1979–80 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League

Season	1979–80
Champions	NK Zagreb (West Division) OFK Belgrade (East Division)
Promoted	NK Zagreb OFK Belgrade
Relegated	Kikinda Novi Sad Istra Pula Famos Hrasnica Rudar Trbovlje Pobeda Majdanpek Šumadija Aranđelovac
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League season was the 34th season of the Second Federal League ([Druga savezna liga] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 16 clubs each.

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 17th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Istra Pula, Jedinstvo Bihać, Rudar Trbovlje and Vrbas.

Bihać

Bugojno

Hrasnica

Kikinda

Maribor

Novi Sad

Pula

Subotica

Vrbas

Trbovlje

Trebinje

Velenje

Vinkovci

Visoko

Zagreb

Zrenjanin

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1978–79
Bosna	Visoko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
Dinamo Vinkovci	Vinkovci	SR Croatia	0044th
Famos Hrasnica	Hrasnica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Iskra	Bugojno	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0077th
Istra Pula	Pula	SR Croatia	—
Jedinstvo Bihać	Bihać	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Kikinda	Kikinda	SAP Vojvodina	01111th
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01010th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	0022nd
Novi Sad	Novi Sad	SAP Vojvodina	0033rd
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	0055th
Rudar Trbovlje	Trbovlje	SR Slovenia	—
Rudar Velenje	Velenje	SR Slovenia	01212th
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	0088th
Vrbas	Titov Vrbas	SAP Vojvodina	—
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	—

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including eleven sides from the 1978–79 season, one club relegated from the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1978–79 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

OFK Belgrade were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in 18th place of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Bor, Pobeda, Prishtina and OFK Titograd.

Due to suspicion of match fixing in the last round of the league, Football Association of Yugoslavia penalized the top three clubs and Galenika Zemun earned a promotion spot to the Yugoslav First League. However, after an appeal in summer 1980 that decision was retracted and OFK Belgrade was promoted.

Aranđelovac

Belgrade

Bor

Čačak

Mitrovica

Kragujevac

Leskovac

Majdanpek

Nikšić

Pirot

Prilep

Pristina

Tetovo

Titograd

Zemun

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1979–80 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1978–79
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	—
Bor	Bor	SR Serbia	—
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	0077th
Dubočica	Leskovac	SR Serbia	0099th
Galenika Zemun	Zemun	SR Serbia	0044th
Majdanpek	Majdanpek	SR Serbia	01111th
Pobeda	Prilep	SR Macedonia	—
Prishtina	Pristina	SAP Kosovo	—
Rad	Belgrade	SR Serbia	01010th
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	0033rd
Radnički Pirot	Pirot	SR Serbia	0066th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	0055th
Šumadija Aranđelovac	Aranđelovac	SR Serbia	0088th
Teteks	Tetovo	SR Macedonia	01212th
OFK Titograd	Titograd	SR Montenegro	—
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	0022nd

See also

• 1979–80 Yugoslav First League
• 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup

References

General

• Almanah Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije 1978–86 (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)