 |
| 6. | Jugoplastika | 28 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2341 | 2263 |
| 7. | OKK Beograd | 28 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2220 | 2223 |
| 8. | Lokomotiva | 26 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2342 | 2341 |
| 9. | Zadar | 26 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2106 | 2160 |
| 10. | Rabotnički | 24 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2136 | 2162 |
| 11. | Željezničar Sarajevo | 22 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1998 | 2069 |
| 12. | Bosna | 20 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2067 | 2115 |
| 13. | Kombinat Zrenjanin | 12 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 2241 | 2443 |
| 14. | Željezničar Karlovac | 2 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1972 | 2384 |
The winning roster of Radnički Belgrade:[2]
Dragan Ivković- Dragan Vučinić
- Dušan Trivalić
- Dragoljub Zmijanac
- Jovica Veljović
- Dragoslav Ražnatović
- Miroslav Ðordević
- Milun Marović
- Miroljub Damjanović
- Srećko Jarić
- Radovan Novović
- Milovan Tasić
- Dušan Zupančić
- Nikola Bjegović
- Slobodan Zimonjić
Coach: 
Slobodan Ivković
Scoring leadersEdit
- Damir Šolman (Jugoplastika) - ___ points (31.0ppg)[3]
Qualification in 1973-74 season European competitionsEdit
- Radnički Belgrade (champions)
- Crvena Zvezda (Cup winners)
- Partizan (3rd)
- Borac Čačak (4th)
- Olimpija (5th)
- Jugoplastika (6th)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b "Na današnji dan prije 50 godina: Prvi sarajevski prvoligaški košarkaški derbi". SCSport.ba. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.