1981–82 Yugoslav First League


The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th season of the First Federal League, the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 26 July 1981 and ended on 2 May 1982. Dinamo Zagreb led by Miroslav Blažević won their fourth title five points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1980–81 season and two sides promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin 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.
Borac Banja Luka and Napredak Kruševac were relegated from the 1980–81 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Osijek and Teteks Tetovo.
TeamLocationFederal RepublicPosition
in 1980–81
BudućnostTitograd MNE0066th
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb CRO0055th
Hajduk SplitSplit CRO0022nd
OFK BelgradeBelgrade SRB01515th
OlimpijaLjubljana SLO01212th
OsijekOsijek CRO
PartizanBelgrade SRB0088th
Radnički NišNiš SRB0033rd
Red StarBelgrade SRB0011st
RijekaRijeka CRO0077th
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SlobodaTuzla BIH0044th
TeteksTetovo MKD
VardarSkopje MKD01111th
VeležMostar BIH0099th
VojvodinaNovi Sad SRB01010th
NK ZagrebZagreb CRO01616th
ŽeljezničarSarajevo BIH01414th

League table

Results

Season statistics