The First League of Yugoslavia's 1991/1992 season was the 64th edition of the
Yugoslav First League, the premier football club competition of
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
. It was the last edition in which professional football teams from
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...
(with one exception) and
SR Macedonia participated, as well as the last of the
SFR Yugoslavia
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in general as the
First League of FR Yugoslavia was established the following season.
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...
won the competition.
Before the start of the season,
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
and
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
were already in the process of seeking independence from Yugoslavia. Teams from Croatia and Slovenia that qualified for the competition left it before the season started.
Dinamo Zagreb,
Hajduk Split,
NK Osijek,
NK Rijeka and (newly promoted)
NK Zagreb left to join newly created
Croatian championship, while
Olimpija Ljubljana left to join newly created
Slovenian championship.
Thus, this season was competed only by teams from
SR Serbia,
SR Montenegro,
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...
and
SR Macedonia. During the course of the season, first Macedonia, and then Bosnia and Herzegovina also declared independence from Yugoslavia, and the
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...
started. Because of that,
Željezničar Sarajevo missed the second half of the season, and three more Bosnian teams (
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
,
Sloboda Tuzla, and
Velež Mostar) left the competition six rounds before its completion. Remaining Bosnian team (
Borac Banja Luka) and two Macedonian teams played the whole season.
After the season was concluded, Macedonian teams left the competition to join the newly created
Macedonian First League. Three ethnic football leagues were created in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the next season: first, the
Croats
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formed the
First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, then the
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...
formed the
Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina which later became the
UEFA
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recognized competition. Lastly, the
Serbs
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formed the
First League of the Republika Srpska. Thus, the following 1992–93 season of the Yugoslav First League was played by teams from
SR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and one Bosnian team –
Borac Banja Luka which played its home games in
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
.
Because of the large numbers of teams leaving the league, seven new teams were promoted to the first league for 1992–93 season, all from Serbia and Montenegro:
Napredak Kruševac,
Hajduk Kula,
Bečej
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History
Bečej was mentioned f ...
,
Mogren Budva,
Kikinda,
Radnički Novi Beograd, and
FK Pristina.
Overview
Due to the wars in
Slovenia
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and
Croatia
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, the
Croatian Football Federation
The Croatian Football Federation (, HNS) is the national governing body of football in Croatia. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of Zagreb. The organisation is a member of both FIFA and UEFA, and is responsible f ...
banned the participation of clubs from the territory of Croatia in the championship of Yugoslavia. The presidency of
Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to fill the First League with teams that were relegated
in the previous season (
Budućnost,
Sloboda
A sloboda was a type of settlement in the history of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for 'freedom' and may be loosely translated as 'free settlement'. and
Spartak) and to promote teams from the second league (
Vardar,
OFK Belgrade and
Pelister).
Ljubljana
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wanted to participate, but they were under pressure from their
football association, and decide to leave Yugoslav competition before first round match against Partizan in Belgrade. Therefore, Football Association of Yugoslavia promoted
Sutjeska.
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...
, as the current winner of the
1990–91 European Cup and eventual winner of
1991 Intercontinental Cup, was favorite to win the championship.
Slobodan Marović,
Robert Prosinečki,
Refik Šabanadžović,
Dragiša Binić
Dragiša Binić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Бинић; born 20 October 1961) is a Serbian former footballer who played for Red Star and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991. He had three caps for the Yugoslavia national footb ...
,
Stevan Stojanović and coach
Ljupko Petrović left the team, while
Dragoje Leković,
Milorad Ratković and
Ilija Ivić joined the team in the summer transfer window, while
Vladica Popović became the new coach.
Partizan appointed
Ivica Osim
Ivan Osim (6 May 1941 – 1 May 2022), best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional Football player, footballer and Manager (association football), football manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all ...
, the current head coach of the
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team; ; ; represented Yugoslavia in international association football.
Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state ...
, as new coach.
Ljubomir Vorkapić,
Nebojša Gudelj,
Branko Brnović,
Slobodan Krčmarević and
Zlatko Zahovič were brought to the club, while
Gordan Petrić and
Slaviša Jokanović returned from obligatory military service in
Yugoslav People's Army.
However, growing tensions in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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made it impossible to finish the season regularly. In the 25th round on March 29, 1992, the team of
Radnički Niš did not came to their match against
Velež in Mostar, fearing for their safety, so the victory was awarded to Velež. In the next round, on April 5, 1992, the match
Željezničar-
Rad in Sarajevo did not begin, because before the game shootings started in the vicinity of
Grbavica Stadium. Since that round, the teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina (except
Borac from
Banja Luka
Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...
) are no longer able to organize matches on their home ground, nor have they been able to assemble their teams for away matches. Association of First Federal League clubs decided to cancel all the matches played by Željezničar in the spring part of the season, since the club played less than half of the matches in the spring part. The matches played by Sarajevo, Velež and Sloboda were recognized because these clubs played more than half of the matches in the spring part of the season, scheduled matches were registered as wins for their opponents, while the scheduled matches between these three clubs were also deleted.
In the end, Red Star won the title with 50 points, while Partizan was second with 46 points. If the results of the matches of Sarajevo, Velež and Sloboda were deleted too, new champion would become Partizan.
League table
Results
Results in brackets indicate the results from
penalty shoot-out
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s whenever games were drawn.
Winning squad
Top scorers
See also
*
1991–92 Yugoslav Second League
*
1991–92 Yugoslav Cup
References
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Yugoslav First League seasons
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1991–92 in Yugoslav football