The 1972–73

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season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn, Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level

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competition of

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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

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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 Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

(YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a

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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

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were relegated from the

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after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were

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and Spartak Subotica.

League table

Results

Winning squad

Champions

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

Zoran Antonijević Zoran "Žota" Antonijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Антонијевић; 21 October 1945 – 5 February 2008) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for SFR Yugoslavia. Club career Antonijević scored 65 goals ...

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Zoran Bingulac

Vladislav Bogićević Vladislav Bogićević ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Богићевић, ; born 7 November 1950) is a Serbian retired footballer. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame. Club career Bogićević's playing career included 13 ...

Kiro Dojčinovski

Ratomir Dujković Ratomir Dujković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратомир Дујковић; born 24 February 1946) is a Serbian football manager and a former player. Playing career Born and raised in Borovo Naselje to an ethnic Serb family, Dujković attended Ivan ...

Milovan Đorić Milovan Đorić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Ђорић; born 6 August 1945) is a Serbian association football, football manager and former player. He is often referred to by his nickname Bata Đora. Đorić last ...

Slobodan Janković

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Nikola Jovanović

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Branko Klenkovski

Petar Krivokuća Petar Krivokuća (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Кривокућа; born 12 June 1947) is a Serbian retired football defender who played for Yugoslavia. Club career Krivokuća made 13 Greek first division appearances for Iraklis Thessaloniki du ...

Vojin Lazarević Vojin Lazarević (; born 22 February 1942) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin football manager and player. Club career A prolific striker, Lazarević started out at his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić. He was the Yugoslav Second League (Grou ...

Dušan Nikolić
Mile Novković

Miroslav Pavlović Miroslav Pavlović ( sr-cyrl, Мирослав Павловић; 23 October 1942 – 19 January 2004) was a Serbian footballer. He was nicknamed ''Pavika'' in Serbia, and while playing in the United States, he was known as ''Miro Pavlovic''. Clu ...

Aleksandar Panajotović

Vladimir Petrović Vladimir Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Петровић, ; born 1 July 1955) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon (), after the French for ''pigeon''. Club career Dur ...

Ognjan Petrović

Sead Sušić Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former football player who played for Red Star Belgrade, among other teams. He also earned one cap for Yugoslavia against Spain's national team, in 1978. Club career Sušić arrived to Red Star Be ...

Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Филиповић, ; born 6 February 1953) is a Montenegrin former football coach and player, best known for his playing stints with Red Star Belgrade and S.L. Benfica. Club career Filipović, born 6 Fe ...

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023. Džajić is widely considered to b ...

Championship Winners, Red Star Belgrade official site

Top scorers

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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