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1974–75 Yugoslav First League

Field	Value
competition	Prva savezna liga
season	1974–75
dates	18 August 1974 – 29 June 1975
winners	Hajduk Split
6th Federal League title
8th Yugoslav title overall
relegated	FK Bor
Proleter Zrenjanin
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1975-76-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Hajduk Split
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1975-76-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Borac Banja Luka
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1975-76-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Vojvodina
Red Star
league topscorer	Boško Đorđević
Dušan Savić
(20 goals each)
matches	272
total goals	746
average attendance	10,859
prevseason	[1973–74](1973-74-yugoslav-first-league)
nextseason	[1975–76](1975-76-yugoslav-first-league)

6th Federal League title 8th Yugoslav title overall Proleter Zrenjanin Red Star Dušan Savić (20 goals each)

The 1974–75 Yugoslav First League season was the 29th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Croatian: Prva savezna liga, Serbian: Прва савезна лига, Slovenian: Prva zvezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's champions Hajduk Split successfully defending their title, finishing the season three points clear of runners-up Vojvodina.

The season began on 17 August 1974 and concluded on 29 June 1975. This was the second national title win for Hajduk under the guidance of manager Tomislav Ivić, who had previously led the club to three consecutive Yugoslav Cup wins in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Over the subsequent seasons, Ivić would go on to win the 1976 cup and 1978–79 championship with Hajduk, becoming the most successful manager in club's history.

Strikers Boško Đorđević of Partizan and Dušan Savić of Red Star shared the title of top goalscorer with 20 goals each. Both players topped the scoring table for the first time in their careers, with Savić repeating the achievement in the 1978–79 season.

This was also one of only two seasons between 1946 and 1991 in which the Yugoslav Cup was not contested. The 1974–75 edition was skipped because the Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to change the usual cup schedule and move the date of cup finals from late November (usually played on or around Republic Day (Dan republike), the holiday once celebrated on 29 November which marked the anniversary of the establishment of communist Yugoslavia) to May, to coincide with Youth Day and the accompanying Relay of Youth celebrated on 25 May, which was also the birthday of Josip Broz Tito.

For this reason, the previous season's cup runners-up, Borac Banja Luka, entered the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup, despite the fact that they spent the 1974–75 league season in second level.--

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1973–74 season and two sides promoted from the 1973–74 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.

FK Borac Banja Luka and NK Zagreb were relegated from the 1973–74 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. Borac had completed a four-year stay at the highest level of Yugoslav football, while NK Zagreb had to return to second level after only one year in top flight.

The two clubs promoted to top level were FK Radnički Kragujevac and NK Rijeka. Radnički Kragujevac returned to the highest division as winners of YSL Division East after spending two years in second level, which had ended their previous 1969–1972 three-season spell. In comparison, Croatian side NK Rijeka returned as winners of YSL Division West after four years in second level, which had interrupted their earlier 1958–1969 eleven-year top level tenure. NK Rijeka would go on to remain in top flight until the 1990–91 season, when Croatian and Slovenian clubs abandoned the Yugoslav league amid the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position
in [1973–74](1973-74-yugoslav-first-league)
Bor	Bor	SR Serbia	01616th
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0077th
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0011st
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0055th
Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	01010th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0044th
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SR Serbia	01313th
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	01515th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01414th
Sloboda	Tuzla	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	01111th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0022nd
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	01212th
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0088th

League table

Results

Winning squad

Player		colspan=2	League	Matches		Goals
Ivan Buljan	33
Slaviša Žungul	32
Jurica Jerković	32
Ivica Šurjak	30
Vedran Rožić	30
Dražen Mužinić	30
Vilson Džoni	29
Mario Boljat	27
Luka Peruzović	24
Željko Mijač	23
Mićun Jovanić	18
Šime Luketin	16
Rizah Mešković (goalkeeper)	16
Ivan Katalinić (goalkeeper)	13
Marin Kurtela	13
Ivica Matković	8
Branko Oblak	7
Nenad Šalov	7
Vjeran Simunić (goalkeeper)	7
Vladimir Smolčić	4
Dragan Holcer	4
Joško Duplančić	3
Head coach: Tomislav Ivić

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	YUG Boško Đorđević	Partizan	20
YUG Dušan Savić	Red Star
3	YUG Vahid Halilhodžić	Velež	16
4	YUG Slaviša Žungul	Hajduk Split	15
5	YUG Zoran Filipović	Red Star	14
YUG Franjo Vladić	Velež
YUG Momčilo Vukotić	Partizan
8	YUG Božo Janković	Željezničar	12
9	YUG Vančo Balevski	Vardar	11
YUG Jovan Geca	Sloboda Tuzla
YUG Zvonko Ivezić	Vojvodina
YUG Josip Katalinski	Željezničar
YUG Safet Sušić	Sarajevo
YUG Slobodan Vučeković	Vojvodina

Attendance

Club	Average home attendance	Average away attendance
Hajduk Split	20,294	23,294
Dinamo Zagreb	19,529	10,882
Red Star Belgrade	17,765	22,059
FK Partizan	16,412	19,529
FK Vojvodina	12,706	11,853
NK Rijeka	10,941	7,235
Radnički Kragujevac	10,941	6,912
FK Vardar	10,118	7,647
NK Olimpija	9,265	6,559
Radnički Niš	8,824	8,118
FK Sarajevo	8,706	10,741
FK Željezničar	8,529	9,882
FK Velež	7,941	12,417
Čelik Zenica	7,647	6,971
Proleter Zrenjanin	7,559	7,265
OFK Beograd	7,147	9,059
Sloboda Tuzla	5,941	7,882
FK Bor	5,206	7,706

Overall league attendance per match: 10,859 spectators

References

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