The 1989–90

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season was the 44th season of the Second Federal League ( sh, Druga savezna liga), the second level

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competition of

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, since its establishment in 1946.

Teams

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 1988–89 season, two clubs relegated from the

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and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1988–89 season. The league was contested in a

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format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win, while in case of a draw - penalty kicks were taken and the winner of the shootout was awarded one point while the loser got nothing. Čelik and

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were relegated from the 1988–89 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were

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, Rudar Ljubija and

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League table

References

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Teams

League table

See also

References