The 1979–80
Yugoslav Second League
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season was the 34th season of the Second Federal League ( sh, Druga savezna liga), the second level
association football
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competition of
SFR Yugoslavia
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, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 16 clubs each.
West Division
Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the
1978–79 Yugoslav First League
The 1978–79 Yugoslav First League season was the 33rd season of the First Federal League ( sh, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Hajduk Split won the league tit ...
and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. 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 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
NK Zagreb
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were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were
Istra Pula,
Jedinstvo Bihać,
Rudar Trbovlje and
Vrbas.
League table
East Division
Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the
1977–78 Yugoslav First League
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1976–77 season and two sides promoted from the 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league ...
and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. 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 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
OFK Belgrade
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were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were
Bor,
Pobeda,
Prishtina
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and
OFK Titograd
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.
Due to suspicion of match fixing in the last round of the league,
Football Association of Yugoslavia
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penalized the top three clubs and
Galenika Zemun earned a promotion spot to the Yugoslav First League. However, after an appeal in summer 1980 that decision was retracted and
OFK Belgrade
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was promoted.
League table
See also
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1979–80 Yugoslav First League
The 1979–80 Yugoslav First League was won by Red Star Belgrade.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1978–79 season and two sides promoted from the 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as w ...
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1979–80 Yugoslav Cup
The 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup was the 32nd season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup ( sh, Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (''Kup Maršala Tita''), since its establishment in 1946.
Cal ...
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