1969–70 Yugoslav First League

The 1969–70 Yugoslav First League season was the 24th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Eighteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their tenth national title.

Prva savezna liga
Season1969–70
Dates24 August 1969 – 28 June 1970
ChampionsRed Star (10th title)
RelegatedVardar
NK Zagreb
European CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupOlimpija
Inter-Cities Fairs CupPartizan
Željezničar
Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split
Top goalscorerDušan Bajević
Slobodan Santrač
(20 goals each)

Match fixing attempt

Before the league fixture in Ljubljana between Olimpija Ljubljana and FK Sarajevo on November 17, 1969, Sarajevo's goalkeeper Refik Muftić reported to the authorities a bribery attempt by a man unknown to him who reportedly wanted him to throw the match in return for 2,000 Yugoslav new dinars. On advice from the police and club officials, and as part of the sting, Muftić took the money and also took his place between the posts. Sarajevo ended up winning 4-1 that day while Muftić had to leave the match early due to colliding with Olimpija player Radoslav Bečejac. In the end, Olimpija club board member Anton Franetič got arrested - in addition to his post at the club, he was also in the management of Ljubljana Credit Bank (Ljubljanska kreditne banka i štedionica). However, the whole thing was soon forgotten and swept under the carpet.[1]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 34 20 6 8 67 37 +30 46 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Partizan 34 16 12 6 47 27 +20 44 Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Velež 34 17 9 8 64 44 +20 43
4 Željezničar 34 17 9 8 52 33 +19 43 Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 OFK Belgrade 34 13 12 9 53 32 +21 38
6 Dinamo Zagreb 34 13 12 9 47 42 +5 38 Qualification for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7 Hajduk Split 34 16 5 13 51 37 +14 37
8 Radnički Niš 34 14 9 11 36 33 +3 37
9 Sloboda Tuzla 34 11 13 10 35 34 +1 35
10 Maribor 34 13 7 14 40 51 −11 33
11 Vojvodina 34 11 10 13 38 42 −4 32
12 Sarajevo 34 9 12 13 32 42 −10 30
13 Čelik 34 10 10 14 35 48 −13 30
14 Bor 34 6 16 12 32 47 −15 28
15 Radnički Kragujevac 34 11 5 18 34 42 −8 27
16 Olimpija 34 13 4 17 43 52 −9 27 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
17 Vardar (R) 34 9 8 17 25 46 −21 26 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
18 NK Zagreb (R) 34 4 7 23 22 64 −42 15
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Slobodan Santrač OFK Belgrade 20
Dušan Bajević Velež
3 Josip Bukal Željezničar 18
4 Dragan Džajić Red Star 13
Salem Halilhodžić Velež
6 Vojin Lazarević Red Star 12
7 Jurica Jerković Hajduk Split 11
8 Stanislav Karasi Red Star 10
Nenad Cvetković Radnički Niš

See also

References
  1. Golovi na sudu; Politika, 1 January 2008
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