Yugoslavia III & Lower Divisions

 

Third and lower leagues – they were many, organized by each republic of Yugoslavia. Here are a few pictures of lower leagues' teams:

Pelister (Bitola)

FK Vrbas – amateur champion of Yugoslavia.

Radnicki (Belgrade)

Polet (Nakovo)

Zmaj (Makarska)

Radnicki (Lukavac)

FK Ovce Pole (Sveti Nikole)

FK Madzari (Skopje)

Partizan (Skopje)

FK Loznica

Metohija (Prizren)

OFK Mladenovac

Mladost (Rogatica)

Jadran (Ploce)

Hajduk (Orasje)

Pobeda (Valandovo). Standing from left: Petar Todorov, Risto Božinov, Lazar Atanasov, Mitko Delev, Risto Andonov, Đorđe Janov, Mile Boev,
Crouching: Slobodan Čurlinov, Simo Džonov, Vase Sapundžiev, Riste Tančev, Ivan Zanov.

Metalac (Sisak). Back row from left: Medarević, Jandraš, Greić, Čučković, Marković, Radišić
Front: Senzen, Vuksanović, Herceg, Prpić, Cvjetičanin.

Yugoslavia II Division

 II Division

II LIGA ZAPAD 1970/71

 1.Rijeka                         30 22  4  4 68:16 48 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 2.Rudar            Ljubija       30 21  3  6 49:20 45 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3.Zagreb                         30 19  5  6 63:27 43
 4.Sibenik                        30 17  8  5 51:27 42
 5.Varteks          Varazdin      30 13  5 12 45:31 31
 6.Ljubljana                      30 11  9 10 40:33 31
 7.Orijent          Rijeka        30  9 10 11 36:38 28
 8.Split                          30  8 11 11 39:41 27
 9.Karlovac                       30  9  8 13 32:55 26
10.Tresnjevka       Zagreb        30  9  7 14 30:44 25
11.Zeleznicar       Maribor       30  9  7 14 31:49 25
12.Mura             Murska Sobota 30  7 10 13 29:43 24
13.Jedinstvo        Bihac         30  7  9 14 32:47 23
14.Zagrebacki Plavi Zagreb*       30  8  6 16 31:55 22
15.Rovinj                         30  7  7 14 27:46 21 RELEGATED
16.Metalac          Zagreb        30  5  9 16 27:58 19 RELEGATED
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Jedinstvo (Zagreb) changed name to Zagrebacki Plavi
Promoted  from 3rd league: Istra (Pula), Kozara (Bosanska Gradiska), Merkator (Ljubljana) and Junak (Sinj)

II LIGA SEVER 1970/71

 1.Proleter   Zrenjanin      30 14 11  5 53:28 39 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Osijek – dark shorts -vs Radnicki (Sid)
 2.Osijek                    30 13 11  6 46:28 37 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3.Spartak    Subotica       30 13  9  8 40:28 35
 4.Vozdovacki Beograd        30 14  7  9 38:30 35
 5.Borovo                    30 11 10  9 30:21 32
 6.Galenika   Zemun          30 12  8 10 47:44 32
 7.Dinamo     Pancevo        30 11 10  9 34:38 32
 8.Dinamo     Vinkovci       30 10 10 10 39:35 30
 9.Backa      Backa Palanka  30 10  9 11 39:34 29
10.Hajduk     Kula           30 10  9 11 43:44 29
11.Metalac    Valjevo        30 10  8 12 25:41 28
12.Jedinstvo  Brcko          30  9  9 12 32:35 27
13.Metalac    Osijek         30  9  8 13 32:48 26
14.Novi Sad                  30  9  7 14 32:41 25
15.Belisce                   30  6 13 11 29:45 25 RELEGATED
16.BSK        Slavonski Brod 30  3 13 14 19:38 19 RELEGATED
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Relegated from 1st league: Crvenka
Promoted from 3rd league: Macva (Sabac), Radnik (Bijeljina), 
Srem (Sremska Mitrovica)
II LIGA ISTOK 1970/71

 1.Vardar      Skopje             30 19 5  6 46:18 43 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 2.Borac       Cacak              30 17 9  4 40:13 43 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Standing from left: Đorđioski, Istatov, Mirčeski, Mečev, Koneski, Angeleski,
Front: Badrljica, Trajkov, Gligoroski, Mitrev, Nikoloski.
 3.Pobeda      Prilep             30 14 7  9 47:38 35
 4.Napredak    Krusevac           30 12 8 10 43:32 32
 5.Trepca      Kosovska Mitrovica 30 13 6 11 48:46 32
 6.Rabotnicki  Skopje             30 12 5 13 50:46 29
 7.MIK         Skopje             30 13 3 14 42:52 29
 8.Sloboda     Titovo Uzice       30 10 8 12 36:33 28
 9.Sloga       Kraljevo           30 9 10 11 37:41 28
10.Radnicki    Pirot              30 10 8 12 30:36 28
11.Dubocica    Leskovac           30 12 4 14 33:40 28
12.FAP         Priboj             30 10 7 13 33:41 27
13.Teteks      Tetovo             30 10 7 13 36:44 27
14.Bregalnica  Stip               30 10 7 13 24:37 27
15.Pristina                       30  9 8 13 44:44 26
16.Zeleznicar  Nis                30  5 8 17 22:50 18 RELEGATED
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Relegated from 1st league: Bor
Promoted from 3rd league: Sumadija (Arandjelovac), 
Standing from left:Lazarević, Ilevski, Milošević, Novaković, Simovski, D. Cvetkovski, Đ. Cvetkovski, Ivanovski, Cvetinić;
Sitting: Tr: Petaković, Božinovski, Boškovski, "Moce", Trajkovski, Milan Vukelić, Sekulov, Ivanovski, Georgievski, pom.tr. Šutevski. 
Kumanovo and Vlaznimi (Djakovica)
II LIGA JUG 1970/71

 1.Sutjeska      Niksic      30 18  8  4 67:22 44 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Back row from left: Savkovic, Ivanovic, Vujacic, Mitrovic, Folic, Kovacevic,
Crouching: Sakovic, Jovetic, Perovic, Todorovic, Ceric 
 2.Buducnost     Titograd    30 15  8  7 48:20 38 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3.Bosna         Visoko      30 16  5  9 42:35 37
 4.Borac         Travnik     30 12 10  8 39:38 34
 5.Rudar         Kakanj      30 12  8 10 48:46 32
 6.Lovcen        Cetinje     30 12  6 12 42:37 30
 7.Pofalicki     Sarajevo    30  9 10 11 28:34 28
 8.Igman         Konjic      30 11  6 13 39:43 28
 9.OFK Titograd              30  9 10 11 25:30 28
10.Leotar        Trebinje    30 10  8 12 39:49 28
11.GOSK          Dubrovnik   30  9  9 12 36:35 27
12.Famos         Hrasnica    30  9  9 12 32:36 27
13.Iskra         Danilovgrad 30 10  7 13 27:42 27
14.Borac         Capljina    30  9  9 12 26:47 27
15.UNIS          Vogosca     30 10  5 15 47:46 25
16.Bosna         Sarajevo    30  6  8 16 30:54 20 RELEGATED
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Promoted from 3rd league: Neretva (Metkovic), 
Lokomotiva (Mostar), Radnik (Hadzici) and Bokelj (Kotor)

PROMOTION PLAY-OFF

Semifinals

Jun 20
Borac    - Sutjeska  1:0
Proleter - Rudar     5:0
Osijek   - Rijeka    1:1
Vardar   - Buducnost 3:0

Jun 27
SUTJESKA  - Borac    3:1
Rudar     - PROLETER 1:0
Rijeka    - OSIJEK   1:1 (Osijek won on penalties)
Buducnost - VARDAR   1:1


Finals

Jul 4
Osijek   - Vardar    0:1
Sutjeska - Proleter  2:0
 
Jul 11
VARDAR   - Osijek    1:0
Proleter - SUTJESKA  1:1

Vardar (Skoplje) and 
Sutjeska (Niksic) promoted to 1st league.