The 1960–61 Yugoslav First League season was won by FK Partizan, which was the club's third title and its first in twelve years. The season was also a coming-out party of sorts for the club's talented new generation of young players known as "Partizan's babies" that would dominate Yugoslav football for the next few years and would even go on to make it to the 1966 European Cup final. The season began later than usual in order to accommodate the Yugoslav Olympic national team's late August and early September 1960 participation at the

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where they won the gold medal with a roster consisting entirely of players from the Yugoslav First League.

Teams

At the end of the previous season Budućnost and

Sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...

were relegated. They were replaced by

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and

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had se ...

League table

Results

Winning squad

Champions: *

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

(head coach:

Stjepan Bobek Stjepan Bobek (; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football striker and later football manager. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ...

) player (league matches/league goals) *

Tomislav Kaloperović Tomislav Kaloperović (; 31 January 1932 – 15 January 2002) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer and coach. External links * Tomislav Kaloperovićat the Serbia national football team The Serbia national football team ( sr, Фудба� ...

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Milutin Šoškić Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players. Biography He was b ...

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Velibor Vasović Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and one of greatest defenders of his gener ...

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Fahrudin Jusufi Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Yugoslav national team. Playing career Club career Jusufi ...

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Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During ...

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Milan Vukelić Milan Vukelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вукелић; 2 January 1936 – 4 September 2012) was a Serbian footballer. Honours ;Partizan * Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна ...

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Joakim Vislavski Joakim "Kime" Vislavski (; 7 December 1940 – 10 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player. Playing career Vislavski started playing at his hometown club Radnik Vrbas, aged 15. He later moved to Partizan, helping t ...

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Vladica Kovačević Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (, ; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Ivanjica, Kovačević moved to Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) ...

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Lazar Radović Lazar Radović ( Cyrillic: Лазар Радовић; born 13 November 1937) is a Montenegrin retired footballer. Club career Radović played in Holland for Xerxes alongside Eddy Treijtel and Willem van Hanegem and was prepared to follow van Han ...

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Jovan Miladinović Jovan Miladinović (30 January 1939 – 11 September 1982), commonly known as Zoran, was an association football player. He was born and died in Belgrade. During his club career he played for FK Partizan and 1. FC Nürnberg. He earned 17 ...

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Branislav Mihajlović Branislav Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Михајловић, 22 December 1936 – 11 October 1991) was a Serbian footballer who played nearly his entire career for FK Partizan. Playing career Club career Mihajlović is tenth on Part ...

(12/5) * Aleksandar Jončić (11/0) *

Velimir Sombolac Velimir Sombolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club Followi ...

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Bora Milutinović Velibor "Bora" Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велибор Бора Милутиновић; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager. He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record a ...

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Bruno Belin Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatia-born Yugoslav footballer who was part of Yugoslav national team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Club career He started his career at Zagreb based NK Metalac and after completing his mi ...

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Ilija Mitić Ilija Mitic (born July 19, 1940, in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian American professional soccer player. He was a star of the North American Soccer League, its 7th all-time leading scorer with 239 points in 166 games, inclu ...

(5/0) * Božidar Pajević (5/0) *

Milorad Milutinović Milorad Milutinović ( sr-cyr, Милорад Mилутинoвић; 10 March 1935 – 12 July 2015) was a Serbian football player and manager. Career Like his two brothers Miloš and Bora, Milorad played with Partizan Belgrade as defender in t ...

(2/0) * Miodrag Petrović (1/0) * Dragomir Slišković (1/0)

Top scorers

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
{{DEFAULTSORT:1960-61 Yugoslav First League Yugoslav First League seasons

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