The 1972–73
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn, Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level
association football
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competition of
SFR Yugoslavia
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, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the
previous season's runners-up
Red Star
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winning the title.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the
1971–72 season and two sides promoted from the 1971–72
Yugoslav Second League
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(YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a
double round robin
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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 Kragujevac and
NK Maribor
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were relegated from the
1971–72 Yugoslav First League
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after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were
Bor and
Spartak Subotica.
League table
Results
Winning squad
Champions
Red Star Belgrade
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Zoran Antonijević
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Jovan Aćimović
Zoran Bingulac
Vladislav Bogićević
Kiro Dojčinovski
Ratomir Dujković
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Born and raised in Borovo Naselje to an ethnic Serb family, Dujković attended Iva ...
Milovan Đorić
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Slobodan Janković
Živorad Jeftić
Nikola Jovanović
Stanislav Karasi
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Club career
After coming through the youth system of Red Star Belgrade, Karasi started his senior career with Yugoslav Second League side Borovo. He ret ...
Mihalj Keri
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Born in Kikinda, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, his father was a footballer. Keri start ...
Branko Klenkovski
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Petar Krivokuća
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Krivokuća made 13 Greek first division appearances for Iraklis Thessaloniki duri ...
Vojin Lazarević
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A prolific striker, Lazarević started out at his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić. He was the Yugosl ...
Dušan Nikolić
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References
1953 births
2018 deaths
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Mile Novković
Miroslav Pavlović
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Aleksandar Panajotović
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Club career
After growing up in Kruševac, Panajotović moved to Pirot with his family when still a child. He initially played handball but later switc ...
Vladimir Petrović
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He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon ( sr, Пижон), after the French for ''pigeon''.
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Ognjan Petrović
Sead Sušić
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Zoran Filipović
Dragan Džajić
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Championship Winners, Red Star Belgrade official site
Top scorers
See also
*1972–73 Yugoslav Second League
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External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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Yugoslav First League seasons
Yugo
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1972–73 in Yugoslav football