The 1989–90
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
season was the 44th season of the Second Federal League (), the second level
association football
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competition of
SFR Yugoslavia
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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
1988–89 Yugoslav First League
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The season began on 6 August 1988 with its fall par ...
and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1988–89 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 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
Napredak Kruševac 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
Iskra
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,
Mladost Lučani,
Rudar Ljubija
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and
Zemun
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.
League table
See also
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1989–90 Yugoslav First League
The 1989–90 Yugoslav First League season was the 44th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.
Two points were awarded for a win, none for a loss, ...
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1989–90 Yugoslav Cup
References
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