1985–86 Yugoslav Second League

The 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League season was the 40th 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.

Yugoslav Second League
Season1985–86
ChampionsSpartak Subotica (West Division)
Radnički Niš (East Division)
PromotedSpartak Subotica
Radnički Niš
RelegatedAIK Bačka Topola
Jedinstvo Bihać
Zadar
Koper
Bor
Zemun
Lovćen
Bregalnica Štip

West Division edit

Teams edit

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1984–85 season, one club relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1984–85 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.

Iskra Bugojno were relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were AIK Bačka Topola, Famos Hrasnica, Koper and Zadar.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League West
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1984–85
AIK Bačka Topola Bačka Topola   SAP Vojvodina
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th
GOŠK-Jug Dubrovnik   SR Croatia 0099th
Famos Hrasnica Hrasnica   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iskra Bugojno   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jedinstvo Bihać Bihać   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Jedinstvo Brčko Brčko   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0055th
Kikinda Kikinda   SAP Vojvodina 01313th
Koper Koper   SR Slovenia
Leotar Trebinje   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Novi Sad Novi Sad   SAP Vojvodina 01111th
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin   SAP Vojvodina 0044th
Rudar Ljubija Prijedor   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01414th
Spartak Subotica Subotica   SAP Vojvodina 0033rd
RNK Split Split   SR Croatia 0066th
Šibenik Šibenik   SR Croatia 0022nd
Vrbas Titov Vrbas   SAP Vojvodina 01212th
Zadar Zadar   SR Croatia

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Spartak Subotica (C, P) 34 20 9 5 65 33 +32 49 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Iskra 34 18 8 8 49 27 +22 44
3 Leotar 34 18 8 8 55 39 +16 44
4 Proleter Zrenjanin 34 15 9 10 40 29 +11 39
5 Jedinstvo Brčko 34 16 4 14 51 50 +1 36
6 Rudar Ljubija 34 12 10 12 38 41 −3 34
7 Novi Sad 34 13 7 14 52 36 +16 33
8 Kikinda 34 12 9 13 42 31 +11 33
9 Šibenik 34 12 9 13 36 38 −2 33
10 Vrbas 34 13 6 15 40 43 −3 32
11 GOŠK-Jug 34 12 8 14 31 35 −4 32
12 Borac Banja Luka 34 11 10 13 45 57 −12 32
13 RNK Split 34 12 8 14 38 58 −20 32
14 Famos Hrasnica 34 10 10 14 35 39 −4 30
15 AIK Bačka Topola (R) 34 12 6 16 36 47 −11 30 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
16 Jedinstvo Bihać (R) 34 11 7 16 38 46 −8 29
17 Zadar (R) 34 12 4 18 35 47 −12 28
18 Koper (R) 34 8 6 20 23 53 −30 22
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 eighteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1984–85 season, one club relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1984–85 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.

Radnički Niš were relegated from the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Radnički Kragujevac, Red Star Gnjilane and Teteks.

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1985–86 Yugoslav Second League East
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1984–85
Belasica Strumica   SR Macedonia 01111th
Bor Bor   SR Serbia 01212th
Borac Čačak Čačak   SR Serbia 0088th
Bregalnica Štip Štip   SR Macedonia 01414th
Ivangrad Ivangrad   SR Montenegro 01010th
Lovćen Cetinje   SR Montenegro
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac   SR Serbia 0077th
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar   SR Serbia 0022nd
Pelister Bitola   SR Macedonia 0033rd
Rad Belgrade   SR Serbia 0055th
Radnički Kragujevac Kragujevac   SR Serbia
Radnički Niš Niš   SR Serbia
Radnički Pirot Pirot   SR Serbia 0044th
Red Star Gnjilane Gnjilane   SAP Kosovo
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice   SR Serbia 01313th
Teteks Tetovo   SR Macedonia
Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica   SAP Kosovo 0099th
Zemun Zemun   SR Serbia 0066th

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Radnički Niš (C, P) 34 22 8 4 65 21 +44 52 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Rad 34 19 13 2 53 20 +33 51
3 Radnički Kragujevac 34 13 10 11 37 34 +3 36
4 Novi Pazar 34 13 10 11 34 32 +2 36
5 Borac Čačak 34 14 6 14 46 39 +7 34
6 Pelister 34 11 12 11 45 40 +5 34
7 Teteks 34 13 8 13 37 33 +4 34
8 Sloboda Titovo Užice 34 11 12 11 32 28 +4 34
9 Trepča 34 13 8 13 42 39 +3 34
10 Ivangrad 34 13 8 13 29 45 −16 34
11 Napredak Kruševac 34 11 11 12 50 45 +5 33
12 Radnički Pirot 34 11 11 12 48 43 +5 33
13 Belasica 34 14 5 15 50 48 +2 33
14 Red Star Gnjilane 34 10 13 11 31 41 −10 33
15 Bor (R) 34 10 10 14 30 38 −8 30 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
16 Zemun (R) 34 10 8 16 42 54 −12 28
17 Lovćen (R) 34 8 9 17 34 63 −29 25
18 Bregalnica Shtip (R) 34 3 12 19 20 62 −42 18
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.