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

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(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

1971–72 Yugoslav First League The 1971–72 Yugoslav First League season was the 26th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia ( sh, Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A tot ...

after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Bor 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 known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

Zoran Antonijević Zoran "Žota" Antonijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Антонијевић; 21 October 1945 – 5 February 2008) was a Serbian midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR ...

Jovan Aćimović
Zoran Bingulac
Vladislav Bogićević
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 Iva ...

Milovan Đorić Milovan Đorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Ђорић; born 6 August 1945) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is often referred to by his nickname Bata Đora. Đorić last coached in 2011 when he was head coach of the S ...

Slobodan Janković
Živorad Jeftić
Nikola Jovanović

Stanislav Karasi Stanislav Karasi (; born 8 November 1946) is a Serbian former football manager and player. Club career After coming through the youth system of Red Star Belgrade, Karasi started his senior career with Yugoslav Second League side Borovo. He ret ...

Mihalj Keri Mihalj Keri (; born 15 January 1951) is a retired Yugoslavia, Yugoslav association football player who professionally played in Yugoslavia and the United States. Born in Kikinda, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, his father was a footballer. Keri start ...

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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 duri ...

Vojin Lazarević Vojin Lazarević (Cyrillic: Војин Лазаревић; born 22 February 1942) is a Yugoslav former football manager and player. Club career A prolific striker, Lazarević started out at his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić. He was the Yugosl ...

Dušan Nikolić Dušan Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Николић; 23 January 1953 – 15 December 2018) was a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Association football, footballer. References

1953 births 2018 deaths Red Star Belg ...

Mile Novković

Miroslav Pavlović Miroslav Pavlović ( sr-cyrl, Мирослав Павловић; 23 October 1942 – 19 January 2004) was a Serbian footballer. While playing in the United States, he was known as Miro Pavlovic. On the national level he played for Yugoslavia na ...

Aleksandar Panajotović Aleksandar Panajotović (; born 28 January 1952) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer. Club career After growing up in Kruševac, Panajotović moved to Pirot with his family when still a child. He initially played handball but later switc ...

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 ( sr, Пижон), after the French for ''pigeon''. ...

Ognjan Petrović

Sead Sušić Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former football (soccer), football player who played for Red Star Belgrade, among other teams. He also earned one Cap (sport), cap for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia against Spain's na ...

Zoran Filipović

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Yugoslav former footballer from Serbia. Džajić is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia, and one of the greatest lef ...

Championship Winners, Red Star Belgrade official site

Top scorers

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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