1981–82 Yugoslav Second League

The 1981–82 Yugoslav Second League season was the 36th 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 16 clubs each.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1981–82
ChampionsDinamo Vinkovci (West Division)
Galenika Zemun (East Division)
PromotedDinamo Vinkovci
Galenika Zemun
RelegatedRudar Velenje
Svoboda
Mogren
Pobeda

West Division edit

Teams edit

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 1980–81 season, one club relegated from the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League and three sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1980–81 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Borac Banja Luka were relegated from the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 17th place of the league table. The three clubs promoted to the second level were Kikinda, Kozara and Solin.

At the winter break, Svoboda stepped out of the league meaning a total of 29 rounds was played in the season. Due to expansion of league to 18 teams in the following season, only two teams were relegated, Svoboda and Rudar Velenje.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1980–81
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola   SAP Vojvodina 0088th
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci   SR Croatia 0033rd
Čelik Zenica   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
GOŠK-Jug Dubrovnik   SR Croatia 01414th
Iskra Bugojno   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022nd
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01313th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Kikinda Kikinda   SAP Vojvodina
Kozara Bosanska Gradiška   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Leotar Trebinje   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01212th
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin   SAP Vojvodina 0044th
Rudar Velenje Titovo Velenje   SR Slovenia 01111th
Solin Solin   SR Croatia
Spartak Subotica Subotica   SAP Vojvodina 0055th
Svoboda Ljubljana   SR Slovenia 0099th

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dinamo Vinkovci (C, P) 29 18 4 7 70 24 +46 40 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Spartak Subotica 29 17 6 6 42 18 +24 40
3 Čelik 29 16 6 7 68 32 +36 38
4 Borac Banja Luka 29 13 8 8 50 26 +24 34
5 Iskra 29 13 7 9 38 25 +13 33
6 Kikinda 29 13 6 10 38 37 +1 32
7 Leotar 29 13 4 12 35 40 −5 30
8 Proleter Zrenjanin 29 11 6 12 38 40 −2 28
9 Jedinstvo Bihać 29 10 8 11 33 36 −3 28
10 AIK Bačka Topola 29 11 5 13 37 34 +3 27
11 GOŠK-Jug 29 10 7 12 27 35 −8 27
12 Kozara 29 12 3 14 35 45 −10 27
13 Solin 29 11 4 14 44 47 −3 26
14 Jedinstvo Brčko 29 9 6 14 29 40 −11 24
15 Rudar (R) 29 3 4 22 15 87 −72 10 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
16 Svoboda (R) 15 1 4 10 7 40 −33 6
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

East Division edit

Teams edit

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1980–81 season, one club relegated from the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1980–81 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Napredak Kruševac were relegated from the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Liria, Mogren, Pobeda and Timok.

Due to expansion of league to 18 teams in the following season, only two teams were relegated, Mogren and Pobeda.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1981–82 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1980–81
Bor Bor   SR Serbia 01010th
Borac Čačak Čačak   SR Serbia 0066th
Dubočica Leskovac   SR Serbia 01111th
Galenika Zemun Zemun   SR Serbia 0022nd
Liria Prizren   SAP Kosovo
Mogren Budva   SR Montenegro
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac   SR Serbia
Pobeda Prilep   SR Macedonia
Prishtina Pristina   SAP Kosovo 0088th
Rad Belgrade   SR Serbia 0033rd
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac   SR Serbia 0055th
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice   SR Serbia 0099th
Sutjeska Nikšić   SR Montenegro 0044th
OFK Titograd Titograd   SR Montenegro 01212th
Timok Zaječar   SR Serbia
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica   SAP Kosovo 0077th

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Galenika Zemun (C, P) 30 18 7 5 56 20 +36 43 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Trepča 30 15 7 8 48 34 +14 37
3 Timok 30 13 7 10 34 32 +2 33
4 Sloboda Titovo Užice 30 12 8 10 28 32 −4 32
5 Sutjeska Nikšić 30 12 8 10 30 36 −6 32
6 Bor 30 10 11 9 36 24 +12 31
7 Rad 30 11 9 10 37 32 +5 31
8 Napredak Kruševac 30 10 10 10 34 33 +1 30
9 Prishtina 30 10 8 12 36 32 +4 28
10 Borac Čačak 30 10 8 12 29 27 +2 28
11 Radnički Kragujevac 30 11 6 13 37 38 −1 28
12 Liria 30 8 11 11 29 36 −7 27
13 Dubočica 30 9 9 12 21 39 −18 27
14 OFK Titograd 30 10 6 14 36 46 −10 26
15 Mogren (R) 30 9 6 15 22 44 −22 24 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
16 Pobeda (R) 30 8 7 15 36 44 −8 23
Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also edit

References edit

General
  • Almanah Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.