1961–62 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1961–62 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 August 1961 – 2 May 1962 |
| Champions | Partizan (4th title) |
| Relegated | Vardar Borac Banja Luka |
| European Cup | Partizan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | OFK Belgrade |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Vojvodina |
| Top goalscorer | Dražan Jerković (16) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → | |
The 1961–62 Yugoslav First League season was the 16th season of the First Federal League (Template:Lang-hbs), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fourth title.
Teams
At the end of the previous season RNK Split and Radnički Belgrade were relegated. They were replaced by FK Novi Sad and Borac Banja Luka.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1960–61 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borac | Banja Luka |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
— |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia
|
4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia
|
3rd |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad |  SR Serbia
|
— |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
6th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
1st |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
2nd |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia
|
7th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
8th |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia
|
10th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
9th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia
|
5th |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 31 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 25 | |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 24 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Velež | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
| 10 | Novi Sad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 19 | |
| 11 | Vardar (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 18 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Winning squad
- FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
player (league matches/league goals)
Velibor Vasović (22/2)
Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)
Milan Galić (21/7)
Fahrudin Jusufi (21/0)
Vladica Kovačević (19/15)
Milan Vukelić (17/6)
Joakim Vislavski (17/3)
Velimir Sombolac (17/0)
Lazar Radović (16/2)
Branislav Mihajlović (16/0)
Zvezdan Čebinac (14/3)
Milorad Milutinović (12/0)
Radivoj Ognjanović (9/1)
Dragoslav Jovanović (8/0)
Ljubomir Mihajlović (6/0)
Dragomir Slišković (4/1)
Ivan Rajić (3/1)
Miodrag Petrović (3/0)
Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
Bruno Belin (2/0)
Mustafa Hasanagić (1/0)
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dražan Jerković
|
Dinamo Zagreb | 16 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovačević
|
Partizan | 15 |
| 3 | Đorđe Pavlić
|
Vojvodina | 12 |
| 4 | Andon Dončevski
|
Vardar | 11 |
| 5 | Zvonko Bego
|
Hajduk Split | 10 |
| 6 | Josip Skoblar
|
OFK Belgrade | 9 |
| Dušan Maravić
|
Red Star | ||
| Spasoje Samardžić
|
OFK Belgrade | ||
| 9 | Salih Šehović
|
Sarajevo | 8 |
| Anton Rudinski
|
Red Star |