1973–74 Yugoslav First League (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije, Prvenstvo 1973/74) competition was the 46th top league season since 1923 in various incarnations of Yugoslavia. It was won by
Hajduk Split by the tightest of margins over second placed
Velež. The two teams were tied on points at the end of the season, so the goal difference decided the title.
Had the current three-points-for-a-win system been in use instead of the standard two-points-for-a-win that was used at the time, Velež Mostar would have been champions with 64 points, while Hajduk would have been be second with 63.
This was Hajduk's 7th league title overall (their 5th after the
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Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the
1972–73 season and two sides promoted from the 1972–73
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.
Spartak Subotica and
Sutjeska Nikšić were relegated from the
1972–73 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
Proleter Zrenjanin and
NK Zagreb.
League table
Results
Top scorers
See also
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1973–74 Yugoslav Second League
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1973 Yugoslav Cup
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External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables1974 Kup Marsala Tita
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Yugo
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1973–74 in Yugoslav football