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1973–74 Yugoslav First League

FieldValue
competitionPrva savezna liga
season1973–74
winnersHajduk Split
(5th Federal League title)
(7th Yugoslav title overall)
relegatedBorac Banja Luka
NK Zagreb
continentalcup1[European Cup](1974-75-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiersHajduk Split
continentalcup2[Cup Winners' Cup](1974-75-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersRed Star
continentalcup3[UEFA Cup](1974-75-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiersVelež
Partizan
league topscorerDanilo Popivoda (17)
dates19 August 1973 – 14 May 1974
prevseason[1972–73](1972-73-yugoslav-first-league)
nextseason[1974–75](1974-75-yugoslav-first-league)

(5th Federal League title) (7th Yugoslav title overall) NK Zagreb Partizan 1973–74 Yugoslav First League (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije, Prvenstvo 1973/74) competition was the 46th top league season since 1923 in various incarnations of Yugoslavia. It was won by Hajduk Split by the tightest of margins over second placed Velež. The two teams were tied on points at the end of the season, so the goal difference decided the title.

Had the current three-points-for-a-win system been in use instead of the standard two-points-for-a-win that was used at the time, Velež Mostar would have been champions with 64 points, while Hajduk would have been be second with 63.

This was Hajduk's 7th league title overall (their 5th after the World War II).

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1972–73 season and two sides promoted from the 1972–73 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) 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.

Spartak Subotica and Sutjeska Nikšić were relegated from the 1972–73 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Proleter Zrenjanin and NK Zagreb.

TeamLocationFederal RepublicPosition
in [1972–73](1972-73-yugoslav-first-league)
BorBorSR Serbia01515th
Borac Banja LukaBanja LukaSR Bosnia and Herzegovina01212th
ČelikZenicaSR Bosnia and Herzegovina01414th
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebSR Croatia0088th
Hajduk SplitSplitSR Croatia0099th
OFK BelgradeBelgradeSR Serbia0033rd
Olimpija LjubljanaLjubljanaSR Slovenia01616th
PartizanBelgradeSR Serbia0044th
Proleter ZrenjaninZrenjaninSR Serbia
Radnički NišNišSR Serbia01111th
Red StarBelgradeSR Serbia0011st
SarajevoSarajevoSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0077th
SlobodaTuzlaSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0066th
VardarSkopjeSR Macedonia01010th
VeležMostarSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0022nd
VojvodinaNovi SadSR Serbia01313th
NK ZagrebZagrebSR Croatia
ŽeljezničarSarajevoSR Bosnia and Herzegovina0055th

League table

Results

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1YUG Danilo PopivodaOlimpija17
2YUG Dušan BajevićVelež16
3YUG Husnija FazlićBorac Banja Luka15
4YUG Stanislav KarasiRed Star14
YUG Nenad BjekovićPartizan
YUG Mate GavranČelik
7YUG Slaviša ŽungulHajduk Split12
YUG Dušan ŠujicaVardar
YUG Slobodan RadovićBor
10YUG Aleksandar PanajotovićRed Star11

Match-fixing allegations

FK Velež player Vahid Halilhodžić, whose team spent the spring of 1974 in a tight league title race with Hajduk Split, alleged in a 2023 interview that Hajduk fixed its last 1973-74 league match away at OFK Beograd (Hajduk won 0-2) while further insinuating that the approach took place through OFK goalkeeper Petar Borota.

References

References

  1. (5 July 2023). ""Zvezda i Hajduk su bili privilegovani"". [[Arena Sport]].
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