Yugoslavia II Division

 

Second Division. 20 teams now, the top 2 directly promoted to First Division, the last 4 relegated to third level. 3 points for a win, no ties – penalty shoot-outs instead and the winner gets 1 point.

Mladost (Lucani) – last with 5 points. Absolute outsiders, even if they had all points they earned – the team was penalized 6 points for match fixing in the last round of the previous season. Justly relegated this time.

Celik (Zenica) - 19^th with 18 points. What a disaster for a club mostly known for playing top league football, some times very well. Now going to third level. Standing from left: Bolić, Šehić, Zekotič, Šišić, Jevtić, Komšić. Front: Bajrić, Petrović. B. Gavran, Fočić, Bilješko.

Liria (Prizren) - 18^th with 23 points and relegated. Standing from left: Gadžolli, Marjanović, Đinali, Beriša, Belanica, Čejku. Crouching: Harun Isa, Kapra, Luma, Ramadani, Bylykbashi.

Rudar (Ljublja) - 17^th with 32 points. Fought to escape relegation, but lost the battle and went down.

Borac (Cacak) – barely survived: 16^th with 33 points. Top row from left: Nikitović, Kovačević, Dragutinović, ?, Maričić, Biberčić, Panić.
Middle row: Marković, Stojanović, Petrović, Lučić, Sušić, Maričić, Kaličanin.
Sitting: Jelić, Ristić, Božović, Vulović, Ćirković (assistant coach), Rajevac (coach), Dragićević, Vujčić, Đačić.

OFK Beograd (Belgrade) – terrible decline and almost relegated further down: 15^th with 33 points.

Napredak (Krusevac) – also in great decline. 14^th with 34 points.

Iskra (Bugojno) - 13^th with 34 points.

Macva (Sabac) - 12^th with 34 points.

Leotar (Trebinje) - 11^th with 35 points.

GOSK Jug (Dubrovnik) - 10^th with 36 points.

Pelister (Bitola) - 9^th with 36 points.

Dinamo (Vinkovci) - 8^th with 37 points.

Kikinda (Kikinda) - 7^th with 38 points.

Sloboda (Titovo Uzice) - 6^th with 39 points. Second row from left: Čumić, Cvetković, Bosiljčić, Vičević, Gudurić, Popov. Crouching: Divac, Simić, Tutić, Omerhodžić, Savić.

Sibenik (Sibenik) - 5^th with 41 points.

Prishtina (Prishtina) - 4^th with 43 points.

Sutjeska (Niksic) - 3^rd with 43 points. They excelled in scoring and goal-difference, though: 70 goals and +36.

The top 2 teams were well ahead of the rest and fought for the first place between themselves.

Proleter (Zrenjanin) lost the battle and finished 2^nd with 50 points: 23 regular wins, 4 penalty shoot-out wins, 2 penalty shoot-out losses, and 9 regular losses. 55-30 scoring record. No trouble, though – Proleter earned promotion and was happily returning to top flight.

FK Zemun (Zemun) clinched the Second Division title with 51 points: 23 wins, 5 penalty shoot-out wins, 1 penalty shoot-out loss and 9 regular losses. 59-35 was their scoring record – not the best at all. They scored only 1 goal more than lowly OFK Beograd and Prishtina and Sutjeska outscored them. Proleter and Sutjeska had better defensive record, but lowly Borac (Cacak) permited the same number of goals in their net as the champions. Proleter and Sutjeska had better goal-difference. Yet, what mattered was point and Zemun had the most, so they triumphed.

It was great to win the championship and get promoted to First Division – Zemun hardly ever played there, unlike second-placed Proleter. Thus, a truly triumphal season.